I don't know; I have been called so many things as a musician (usually good things, thank God) but one moniker I definitely like is CROONER. To me a crooner is a singer in the most traditional sense which is a song stylist whose best friends are the WORDS and the MELODY. As a composer also, this is first and foremost in my mind: to create a perfect marriage between the two. Are there many crooners anymore? Not too many, unfortunately. In my opinion, there are more poster boys and girls than real singers these days. Marketing before quality? It is an unfortunate trend; however, I believe that the true singing tradition of upholding the virtues of good song interpretation will never die. What are they? well, that is a discussion for another time but I think my mom said it best: "It ain't singing if you can't understand the words!" BKT