days_unfolding

ravengirl gave me a writing prompt of a childhood memory. I can't remember a time when I did not sing. I used to play my mom's records over and over, trying to match the voices on the records. I fell in love with the song "Moon River", and I sang it once in a talent show in front of the whole school. The music teacher saw what I was trying to do, and gave me a few free lessons, which was very nice of her.

I sang through middle school in the chorus, as well as an "all-city" chorus. The thing was that middle school was absolute hell for me--I was bullied a lot--and somewhere during that time, I lost my confidence in myself, which affected my singing. In high school, I tried out for the "by invitation only" chorus and made it, but then I dropped out of school. (I was severely depressed at that time.) I took some singing lessons while I was at college, but didn't do much else with it.

I took some singing lessons when I lived in California. I took lessons with a teacher in San Francisco on Sundays. I used to drive to the nearest BART station, and take BART up to the City. I loved the trip--it gave me a chance to stop being a tech writer in a pressure-cooker environment, and pretend that I was a music student. And I loved the practicing and singing.

I'd like to take voice lessons (and also guitar lessons) again. There's a voice teacher in Champaign-Urbana that interests me. The problem is the money. Maybe if I can get farther with Younique, I could afford the lessons.