I'm Scared I'm A Bad Singer, Advice?

When I was younger, about three, I had this sudden instinct that I was to be singer. Twelve years of practicing, singing, and hopes and dreams went into it. I'm 15 now. I've heard on any recording----tablet and an iPhone 4 how I talked. I'm a very insecure person. I have supposetly this really dull voice and I sound horrid. Some friends told me that my voice wasn't low when I said I was insecure about it. Again, friends spare your feelings. But then to other friends I asked if I had a low voice. They said yes. I've been told in the past I have a good voice when I sing. By friends, but I don't believe them. Friends try to spare your feelings. Then came the day that I wanted to try out for America's Got Talent. I sang to my mom over the summer. She said I wasn't ready and recorded the whole thing. I thought I sounded horrid. It sounded plain and I'm very very sad over it… As of when I'm typing this, I'm crying silently. I'm serious about a singing career and that's all I have ever asked for in life. I would rather become a singer than get a boyfriend, even though I'm a hopeless romantic.

I don't know what to do… My mom insulted me over it, my recordings when I talk AND sing sound horrible. I'm not sure if my friends try to spare my feelings or not so I have no idea if I'm a good singer. I'm in an Afterschool Activity called Rock Band. I'm singing for two bands. But I'm still petrified I can't sing. If I can't sing… Well that's it for me. I'll be confused for the rest of my life and I need some advice on how to figure out if I'm or not, and what I should do. I've had my heart and mind set on this career for as long as I could remember.

You say you have done 12 years of practicing singing, but have you also had 12 years of face to face singing lessons with a qualified singing teacher? If you haven't and you want to have go at having a career in singing you need to start the singing lessons now. It takes several years to learn to sing with lessons.

Don't do any auditions for anything like AGT or any other competition until you have had several years of singing lessons and have asked the advice of your teacher.

If you thought that you could learn to sing without having any lessons then you need to understand that you can't. If you parents can't afford to pay for singing lessons for you then you will have to wait until you have finished your education and then pay for your own lessons.

Singing for a career isn't an easier option than any other job.