Picture Credit: AmericanIdol.Com. A picture is worth a thousand words. It appears that Clark and Jax are rehearsing their songs on keyboard, so does that mean that they will be using a piano this week? Maybe yes, maybe no. At any rate, after last week’s excellent Top 9/8 show celebrating the music of the great Kelly […]
Continue readingVocal MasterClass Discussion For The Voice Season 8 Top 20: We Are Live!
This week on The Voice, the Top 20 artists perform, with two artists from each team advancing based on the viewers’ vote, and each coach completing their respective teams with their own choice. Performing live on Monday, April 6th at 8:00 PM on NBC are: Team Blake Shelton Corey Kent White Brooke Adee […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Article For American Idol Season XIV Top 8/9 Performances: The Music Of Kelly Clarkson
By: Rosanne Simunovic Wasn’t it great to see Kelly Clarkson again? She is arguably one of the best natural talents discovered by American Idol and, as the original winner of this show, was able to impart valuable and life-changing assistance to the Top 8/9. Let us move forward to my Vocal Masterclass evaluations and I […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season XIV Top 8/9 Show: The Kelly Clarkson Songbook
This is what is going down on American Idol this week: “Idol’s original superstar returns this Wednesday to mentor, perform, and open her catalogue of hits to our Top 9. If you’ve ever wanted to hear “Breakaway”, “Since U Been Gone”, and “Catch My Breath” (among others) performed in rapid succession on the stage that started it all, well…this […]
Continue readingSpoiler Alert: ITunes Links For The Voice Season 8 Knock – Out Rounds Part 3
If you want an early listen before Monday’s KnockOut Performances on The Voice, here you go. I will continue to update as the spoilers come in. Thank you to Idolforums.Com and MJsBigBlog.Com for the reveal. Enjoy! Team Blake Shelton Brooke Adee – Electric Feel by MGMT – Download from iTunes Team Pharrell Williams Lowell Oakley […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion For The Voice Season 8: The KnockOuts Part 3
Picture Credit: NBC/The Voice I was in travel mode last week and forgot to add a blog topic for the Knock Outs – the third stage of this competition. However, I was incredibly happy to see that Sawyer Fredericks was selected to advance to the live shows. Anyone else here think that Sawyer is going to […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season XIV Top 9 Show: Songs From The 80s
Picture Credit: AmericanIdol.Com The mentor for the Top 9 show will be Boy George. Remember him? This should be very entertaining. Also, if you wish to be spoiled before the show, I have added a blog topic HERE for your perusal. Although 11 singers will be perched on the chairs during this Wednesday’s show, only 9 will […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion for American Idol Season XIV Top 10: Songs From The Movies
Picture Credit: AmericanIdol.Com. Missing from the picture is Maddie Walker and her irritated appendix. Darn! Ten of the Eleven singers – featured below – will sing Songs From The Movies on Thursday, March 19th. They are: Clark Beckham Daniel Seavey Nick Fradiani Rayvon Owen Quaasim Middleton Jax Joey Cook Maddie Walker Tyanna Jones Adanna Duru Quentin […]
Continue readingSpoiler Alert: Vocal Masterclass Discussion For The Voice Season 8: The Battle Rounds Week Two
Picture Credit: NBC/The Voice NB: Just a reminder – I am on vacation until the end of March and having a great time thank you very much. So, if I happen to be MIA, it is because I have no idea what day it is. Yes, while on vacation, every day is Sunday. My boy, Sawyer […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion for American Idol Season XIV Top 11: Party Songs
Picture Credit: American Idol Okay – I am finally getting the hang of the layout of this show this season. It was tricky getting in to the groove of a performance/results show in one night, but I am getting accustomed to this new format. The times they are a-changing! I came home late last evening […]
Continue readingSpoiler Alert: American Idol Season XIV Leaks The Top 12.
I am on vacation until the end of March, so this will be my blog topic for this week’s vague, rushed performance shows. I am honestly totally confused and frustrated. I don’t understand this fast food approach to American Idol this season. These semi-final shows should have been live and the performers should have been […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion For The Voice Season 8: The Battle Rounds
Picture Credit: NBC/The Voice Just a reminder – I am on vacation until the end of March and having a great time thank you very much. So, if I happen to be MIA, it is because I have no idea what day it is. Yes, on vacation, every day is Sunday. Therefore, that being said, […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season XIV: The Top 8 Females Sing Motown With Aretha Franklin
Live Update At The End Of Article I was disappointed to see the elimination of Savion and Riley on Wednesday. They both brought considerable musical skills to this competition and I felt had depth and potential that we did not have the chance to see and enjoy. To eliminate 4 instead of 2 singers […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season XIV: The Top 8 Males Celebrate Motown With Aretha Franklin
Picture Credit: AmericanIdol.Com Updates below as they come in. Get ready from some pretty sad eliminations. Like really sad. Last week raised the curtain on some very stylistic singers who came totally prepared to win this thing. The singers that really stood out to me – in no particular order – were Quentin, Quasim, Clark, Savion, […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion For The Voice Season 8: The Blind Auditions Week Two
Picture Credit: NBC/The Voice There is some lean and mean talent on The Voice this season. Pretty exceptional, actually. However, my favorite thus far is Sawyer Fredericks from #teampharrell. His performing style and vocal subsance define artistry. He most certainly is in this competition for the long haul. Returning to judge and mentor the singers […]
Continue readingSawyer Fredericks From Season 8 Of The Voice: Oh! Masterclass! Goodness!
< p style=”font-size:16px;color:rgb(45,45,45);font-family:OpenSans, sans-serif;”>Picture Credit: The Voice I cannot begin to tell you how excited I was to see and hear this talented young artist perform during Week 2 of the Blind Auditions of The Voice. Where did he come from? Like where? He is a superstar waiting to be discovered. Sawyer Fredericks (his […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season XIV: The Top 12 Females
Picture Credit: AmericanIdol.Com Update: My apologies to the last few singers who performed last evening. I just noticed that, although I had written critiques for all of them, my blogging platform – WordPress – did not update this blog topic. Very frustrating. However, the last three singers were outstanding – with a special mention to […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season XIV: The Top 12 Males
Picture Credit: AmericanIdol.Com Live Update Of Performances At The End Of The Post Over the next three weeks, the Semi-Final Rounds of American Idol Season 14 will feature the Top 24 Singers. On Wednesday, February 25th, the Top 12 Guys will perform, with the viewing audience deciding via voting who will advance to the […]
Continue readingThe Voice Season 8 Is Set To Air On Mondays And Tuesdays Beginning This Week.
Picture Credit: NBC/The Voice Well, away we go! Another season of The Voice is upon us. So now, with the addition of American Idol over on Fox. we have four nights of reality singing shows. Who can keep up with all this? I will try my best but I am going to need some serious […]
Continue readingMasterClass Monday: Mandy Patinkin’s Glorious Performance Of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
How often will you hear a male singer performing “Somewhere Ofer The Rainbow”? Not too often. Originally performed by Judy Garland in “The Wizard Of Oz”, we normally associate this song with a female vocalist. However, this performance by Mandy Patinkin erased any doubt that a male singer, with the right voice and artistic sensibility, […]
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