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To: Lijahsbubbe
I sort of agree with you, except to say that Vonzell has probably shown the most growth and improvement of anyone who made it to the top 12.

It's interesting this year, because no one seems to have both an excellent voice and well-developed performing skills. Carrie far and away has the best natural voice, as well as beauty. But her performance skills are underdeveloped.

Of the boys, I think Anthony is in the same boat as Carrie. A fine natural voice, although less advanced that Carrie, but no performance skills whatsoever. Simon has always been too harsh with Anthony, because Simon never liked Clay and unfairly sees Anthony as another Clay.

Constantine and Bo are good performers who know how to work the stage and the crowd. But both have so-so voices. Nadia is the same way. So-so voice, but she's a charming performer.

Anwar and Scott are also-rans, because both their voices and performance skills are weaker than the others, in my opinion.

2,198 posted on 04/08/2005 10:38:21 AM PDT by Wolfstar (If you can lead, do it. If you can't, follow. If you can't do either, become a Democrat.)
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To: silent_jonny; texasflower; All
Thought you might be interested in this news item about Kelly Clarkson. Just passing it along as example of how it is possible for the truly talented AI contestants to make it big in the industry. The following is an article from Billboard.

April 07, 2005, 3:30 PM ET
EMI Signs Co-Pub Deal With Kelly Clarkson
By Susan Butler, N.Y.

EMI Music Publishing has landed a worldwide co-publishing deal with Kelly Clarkson.

Clarkson co-wrote six songs on her current RCA album "Breakaway," which has sold more than 1.8 million units in the U.S. since its release last November, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

She co-wrote the next single from the album, "Behind These Hazel Eyes," with Max Martin and Lukas "Dr. Luke" Gottwald. She has also collaborated with Kara DioGuardi, Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maide and others.

"Kelly is one of the most talented writers and performers on the music charts today," says EMI Music Publishing CEO/chairman Martin Bandier.

Clarkson's first album, "Thankful," was certified double-platinum. She is currently on tour through the end of May. (Actually, "Breakaway" also has been certified double-platinum as of last week's Billboard chart updates.)

The following is from the EMI website. (FYI, songwriters must go through publishing companies to market their songs to other artists.)

EMI is the world's largest music publisher in terms of copyrights owned, controlled or administered, with rights to more than one million musical compositions and offices in 30 countries. EMI's diverse repertoire includes numerous pop music hits, American standards, country songs, classical works, and motion picture and theatrical compositions including "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "New York, New York", and the rights to the film score of Singing in the Rain and the music in the Wizard of Oz. EMI concentrates on discovering, promoting and nurturing gifted songwriters around the world, working with new and established writers to build a body of work to be appreciated by future generations and making the music of yesterday relevant to the audience of today. EMI builds its music publishing business throughout the world by signing new songwriters, renewing existing contracts with songwriters and acquiring catalogues of existing compositions.


2,199 posted on 04/08/2005 12:22:07 PM PDT by Wolfstar (If you can lead, do it. If you can't, follow. If you can't do either, become a Democrat.)
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To: Wolfstar
Of the boys, I think Anthony is in the same boat as Carrie. A fine natural voice, although less advanced that Carrie, but no performance skills whatsoever. Simon has always been too harsh with Anthony, because Simon never liked Clay and unfairly sees Anthony as another Clay. Actually, I think Simon's problem with Anthony is that he has really sucked the past few weeks. He has been way out of key. Just the way Nikko was last week. He sang his song is 5 or 6 keys and even invented one or two.
2,201 posted on 04/08/2005 1:16:44 PM PDT by upier (Stop Child abuse - Teach your children English!)
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