Dear Run,
Before my comment, I'd like to share one of classical guitar players that I respect (Jamie Andreas).
Here's just an excerpt of hers;
..............Guitar students are very prone to this. Guitar students are very prone to waiting until they reach some kind of "perfection" before they will play for somebody, or even just PLAY! They can flounder around for years and never "take the plunge." They say, "I will wait until I feel confident about playing for others, and then I will do it." Well, guess what!?? You GET confident by DOING it, you don't DO it because you GET confident! Improvising players will wait until they reach some stage of exalted technique and inspiration before they will try to improvise. In both these cases, it needs to be understood that you don't "get" these things without DOING them first!
Ah, but of course, that begs the question, why, why don't we "do"? Why do we keep waiting until we "get"? Because we are chicken, that's why! We are afraid of making idiots out of ourselves; a natural fear. All I can tell you is that when you are MORE afraid of NOT developing as a musician, you will face your fears, you will do it anyway. And then, you will begin to get! You see, one thing the Universe doesn't like is "chickens," unless you are a chicken of course, in which case the Universe has no problem with you. But if you are a human being, and especially that highest form of human being called "a guitar player," you're not supposed to be chicken! You are supposed to know what you want, and go after it.
If you have been a guitar player for a while, and have never, or rarely, played for anyone, there are probably things you are not getting because there are things you are not doing. If you are a purveyor of scales, frantically racing your fingers over the fretboard and wondering, "Are we having fun yet?" then, there are probably some things you need to do before you "get" what is beyond what you have now..................
I agreed with her and glad that you just simply do it now
Of course we can't be somebody else no matter how we adore them. Each of us is an unique creation of nature. Each of us has our own unique way of expressing ourselves through any media that we choose to. I never hesitant to display myself no matter how bad I am, I just want to give the world as honest and sincere as I can be (good or bad or anything in between). I just wanted to be accepted or rejected as true as I am.
Speaking of accent. I'm still spending my last 40 years and counting in foreign land and speak English everyday and CERTAINLY still have Thai accent that I was born with and proud of it as a gift from my mom and dad. Everybody has his/her own accent regardless of what country they were born. So be proud of it and accentuated it to the fullest, sing it loud, sing it proud. Show the whole world that "Hey, it's me, I'm Thai and proud of its accent too!". At the worst they will just skip you, that's all. No harm done, nobody gets hurt or die BUT REMEMBER THIS; SOMEONE OUT THERE WILL LIKE YOUR MUSICAL EXPRESSION to some degree no matter how bad (or even good) you think you are
And By The Way; your voice tone is similar to JD. So you can use it to your benefit too
