Mine came the other day and I have listened to it over and over. As you can discern from my previous post, unless you're an idiot, I was previously kind of "enchanted" by Susan's voice and playing. Okay, well, nothing has changed. The girl is really fabulous and her songs are exceptional.

But I got to thinking as I listened that I am sure as sure can be about something else. Susan, I bet you've had people either tell you or indicate in some way that they wish your voice or sound was (insert polite qualifier here). Oh they really did like you but it's not exactly their (whatever=favorite type of music or other irrelevant crap). DO NOT try to adapt your sound or music to any of their suggestions. I got a theory about really fine singers and it goes like this:

Take someone with an excellent voice which lacks distinction and they are generally admired by all, but rarely make it to the top of the heap. Find an outstanding artist with something very distinctive about them and you get a huge group of lovers and fans, but also a group of naysayers. The naysayers say things like, "It's a good voice but he/she really would appeal a lot more if they would (whatever)." I have found that the sounds that appeal to many the most will trigger some kind of reaction and I'm never sure why. I guess distinction doesn't count in their mind. Billie Holliday was just another good voice to them that needed more balance between registers.

Well, I guess that ain't makin' much sense probably............... I hope it does. There is a lot of "you" in your voice; don't lose it! I think everyone needs to hear this CD and to hear the distinct sound of Susan Latimer. You sound terrific and I wish you great success. You already seem to have overcome the handicap of having an asshole for a brother so the sky's the limit!

Spaw