It's so cliché to say I started singing at the ripe old age of four and have been singing ever since. Isn't it? It is true, however. I was very active in both my church and elementary school choirs. But as I got older, I drifted away from singing and turned my interests towards writing. Don't get me wrong. I never actually stopped singing. I just wasn't doing it actively. But then IT happened. When I was 18, my really good friend was frequenting a particular karaoke bar in town and somehow he managed to bring me along one night. I WAS HOOKED!! I became a very familiar face in this bar, and on many a nights, people were actually paying for ME to sing their requests. I didn't let it go to my head, but it did get me to thinking that just maybe people like the way that I sing. I never thought my voice was all that pretty or powerful”, but self-esteem or the lack their of will get you EVERYTIME. I now know my voice is an instrument, and I can make it do just about anything I envision. A few y