anyways, I forgot all of a sudden how to play piano(I was nervous) and just grabbed the mic instead.  I sang it, and was done.  the critic came down onto the stage.  She says this in general:  wow, I'm amazed how well you control your voice.  but did you know while you were singing, we turned off your mic?

I was like "OMFG!" in my mind.  my fingers went ice cold and my head was burning up out of embarrasment at first.  but she then said: It didn't matter. everyone in the audience heard your voice and didn't even notice the mic was turned off.

I didn't know I could belt out opera like that.  

she asked me if I had any voice training. I haven't. she asked who my choir instructor was. I pointed to my instructor.  she told her to get me personal voice lessons. she said that my voice, for being untrained, was amazing. the only thing she critiqued me on was to learn italian better.  nothing about my voice, except for "stretching" the note like "taffy".  

I'm so stoked!  How does an untrained voice really know opera? I didn't know I had it in me.  the room I was in was very big.  I even amazed the choir I'm a part of, too!  they didn't know I could belt it out like that.  I'm a bit confused, though. not sure what about.  I haven't stopped singing(ya'll know what I mean) since then.  It's like a confidence booster.  I'm so happy, too.  I can continue to stress how happy I am, but I don't want to bore ya'll.

Thanks for listening to me.  I just can't believe I can actually sing opera and belt it out. I'm usually real timid. that's why I grabbed the mic.  but now that I know I can belt it out without the mic, I don't think I'll even need it unless I need to be heard over instruments.

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Relinquish your pain unto me.

(Edited by pimp230 at 4:43 pm on Nov. 18, 2005)