Member Since: 3/9/2007
Band Members: Sanna Hähnel... Sometimes with the amazing producer/songwriter P.F.H....
Influences: Tracy Chapman, Annie Lennox (Eurythmics), Madonna, Linda Sundblad (Lambretta), Mariah Carey (although I don't sound at all like her), Jewel (only recently, I didn't know who she was until a couple of years ago), Sarah Brightman, "Phantom of the Opera", Carola (when I was a kid), Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, ABBA, Lisa Nilsson, Lisa Ekdahl, Stephen Simmonds (I know he's a man but I get inspired by his songs), The Corrs, Natalie Imbruglia, Irene Jackson (a woman I found at www.irenejackson.com - she also gives great songwriting tips)... I also love the voice of Magnus Karlsson in Weeping Willows, he has that smooth tenderness and melancholy I would like to apply to my own voice. These are just my sources of inspiration (and I have several more, I like most music) and I don't necessarily want to sound like they do but I like to listen to them to figure out how they use their voices or compose their songs...
Sounds Like: Sanna Hähnel of course... But to give you some hints til I put some music here I can tell you that I've been told my voice sounds a bit like Jewel or Olivia Newton John, which I take as a great compliment. I really love their voices but they both have an innocent almost childlike character to their voices that would not fit my personality - I'm more scarred by life I suppose and don't want to have that naive sound I have today... So I wish my voice would be less "pretty" and more edgy - I guess my dream is to have a voice that is a mixture of Sheryl Crow (more rock n' roll than how I sing today), Sarah Brightman (but less pretty), Mariah Carey (with a little less wailing), Shakira (without the "squeeze" she puts on some tones), Tracy Chapman (but as a soprano) and Tori Amos. I also like some of the techniques used in country pop - Faith Hill, Dixie Chicks, LeAnn Rimes and Jill Johnson (Swedish artist). Quite a mixture I guess... perhaps it's not really possible in real life to combine them without seeming like you have schizophrenia. And I want to sound like ME whoever that is... :-) Til I find out, I think the names I mentioned above are great sources of inspiration.
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