Monday, March 12, 2012

Grousing About Talent at The Big Talent-Show Auditions

J.: The problem is, so many of the people at the auditions don't have enough self-awareness to know that they are untalented. For example, at the big AGT audition in LA, they brought five others into the room with me, including a mother with her daughter. The couldn't carry a tune! They couldn't hold a note! The mother told the daughter she sang well, but it wasn't true. Do you think it will be good for the daughter's self-esteem when she learns her mother has been lying? They just didn't have the voices. No amount of lessons would help them.

M.: Well, singing and dancing lessons can help people improve.

J.: Not really. Lessons help if you've got the basic talent. You need a good voice first to benefit from lessons. If you don't have the good voice first, it's worthless. WYSIWYG is the reason I don't take lessons. Either they will want me just the way I am, or they won't.

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