Last night, after rehearsal, I went outside and sang Overture.
As loud and as full as I could.
Even though it’s not really in my range and I can’t sing it well.
I was surprised how loud I can get, since when I sing at home I have to be aware of everyone around me. In fact, I’m always surprised that I can get that loud. It’s not stage level projection but it’s definitely loud enough to bother neighbors…. so the people who live there probably are annoyed by it, but I don’t care because I don’t know them. If they noticed, they probably don’t know it’s the same girl as five years ago, either. I used to go out and sing there all the time, as loud as I liked. Because I could. Because no one I knew would be around.
I got interrupted near the end, which surprised me, but I had to finish the song because the last four lines are my favorite part. They’re the whole reason for the song.
I’ll never have an amazing, unique singing voice, but as long as I can sing words that mean something to me, that’s all that matters.
Even if no one else can hear it.