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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

the entertainment industry never fails to amaze me, either with their antics in marketing or simply their choice of a new artist. where are the real talents hiding?

im fine with the Project Superstar and Singapore idol finalists. The winners no doubt the best of the lot, still have a lot of room for improvement, which is ok, cuz it goes to show that they have potential. No way can we compare with Australia and America, whose talents perhaps amount to the total population here. Likewise the number of silly people who delude themselves to be better than all the previous Idol winnders outnumber the gd ones like 10 to 1. How else do they get such ridiculous clips to amuse us week after week?

saw a promo video by Apple Hong Yi Xin at POSB yesterday. just checked it out and eeps! she has an album as well. i've nothing against her, but as far as i know, her voice is nothing extraordinary. granted she isn't tone deaf, however many people aren't tone deaf either and you don't see them cutting albums everyday.

lets talk about a real talented person - Clay Aiken (my bro says hez gay, but i honestly dun really care). i was so happy when he released another album after his first eons ago, couldn't wait to listen to his voice all over again. to my dismay, this second (well third, if u count the christmas album) is all covers. its weird that being an idol alumni, his first consisted of originals and second, covers. why couldn't they have gotten people to write songs for him? not that he doesn't breathe new life to those classics, but he needs more songs to call his own.

nowadays, its no longer talent that matters but marketing or rather packaging. u find a company thats a genius in making you so likable that it won't matter if your voice is below average or your looks nothing to exclaim about, and your cds will rake in sales. you will still have a following of fans that scream your name and faint at the prospect of getting near you. honestly, what is the world coming to? my ears are straining to hear really good music on the radio...

Lydea blogged at 12:26 PM

May your light shine...
in the darkness...