Here is an excellent account of how the fears that arose during a singing lesson led the writer to greater personal insight…
by Lori Deschene
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” ~Ambrose Redmoon
A couple weeks back, I had my first singing lesson in over 15 years. I’ve been hoping to get back into musical theater, so this seemed like a perfect compliment to the acting classes I planned to start soon (which I began this past weekend).
Unlike in in my childhood voice lessons, the instructor did not play piano, opting instead to use instrumental music from an iPad.
This meant he looked right at me while I sang On My Own from Les Miserables—a vastly different experience than singing in the shower, or at a karaoke bar after a couple of drinks—and he even took notes, since his hands were free.
I felt like my vocal cords were gripped in a vice. The experience of singing, while sitting alone, with someone I just met staring at me, made me feel far more vulnerable than I ever feel when I press publish here. Read on… Tiny Steps to Overcome the Fear of Judgment | Tiny Buddha.