I'm sure most of you know that good vocal control comes from breathing properly.....leading into....I consider myself a good vocalist but a much better one when I remember to do this.

That leads into.....it's hard to use those lungs correctly when you're sitting behind a keyboard. At least, for me it is. When I became a disc jockey and was able to go out onto the floor and sing to Karaoke tracks it was like night and day. The freedom I experienced in my vocal expression was astounding. I could hold notes for many, many seconds and hit high notes I couldn't do when sitting......all from breath control. Yet, opera singers are able to reproduce even when they're "sitting" (or laying down even!).

I DO find it very hard to PLAY correctly and SING correctly at the same time. It seems to come down to one or the other. I don't mean just belting out songs...that's pretty easy.....I mean putting them out there in a technically correct way.

BTW......Tom Jones was one of my all-time favorite artists. He picked the right songs to do and he did them magnificently. And a great showman too. Delilah is still being sung by audiences around the world!

Mark