And honey, you are never gonna change.

Seeing as I have barely been leaving the house in the hope that I will use my time wisely and revise, this means Jake and I have not had the time to get together and organise our music.
This spurred me to take the matter into my own hands.
I have been researching women with a similar voice to my own to try to examine their styles and how they pronounce their words. I've been trying to analyse the songs, how the tone in their voices highlight the lyrics, how the imperfections of their voices could be staged to have emphasis and how I could carry all these tecniques across and merge them into something me and my voice can accomplish.
I'm also seeing which styles of music suit my voice best, at the minute jazz/acoustic and a bit of rock go with it quite nicely.
Basically I'm giving myself singing lessons because I can't afford proffessional ones.

In my aimless wanderings trying to find women with a similar voice to my own, that maybe I could do cover versions of, I found her. Probably the person who has inspired me the most to continue with this band and make me believe I am capable of it.
Laura Marling.

Her lyrics speak of years of experience in life, yet she is so young, and her voice is like the perfect shade of paint for the empty canvas of her songs.
Sounds naff but it's so true.
Her voice almost fills a song, so much so that it seems exciting, like that thrill that you get when an epic song like Spellbound - Siouxie and the Banshees or Blue Monday - New Order comes on.

We have similar voices only I lack the american accent she sometimes gains and also the heavy almost jazz-like tones that she can hit.
My voice sounds a lot more delicate, hopefully with more practise/smoking I will get there.