When did American Idol become the only path to singing stardom? Whiners, criers, and freaker-outers, please go home and sing. Do you not understand the odds? Only one American Idol is chosen, and there are thousands of contestants. What boggles my mind is the seeming total lack of comprehension that we are all in charge of our own destiny. You could even WIN American Idol, and still not become rich or particularly famous or even happy.
You want to sing? Sing. Practice until it hurts. If the desire, the talent, and the drive are there, you will eventually become a professional singer. Why are you giving your power away? No one else decides if you will become a professional performer. YOU decide.
I understand that you may be terribly disappointed not to make the top 100, the top 24, or the final 12. But judging and performances are just moments in time, capsules of how you sound and how they feel on any particular day.
If you truly bombed, go home and practice harder. There are no flawless performers and every day is a fresh start.
But please don’t whine.
You have an incredible opportunity to experience what it is like to be a top performer. Listen and learn, and take that knowledge with you. Besides, there are lots of record labels that promote performers who don’t necessarily rank the highest. And you may go home to a routine gig and find that there’s a record producer in the audience who decides you are worth promoting.
But always, always promote and believe in yourself. And keep it positive. Audiences like to watch performers who seem to have it together-- whether you actually do or not is immaterial.
But always, always promote and believe in yourself. And keep it positive. Audiences like to watch performers who seem to have it together-- whether you actually do or not is immaterial.
I would love to hear your opinion about what I’ve written here, whether you agree with me or think I'm a crazed writer wannabe. Please feel free to leave a comment. And thanks for your time.
Marianne Smith
Writer At The Ranch
Making You Look Brilliant One Word At A Time
http://www.writerattheranch.com
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Writer At The Ranch
Making You Look Brilliant One Word At A Time
http://www.writerattheranch.com
wordsmith@writerattheranch.com
Love American Idol this year. I totally agree with you Marianne - but, I think some viewers thrive on the drama..... glad they have limited "the drama" this year compared to previous seasons.
ReplyDeleteI love your perspective Marianne. I'm looking at your message in a more global perspective.We are in control of our destiny barring some extreme situations. Perhaps part of the malaise in our society is thinking you have to strike it rich in the limelight, you have to be a winner. Personal integrity and hard work oar undervalued as of the last few decades.
ReplyDeleteDiana: You're right about the drama lovers. Me, I'm more the "Save the drama for your Momma" type!
ReplyDeleteMPK: Totally agree that personal integrity and hard work are undervalued. And success is definitely appreciated in how YOU define it, not in how everyone else does...