Checking Interests find few who check Christians do not check singing why?

I think I have my own category, or at one time I did, because I used to have an interest of choir singing.

I will have to see if there is a choir singing category.

It does not mean that once you become a Christian, you no longer can sing or that not checking off singing does not make them any different from God. Maybe I should have written clearer or in a simpler way, like I do when I want to emphasize something to someone of lesser intelligence, but I do not talk that way. What I meant is why do people here on mylot do not check off Christian and then because they love to sing in church, and love the hymns, gospel, love Praise and Worship as I am sure most Christians do, do they not check off singing as well? It does not mean they are good singers, but the fact that when you go to services and when you hear the old familiar, it does fill your heart with joy and do you not want to share that joy with others? It makes a wonder whether the only Christians who join myLot are the non singers or those who are not that any good. Maybe I should tell the ones in the choir at church about myLot.

I want to get the Wow Cds, but right now I cannot afford it. I subscribe to the Blessings email list, and I get a once a year coupon on my birthday, and this year, since I already have two songbooks, I will get the Cd. I do play the organ, but not that well, just to get the music right.

I sometimes sound nasal and I have to drink lots of water and also hit myself, telling myself that that was bad, bad. I mean singing off key is bad, but nasal is just as worse. As for the others in Church, there is one guy who sings so low, and there are the ones behind me who sing so loud I cannot hear myself and I sometimes sing the wrong word.

I sing high, but I have trouble with the flats and sharps. I can sound better at a high high C than at a high B flat. I cannot explain it though.

Oh I just love to sing solo, so low that no one can hear me, haha, LoL.

I have no idea, except that people will keep bumping into each other in the pews and they do not want someone falling down and hitting someone. Standing and singing or trying to sing, anyone can do. We have some very bad singers in our church and that does not stop them. We do dance at weddings though, but that does not count. I belonged to one church that would not even permit that, and my husband will not dance, but I do love dancing and if no one else will do it with me, I will do it by myself.

Is not dancing and that stuff bringing the world into the church? We sing a lot in ours, but we are praising God, not showing off, and we do follow the rules set down by the Apostle Paul and I do not think he danced. I never heard of Jesus dancing unless it was at the wedding feast at Cana and I suppose that was because it was a wedding. He did not dance when he was preaching.

Well if the church had space up front. and the people knew how to not bump into each other, you can have a great time dancing.. The reason is, the church sees dancing as not something that is of G♥d unless the "spirit" moves them to. (That would be I think what pentecostals do) Why not take the worship part of the service and make a party out of it? Because that would be evil, that's why dancing is not permitted... That is why very few churches do this and unfortunately, there is none around me that accept it. They are so dry in their worship, I just worship at home. Then again, I do have a friend that hosts a worship watch every month, now that's a party!!!

I like the Oakridge Boys and I also like Randy Travis and Elvis Presley. Now that is showing my age.

We have some good singers in our congregation, but we have a choir that sings at Easter and Christmas. We do not have a separate choir that sings every Sunday (I always hated to wear a white shirt and black skirt anyway -liked things in bright colors). All our congregations sing, and in fact, if it were not for other commitments, we would have a large choir at Easter and Christmas and with a large choir that means not just one gets to sing the descant but two or three.

thats for sure its not!

Even if I were not in the choir, I would still have checked off singing as an interest, because it did not say "Professional singing' or "Choir singing" or "if you do not sing in church or a group, do not check this one." I would like to hear from those who do love singing. I mean with $20 a lesson at the least or a Cd course at around $200, plus having access to an instrument such as a piano starts at $200 for the 61 key one, it is not that cheap becoming a professional.

Mind you I would like to get the regular size keyboard, but I have to sneak it into the house, it is not available in our area and the lowest price is around $300.

I put down singing and other things as an interest because it is something I love to do. I did not see professional in front of the word, and I assumed that if you loved to even sing in the shower, or was humming a tune or singing while you were doing the housework, you were singing. I do not have a degree in music and we only have two concerts a way, I am not the lead singer, but I would not mind finding someone who loves it as much as i do, and is not a professional or has it as a career basis.

I love singing. I have been doing it all my life, but not professional. But I find I need to know more and it is hard when I ask a question like "how to increase your range. or a good online voice training or what cds are almost as good as a singing teacher," and only get a couple of replies and from only one or two people. I chose my interests, because I want to be able to talk to those with similar interests or someone who is thinking of becoming. and not get flamed by someone who hates people who have that interest.

I always thought everyone loved to sing. I do find lots of people who list singing, but for some reason none of them list Christian or Jesus Christ as their interest. So does it mean that, as I said before, once you become a Christian or become interested in it, you had better not list singing as an interest? I mean do you suddenly stop turning on the radio and singing your favorite song? Or do you then throw all those songbooks away and say, "I will not sing anymore?"

And I don't have a problem with that. But there are probably fewer people on mylot that are interested in becoming a talented amature, much less a professional singer. So, I while I think its great that you are looking to expand your knowlege about singing & improving your voice and range, I don't think you will find much help here. I think you probably find more people interested in writing than singing. Or learning to improve their English. Just my point of view. I hope you can find the help you want, but I just kind of don't think this may be the forum you need, that's all.

Well all you have to do is to check "Christian" or "Jesus Christ" and then "singing' or "singer" even if you do it for yourself, or belong to a choir or sing worship songs unto the Lord. Then if I want to ask, if you sang some of ----=- worship songs, or if I want to know if anyone sang any of the sacred songs, I will not just get one or two replies. There is so much that I want to know and learn.

I have so many friends, and I cannot notify them all by email so I put on the ones that I want to talk most with.

I will look into this making sure my interest are set, but I get all of your discussion notifications in my e-mail, and this is how I respond to discussions. Though I am sure many don't have their interest marked nor do they respond to discussions through their e-mail. Be Blessed!

In the Church I go to, everyone sings and many of us are quite good. Our choir was part of a Mass choir back in 2004. We were going to go to one in Vancouver, B.C. but it would have cost a bit too much money to go. Oh I am in the second row from the left, the first row before the barrier. It was quite high up.

I found out that others do not mind. It is all about opening your mouth wide enough. If you open your mouth, you think you sound terrible - I sound like a squeaky mouse - but others say that you can sing. Usually if one of the listeners is a singer, she will be able to tell you. Oh and watch the nose. try to avoid nasal - I had a hard time with that.