Asking if they knew someone as far as representation, so that I can start planning things around when this airs, and when things start coming out, because it is all prerecorded. So once I found out that I made it to the top 50, I made sure to reach out to my friends, and network. So going back onto Idol the second time, I really had a good idea of what “The Industry” was, and what I needed to do. But now I have been performing on stages for 13 years of my life. People going into that show really are complete amateurs, you know, they might have been doing fairs, or little festivals here and there for the last couple of years. AdvertisementĪV: I think for me it was that I had a lot more experience than most people going into the show. So far it sounds like, you already know where you are going, and stay out of your way. And once you are out of that, you feel like a fish out of water, not knowing how to make music, or perform without all that support behind them, prefabricated, of course, but it sure made that part of it easy. They all said, the biggest problem for them was exactly that, you have the show performance, the production, vocal coaching, instrumentation all was perfect for THAT performance, and they were just the “performer” nothing of it was really theirs. JH: Well, I am going to say, you are in a very exclusive club, you became a finalist in Idol, and David Hernandez and I talked about this, and even the people that I am friends with who were on Idol, the Voice and America’s Got Talent. So as things go on, I definitely can say that there will be a lot of new different stuff from me in the future. And it is, for me now, to find the right people to do them with, to record the tracks with, and get the right production on. So now, this is me getting to express myself as an artist, I am very multi faceted, so from here on out, I have plenty of music already written. We just rushed it, to get it out right after Idol, because you wanted something immediately. You see, “Because of you” I did, which is not really my style, I didn’t write it, I had NOTHING to do with it. I know the song is definitely different from what most people are expecting from me. Kudos.ĪV: THIS IS THE DIVA!!!!! Yes, thank you. A lot of people go in and sing “The rose” and make fools of themselves, and you brought your “A” game, and no one could say different with your performance, and confidence. And being that brave in the middle of all of that. The “Me then” and then “Me now”, you should be very proud of how you handled it. I could tell that you were not apprehensive, but still had a bit of anxiety. And well, there you were being incredibly honest at that moment. So when you described the song, it took me to that moment. Anyway, my point is, that moment on Idol, was you, in make up, dolled up, and that was you saying “This is the real me, I’m not hiding anything”. Back when we actually watched Idol, and America’s Got Talent, we did get a few faves in the mix over the years. JH: Well, my daughters LOVE Billie Eilish, so they will be onto this, I mean they LOVE, you too. AdvertisementĪV: Then it’s definitely going to be down your alley, it’s a mix of Billie Eilish and Melanie Martinez. JH: You’re really grinding my gears here, I grew up on punk and goth, and you’re already making me think Siouxsie Sioux (first intro vibe I had with Melanie Martinez). She does, darker, “Goth pop”, she was a heavy inspiration for the arrangement, and it is written from my own perspective with my own words, but in that darker goth feel to it. I don’t know if you knew on “The voice”, a girl named Melanie Martinez. We came together, and took inspiration from a recent event. I wrote it, and a close friend produced it. Was that the kind of moment you were shooting for then, just “Here it is, as honest and raw as it needs to be”?ĪV: Actually, the song has a different feel to it. Most impressive was when they realized this was not your first time around with Idol. But that audition, you walked in there, seeing you having made the transformation, and you were so sure of yourself, so confident in who you were, and you knocked it out of the park. But if I was standing in front of Lionel Richie, the LEGEND, I probably would be shaking. For me, I usually don’t get star struck, I mean NEVER. I take that as you described it to me, that comes to mind of your 2nd Idol audition. JH: I have this in front of me “Because of you”, and you have Bimbo Jones, man, you have an all star cast around you. AV: Oh, no, that’s the “Latino” side of me, but, hey, I might be Scottish too.
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