MotuKothu

It's on the netting flix yo...

I'm picturing myself in velvet red tuxedo jumpsuit and a donkey in pink puffy gown walking into a fancy dinner party.

Love this dude's music... great summary of his life. http://www.lorberfilms.com/who-is-harry-nilsson/who-is-harry-nilsson/

What are you guys talking about? All these covers are awesome!

thumbs up for the old Blue Note jazz covers... coolness

Ditto on the "hobbyist learning a craft" comment... I'm here to get better at communicating some ideas I have and I can't think of another place that would have accepted and tolerated all the crazy racket I've linked here. I don't think there's much money to be made in music anymore unless you're at the very top but all that stuff is more product than art anyways... I do it for myself- so that eventually I'll have a collection of decent songs that will be fun, memorable, thought provoking, etc that I can be proud of. And it fills the empty hours between night and day, so there's that as well

Not what I usually listen to but it sounds radio ready to me. I could hear this blaring out of cars at intersections and parking lots. Nice work!

Reading this thread made me think about the singer from Spoon, Britt Daniels who has a very unique and recognizable singing style. If you listen to their early work he sings in an early Wire/grunge influenced sort of way but now sings in a clipped modified British hybrid but it fits his voice and the bands sound. Did he gradually find his style or did he manufacture it? Maybe both. He has mentioned in interviews that he purposely sings with an English accent to get that style even though he's from Texas. Its weird to hear the difference between his talking voice and singing voice... so different.

I wanna play my songs and have a few people not walk out... that would be pretty awesome!

They were remarkably consistent... and cool as mofos

If you want something you should let it go. If you try to hang on to it, you will choke it until it is a compromised version of what's inside you. It needs to come out naturally not in a forced way. First thing I would do is stop comparing yourself to other bands. They have their own sound and you need to find and cultivate your own sound, lyrics included. Then once you've made up your mind that you want to be yourself, not anybody else. Now you can get to business! Write a song from front to end... just write it... no matter what it means just get it down on paper. Now sing it over and over for a week, no matter how silly or stupid or lame you think it is... just keep playing with it til it feels good (there is no right or wrong and there are no rules). Be single minded this coming week. Just practice your song, slow, fast, hard, soft, etc. You'll begin to figure out phrasing and you'll end up rewriting a bunch of it. Just keep going no matter how awful it seems to you... Don't put pressure on yourself. Don't worry about leaping buildings... just take 1 step and then another and then another and your confidence will build.