On August 28th, 2019, I had the opportunity to bear witness to a live Billy Joel Concert in Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was a personal dream come true for me and the experience can be described in one word : EPIC. From Billy Joel’s sensational musical ability, surrounded by his fantastic […]
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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season 12 Top 9 Results Show: The Lennon-McCartney Songbook
March 21, 2013 
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Picture Courtesy Of AmericanIdol.Com Live Update at the end of this blog topic beginning at 8:00 P.M. Eastern I am adding this blog topic a bit early because, after yesterday’s headaches with the WordPress App, it can’t be trusted to schedule a blog topic properly. (Sigh) So, better early than never, right? More time to […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Article For American Idol Season 12 Top 9 Singers: The Music Of Lennon-McCartney
March 20, 2013 21 Comments
By: Rosanne Simunovic I am back with my weekly Vocal Masterclass articles. Let the master classing begin! On Wednesday night, the singers performed the music from the Lennon-McCartney catalogue – a revolutionary era in music history that introduced classical elements into the genres of pop and rock. My main focus rested on the singer’s ability […]
Continue reading Vocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season 12 Top 9 Performance Show: The Lennon-McCartney Songbook
March 20, 2013 33 Comments
Picture Courtesy Of AmericanIdol.Com Don’t you love this retro portrait of the American Idol Season 12 Top 9 Finalists? And it looks great in my blog layout too. 🙂 This Wednesday’s show will highlight the legendary music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Their music revolutionized the music industry; their classical pop sound was not […]
Continue reading David Archuleta Retrospective Series Part Two: Imagine
April 5, 2012 7 Comments
By Pamela Pike and Rosanne Simunovic – Top 20 Pamela Pike’s Recollections In February 2008, David Archuleta took a risk and chose to sing a beautiful, yet haunting melody by John Lennon “Imagine”. It is possibly one of the most beautiful works of art ever written. Words can’t describe the emotion connected with this song. […]
Continue readingAmerican Idol Season 9 Top 9 Vocal Masterclass Article: The Lennon-McCartney Songbook
April 7, 2010 31 Comments
By: Rosanne Simunovic This week’s American Idol theme was focused on the weath of music penned by legendary artists, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. So, suffice it to say that the singers were treated to a wealth of musical riches in the song selection process. I could not imagine any of the singers experiencing problems in terms of uncovering […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion Thread For American Idol Season 9 Top 9: The Lennon-McCartney Songbook
April 5, 2010 52 Comments
Last week, the lovely and talented Didi Benami was eliminated from American Idol. Based on her talent and her drive, it seemed to me to be an untimely elimination but it certainly is not the first time that a gifted singer has been unfairly eliminated early on in the competition. However, we do wish her the very best in her singing career. I can […]
Continue readingTop 11 American Idol Season 7 Vocal Masterclass Article: The Lennon-McCartney Songbook Part Two
March 20, 2008 14 Comments
AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 7 TOP 11 VOCAL MASTERCLASS: THE LENNON McCARTNEY SONGBOOK PART DEUX By: Rosanne Simunovic This week, some of my all time favourite Lennon-McCartney songs were highlighted and, generally, the Top 11 singers were in excellent form. I wasn’t on the same page as the judges were in terms of evaluating the Top […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion Thread For Top 11 Singers: Lennon-McCartney Part Two
March 19, 2008 11 Comments
I thought that the songs selected this week were much better and more sophisticated than last week. I was not on the same page as the judges regarding the performances, as I felt that many of the singers generally performed better than last week. So, as until my Vocal Masterclass evaluation is online, please share […]
Continue readingVocal Masterclass Discussion Thread For American Idol Season 12 Performers
March 12, 2008 7 Comments
As I feverishly write my Vocal Masterclass evaluations for the Top 12 performances this week on American Idol, I will leave the comment lines open so you can voice your evaluations as well. Generally, I thought that this was a great show and that the majority of these very talented singers interpreted the Lennon-McCartney songbook with […]
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