Bad singers annoy me. I can’t sing and I know that. Therefore, I don’t sing loudly in public places. My audience consists of my steering wheel and my shower head.

With shows like American Idol and The Voice, as well as numerous other singing competitions, everyone has come under the delusion that they are fantastic singers and enjoy showing off their ‘talent’ for unwilling audiences.  One of my dear friends is one of these poor unfortunate souls.

Numerous times, someone in one of my classes has just started singing for no reason and always very loudly. They probably can’t hear themselves because the headphones that have been shoved into their ear canals are damaging their hearing by the second. When the rest of the class falls silent, they look around and put on a face that blatantly says “Oh, was I loud?”

“YES, YOU WERE LOUD.  YOU WERE VERY LOUD.”             

Programs like AutoTune promote bad singers. I love Ke$ha, but I know she can’t sing. She can’t sing to save her life, but because of all that AutoTune up in there, she is at least presentable for the radio.

The ability to sing is a gift that you either have, or you don’t. If you don’t that’s perfectly okay, but don’t try to make it seem like you can.

I would like to instate a rule: If the music isn’t loud enough for other people to hear it, you’re not allowed to sing.