The Climb by DollDuffer

~ Survivor ~ SEMI FINALS ~ Bonus Song ~ (I had to pick a song that inspires me...)

OK so... yes. This is my guilty pleasure song in my ipod. :o) While I am not generally a Miley Cyrus fan, I have absolutely LOVED this song since it came out. I have been singing since I was a little girl... it has always been a source of complete and utter joy to me. I even started out in college as a vocal performance major. But somewhere along the way I lost my confidence in myself and my voice, and I stopped singing. In the past 15 years I could probably count on one hand the amount of times I have seriously sung. Last year, for some reason, I decided that I needed to find my voice again. So, my husband bought me a mic for Christmas and I started searching online for someplace that I could come to to sing and practice and just let it all out... thank goodness I stumbled upon SingSnap and all of you FABULOUS peeps! :o) I have very recently decided that I want to pursue a singing career again and I am determined to make it happen. I know I have a long way to go to get my voice back into shape and to re-build my confidence but I also know that I am not gonna quit until I get there and that I WILL DO IT in some capacity. I don't need to be rich and famous (although my hubby would love it if we did get rich and famous :p), I just want to make some sort of living doing what I love... even if it means singing commercial jingles in a studio! So anyway... this song says everything that I tell myself everyday... it's gonna be an uphill battle and I'm gonna lose sometimes but I'm gonna keep moving, I'm gonna keep trying and I'm gonna keep the faith...

So, there ya have it, my long winded explanation of why this song means so much to me and inspires me to follow my dreams... I didn't sing it perfect, but that's OK because I don't need to be perfect, I just need to know that I'm getting to where I want to be. :o)