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Post by Dielawn on Apr 20, 2014 19:23:01 GMT -5
I know I'm late on this but I just saw that Paula Deanda, yeah this girl wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/paula_deanda.htm apparently after being dropped by her label and rejected by other ones for years, resorted to auditioning on the voice! She had a brief little stint on there where she worked with Blake. Did anybody else find it incredibly depressing to see somebody who was once scoring Top 40 hits auditioning on The Voice?
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Post by irice22 on Apr 21, 2014 23:52:37 GMT -5
Nothing was more depressing than when Julie Roberts, who scored a country hit a few years back, auditioned. It was awful. She had a terminal illness and I think she was losing her house or something and no judges turned around.
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Apr 22, 2014 2:07:44 GMT -5
It's no different than artists who had various types of involvement in the music industry from being once signed to a major label but not having much success to working for multiple decades in the industry, or having had numerous hits already. The same discussion came up when Carly Smithson (nee Hennessy), Don Philip, Donna Allen, E.G. Daily, Frenchie Davis, Nicole J. McCloud (aka Lillie McCloud), Sisaundra Lewis, Stacey Francis, and Tony Lucca all auditioned for various singing competitions or even made the cut, or even made it pretty far.
It's less than ideal for them to be trying to have a second chance at success in this manner, but as long as they are following the rules for participating in the shows and the producers have no issue with them, then it's fine. But I do also see it from the perspective that it's odd that they are letting people who were once successful in some manner before compete against people who have never ever had this sort of opportunity before.
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Post by K. on Apr 22, 2014 6:51:33 GMT -5
It's always depressing to see people (especially talented people) failing to achieve their dream of working in music, but in reality that is by far the majority story.
It's not pleasant to watch, but ultimately it may be good for the public and aspiring artists especially to be exposed to that reality.
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Post by ClevelandRox on Apr 22, 2014 7:18:50 GMT -5
I actually find it unfair and don't think The Voice should purposely keep recruiting acts like this. Paula's had her time and scored a huge hit in her career. Maybe they can make a spinoff called Second Chance she can try out for instead.
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Post by lookinghot on Apr 22, 2014 12:31:26 GMT -5
I actually find it unfair and don't think The Voice should purposely keep recruiting acts like this. Paula's had her time and scored a huge hit in her career. Maybe they can make a spinoff called Second Chance she can try out for instead. Great idea for a show
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2014 15:36:09 GMT -5
Wow, I actually find this a bit sad; she has a great voice, and I still play " Walk Away" when nostalgia strikes.
I don't really support any artists who were once big getting a "second chance," but only because it seems like "The Voice" looks for people like this, and it's so easy to milk the " past hitmaker" thing if it's somebody like this.
I'd rather see people who aren't known getting a shot, rather than seeing people who had one and didn't catch on getting some extra buzz.
JMO, though.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Apr 22, 2014 15:45:10 GMT -5
Well keep watching American Idol for those that want undiscovered talent.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2014 16:38:19 GMT -5
Yeah I don't get the fuss over some has-beens or never-was's competing on these shows. They might have more experience as an ACTUAL recording artist but unless they had like a successful career with extensive performances and stage training, I don't think there's a big advantage in terms of the weekly performances that make up these shows. Especially since lots of the people who try out for these shows have performing in front of audiences in local contests or lounges for years.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 22, 2014 22:58:50 GMT -5
Nothing was more depressing than when Julie Roberts, who scored a country hit a few years back, auditioned. It was awful. She had a terminal illness and I think she was losing her house or something and no judges turned around. She has multiple sclerosis and her home was lost in the big flood down in Nashville a few years ago. Her audition was terrible though, so it's a shame that she blew that opportunity. At least she's still putting out music (a new album came out last fall) even though she's not achieving any mainstream success.
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Post by no apologist on Apr 23, 2014 9:18:28 GMT -5
It's sad as fuck. What I do not understand is how they couldn't turn it around. The girl had top 40 hits, they couldn't hook her up with the latest producers and come up with a catchy song? I mean, how freaking hard it is to write a catchy song in this day and age where everything sounds the same? Funny how people like Christina Milian managed to get by all of these years being a flop. But like someone else said, it's the nature of this beastly industry. If you don't sell albums, no one cares. That's the bottom line right there.
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Post by Dielawn on Apr 23, 2014 18:32:48 GMT -5
The girl had top 40 hits, they couldn't hook her up with the latest producers and come up with a catchy song? I mean, how freaking hard it is to write a catchy song in this day and age where everything sounds the same? It's really not that hard
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Post by ChicaCherry콜라 on Apr 23, 2014 22:38:41 GMT -5
Nothing was more depressing than when Julie Roberts, who scored a country hit a few years back, auditioned. It was awful. She had a terminal illness and I think she was losing her house or something and no judges turned around. Seriously? She opened for my favorite band back in 2007 and I thought she was absolutely atrocious live. I remember "Break Down Here" and I hated it. No surprise no one turned for her, if she performed anything like she did at the show I went to. On topic, I wasn't a fan of Paula. She was a great vocalist, but nothing about her caught my attention other than her backstory. Having a hit before the show isn't a reason to win or even to get far in the competition. It's a great way to get your name out there and obviously some can make a comeback, so I don't think it's really that low of an artist to audition, but it's really sad when they flop even harder after the audition than they did to begin with.
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