It's better if a singer disconnects from the original and brings something new to the version.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.
You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the other.
The same song can have drastically different feels and personalities just by changing some minor things. A different drumbeat or some vocal overdub could completely transform the song.
You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.
So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.
It's easy for a singer to sometimes pick up on another singer's sound, but that's just copying.
When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn't have to be pushed out.
When you are pushing yourself to not go back to the same well, you're gonna come up with something different, or you'll find songs that are different.
Old music is the same as new music - it's just a different way of delivering it.