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I don't sound like nothing when I sing along with the song.  I've never been on stage before.  Is that how being on stage going to be?  Where I can't here my voice?  Is it going to be like singing a long with the song?  Can somebody tell me what to expect?  I've never sung with a microphone before.  I've never sung with an instrumental before either just with the full song or without it.  I have a voice recital coming up and I'm going to sing After 7 Not enough Hours in the Night.  Any tips also would be greatly apreciated.

At this point I could give advise of over 60 years of singing experience. All I can tell you  is this, listen to the music let it in, relax and and sing with it.  Sing from within and from the heart...And whether you can sing or not you will give souls wings...

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If you have a voice recital, your instructor is the person who can best advise you about such issues.  Have you heard your singing on a tape recorder yet ?  What are you basing your ability or lack of ability on ?  How you think you sound at the exact time you are singing ? Thats not an accurate guage most of the time.  Have you actually recorded you voice ? Have you had others act as objective ears for you ?  There's alot involved.  What don't you like ?   Assuming you have heard yourself singing on a playback device and you like the singing quality of your voice a cappella,   you might have a problem with pitch matching, tempo etc, and integrating your vocals with a composition.  What is it you do, and do not like ?   What are the differences you think exist between your solo voice, and accompanying voice ?   Unless you are specific it's tough to understand what you do and do not specifically have problems with assuming you do in fact have problems.

We often don't hear ourselves as others perceive us to sound.   Which can be good, BUT can also not be that good assuming theirs a pitch problem, tempo problem, etc.

When you sing with others you must listen carefully.  You must match their timing and tonality.  There's really little forgiveness.. you need to focus more carefully on accuracy.  Especially when "them" is a recording..  They aren't going to compromise if you are rushing the tempo. behind, having a tough time pitch matching, etc.  You have more variables to concentrate on.   You need to be specific about what the problem is in your opinion.

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my personal recommendation is to get a smaller PA type of system, and sing on it... the reason you sound different coming out of the speakers is you're hearing it from your ears. When you sing Acapella, with no mic and speakers, what you hear is the sound coming thru your head! Seriously. That's why many singers will put their hand to one ear to close that out to change how they perceive the way they REALLY sound!

It does take some getting used to!