[Dixielandjazz] having just a so-so voice

[billsharp]

Having just a so-so voice - - -that would be me.  I usually start my 
vocals with a warning to the crowd:  "I can't sing . . . . . . . . but 
I will anyway".

That way I don't  have to live up to any pre-conceived notion about the 
quality of my voice. I don't believe, as some people do (often quite 
erroneously) that I'm a singer. However,  I think I pull it off by 
putting myself into the song with all the panache I can muster, while 
trying not to lay too big a musturd, and all the while just having fun. 
  Just as much fun as I do instrumentally.  Throwing caution to the 
wind, I blast it out and have a blast!

If you'd really in need of seeing a whole planet full of voiceless, 
pitchless people thinking that they can sing but sound like chickens 
being squeezed around the neck, go spend an evening listening to 
kakaoke.  Most of the people believe that they sound wonderful.  It's a 
once-in-a-lifetime experience.   Going more than once is not for 
musically normal people.  [Maybe they all have the philosophy I have . 
. . can't sing, but will anyway.] There has to be a reason for this 
aberration of music, so you see - - - it's not just rap.

If you like to drink, and even if you don't, karaoke will drive you to 
it,  and it should probably be listed as one of mankind's original 
sins.

You've all heard the warning:  " Don't mess with me - -I know Karaoke 
and know how to use it!"  Right?