Anyone Spend Much Time Singing?

I cannot sing. It's an atrocity when I try. But, as long as the wife is out of the house and the dog is asleep, I will try to work at it and hope one day I improve.

Having a tough time playing and singing some random stuff. Nothing complicated, but mainly cover songs where the singer doesn't play guitar. So the vocals don't follow the strumming pattern & changes all that much.

Any tips?

Doesn't seem like just learning to play something where slowing it down helps much. That seems to make it a ton more difficult actually. I can play the guitar parts after a half bottle of gin, but as soon as I try to sing, it all falls apart. Practice practice practice, I know, but there has to be an efficient way to go about it...

Why Is It Acceptable To Hate Country Music...

...but not the blues? I frequently hear people say that if you don't like the blues, it's because you don't understand it or something like that.

If someone says they don't like country, you never hear anyone go "Oh you don't get the history in it" or "you need to listen to Jimmy Bryant" or even "You hate America!" No, it's just treated as an opinion. If you say you don't like the blues, it seems to stir up argument.

Just an observation. Not sure if maybe a while back there was some sort of decree that stated you must appreciate blues music.