[Dixielandjazz] having just a so-so voice

[Mike]

I look at it this way, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix didn't have 
the most lovely of voices, but everyone still loves their music. 
Just do what you do the best you can do it and I suspect you'll 
be alright.

Mike





billsharp wrote:
> 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!