if you can handle the pressure that comes with the show then go for it. I always say you have got to have one of those faces on talent shows or a back story that makes you stand out!
Need advice for auditions 2012
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Okay,
Get as much experience as you can performing live.
Get honest,objective opinions about your voice and ability.(Don't trust vocal coaches unless they have a great track record-many are honest,but just as many will tell you what you want to hear.Unless they have a career as a working vocalist themselves,they probably won't be much help in any way.)
Build an online and a locel presence.
Develope as a performer and vocalist.Only real life gigging experience will help you to do this.Sorry,but that's reality.
IF you have talent,you will likely be "encouraged" to audition,and bypass the cattle call auditions,which are to make up the numbers ,or,at the least,you will have a much better shot at standing out.
Unknown,inexperienced singers rarely make the show,and almost never make a more serious talent show.
I wouldn't be surprised if Frankie was a genuine off-the-street audition. If you want to be like him and just have a ride on the famecoaster,go for it,but if you genuinely want to give singing a try,I'd say don't do X Factor ,and if you must,don't do it blind.
Get as much experience as you can performing live.
Get honest,objective opinions about your voice and ability.(Don't trust vocal coaches unless they have a great track record-many are honest,but just as many will tell you what you want to hear.Unless they have a career as a working vocalist themselves,they probably won't be much help in any way.)
Build an online and a locel presence.
Develope as a performer and vocalist.Only real life gigging experience will help you to do this.Sorry,but that's reality.
IF you have talent,you will likely be "encouraged" to audition,and bypass the cattle call auditions,which are to make up the numbers ,or,at the least,you will have a much better shot at standing out.
Unknown,inexperienced singers rarely make the show,and almost never make a more serious talent show.
I wouldn't be surprised if Frankie was a genuine off-the-street audition. If you want to be like him and just have a ride on the famecoaster,go for it,but if you genuinely want to give singing a try,I'd say don't do X Factor ,and if you must,don't do it blind.
I would say just go for it!
Life is short and you don't want to regret anything.
I sing myself but I also know that XFactor wouldn't work for me as I would feel strange with all that intrusiveness in to your life-but.....although I have said that -I still think you should go ahead!
As long as you can sing lol??
Life is short and you don't want to regret anything.
I sing myself but I also know that XFactor wouldn't work for me as I would feel strange with all that intrusiveness in to your life-but.....although I have said that -I still think you should go ahead!
As long as you can sing lol??
If I were you I would consider The Voice over X Factor, Unless of course, you want every detail of your past and your family's past dragged up and splashed all over the papers. Or if you have an extremely thick skin and don't mind being insulted and trashed all over Facebook, Twitter and countless forums, then X Factor is for you.
All of that aside, whatever you audition for, you do need , at the very least, sing in front of people to get a feel for the nerves, get used to them and overcome them. Even your local karaoke would do.
All of that aside, whatever you audition for, you do need , at the very least, sing in front of people to get a feel for the nerves, get used to them and overcome them. Even your local karaoke would do.
If you want to waste your money and hours of your life travelling to the audition, waiting in line outdoors for many more hours, being told to wave for the camera, cheer for the camera, get very hungry, thirsty and tired, then eventually get to the front of the queue, sing for about five seconds in front of a production lackey and be told "No - next?"... then by all means go ahead.
It's a mugs game and I am utterly astonished that people continue to fall for it.
It's a mugs game and I am utterly astonished that people continue to fall for it.
Forget tv shows.
Find a singing teacher and have some lessons. More often than not a singing teacher will put you into a choir or hold a concert so you can have a go at singing in public. They will help you put a set of songs together which suit you. Try the songs out on karaoke or get a little gig somewhere and sing them. Sing in public as much as you can.
If you work hard at your singing and put yourself in the right circles, you'll get gigs, meet other musicians, and be able to sing in the real world instead of a made-for-tv world.
Find a singing teacher and have some lessons. More often than not a singing teacher will put you into a choir or hold a concert so you can have a go at singing in public. They will help you put a set of songs together which suit you. Try the songs out on karaoke or get a little gig somewhere and sing them. Sing in public as much as you can.
If you work hard at your singing and put yourself in the right circles, you'll get gigs, meet other musicians, and be able to sing in the real world instead of a made-for-tv world.
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