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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

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63 thoughts on “Playing Cops for Real, Playing Cops for Pay”

  1. Joyce Artadi says:
    10 April, 2021 at 1:55 pm

    Fun!
    You are great, always.

  2. patrickbyePatrick Bye says:
    12 April, 2021 at 7:37 am

    I don’t even like punk but this was amazing

  3. Stephanie Mayer says:
    13 April, 2021 at 5:50 am

    Oh, that was good, enjoyed it so much. And you seem to have had a blast doing this!

    1. AMY says:
      16 April, 2021 at 1:18 pm

      I second this comment!

  4. rodb says:
    13 April, 2021 at 7:57 am

    If that performance is any indication, you could totally front a punk band. Loved it.

  5. Bookabye Baby says:
    13 April, 2021 at 10:39 pm

    Can’t express how much I loved this!!

  6. Tiff says:
    16 April, 2021 at 9:40 am

    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.

    1. Elene says:
      18 April, 2021 at 8:20 pm

      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!

  7. iliadawry says:
    20 April, 2021 at 12:08 pm

    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.

  8. Finchia says:
    14 June, 2021 at 9:52 am

    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!

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