Sing

In my life, all i have ever wanted to do was sing, i think when i was about 5,6 or 7 i wanted to be a famous singer, i always try my hardest, but i dont know how to become famous!!!!
Please help me make my dream come true!!!!

Hubby picked out a song for me to sing on the Christmas project & there are several spots (in conspicuous places) where I have to sing through my break…

I’ve been practicing, mostly in the car, with a scratch instrumental CD, and quite honestly, I’ve been sucking… Tonight I holed up in our little vocal booth & sang it through the mic for the first time… It was scary, but I was determined… If hubby says I can sing the song, then I know I can sing the song!

So I settled in for a long practice & I learned a lot…

1. My voice has a natural vibrato that I now realize comes from tension… Also, I tend to use my chest when I’m trying to project, which is a huge mistake! Relaxing my vocal chords is going to be key…

2. Singing through a break is all about practice… This song has been frustrating for me because the high note in it (A5) felt SOO high, even though it’s well within my range… When I sit at the piano & just sing the notes, I can go much higher than A5, so this was pretty baffling to me & it did a real number on my head…

Tonight I spent a good 15 minutes singing those 3 or 4 loops that had an A5 in them until I could sing them all with confidence… For some reason, learning the vocals as loops had never consciously occurred to me before… This was a big DUH moment, since I’ve only used that method in EVERY performance I’ve ever had!

3. Nailing the right note at the beginning of a phrase is essential, especially when I’m trying to sing through the break… There’s one phrase in this particular song that I just couldn’t get, and my voice actually cracked on it several times… Tonight I realized that if I missed the first note in the phrase by as little as a half step, I didn’t have a chance of making it up to that A5 later!

This is exciting for me because I’m finally doing more than learning songs… I’m actually learning about my voice for the first time! In all the plays & choruses & “voice lessons” I’ve had before, I’ve never actually learned any of this stuff… Instead of being embarrassed that I’m such a slow learner, I’m excited by what I’ve learned…

This gives me hope that maybe with a little help, I can master my voice… Pretty cool!

Singing just makes me feel good. I’d like to get some friends together regularly for chorus type singing.

I’ve been threatening to join/start a rock band for years now, but have been afraid. Mainly because I don’t write lyrics. I should try to get over that.

Last night’s songwriters’ meeting made me realize that I need more confidence… I like the idea of being a solo singer, but fear it at the same time… Maybe it’s time for voice lessons again… When I feel like my voice is at its strongest, I’m more confident…

du må ikke sige nej
hvis jeg nu kommer tilbage til dig
det kunne jo ske
at du nu godt ku’ bruge mig og her tænker jeg på kærligheden, vi havde

and I have no idea why… My throat is chronically dry & nothing seems to help… I couldn’t sing so much as a verse of Mary Had a Little Lamb right now… and I’m supposed to be learning four songs for our Christmas project… Yikes!

mine, if I want it :D yayyy!

It’s really only by virtue of my being the only person who knows it (but then we’ve had the tracks for at least a month, why has no-one else learnt it?) It’s a song I never in my wildest dreams imagined being able to do the solo for, and I didn’t even know I could until we ran it last night as there’s no other place I can really sing loud enough to hit the notes (which are a bit high)! It’s not perfect, and I know there are other people in the choir who could do it way better but… I went for it, and they seem happy enough to let me do it.

I never thought when all of this started that an opportunity like this would come along, but for once, instead of watching someone else sing and wanting to be like them I am going to be the person I want to be. This has totally made my year!

i want to sing but i cant in front of others

Out of 25 years, I have spent 10 years dreaming about how it will be when I can spread my music to the world. It is not about popularity or money, it is about respect, love and sharing the message of peace and solidarity.

To all the people who believe in “One World”, in just living for each other, in singing to please… I respect you and pray that if not me, you make it possible.

Choir is still going strong, and we have more bookings than songs at the moment which is promising :P

Today I got to sing the solo to one of the Christmas songs – mostly because I was the only one who kind of knew it and partly because I was blatantly hanging out to do it ;) It’s a song that I absolutely love but sadly it is a bit beyond my range and I didn’t do the best job of it – which is not really that big a deal, I had a whale (or possibly wail?!) of a time and having the solo part really meant that all the other parts could work themselves out (it’s that kind of song) so I was glad I stepped up and was prepared to make a bit of a tit of myself.

I feel really emotional now. I think partly it’s stagefright – these guys are seriously good, and I’ve noticed it with playing piano in front of people too, I get the shakes and it is just nothing like singing or playing to myself. I wanted to make a good impression and fear I may have failed to do so, which means I may still have perfectionism issues about singing which is kind of why I’ve been distancing myself from it. This was the first time I’ve sung on my own in front of people (except the audition) in a non-karaoke situation for over six years, since then I have been hiding from it, because singing is kind of like an addiction for me, and I get very frustrated if I can’t do it as much or as well as I’d like. Getting to sing all day every day and do very little else would be my ultimate dream come true (I’m starting to sound like something off the X-Factor Argh!) Still, I have had a draining day and the nerves are nothing a good night’s sleep and a cup of tea can’t fix.

The whole idea with this choir is to just get back in, to not always be perfect, to not get competitive, but just to contribute what I can. I’m a fair singer, but my voice is nothing special, and what with today and the song-I’ve-written-but-can’t-sing, I fear my voice may just not be capable of doing what I imagine it can in my head. Maybe I can go to lessons and try to bring out a bit more of the good in it. Often I find there are things I can do at full volume that I can’t in more limited situations and really, in London, there aren’t many places you CAN sing at full volume – certainly not in my flat, or just walking around, so maybe I need to address this too and make sure I am practising.

I have always been scared to own this as a dream but life just seems too short not to try and do more singing, as it’s the one thing I love best above all things. Obviously no-one is going to come and hand me my dream on a plate or wave a magic wand so I am going to have to work out what needs to be done and work at it as hard as I can. Life is definitely already better for every bit of singing I do.