INAMIN ni Asia’s Songbird Regine Velasquez na nakararanas din siya ng anxiety attack sa patuloy na nangyayari sa ating bansa.
Sinabi ito ni Regine kahapon when she appeared as special guest sa “Rise And Shine” show sa Facebook hosted by Belle Mariano, Markus Patterson, Patrick Quiroz and DJ Jhai Ho.
Sa isang part ng show hiningan ng advice si Regine para sa mga baguhang singer. At dito, naibulalas ng Songbird ang nararamdaman niyang anxiety.
“Huwag kayong tumigil sa pagkanta. Kahit nasa bahay lang just keep practicing. Keep on singing.
“Ako, would you believe I sing all the time kahit wala naman tayong online concert or anything. My husband would encourage me to sing,” payo ni Regine.
Ini-encourage raw siya ng mister niyang si Ogie Alcasid na kumanta palagi dahil nakakawala raw ito ng kanyang anxiety.
“Nagkaka-anxiety attack kasi ako lately, I guess, I’m worried about everything. The uncertainty, it’s driving me crazy. But when I sing, I don’t really think of anything else.
“Di ba ang music naman talaga has it’s way of healing our soul? Healing our mind, our heart. It relaxes you talaga,” pahayag ni Regine.
Ni-reveal din ni Regine during the show na nawiwirduhan daw siya sa pagko-concert niya online sa kanyang bahay.
“It’s a weird feeling doing a concert with no audience. Kasi alam mo kapag, kumakanta ka sa stage, yung kalahati ng adrenalin mo nanggagaling din sa audience, e. You get your, kasama doon ‘yung excitement mo, yung kaba mo. Lahat ‘yun.
“And then, you also get from your audience, ‘yung good vibe ng audience mo nakukuha rin. And then, ibinabalik mo sa kanila yun in return. So, palitan lang,” paliwanag ni Regine.
That’s how she sees it. Kaya iba raw ang feeling kapag nagpe-perform siya nang walang live audience sa harap niya.
“But at the same time, it’s also nerve-wrecking. Kasi nu’ng kumakanta ako, nu’ng nag-concert ako sa Bantay Bata, the whole time I was very, very nervous. I didn’t know why I was pressing-up the whole time.
“Normally kasi yung nerbyos ko sa umpisa lang. But once on stage, I know what to do. And then, I just have what? Nawawala na talaga ‘yon. Nawawala na lang yung pagkanerbyos ko.
“But this time, nakaupo lang ako. Walang stage, walang tao. It was actually just me and my husband. ‘Coz my husband is the one who operates the whole thing. So, I was very, very nervous. Maybe because it was a different setup and I wasn’t used to it,” lahad pa niya.
Pero sa kabila ng kaba na naramdaman niya sa kanyang Bantay Bata concert, excited din daw siya na kumanta para sa mga manonood sa kanya online.
“And I think, nu’ng time na yun hindi ako performer. Feeling ko I was a singer and I just really trying my heart out that night. Iniisip ko na lang na kakantahin ko lang ito. Kakantahan ko ‘ yung mga nanonood sa mga bahay nila.
“So, parang ganoon lang yung iniisip ko siguro. So, in any performance naman ke may tao o wala, alam lahat ng performers ‘to, you really give your all,” pahayag pa ng Songbird.