This past weekend was a musical friend's birthday. She has a gig at a restaurant and invited the party to come to her gig versus hold a party offsite. She is an amazing musician. She's getting her PhD in Music. Yeah, she's THAT good. Well as she's playing her keyboard and guitar, she asks me to get up and sing Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly". Not the Fugees version. Lauren Hill would have back handed me if she heard me sing. Roberta wouldn't be very approving either. I got up and choked! I lost my place, made up the words even though the lyrics were in front of me and was soft and weak with my projection! It was my worst nightmare. I hated my friend for throwing me up there but she knew that if I didn't get more stage time and experience, I wouldn't get the chops to do it on my own. This young couple was giggling lightly in the background as I choked on every blessed note. The song was killing me softly an...
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