I really mean it as compliment though as a singer myself comparisons are a double edged thing, we are all unique, it is natural that our voices sometimes recall what others find them close to, that does not necessarily tells who truly influenced us. Say hi on my behalf
Haha yeah - totally get that about comparisons being a double edged thing - for singers - the voice is so personal! It's a bit like saying someone looks like someone - VERY subjective!
Oh yes many times, when I started out I got a really bad review that called me a wannabe Tori Amos (hands down total respect for her, I found her to be really super interesting, and also made me discover Kate Bush (hands down for innovation) but I knew not much of her work at that moment. I also get lots of Enya and Loreena MacKennit and same, kudos to them for making New Age mainstream, but in true honest I listened to very few sung music when I was a child... I was more into film music and scores (Jerry Goldsmith, Trevor Jones, Bruce Broughton, well so many), also early synthetizer (Vangelis, Jarre, Eno). My favourite band is Tears for Fears, but I have a weakness for male voices when sung music (Bowie, Sting...) and of course you know I like Mike Oldfield too. About female vocalists I really love Liz Fraser from Cocteau Twins but well if you don't know her, believe me she's unique and impossible to imitate hahah :) I was not a singer to start with, I was the shy composer/keyboardist that ended up singing, and honestly I love singing now but I just did the way it was intuitive for me. Orzabal (from Tears for Fears) was a heavy influence honestly.
Really interested regarding comparisons vs. influences - thank you for sharing!
As a child I listened to Queen, Mike Oldfield and the 80s chart music of the time. I did listen to a bit of Jean Michelle Jarre and Tangerine Dream which is perhaps the closest in terms of influence - but really I don't think my music is very obviously influenced by anything - especially my improvised music! It probably is at a more subtle level - but in my mind I just make whatever feels right to me and don't worry about what genre it is. There are a couple of exceptions to that - I've made one Lofi/Chill track for a specific project and I'm doing another one now for a follow up for example.
But the music that I think is the most "TDC Tunes" is hard to put in a box!
I really mean it as compliment though as a singer myself comparisons are a double edged thing, we are all unique, it is natural that our voices sometimes recall what others find them close to, that does not necessarily tells who truly influenced us. Say hi on my behalf
Haha yeah - totally get that about comparisons being a double edged thing - for singers - the voice is so personal! It's a bit like saying someone looks like someone - VERY subjective!
What singers have you been compared to before?
Oh yes many times, when I started out I got a really bad review that called me a wannabe Tori Amos (hands down total respect for her, I found her to be really super interesting, and also made me discover Kate Bush (hands down for innovation) but I knew not much of her work at that moment. I also get lots of Enya and Loreena MacKennit and same, kudos to them for making New Age mainstream, but in true honest I listened to very few sung music when I was a child... I was more into film music and scores (Jerry Goldsmith, Trevor Jones, Bruce Broughton, well so many), also early synthetizer (Vangelis, Jarre, Eno). My favourite band is Tears for Fears, but I have a weakness for male voices when sung music (Bowie, Sting...) and of course you know I like Mike Oldfield too. About female vocalists I really love Liz Fraser from Cocteau Twins but well if you don't know her, believe me she's unique and impossible to imitate hahah :) I was not a singer to start with, I was the shy composer/keyboardist that ended up singing, and honestly I love singing now but I just did the way it was intuitive for me. Orzabal (from Tears for Fears) was a heavy influence honestly.
Really interested regarding comparisons vs. influences - thank you for sharing!
As a child I listened to Queen, Mike Oldfield and the 80s chart music of the time. I did listen to a bit of Jean Michelle Jarre and Tangerine Dream which is perhaps the closest in terms of influence - but really I don't think my music is very obviously influenced by anything - especially my improvised music! It probably is at a more subtle level - but in my mind I just make whatever feels right to me and don't worry about what genre it is. There are a couple of exceptions to that - I've made one Lofi/Chill track for a specific project and I'm doing another one now for a follow up for example.
But the music that I think is the most "TDC Tunes" is hard to put in a box!