About a month or so ago (is time extra wibbly wobbly for anyone else? Months and weeks collapse into a few hours and some days seem to last weeks?) Darin from Punk Rock Karaoke saw that I am an old school punk, and he offered me an opportunity to join him and his band to sing a song of my choice.
I am not musical at all. Like, I love music, and I sing along all the time, but I’m not a singer or a musician, so I was like OMG YES and then that voice in my head I try so hard not to listen to was all THEY’RE ALL GONNA LAUGH AT YOU! But I was all shut up, voice. It’s punk! I can totally fake it.
So I did. It was the single scariest thing I’ve ever done, creatively, in my life. I can not even begin to tell you how far out of my comfort zone this took me, and how happy I am with the result. It was so much fun, and I can’t wait until I can do it live with the band.
Here I am, singing the Dead Kennedys classic, Police Truck, with Punk Rock Karaoke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AK-sHrCyUY
Fun!
You are great, always.
I don’t even like punk but this was amazing
Oh, that was good, enjoyed it so much. And you seem to have had a blast doing this!
I second this comment!
If that performance is any indication, you could totally front a punk band. Loved it.
Can’t express how much I loved this!!
I don’t know anything about Punk but I wasn’t surprised that your voice was good. It’s distinctive and deep and you have a preferred voice for audio books so I don’t know why you were anxious about singing.
Very respectable! Your intonation is excellent and you’re totally on. I can imagine how tough this was for you– I used to sing professionally, though not punk– and recording is harder than singing live! You were brave to do it and even braver to let us hear. Thanks!
Wil, I enjoyed that immensely, and the cat was so into your performance that he kept pausing the video as he tried to headbutt you.
I only check in a couple times a year here, and I have never commented, but I gotta say: that was great! I’m a not-great singer who loves to sing. In my case, it’s not just my brain but actual other people who’ve told me that I’m a bit of a Florence Foster Jenkins. Heck ’em. Bravo and well done, Wil!