That makes sense and I agree finding your own sound is really important, I have found that even when singing along with songs on the radio - I will add my own embellishments and flair.

I love complicated vocal gymnastics and I often find most songs and singers, have dead space that I would be filling with more texture and emotion.

I love so many different genres of music I have a difficult style to portray, but if I had to explain it I'd say it's a mix of metal, power ballad, opera with soul.

I wrote a lot of songs back at tafe when I studied music there, but don't have any of the recordings of my original work unfortunately - but here's a link to an entry I did for the #openmic contest on here a few months back https://steemit.com/openmic/@krystle/open-mic-week-12-in-the-arms-of-the-angel-cover-acapella

I keep loosing my voice for extended periods of time so haven't been able to enter, but hoping to get back into it again soon - have you entered on there?

Anyways thanks for the comments :)