Thursday, April 30, 2009

American Idol Studio Recording vs Live Performance



I’ve just gone through the Studio recording of the idol recording. There’s certain contestant that can be great artist or on stage performer or great recording singer really.

If you do not watch the show at all and only listen to the recording you’d have pick up their CD or MP3 even without a thought of it.

The early exit like Alexis Grace, Michael Sarver sound fantastic on recording, Anoop really showcase his vocal on recording. Of course it shows on the show too.

One clear thing about Kris Allen and Matt Giraud besides being a great singer is that they can be a great producer too. Somehow Danny Gokey sounds good on recording he’s too similar with many crooners in the market today.

As for the front runner drop to low rank this week Adam Lambert….. He does have that Steven Tyler sound to him. But it’s more on showmanship and not so much on music talent cos you can hear it in the recording there’s great control on vocal but the riff is nearly the same as the live performance.

As for Scott McIntyre, the awkwardness in his voice do transcend into recording so….he need to get some control on that, make the vocal control more on point.

Allison, she is ready for recording. Her style and voice is good for recording I must agree. With a great producer she’s on her way.

If you ask me who did the best recording voice….

Anoop sounds the best, Kris and Matt’s musical sense shows perfectly, Allison is a great singer type, surprisingly I find Michael Sarver and Alexis is ready for recording too.

Danny need to somehow spice up his vocal on recording, as for Adam he need to find one style that could define and set his key stone on the entertainment ground on recording.

Lil Rounds sound too familiar and similar to the other female singer at the moment, Megan Joy however sound nothing like anyone…. So both would be a promotional challenge of both complete opposite, where Lil have to be taken out of the AI equation and sets herself up for a great vocal overhaul, and Megan will have to do more mainstream in order for her to sink her teeth into the general population.

As for Jasmine and Jorge, though they sound good on recording, there’s far too little showcase to know whether how good they are. Base on the Top 13 recording, Jasmine sound too close to Michael so there lack of uniqueness and Jorge though sounds good but not the best recording even on the same top 13 level so it doesn’t actually stands out.

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