Today, or rather yesterday at this point, I went to karaoke night. I did not meet anyone, that being at least part of the goal, and yet I am considering the night a complete success.😃
I did not chicken out. 😆
I sang not one, not two, but five songs!
My opening performance was Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw and I felt I did a decent job with it. I hadn’t expected to be so nervous, I’ve performed for small audiences before, but in retrospect, it _has_ been a decade… um… or two… since I last sang publicly. 😅 I was literally vibrating from nerves through the entire song.
I wasn’t sure if I was going to sing more than one song, but after a few other people had their turns I signed up again and sang I’m Still Here (Jim's Theme) From Treasure Planet by John Rzeznik, and absolutely nailed it.😎
To be fair, that’s the one I sing in the car all the time so I actually know the words without needing to read them. That definitely built my confidence though, and the audience clearly enjoyed it.😁
In fact it built my confidence a bit too much because I then tried Like We Never Loved at All by Faith Hill and kind of flubbed it. 😆 But at that point I was just genuinely having fun.😁
As the night went on I did a decent rendition of Unanswered Prayers by Gaurth Brooks, then was the second to last singer of the night with Breathe (2AM) by Anna Nalik which, if I do say so myself, I also nailed. 😎😆
So yeah. Total success. I went out, built confidence, and had fun. I do believe I’ll be doing this again.😏