I still can't believe that I sung karaoke last night. The first time I've ever done that. I've always loved singing and always wanted to do that. But never did it public.
Last night my friend and I went out and he got me to sing with him. I got to pick the song. I picked "white rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane thinking, she's got a low voice so if I sound like a guy, it will be no issue. My friend came to sing with me.
I started out quiet until I got some more confidence and I started to sing. My friend stopped and watched me. I could hear myself. I couldn't believe it was me. I sounded female -- and not only that, I sung in a much higher range than the girl does in the song. Much, much higher. I actually sounded like a girl singing, and I even sounded better than several of the gg's at the bar.
The song was a bit hard to sing because it doesn't have much range and it's slower, plus they lyrics on the screen were wrong (I sung the correct ones).
Today I'm riding on a boost of confidence. I sung in public for the first time. I did it. And I did well. Wow!
Of course, it took my friend giving me a nudge, as well as 2 1/2 beers and a couple of smokes to calm my nerves. (I'm trying to quit smoking, actually, which has been going well -- last night was my mini slip, I was so nervous). I was pretty drunk, too. (cheap drunk here).
It's strange -- when I drink my voice actually gets higher in pitch. I don't know why. It just does. Maybe it's because alcohol has a "liquid courage" in a bottle affect on me. I just speak in a more relaxed way not thinking of how people might think I might sound like or look like. I'm doing good, however, on doing that on my own with out the drink (I wouldn't want to rely on it, plus, I don't drink much).
Anyway, I thought I would share this. Another hurdle, and another example of how we aren't as bad as we think we are.
