So many respondants are protesting about how "terrible" they sound -- I don't believe a word of it!

Our common problem is that everyone's own voice sounds completely different from within one's own head -- the way we almost always hear ourselves -- from the way it sounds to everyone else, and also to recording equipment. So, when we hear recordings of our own voices, the sound is unfamiliar, even alien -- "That CAN"T be me!"

This is true of the speaking voice, which sounds strange enough, and also of the singing voice, which involves a much higher degree of anxiety. It's natural to fee discomfort to the point of embarrassment to hear tht throughly unfamiliar voice of yorus coming from a recording, but you have to realize, unbelievable as it may be, that everyone you know except yourself finds that voice to be absolutely natural and completely familiar.