Thanks Sam. I have taken your advice into account.

There are two main reasons i'm entering this. If i win - it's purely a bonus.
1. Going to auditions has taught me about auditioning and singing in front of people. Judging people that is, not general public. People who will pick you to peices about everything. It's taught me to be more aware, and each audition i feel helps me figure out more and more. So it's in essence, a learning experience.

2. You get to meet people. At all stages. Others who are talented. That's a nice thing, finding others who are in a similar boat to you. Y'know, people who are into rugby can go to a match, but i enjoy auditions cos there's a great vibe of people who want this too. If you make it through a few rounds, you may get on well with a producer, tell them you're studying music at uni for a few years, and ask if you can contact them after you've done your course, or if they know where else you could go. It would be really nice to finnish my course, have all the songs written and done the way i like them, and be able to approach someone you've already made contact with. If they liked you enough to tell you to come see them after you'd done your course, then they'd make the time to see you i think as opposed to someone who they'd never met.

It's all about networking, and what better place to do it currently?

But thankyou, i do see where your coming from. It could be good and bad to soemone's career.

Remind us who the judges are...

Aka I take it that was a dig at the judges? And fair enough, but Jess doesn't take their word as law or whatever, she's had a lot of experience with judges etc like in Rockquest and all that. But when u hear her sing u'll know what they're talking about. If u live in auckland go listen to her sing classical at the SkyCity Starlight symphony int he Park on feb 14th. I hope she shows u what u want to hear :D

//with judges etc like in Rockquest
D'oh of course...... is this the jessie who got in the the finals last year.. with that stunning jazzy / bluesy voice?

frankie stevens loiters at the Upper Hutt RSA every saturday afternoon - i see him there drunk as a bat.

She's probably still there...it takes aggggeeesssss

Hey guys!

Thanks for the support. Nope didn't get through. But i didn't feel to down about it. There were heaps of people in my group who were good singers, and they didn't get through.

I learned:
1. Invest in a LARGE umbrella. 3 people under a broken umbrella designed for one = 3 very wet people.
2. I need to work on my performance.
3. I have actually learned from each audition i've been to - and i think i'm getting better at it. :o)
4. It is blasphemous to say "there is life after around other contestants. They tend to look at you as if you are insane.

Overall, i'm glad i didn't have to pick between that and Uni. I have uni starting in just over 4 weeks - and i'm STOAKED!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o)

Anyone else out there doing the pop music course at auckland uni this year?

...chocolate? I've been stockpiling.

Yeah, saw that, but conversely it hasn't slowed her down any. She's still found time to post about playstation.