Michael Nesmith, Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Amy Grant, Byrds, Simply Red, Evan Dando
Sounds Like
This sounds like the most impractically fragile music allowable under the 'Fragility In Songwriting Accord' of 2001 with its winsome, whispery tones and delicate delivery, and yet there's also a certain rhythmic bite that nips at your elbows and pinches the skin just below your earlobes in a playful, innocuous manner.
Also, it sounds like an acoustic guitar being strummed with a syncopated beat and a warbly, nasal voice rising above it singing pleading lyrics. And that's the best I can do.
I'm Darin Givens, a singer/songwriter with several years of experience performing and recording in the Atlanta area. My songs have the simplicity of Beatles-era rock/folk sounds and reveal my retro musical tastes. I perform with acoustic guitar (mostly) and keyboards (occassionally). Songs about lost loves and religious wanderings are the easiest to sing for some reason, but I try to throw in something chipper every now and then to keep sane.