Help! Fear of solo!?!
Question: OK I have a big big big big big big big problem! I have ben in my temples chior for like 6 years, I love being in the chior with all my friends I love learning all the israeli songs and dressing up every friday night and singing at services. As long as everyone is singing I sing to. Id say i have a good voice, good enough for it to sound good and blend with the rest of my chior. But not good enough for a solo. But yesterday i was sick and couldn't go but my friend signed me up for a solo! And I can't reach my cantor in time for the service tonight. And ok I have done a solo once before, and my heart was beating so so so so so so so so fast that i tohught i was having a heart attack! So what do ido! My cantor made it very clear that the night of the service no canges could be done! What do i do! I need to get over my fear in 4 hours! HELP!
Answers: OK I have a big big big big big big big problem! I have ben in my temples chior for like 6 years, I love being in the chior with all my friends I love learning all the israeli songs and dressing up every friday night and singing at services. As long as everyone is singing I sing to. Id say i have a good voice, good enough for it to sound good and blend with the rest of my chior. But not good enough for a solo. But yesterday i was sick and couldn't go but my friend signed me up for a solo! And I can't reach my cantor in time for the service tonight. And ok I have done a solo once before, and my heart was beating so so so so so so so so fast that i tohught i was having a heart attack! So what do ido! My cantor made it very clear that the night of the service no canges could be done! What do i do! I need to get over my fear in 4 hours! HELP!
Oh crud, that is suckish! Well, I've done that before, and to keep my mind off everything and all the havoc that will be guarenteed to happen is take a deep breath before you are up. Act as confident as possible. Smile at the audience, and just act like you're singing in your bedroom. Can't make eye
contact? Focus on a person in the room, or a spot on the wall that's equal and level with the audience. Look at your friend
or focus on an aisle or something that will make it seem like you ARE looking at the audience. DONT look at the ground or window. Just relax, focus, and smile big! It'll be over before you know it. AND MAKE SURE YOU ACT CONFIDENT!!
Confidence is key! Good Luck!
think about the person u like or something u like it helps me cuz it takes ur mind off what u r doing
There's nothign much you can do really.
Practice in front of a mirror, maybe your family and a few people.
When you're singing, you can then keep the image of being in a mirror or with people you love listening. They wan tto hear you sing, and you'll do great.
Just sing and pretend they aren't there. If that doesn't work, just pretend everyone IS singing with you.
Don't worry, when you walk on stage, you're probably gonna feel like you're gonna faint. It was the same with me too, (I had to sing in front of 600 people) but if you just get into the song, and get the warm feeling of when you sing with the rest of the choir, you'll be fine. Trust me, it's a lot easier to sing in front of hundreds of people than only a few people.
Break a leg (:
( Not literally.. hehe )