i upendo imba with all my moyo but when i get up in front of people i get scared. i dont sing because im afraid that ill mess up and they will think that i cant sing. so what can i do to shake the nerves away?

Yeah I kinda agree w/ bennyboo1. Start with much smaller crowds of people you're close to. Only I didn't start w/ my parents mostly bc my mom is so Simon Cowell about it sometimes. What I did was record myself first because your voice sounds different once it's outside of you. It's going to sound really weird at first but eventually you'll make the connection between what wewe hear and whatever wewe record it on hears. Doesn't have to be fancy: just sing the chorus of your inayopendelewa song into your cell phone au something. Don't onyesha anyone until you've heard it several times and can hear the mistakes. Do this several times with your inayopendelewa songs and try to correct your mistakes every time. When wewe feel wewe are decent, THAT's the time to start performing for small, loving crowds.

Good luck! I hope I helped! And don't be afraid. Most people don't have the guts to sing in front of others and if wewe can change that in yourself, people will admire wewe for your bravery alone.

that happen to me too....
just take a deep breath before u go on stage au sing to people....and try to concentrate...sometimes i pretend like I'm imba to myself..like there;s nobody there so i don't get scared.. :) hope that helped... :)

just try practicing in front of your parents and when wewe get good with that then try imba in front of a bigger crowd

sorry i cant help wewe cause im pretty much the same! :( i shake all over my body even when im imba just in front of my teacher au some friends...soo my voice also gets weird :/

Keep telling yourself that your amazing, that's what I did when I sang in front of my chruch. If people go up to wewe and say that wewe were terrible just say, I know that's why I sang to make people laugh.

u could practice a lot au practice messing up :P if u mess up and people laugh, laugh with them smile. if u like imba then sing. pretend that the crowd's just an obstacle standing in the way of u and freedom onyesha 'em wat u got and have fun inaonyesha off good luck

Hunn, I have this problem also.. But just kwa practicing infront of a few fraands & family members reaaly paid off.. Im in Choir now & i loove imba in groups with people. Just keep practicing infront of just a feew people.. Yuu'll feel beetter in no time! -Jaaniee![:

In choir this past year, I had a solo in a song. It was about half the song with the rest of the chorus imba background vocals. I was shaking the whole time and I was so, so nervous. But I didn't mess up.
I guess what I'm trying to say is... you'll be fine. ^^ Just believe in yourself. If wewe need to, just forget about the audience being there. (Of course I couldn't, because there was a woman right in front of me with a camera STARING at me. -.-')

karoke in a barit works

close ur eyes take a deep breath in then let it out and then say to ur self in ur head i can do this :)

That's me too

just pertend no one is there while ur singing