Birthday tape vibe: whiskey and vocals
I’ve been singing since I can remember. I figured out I had a big voice pretty early on thanks to my dad. It’s just a shame because my voice doesn’t record well, just like how I don’t photograph well. My voice, like many things in life, is better in person.
When I need to destress, I sip on Jamo and belt out a few. I love singing anything that channels the little black person that lives inside me. Blues, gospel, you name it. If it includes belting out notes from the depths of my soul, I love it. Tonight’s play list is mostly “feel it in your soul when you sing.”
There are a couple of oddball songs on the list to keep it interesting. In the first group I ever jammed with, I sang Pat Benatar’s “Heartbreaker,” because it was a fast paced song that mixed up our set. While it’s a fun song, my favorite Benatar song is actually “We Belong.” So that’s what made the playlist.
“I Would Do Anything for Love” by Meatloaf is just hilarious. I made it to the second round of Austin Idols one year. In the first round, I auditioned with a Donna Summer hit, “Last Dance.” I auditioned in front of Bobby Bones before he became a big staple in radio… My friends dared me to go to the second round with the Meatloaf single. I wasn’t bad, but there’s not a lot of vocal showcasing you can do with a song like that. I didn’t advance to the finals, but it was hilarious nonetheless.
Some people have working out, running, or whatever else they do to destress. I have music. Someone once told me “Music takes me places even drugs can’t.” Well, I am the one human that the D.A.R.E. program worked on. I wouldn’t know what that’s like, but music does take me a lot of places I don’t think drugs could. Here’s to a night of whiskey and vocals.
The Birthday Tapes 