Am I just really weird?

[Becky2]

Posted: 12/15/06 at 8:01pm

Maybe my voice is just very picky, but I find I cannot sing well in certain places. In the car and the upstairs of my house, I sing beautifully... But downstairs of the house or at school... It's just bad. Very bad.

It may have to do, to some extent, my extreme crippling shyness. But even when I'm alone in these places I struggle. If someone heard me sing, let's say, up in my bedroom and then heard me sing at my music class at school, they would never believe it was the same person. That's how extreme it is.

Does anyone else have this problem? What do you do to overcome it?

[hannahshule]

Posted: 12/15/06 at 8:18pm

I am crippling shy as well, and I can relate to this problem! WHenever I'm alone in my kitchen, living room or car, it's great. At school, I think I'm just more reserved and more afraid of making mistakes in front of other people. When I'm all alone, I can mess up without anyone noticing. I think it may be an issue of comfort level, and I've overcome it mostly by will power, and learning that it's okay if I mess up, but I am still more cautious in public.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 12/15/06 at 9:28pm

No I can relate to this too!

I used to blow auditions and stuff all the time because nerves would get to me. It was like I had no control of this situation. However, I can corrected this (for the most part) due to medication and now I am much better. I would recommend that you do the same perhaps, especially if theatre is something that you want to do in life.

I have some auditions this weekend and they are important, so we'll see how well I have come in my effort to get over my stagefright!

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 2:26am

I find that I sing better when it's in front of people I do not know. The more I know a person, the more afraid I am to sing in front of them. For example, my parents have never heard me "truly" sing.

This really blows because I want to sing so badly. However, I feel like my throat has had cement poured down it.

[hannahshule]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 9:30am

Cruel, that EXACTLY my problem! I can do great on a big stage with a huge audience, but when it comes time to give an intimate little recital where I can clearly see everyones faces, I flip!
MTVMANN- what kind of medication are we talking about? I wouldn't want to become dependant on something like that, but if you mean more like a throat spray or something, that's different.

[MissElphie]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 10:16am

I am the exact same way. I'm fine on my own or with my vocal coach, or even once I am cast in a show. But put me in a room with an audition panel, and you wouldn't know I've had a single lesson.

[theatreholic]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 4:05pm

I used to be like that. When I was like, 8...I decided I wanted to do musical theatre. But my friends were all convinced I'd get no where because I always refused to let them hear me sing. My parents hear me sing because I belt in my room and the shower EVERY night, and I sing in my shows, too. I got so nervous on my first audition that I missed a lot of notes and just kind of walked out (however, I got a callback. Weird, huh? Didn't get in, though). And then my next audition, I just completely randomly was over my fear. And didn't get a callback. But I also find it MUCH easier to sing in front of people I don't know because they tend not to judge you. Only around half of my friends have heard me REALLY sing. And I've been doing musical theatre work for 4 years.

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 4:23pm

I can't sing in front of people I know but in front of strangers I'm fine. It's strange.

[theatreholic]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 4:27pm

It's probably because you'll never see them again so they can't judge you.

=)

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 11:06pm

It's probably because you'll never see them again so they can't judge you.


No. They can still judge me. They'll judge me even more so than my friends. IF a stranger see's me perform and they don't think I'm good then they'll go around saying "I heard this girl sing the other night and she wasn't very good. Don't go see her in the show." That person can say that without feeling bad because they don't know me on a personal level. Whereas friends and family will be more forgiving. If I sing and they think I'm bad they won't say "Oh she's terrible." They'll think that I just had a bad day and that I really have more than what I showed.