Making Peace with Your Voice
As singers, we learn so much through imitation that it’s easy to get discouraged when we don’t sound like other singers.
Guess what?
We’re not supposed to.
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You are supposed to sound like you. In fact, you are the only one who does.
So embrace it.
Revel in it.
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Declare a truce with your voice.
Whether you feel like your voice is filet mignon or meatloaf, learn to love it. (Or at least to like it.)
If you spend all your time concentrating on what your voice can’t do, you’ll never discover what it can.
And I promise you that you can do things with your voice that no one else can.
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(Please!) Don’t let what others can do with their voices stop you from finding out what you can do with yours.
Be selfish.
Worry less about how other people experience your voice and instead focus on how you experience singing.
How does it make you feel? What do you have to say?
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I really like my voice. It may not be modest, but it’s true.
More important, I feel awake and alive when I sing.
(And I’m at peace with that. *smile*)
