Here’s my next audio recording

My vocal coach said yesterday that I should share this, so I’m just going to listen to her and share it. I was doubting myself a lot yesterday. I couldn’t find my singing groove, and I couldn’t tell the difference between a sound my coach liked and any other kind of sound! It put me into a moment of panic of ‘I seem to have this apparently really nice instrument that I just don’t know how to play and I don’t know what to do!’

I’m glad I’m sharing this incident, because as I write, I can see that it was just a moment of panic. An understandable one, but it doesn’t have to be the whole story, or the end of the story. What’s important is that I don’t let that temporary feeling stop my exploration, or the work I’m doing to open up my voice. There will be zig-zag progress, days when I don’t know what I’m doing or why something’s not working, but I can trust that it’s there and that it will come in time. Trust is hard when you’ve been given many good reasons not to trust. But part of the work is learning that I can trust… me.

So here it is, my next audio recording from my practice sessions. This is the first verse of Release Me From The Dialogue, a song I wrote in 2010. This song is still showing me the way. I hope you enjoy listening to it.

And if you feel like sharing, did you have a day of confusion and self-doubt recently? What helped you navigate it? I would love to hear from you.