Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I keep these songs in my head until I get behind the microphone. I never spend more than 30 or 40 minutes singing the vocal or it will sound mechanical. There are always mistakes, but it's about feeling more than being perfect.
Well, over the years, I've developed a stable of songs of which I'm known for and never get tired of singing.
The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody.
Being in music forever, I have good pitch, so I know when I'm singing in or out of tune. But the key to really good singing is just relaxing and thinking about what the song is.
Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first.
Every time I write a song my approach changes.
I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become more individual, express more of me. That's my goal. These songs are steps along that way.
I always want to bring emotion across in a straightforward way. I don't want to get histrionic when I'm singing. For me that's just not interesting; it goes too far down one road.
I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.
I don't feel like singing should be taken lightly. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it's coming along.