can you pretty pretty please gimme some sdvice. it'll be ohh so appreciated. thank you!!?

Question

so i have big dreams of becoming a famous ,inspiring ,award winning recording artist and dancer. it truely is my GREATEST passion. but of all the obsticales that lay ahead of me the biggest on is shyness. and when i get shy,..i get nervous. and the rest just goes down hill from there. i've never sung in front of anyone besides my sister and best friend. they insist that i sing beautifully and that i really need to sing in front of a bigger crowd besides just two pictures. i really do need some wise advice on how to completely VANISH that characteristic of mine. i'm only shy when i'm getting ready to get in front of a large auidence. i need some advice. some reeeeealy good advice. and i'll be thinking of those wise words whenever i'm getting ready to perform in front of people.
thank you soooooooooo very much!

sorry about my typeos. two pictures is suppose to be two people. and the typeo in the tite too.
my bad.

Answer 1

The more you practice, the more secure you will be with yourself, and then you won't be afraid to share yourself with the audience. Some people just can't get over their stagefright. The more you perform, the easier it gets. Try going out on many auditions and soon it will become second nature. Then perform as much as you can, and it will get easier. Keep breathing deeply and make sure you do an adequate warmup to ground yourself and to focus your nervous energy. You may also focus that nervousness into excitement and energy for the show.

Answer 2

I have, or rather HAD, the same problem. I will tell you that the FIRST time is the WORST time. It will get progressivly easier as time goes by. I don't condone the use of drugs, but perhaps you could take an over the counter seditive yto take the edge off. In my case, I am old enough to drink and I used alcohol to lower my inhibitions. Not recommended, but effective. Each tim eI had to get up and sing, it got easier and easier. Try doing karaoke around the house and don't stop when someone enters the room. Also, I tend to look TO the audience, but I don't look AT them. Sometimes I am looking over their heads or at their hair but not their face. let the singing go into auto-pilot and use your mind to think about something OTHER than your situation. Also imagine each person is just your own reflection in a mirror and that you are simply singing to yourself. It also helps to know that they are not there by force. They WANT to hear you. Good luck.

Answer 3

First of all, I know the whole rumor about the "imagine the audience in their underwear...imagine this and imagine that.". DON'T IMAGINE ANYTHING. You should go up there and sing your heart out. Let me tell you what happened to me. When i was in elementary school chorus, i always felt like i stuck out. I hated it, so i started to sing quieter and quiter. Finally my director talked to me; why are you so shy anymore...stuff like that. I told her about the problem; and she told me I should open up and handed me a solo. I was so nervous that night. I stayed up the night before crying. (i was in 4th grade, mind you. A solo was a huge thing.) my parents told me i had to do it; they told me to imagine the audience in their underwear. I got up to sing. I imagined that; and as soon as i stood up to sing I started laughing hysterically. They re-did the cue so I could sing, but that's gonna follow me forever. JOIN THE CHORUS. It will get you used to singing in front of people, and you won't be singing alone. You may even work up enough courage this way to sing solos. I moved on from that horrible incident. I now sing with choirs all over the city; i sang with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra last night and I was at honors choir all day today. It's a passion. But every time i sing solos, I think of that. Try not to focus on the audience, and have your sis and best friend come down front when you sing. Work on singing at home in front of the mirror. You can buy music books with songs you might know from musicals and stuff that you can study. or take voice lessons. that's a really good idea. Hope my story helps.

Answer 4

Invite some friends and family over to see you sing. Practice nonstop in the mirror or in your room. Imagine the crowd looks really funny and just be yourself. Have confidence and never let anyone tell you you're not good enough. Maybe you could imagine that it's just your sister or best friend in the audience. But the biggest advice I can give you is just to be confident and believe in yourself.

Answer 5

A lot of actors/singers get nervous on stage.You just have to try different things until you find something that helps. Imagine everyone in their underwear, etc. Being able to overcome the shyness is what seperates the great ones from everyone else. Good Luck.

Answer 6

I'm really shy too. Even when I just open my mouth to say something. But I have gotten less shy because I have had more practis talking to multipul people. Maybe it will work the same with you. Just pretend that it doesn't matter and you are just in your room all by your self.

Answer 7

Apparently many performers are that way. I heard that Jimmy Hendrix used to play behind a screen and the way to get over it is to keep going in public and perform - practice makes perfect! You may not ever get over stage fright but you will get more comfortable with prctice - trust me!

Answer 8

Breathing exercises are good. Karaoke with groups of strangers. Focus on the music...feel the music. Be confident and love what you do.

Answer 9

The only way to get over this is to go out and preform. The more you do it, the less shy you'll become.

Answer 10

Actually you just gotta jump right into it, you might falter once or twice but once you do it over and over, it becomes second nature. Best of luck!