Archive for 'American Idol'

American Idol – top 8 review

Posted on 14. Apr, 2009 by .

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American Idol and we have 8 singers left.  Some keep surprising. Some express more truthfully than others. Some fall into performance traps.  See the performance videos and see what I mean here…

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American Idol – Top 10 review

Posted on 28. Mar, 2009 by .

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American Idol is down to the top 10 performers.  Let’s watch the performances and see what we can learn from them.  I found it exceptionally interesting this week with Smokey Robinson as guest and the phenomenal Motown songbook to work with.  Here is my take on what happened…

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American Idol – Top 13 review

Posted on 14. Mar, 2009 by .

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So here we go…American Idol is heating up. My intent is to blog about each episode from my perspective as vocal and performance coach. We’ll take a look at performances and see what we can learn from them. This week we had the 13 finalists sing Michael Jackson songs. How did that go?…

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American Idol 2009: To blog or not to blog?

Posted on 16. Jan, 2009 by .

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So, American Idol has started up again. How was this weeks show? Should I blog about it again this year? I actually think it is quite interesting and very educational to study up-and-coming performers.  It’s good to see what makes a performance exciting, why a performer shines more one week than another. However, there is [...]

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American Idol Finals David vs David

Posted on 21. May, 2008 by .

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The grand finale. of American Idol David vs. David as was expected. Watch the videos and read my comments. What can we learn from watching?

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