One thing people love to do with my music is compare my music to other artists. People come up to me all the time either online or in person, they say stuff like, “You remind me of this artist (here)”. So far, the most popular comparisons of my songwriting are: Tom Waits, Leon Redbone, Nick Cave, Tom Petty, etc.

I can understand why. It’s because I don’t have a very strong singing voice. I’ll admit, that I’m not an actual singer, I just do it. Those guys I listed above are not actual singers either. They just sing with their regular speaking voices, not having a strong range. Know what I mean? To be honest, I actually enjoy singers who don’t take themselves too seriously. When you want to sing, you don’t have to be professionally trained. If you want to sing, just do it, period. You don’t have to be a perfect singer.

I do want to sing better and am practicing and learning. I would like to have better range and a stronger voice, but learning to sing real good takes years, just like it takes years to play great guitar. I am considering taking voice coach lessons though. I would like to sing a little better.

I do get flattered when people compare me to other artists like that though. When people do that, it means they really like your stuff.

Kev