Phew,.. I know that fear !
When I started guitar lessons sometimes my teacher would ask me to come up with a melody, and to sing it and then figure it out on the guitar. I could never come with an idea,... loads of things popped into my head, but I just couldn't wouldn't sing it.
Fairly recently, I was recording a little concept song which had a vocal line ( Ooops, why did I ever come up with a vocal line !!??). Being the creative feloow that I am, I worked my way around singing by playing the line on my guitar and recorded it that way.. And life was good
Until I recorded the guitar parts,....
Everything became a mess, the vocal line would blend and mix and swirl with the rest of the music... it just wasn't really "there"
- gulp -
I picked the SM57 from my cab and sortof pointed it towards my face...
Started the song, hit record and went for it..
When I was done I felt strangely ashamed, as if grandma walked into my bedroom and saw my "morning glory" peeking from underneath the sheets..
Time to listen...
First I was like "aaaaaaaarrrrgggghh"
But actually..
It was ok, It was in tune, the sound was allright, I COULD SING! (at least a bit)