My sticking point is obtaining and maintaining the attention in the group. If I have the girls attention it's not so hard for me to get her to like me, but first I need the attention. I have some good openers. I think what I need to improve is my body language and voice. My friend is helping me improve body language but my voice is too queit, too monotone, and not loud enough and I think that's my main problem. I've been thinking of taking singing lessons from a friend to improve this. Does anyone have any advice on what usually goes wrong with people trying to gain attention and how I can improve it?

literally yell "AY!!" when she looks away and keep talking. if she looks away again.. do it again. Be the fucking BOSS