AT Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:08:01 Miles wrote: >This has been increasingly problematic for me too. Not that I require >technically good singing or anything, and the devaluation of the lead >singer is probably at least in part a logical, natural anti-"rock star!" >reaction, which philosophically I can understand and even support to an >extent. But at the end of the day, turns out that most of the time I want >to hear an interesting, charismatic voice. Is that so wrong? Hell, I'll trade you interesting and charismatic just to find a vocalist that can SING, dammit. I vote Mike Previti from Boston. Wicked singer and pop songwriter. Those who saw him at IPO Boston will know what I mean. Jaimie Vernon, President, Bullseye Records "Not Infecting Our Customers' Computers Since 1985!!" http://www.bullseyecanada.com http://www.bullseyerecords.com Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/ http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz