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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 22:44:47 GMT -5
Anyone else watched any of Grace's videos (from AGT this year or on-line)? I find myself captivated at her talent, not a classical singer, or conventionally pop (she plays the Ukulele), not a vocal powerhouse either but she has some pretty good lyrics and at 12 years old, that kind of surprised me. AGT Recent release Interview about post AGT school: hollywoodlife.com/2016/08/23/grace-vanderwaal-school-fake-people-americas-got-talent/Latest:
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2016 9:58:58 GMT -5
I think Grace was on AGT again last night -- haven't had a chance to check things out yet to see if there is a video on YouTube of her performance.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2016 11:50:18 GMT -5
I think Grace was on AGT again last night -- haven't had a chance to check things out yet to see if there is a video on YouTube of her performance. Indeed she was... and I was at work, but I found the video this morning. It will be interesting to see what kind of career she carves out for herself.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2016 15:31:25 GMT -5
Post show interview, she seems like a nice young lady, very normal (aside from her incredible (to me) talent).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2016 16:15:35 GMT -5
Thanks! I am outside on my deck right now on the iPad but when I am back in the house will watch both videos. (The iPad plays videos, of course, but I'm in a condominium development and the neighbors might not enjoy my choices when I watch videos or listen to music so I tend not to do that when I'm out here unless I have the BlueTooth headphones handy. Right now they're on the charger.). Grace seems to be a real dynamo and a very cute young girl with a strong interest in songwriting and music -- I suspect she will have an interesting career as time goes on!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2016 16:45:42 GMT -5
Her semi-finals performance, different, I'm not crazy about the arrangement but amazing lyrics for such a young lady, and as Simon said: She sings for a new generation. (Think 21 Pilots) Three appearances and three original tunes, plus three more on her YT channel. Incredible talent to write lyrics, chords, pacing, etc... and they are good for a writer at any age.
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Post by jrchico on Sept 1, 2016 17:29:16 GMT -5
She has a lot of the same qualities as Taylor Swift. Great personality, great song writing ability and a not so great voice.
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Post by rick158 on Sept 1, 2016 17:38:07 GMT -5
I watched last night with my wife and neither of us were very impressed. Sweet kid and definitely has some artistic talent for writing, but most of her songs sound the same and I don't care for her style of singing.
Along the same lines, I was not very impressed by Laura Bretan's performance of Pie Jesu, she definitely has a lot of potential, but way too much verbato for my ear.
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Post by javier on Sept 1, 2016 19:18:53 GMT -5
Not a fan of Laura Bretan too. I find her quite overrated, to be honest. I do not want to ruin the party, but Jackie, Amira or Patricia have much better voices when they were at her age. From what I have read online, it seems that Bretan has already divided the classical community which is not an especially great start
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 9:55:59 GMT -5
My biggest disappointment was with the sound mix, as I really wanted to hear more of her ukulele,
She will not have universal appeal (no music artist really does), but as her lyrics say:
"We're not the same, and we don't have to try..."
I believe this young lady will either be a star, or will write the tunes that make others stars.
I also like the fact there is no sob-story being paraded with her, just a loving and supportive family (reminiscent of another young AGT performer in 2010?). At the end of this interview (from here local news station) she was asked if she thought she'll go all the way on AGT, and she said "God has his path for everyone... so I'll just see where it takes me."
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Post by javier on Sept 2, 2016 10:09:51 GMT -5
An endearing personality and a rather talented songwriter indeed. But too bad her voice does not match up to that exceptional songwriting talent. However, I believe that she will potentially have an extremely successful songwriting career ahead.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 13:59:41 GMT -5
Yeah, a younger (female) version of Kris Kristofferson... of course Taylor Swift sounds horrible without auto-tune but that hasn't hampered her too much.
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Post by javier on Sept 2, 2016 18:59:31 GMT -5
Yeah, a younger (female) version of Kris Kristofferson... of course Taylor Swift sounds horrible without auto-tune but that hasn't hampered her too much. Demonstrates the tragic state of the industry today, where a majority of singers are unable to sing without autotune or perform live without lip syncing. Thankfully, this has not been allowed to spread to classical and it must never be allowed to.
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Post by yellowstone2014 on Sept 3, 2016 13:27:06 GMT -5
For me, she is completely overrated.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 18:06:26 GMT -5
For me, she is completely overrated. I'm not sure which rating scale is being used, so it'd be hard for me to say. However, I do think the AGT judge's comparisons to Taylor Swift are a bit silly. I don't know when Taylor started composing, but to compare a 12 year old to Taylor today is really grasping. Then again, Howie still hasn't grasped the meaning of her song "I Don't Know My Name", so... I don't have my finger on the pulse of pop music, so I have no real idea how Grace will fare, but Simon seems to think she'll have a career. I can't imagine her songwriting talent not being in demand, even if she doesn't make a living on her performances. When I compare Grace to other 12 year old girls, I think her talent is incredible. Admittedly, I don't know any other 12 year old songwriters, so I can't make any direct comparisons there. As the old saying goes, time will tell. Star career ahead or not, I find her fun to watch.
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