Quote Originally Posted by Clint View Post
I'd be more into country if it weren't for the exaggerated fake southern accents that all country music stars use. I like some country music. Harry Choates, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Ronnie Milsap, O.B. McClinton, Stanley Brothers, among others released some really good music back in the day, though music was generally better decades ago as opposed to today, so it kind of makes sense that modern country music is shit.
Truth ^ Telling

It is a high pressure, high volume low return business, not unlike the video games industry, and people push and drive themselves to develop their style so hard that they can forget that country is meant to be sung with your natural voice. That is a difficult thing for many singers today, I believe. Natural voices are getting drowned out by not only virtuostic power R&B singing, but also digital vocal manipulation. Nobody really understands the fundamental principles of breath...they just want to computer it into shape.

So, natural, honest delivery is not really a known thing these days...people are kind of weirded out by it, frankly. It ain't like the radio, for sure.