I've been wanting to form a band since I was a teenager and I want to sing but I'm too shy to sing in front of people. I don't think I sound bad but I know I can hold a note and I need practice. There's nothing in this world I want to do than music or something in the arts and I now I want to be in music but it's my shyness that I need to overcome. How do you overcome it even if I might not have a good voice? I know you'll probably say "Just Do It ! " but it's not that easy. One time while I was in church on Christmas and we had to sing a song, I sang the lowest and softest as I could since I didn't want no one to hear me but my sister did and she laughed me. Said I had a horrible voice. I wasn't even trying to sing well I was just trying to hide my singing to avoid weird looks or whatever to make me feel embarrassed. Well I was anyway by my sister. Like I said I don't think I have a bad voice I can hold a note it's my shyness. when I'm alone I sing as loud as I can well not too loud to disturb my neighbors but in between that. I've been so inspired by this band I used to listening when I was 12 years old My Chemical Romance. The lead singer really makes me want to join a band and sing. I feel so depressed lately 'cause I don't know what to do. I have my pride that I don't want to shatter and my dream I also don't want to shatter. What should I do? What do you guys think?
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It seems like you talked yourself into something witch is called a negative spiral downwards. Tell yourself you can do it, and really believe in it. The only thing you're affaid off is people who tell you, you have a bad voice, witch makes you probably a bad singer I guess. Because if you sing, you should do it with proud and a loud voice.
And think of it in this way: Who are you affraid for? It's not like anyone can hurt you physical. Yeah... They can hurt you as in a mental way, but not if you don't let them...
I'm affraid that's all I can say. But it would be a shame if you didn't get a change because of your emotions... Trust yourself and don't let anyone tell you what to do! Nobody knows how you are at singing as long as you don't try!
Good luck! And I'll visit you at one of your great concerts in the future!
Great! Go for it! ;-)
Thank you for your comment. It meant a lot to me right now. I feel so stuck not knowing what to do in this life. All I really want to do is something with arts. I write a lot of poems/songs since I was a kid and like I said I always wanted to do this. I can feel it deep in my bones. What I'm afraid of is being a bad vocalist and ridicule myself in front of people. What's funny is that I can talk in front of a lot of people, it's just singing. MCR has really inspired me to do so and I will try my best to form a band with some locals or try to find some friends who can play.