Originally Posted by: Raskolnikov...I can sing*...
...*Bear in mind, I am a terrible singer, but my mouth makes noises while I'm playing.

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It's always nice to clarify these things.
I feel the same way about my singing. Actually, it's not just what I feel, that's what it is. Pathetic. So I'm taking voice lessons starting this Thursday. From a lady who did her voice training in Berklee. She sings in an Afro Jazz band in Nairobi called The Four Winds. I'm told she's awesome. I hope some of it rubs off on me. But she's expensive. Approximately US$ 10 per lesson. Not a lot by "western" standards, but that's my pay check for two days. What? You're shocked by that. Well, a bedsitter in my home town of Thika (about 40KM north of Nairobi) a decent two or three bedroom apartment goes for about US$ 60 per month, and a kilo of beef sells for about US$ 2.00. A 400gm loaf of bread is about 40 cents. A 500ml bottle of coke is slightly less than 50 cents.