what I am referring to is singing,in public,sober.
Back in my teenage years I was in the high school chorus. My music teacher called me a classical soprano and really pushed me to sing professionally. I was the annoying girl who did all the solos at the concerts. But I started to resent the pressure and stopped singing. I instead took up other much worse habits. I never lost my love for music though-I DO own about 500+ cds,tapes and even some vinyl.
The only time I sang was when I’d go out and do karaoke with the girls. It would take godawful amounts of alcohol for me to take the mike.
Well the last time I did karaoke my friend Gerald came along. He has a band that is very well known locally and he asked me if I wanted to sing with him. I said no but he asked me to at least come sit in on a rehearsal. So I did and he asked me to sing one of my favorite songs-Oh Me the Nirvana Unplugged version.
I would rather stood there naked but after the week I’ve had I figured nothing else could go wrong.
He loved it
Now we’re working on a few more songs-Disarm by the Smashing Pumpkins and Malibu by Hole and in about two weeks I will make my debut singing with the band. Only three songs for now but…
Finally a way for me to release all those pent up emotions w/o lashing out at myself or others. I’ll just go sing them out:)
I am jealous, hardygrrl! One of my life goals is to get a singing gig, even if only for a short while. I love to sing and especially to harmonize, and people have told me I’m good. For a while two friends and I tried to work up a little a capella group. It was amazing – the harmony just seemed to fall right into place, and we sounded awesome – but one of the other two kind of faded out. I’m still trying to persuade the other friend that we don’t have to have three-part harmony to be good. Trouble is, she now lives in Alaska six months out of the year, which limits our practice time.
I just told my friends here the news and after a round of “about damn time” they started to suggest songs. So if I can master it, I’ll add Crucify by Tori Amos to the set list.
Been singing the other 3 songs off and on all day…I know these songs by heart but now I have to remember to sing “girl” instead of “boy” in Disarm.
It’ll sound kind of odd to sing " I used to be a little boy" hehehehe
You know how hard it is to find ANYONE who wants to sing? I’ve been jamming with a few friends now, and none of us is willing to make that leap and sing.
I used to be a little girl
So old in my shoes
What I choose is my choice
What’s a girl supposed to do
The killer in me is the killer in you
My love
Send this smile over to you
