Thanks for the advice. And not all girls are soprano. Soprano's have a very high vocal range often - most are alto's or metro-soprano's i think.... I can't remember what order they go in....

But i have a powerful mid range, which is why i was thinking along the lines of RESPECT. But thanks for teh advice, i'll look the songs up.

:o)

Not only a Burch Bacharach song, his brother Burt too!! Doh.

Think i'll stick with the nz song idea... though maybe a little to cheezy?

Burt bacharach... i'm sure he did some cool stuff... can't quite remember....

DO it like Brody from the "distillers"!!! rrraaahhhh

If you can pull it off and you really really want to impress them, I remember seeing Bic Runga at Rhumba (hey, i got free tickets okay?) and the way she just launches into the really high bit in "Something Good" ("I know romance is not in fashion...") without a care in the world - that could knock their socks off if you did it right.

From an avid viewer's perspective, don't do a song that's in the charts right now, so that cuts out Brooke Fraiser. It's got to be something that has a little bit of distance on it so you can give it your own interpretation.

I was going to reply to this earlier but I had to go off and vomit. She forgot the words to the national anthem while she was in the process of butchering it.

Glory....

Nice tune, maybe bring it up 10-15 bpm for an acapella performance

No probs- nice to hear from you again, btw. You've been away for so long- I was worried!

Sweet. It's just good to have you back NZmuso.

awwww *warm fuzzies*

Kitty... you make him sound cute when you say it like that...

i thought you guys kept in touch?
isn't that the reason he wanted to try and change - you made him want to be a better man?

didn't work.

:o) hehe

Na, we e-mailed for a while, but it just got boring. No offense to him, but just boring. i actually got rid of my e-mail in the end. Hardly anyone e-mailed, couldn't be bothered checking it every day... just lazy.

So who do you guys suspect he is now?

yes

Definitely! Working on that, and if i get into uni, you have to form a band anyway as far as i know to fulfill the performance side of your papers.

I do it for the experience. These other singers too are like minded, and not everyone enters for pop songs. I like blues and jazz and stuff, though still figuruing out what to sing for auditions.....

And yuo're one of the lucky judges are you?

//And yuo're one of the lucky judges are you?

Hah! I'm Randy Jackson dawg. What I mean is all nzmers who are thinking about entering should go in as their username and score us some cheap laughs. Whoever is the best should get a prize like a free 'NZmusic.com t-shirt'.

by the way I'm singing 'back at one' or a stevie wonder tune.

I totally agree with you on many of this - though i think personally, for me, it's all about knowing what you want out of this experience. Some people are only in it cos they have a good voice adn their friends pressured them into it, and have no idea about what they want out of it til they're smack in teh middle of it. Even if i don't win (would be good, but in saying that, you'd be better to be one of the final 12 just so your name is there) you can still use the contacts perhaps if you get that far. I think what cosima did on aussie idol (she was in the final 3 and pulled out) was probably a good choice, cos though she had the fans to perhaps get her to the top, she won't be labeled quite as much as the final two. She can bring out her own stuff in her own time, and still be remembered. I think tha'ts the best you can do.

// a no-good trashy TV Show where the biggest attention starved Camera hogs (whos High-Ranking Multinational Mgmt working daddys pulled strings to get them on the show) linger.

Luci, if you'd made the effort and actually watched any episodes of "Australian Idol", you would have noticed that all the semi-talented attention-seekers are either denied a further audition by the judges, or if they do make it any further, their limited performance talent soon makes itself apparent and if the judges don't give them the boot, the home voters do.

Besides, daughters of rich businessmen are just as entitled to a shot at fame as daughters of poor panelbeaters.

Luci, why are you convinced that rich girls only get into reality shows through some sort of old boys club manipulation? Who are these girls? Do you have names, or is another brain fart brought on by your drug abuse?

Well, my dad's not rich, and doesn't have influence, and i still managed to pass my music certificates at school, i've won a few talent competitions, and i've been on tv before singing.

Some of us, are lucky to be blessed with a talent in our lives. Mine was singing. So please let those of us with those talents, utilise what opportunities may present themselves - no matter how stupid you think they are. I'm sorry, but i don't want to wreck my voice and my lungs by performing week after week in a crowded pub trying to get noticed. Forgive me if i'm looking for a more direct way in. Don't think i wouldn't do it if i had to - but at hte moment, i'm taking all opportunities while i prepare myself elsewhere.

So from a my-dad-has-no-strings-to-pull girl, to where ever your heart is hiding, give me half a chance, and believe in me. And let me make a fool of myself if i will, but if i get into the final 12, you have to eat a pair of your underwear or soemthing. :o) Jokes, just have a little faith, that there are a few of us out there actually with talent.

after reading your post im convinced that you are one of the "good ones" :-)

pardon my "liberated" attitude i absorbed almost 4 years to the day, its because of this liberation i think differently and alternatively, sure there are those rich and spoilt daddys boys/girls that star in these reality shows whos parents do pull the strings (my view on this can never change) but as i say after reading your reply, your one of the realistic ones out there.

but i do suggest rather than wasting time and gambling on your future on some pointless TV Show, actually going it alone, sure it might cost a bit of money but at least this way your not gambling on your career and your success could be assured (if you can go back to where this thread started i mentioned booking in recording studio session)