BlackieJane

It was good! I enjoyed it and thought you had a really nice tone. My only criticism is that I wish you had taken more risks. I felt like there were a couple time where you were going to push a bit more, but then held back...maybe because of how/where you were recording? But overall, really nice job!

Aspiring Singer: thank you so much for your feedback. I agree...I definitely need to learn to relax and not force the style. I'm definitely going to try to be more natural (ironic right? lol). Thank you so much for the encouragement! Lucca: thanks for listening! I really appreciate the kind words. Again, I'm just relieved you guys don't think I suck ) And I've been listening to myself more like you suggested, and I'm getting more used to it. Thanks again for listening!

Thank you so much for the feedback! I'm just relieved you don't think i suck. I know i can be hypercritical of myself, and so when it comes to singing, i just assume i'm doing everything wrong and have to build my way up from ground zero, so to hear that i'm naturally doing some things right is a much better start than i expected. Although...i don't know what those things are...if you could be a bit more specific so i can be conscious enough to keep doing those things! In terms of the style...i think that when i sing, i'm grasping at a blues vocabulary that i don't have. I keep trying to find the blue note, but i'm not even really sure where it is, so my choices end up sounding odd. lol...i'm also coming to terms with what my voice actually sounds like. It was kind of shocking when i heard myself recorded for the first time. I didn't sound anything like i imagined in my head. My pianoman, commented on the sweet sort of innocent quality to my voice, where i always imagined i'd sound more like a strong vaudeville-ish type broad with "mama" for a first name. Anyway, i really appreciate the feedback!

Hi there, I'm very new to all this. I've sang for years just because it makes me happy, but i recently thought i'd try to actually SING a song with deliberate intention rather than just in passing. I've never had any lessons, and i'm not really sure how to start doing this. I listen to a lot of music, but would definitely say that some of my influences are Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Bessie Smith and Norah Jones. This was done sort of as a dare. I only got one take (my piano man was eager to get out of that suit) and was obviously nervous at the idea of other people hearing me sing, so i already know that with confidence, things will flow better, but i was just hoping for some non-family/friends feedback to help me move forward. Thanks so much for your time