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It probably wasn't perfect. It never is, for any of us. If it was a disaster, remember that it was probably much worse for you than anyone else. If you stumbled over the words or pitched it badly, don't give up: learn from the experience. If you got a buzz off the good bits, enjoy it.

But don't get complacent. Just because it may have gone all right the first time you sang it out, don't assume that you've cracked it, because you haven't. It'll take a lot more performances til you get it right and really get inside the song. So far you've remembered the words and tune, that's all.... eventually you'll learn it by HEART. One day you might even understand it!

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