If you want to go from a wannabe singer and start feeling like a “real” singer, SING EVERY DAY! Become obsessed, take weekly lessons, listen to other singers,  instrumentalists, songwriters, go hear live music and start performing if you haven’t already.  Start keeping a journal of your practice time and everything about your musical life.  If you do a bunch of these things, YOU WILL BE LIVING It and IT WILL BECOME YOUR LIFE.