Although I enjoy, and am consequently influenced by, a very wide spectrum of vocal performance, from opera to abrasive post-rock, I’m probably closest to a folk singer. Tonally and stylistically, this seems to be what I most closely call home.

 

My favourite singers may or may not be technically exemplary, which rather illustrates that voice-training is a technical mean to an artistic end.

 

My biggest vocal influences are probably Sandy Denny and Joni Mitchell and I think Mary Hampton, though not a technical exemplar, is an unmatched storyteller. Perhaps it’s this preponderance of influential women that has lent my voice its occasionally androgynous quality.

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In the classical melieau I'm rather partial to Florian Boesch, Maria Callas, Teresa Berganza and Janet Baker.

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My rocking out gets done to Maynard James Keenan, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and PJ Harvey. 

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If I'm in the mood for a swoon, cue Jeff Buckley or Leonard Cohen; to face down the fathomless gulf of Being (an important part of my morning routine), I like a bit of Nico, Scott Walker or Radiohead. 

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On the jazz side, I'm pretty predictable: give me Chet, give me Billy, give me Louis and Ella. 

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