Actually, I kind of hear all of those artists that you listed in there. Maybe more of an acoustic CCR thing than the others. There is something in your voice that reminds me of something I can't quite put my finger on. Perhaps Cat Stevens? 

Hi Brett,

I agree that you do sound like the artists you've listed, so I think you are on the right track.

Not sure if it helps, but I hear a little Steely Dan, as far as your singing goes, but I'm not sure that's what you would want to target as far as genre.

Jim Croce comes to mind as well.  Gordon Lightfoot maybe?

Brett Littlefair said
Thanks for your reply John.

I have noticed how much effort you put into replying to posts in all areas and I think it's amazing. You keep saying you are lazy in your tutorial videos... but you really are not!!!!! 

Appreciate your efforts immensely.

You know your sounds too. I grew up listening to Cat Stevens and was once told I should do a tribute (I kinda looked similar to a young Cat before my long hair started falling out, haha.) I have been told several times by audience members after singing "Moonshadow" that I sounded almost identical to Cat Stevens. I didn't use his name in the description so when I read your post I said to my wife ,"This guy knows his stuff."

John Fogerty has been one of the biggest influences of my musical life and I am so reluctant to even put myself in a ball park with him. Maybe that's why I have had trouble associating myself with another artist in an effort to create an "affinity" group with subscribers. I'm in so much awe of these guys I'm embarrassed to say "I sound like XXXXX".

Anyway, I will go with the artists I listed and add in Cat Stevens.

Thanks again John. Love ya work fella.

Hey Brett,

My apologies for the slow response. I have been traveling. back now though.

Re: Lazy... Lol, thanks for saying that. The truth is I work my friggin' ass off. But when it comes to perfection in my content I tend to favor forward motion rather that spending a lot of time on little details. But it's quicker to just excuse a rough video, or the cutting of some corner, as laziness 🙂

Re: Cat Stevens. That's awesome. That might tell you something right there in terms of a potential target audience.

Re: Forgety... You don't necessarily need to say you"sound like" any particular artist. And I know what you mean. It's a big claim. All you really need to do is make the conection between your music and some pre-existing passion of your target audience. Referencing an artist is the most straight forward and obvious. But you can do it by pointing out the qualities of that artist and stating that you have those same qualities as well.

For example, some might say that Johnny Cash represents a rebellious American spirit. By leading with a headline that said something like "Do you miss the rebellious spirit of yesterday's American Roots music?"... or whatever... you might immediately tap into the passions of a Johnny Cash fan without saying, I sound like Johnny Cash.

Make sense?