Some people are just not singers, no matter what they do to achieve it. Same with dancing. Most importantly are these things:
Singing on Key...Staying on Tune...Singing in the best posslible & non straining comfortable Key for the song, Audience Eye contact as much as possible, knowing the words too.
As far as practicing, I would record your songs to SMF...then let them play & sing with them over and over again until you get it right. Then try doing it together playing and singing live. The record yourself and listen back to it .......does it sound good to you? Does it sound good to your family and friends? See what the consenses is and try to correct the problems if any. Singing is a gift...it can ruin your performance for sure...being just an instrumentalist is not a bad thing...or maybe a mix of both thruout the gig too.
Most importantly is that you Must have CONFIDENCE on stage or you will give off an insecure image to the audience and that my friend is Suicide out there...You MUST be in control or they will eat you up. This a very small part of the total Entertaining package required to be succesfull out there.
I wish you luck!!!!

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[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 10-20-2003).]