On Sunday afternoon we have a live and once again I must attempt my best Janis Joplin. We recorded our last practice and the files were posted today. I had a listen. Ouch. I probably shouldn’t have. Ok no my singing is not horrible but…it does not seem worthy of doing lead vocals. I lack a lot of control. Sometimes I sound like a woman singing and sometimes a girl in a church choir. I can carry most of my notes but some places get stressed more than others. I can’t hear this while I sing…where does it come from? It is possible for me to sound less nasally?
One of the things I am learning from this is how much my voice depends on my emotions or energy. I might start a song pumped up but halfway through I lose attention and get all spacey and I am sure my singing does too.
Ugh…I probably should not have listened to those recordings. It was equivalent to the times I have bent over and looked at my makeup-less face in a mirror on the floor after a heavy night of drinking. Oh well. While I can’t change this head I can possibly listen to the recordings  again, practice, and get a little bit better (can I?)