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I’m afraid to learn how to drive, but I need to learn this year so my parents don’t have to worry about driving me everywhere. I do a lot of afterschool activities so it can get on their nerves. My boyfriend has been driving me, he’s really sweet and doesn’t mind, but this is his last year and then he’s going off to college.
But everytime I’m in the car the thought of crashing passes through my mind, I’m not even driving.
My sister died in a car crash when I was really little and my dad can’t work anymore because he’s been in a few and injured himself really badly.
Bleh.

I love musical theatre and I want to improve my voice so I can be the best I can be, but we live in a semi-rural part of our county and there’s not really anywhere that offers voice lessons. The voice instructor who seems to be the best choice is about an hour away and she asks for a lot of money, money I don’t have on me at the moment. So I look for tips on the internet and I found this guy on youtube.com that created some videos that guide you through different vocal warm ups. I tried this for a couple days and then I sang afterwards and I noticed a huge difference. He has some really good tips and he guides you through the warm ups on his piano with you.

There are four different parts, and if you look at the rest of his videos he has some little tips…

Part 1: Diaphragm exercise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5CWsFaVnWM&mode=related&search=

Part 2: Freeing your vocal range
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ_RwV52DMw&mode=related&search=

Part 3: Improving tone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSOn-b3V6rQ&mode=related&search=

Part 4: Protecting the throat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnmlpVe3B40&mode=related&search=

My chorus teacher helped start me off with wanting to learn how to play the piano, he showed me where middle c on the piano was, and then I had to figure it out from there. I don’t want to be a master pianist but I love to sing and I can already read music a lot better than I could before and I’ve improved a whole lot. I took my first year of chorus at my highschool this year, the last time I took a chorus class was centuries ago, and he boosted me up from the beginning class to the most advanced they have because of my determination. I have trouble playing with two hands but I just learned a song where I was able to use both of them successfully. I mainly want to get better so I can read the music very easily and be able to give myself vocal notes. I love musical theatre and chorus so it really helps to have this skill.