Ok,I tried out for this part at my school that involves alot of singing and guess what i got it!GREAT right,NO-now im so scared im nervous just thinking about it, the butterflies have turned into moths biting the crap outta my stomach!Please help me I dont know what 2 do-I want 2 do this so bad but i feel like im gonna 4get the words or hit the wrong note!!!

Just practice. You'll be fine. Focus, and if you have nervous energy, use it in your performance if it is appropriate. I did that in drama class once and got a standing ovation!

When you're singing, closing your eyes or looking just over everyone's head helps too.

Never fear. What's the worst that could happen?? What you've already mentioned and that's not the worst by far. (have someone have a heart attack while your performing, nothing seems that bad anymore after that -true story)

ANOTHER TRUE STORY:
This past weekend I went to a producers house to audition to do some back up work on a new LP.

Talk about SCARED, I croaked, but luckily they realized what was going on.

After a minute a friend of mine took me outside and said, "Are you trying to mess this up? All the singing in the car on the way here and now you wanna screw it up?!"

She said just remember- Close your eyes at first and sing to me or to BOOTSIE.

SOOO0 long story short find one kind face in that auditorium and blow! OR Think of something you love to do, that doesn't make you nervous(after you know you have the words down pat) and sing your heart out! I'm sure you'll do just great!!!



I realize you don't know me from, well, anyone. BUT I know how you feel. I got that job doing back up (by singing to my friend and my long lost cat!)




GOOD LUCK!!!

I agree with Vina about practise. I'm not a singer, and luckily for any prospective audience I've never sung 'in public', but I know what you're going through - I have had the same bad feeling for presentations that I have to give for my job. I've found through experience that the best way to get round it is to PRACTISE PRACTISE PRACTISE, until you can do it in your sleep. The more confident you are with your repetoire the less you have to worry when having crowds in front of you.

The other thing I really recommend (and this will help you get over the audience aspect of it) is to really believe in yourself - in other words make sure you KNOW that what you have to say/sing IS GOOD, and that other people WILL appreciate it.

Good luck!
[This message was edited Tue Jan 13 14:19:51 PST 2004 by Taureau]

THANKS-I'm not gonna lie and say i'm not scared but I'm much more confident.God,I hope i do good-

Here is the other thing; everyone makes mistakes while performing, it's just how you deal with it. Don't stop everything because of a wrong note, just keep going because chances are that nobody noticed but you.

Good Luck!

Here's something I found out myself. Not sure if it'll make sense to you but here goes. The part of you that is nervous is not the part that's going to sing, right? There's a singer in you who knows exactly what to do. And then there's maybe a thinker in you who says "but what if..?" Just trust the singer and let him do the job.

WOW,I did it!Well, not actually but i had 2 sing infront of my class 4 a dry run or whatever my drama teacher called it-i was nervous until the music came on than it was just like i was doing it 4 fun-everybody said i did so good (THANK GOD!)But now,I cant wait wait until the real performance I still cant get ver the fact that i wasnt nervous.THANK U GUYS SO MUCH-I wont 4get u on my award speeches but really,thank u sooo much!