Originally posted by Diki:
While pretty good at an amateur level, I'm sorry, but her voice didn't strike me as pro in any sense of the word. The vibrato was too forced, dynamics uneven to be honest, a pale shadow of how professional Paul Potts sounded. Does anyone think she deserves to share a stage with the likes of Celine Dion, Sarah Brightman etc.?
As for getting signed by BMG, is there anyone that doesn't see this as Simon Cowell's way of making quick cash from the flash in the pan sensations his show generates? Sorry, guys, this is nice, but I don't see anything more significant than 'She-Bang' in a dress...
Does it really matter what a DIKI thinks of her her? Really? LOL
She is enjoying her lifelong dream. She and Simon and others will make money....People loved her and apparently are smitten by her.......Everyone wins.
I don't see the issue except from the perspective of "bitter" musicians who feel far more deserving yet passed by perhaps.
Joe Cocker doesn't have a great voice technically and is not exactly Brad Pitt,
There are thousands of success stories who but for a stroke of luck and perseverance have Berkley music college professors and the rest of the "musical elite" scratching their heads...LOL
KUDOS to MS Boyle...she gives hope to all who "Dream a Dream" without a face, without the perfect voice, just moxie and confidence...I applaud her and will buy anything she releases in support..if only because it bothers the "musical elite" who will study her, make excuses for her success and simply dismiss her.......if only because it diminishes their own grand sense of accomplishment. Isn't ART grand?
A R T...no right no wrong. it is what it is,,,
[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 04-17-2009).]