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After touring with the Dirty Nil for so many years, what do you know now with all that experience that you didn’t know when you started? If I warm up properly and if I am conservative with my voice in terms of the show and know the moments where I have to kind of give it and when I can, when I can afford to back off because we all can, right? Like you don’t have to, I think there’s this false mentality that like every single time has to be like the best. If you’re singing in a very intense style, I think you have to make some trade off. If you’re going to do a big tour and working together, like nobody notices like if, or if they do notice like that you didn’t go for that one big thing in that one song. They’re like, huh. And then it’s the next part of the song and their attention’s on that. So a lot of it is just being easier on yourself and recognizing that the lead vocal is an important part in a rock show. Of course, it’s much more about a communal experience and the vibe in the room. And if you can focus your energy on trying to make that really good, then any shortcomings in your voice will be swept under the rug and kind of the, it’s all part of the total package of this communion that we’re having together in the church of rock and roll. So don’t worry about the one part of it, even though it is an important part.
