Sara Haze

Sara is talented with a distinct voice, but not yet very popular. The distinction of her voice draws me in and she also is inspiring. “You have the option to look at your life and see the good,” says Sara Haze, explaining the title to her new album My Personal Sky.  The line comes from her song “Beautiful Day” in which she states she’s “already been through the rain” and now there’s “not a cloud” in her “personal sky.” Wanting to be just like her vocalist mother, Sara was singing for crowds by age five.  Her self-proclaimed big break came at the young age of 12 when she answered an ad to cut vocals for a song that needed “a girl with soul.”  Expecting an adult to match the voice, industry veteran Dave Woeckener was shocked when the 12-year-old arrived at his beachfront studio proudly dressed to the nines with her parents in tow. Hopefully the world will soon be able to enjoy the music as much as her parents and her small fan base do. She's truly someone to look up and listen to.

Here's one of my personal favorites ... "Lovely"

Sam Tsui UPDATE

So this is going to be short and sweet but I had to add it. Sam Tsui (recently blogged about through MusicPress) has just released a cover of "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga. Tell me he doesn't do Gaga better than Gaga ...

Michael Henry and Justin Robinett

On a lighter and more exciting note than the past few blogs.. a new cover artist duo has been found. Straight out of Lubbok, Texas Michael Henry and Justin Robinett for a talented harmonic mix of cover music that is slightly unheard of. A cover artist can be found anywhere, any day but a talented cover duo.. well they're few and far between. Not only are they talented and unsigned, they're entertaining. They have random things going on in the back of their music videos and it is simplistically genius. I can't take the credit for being a devout fan or the discoverer of this duo, but I can say they have definitely earned one of my Youtube channel subscriptions. Check them out and see what you think.

The search for the next Miley Cyrus with VERY low standards.

Well, it's almost all in the title. Here I am spreading the word about seriously talented cover artists and ARK Music Factory is being paid millions (yes i said millions) of dollars to promote juvenile untalented little brats with expensive yet unpleasing music videos, ridiculous and cheesy lyrics, and vulgarized pop songs. Everyone knows Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber and maybe even Selena Gomez are not all that talented. (Oh and I forgot Willow Smith.. that girl needs to "Whip Her Hair" back into her childhood and play in the dirt not a recording studio.)  These teen pop stars though popular among their distinct fan base, really don't add a whole lot to the talent of the music industry, but now it's only getting worse. ARK Music factory has endorsed and released through Youtube and iTunes both over 20 "young pop stars of tomorrow." Well here's the thing about these alleged stars. THEY CAN'T SING. Not to mention just about everyone wants to shoot themselves or jump off a cliff when a pop single of tomorrow such as Rebecca Black's "Friday" comes on the radio. Take a moment now and check out their Youtube channel...

http://www.youtube.com/user/trizzy66

So if you watched a few, did you notice the talk about butterflies for the cute boy in the front of the class, or getting bowls of cereal and catching the bus?? These CHILDREN have recording contracts. WHAT!?!?!?! This is the most pathetic and poor excuse for parenting I think I have ever experienced. Buy your kids a pony or save that money for college, hell give it to charity. I'm sorry your kid doesn't belong in the music industry. As Simon Cowell would say, "You really aren't as good as you think you are." Take my advice and stop before someone gets so annoyed with your children that they drive a truck through your home or kidnap and kill your daughter while she's waiting for the bus. Nobody wants to hear their poor excuse for music, and the time that they are spending in a recording studio could be used so much more productively by some of the cover artists I've so graciously highlighted in this blog. And when your 7 year old comes home crying because the kids at school make fun of them and their lame music video, don't say I didn't warn you.

Just to further get my point across as if I didn't already express it clearly, a few of my favorite pathetic music videos of children endorsed by ARK Music Factory...

"Ordinary Pop Star"

"Crazy"

and an American favorite <insert sarcasm> ... "Friday"

Get out of the recording studio and let talented artists in please. This is the end of this rant.. for now.
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Gwyneth Paltrow has a Music Career?

So this blog is mainly focused on the not so fortunate amazing and talented singers who just haven't made their own record label yet, BUT can we pause for a second and talk about Gwyneth Paltrow. Where did she come from?!?! She used to be a plain old boring actress occasionally cast and well performed actress, but now a SINGER? Well we'll use that word lightly.. did you see her Grammy performance and her performance at the Oscars? So did I. Anyways Paltrow is now a guest star on Glee and had her own country music movie Country Strong. I have to say when she isn't live I don't hate her, and I've been guilty to jam to a few of her singles from Glee. Seriously though?!?! Why not find an actual talented artist hidden away somewhere and let her be a breakout artist in a movie or a guest star on Glee. What is the world coming to..

Here's her Oscar performance ...

... and here's a Glee performance...

See what I mean.

Christina Perri - UPDATE

The lovely Christina Perri (Previously blogged about on MusicPress) has officially released a new single, "Arms" and also has told us that in early may will be releasing her first full album. For more information log on to www.christinaperri.com or visit her youtube channel. Perri also just performed in her very first solo concert last night in Paris, France.
I absolutely love her new single and can not wait until the full album is released.

Lea Michelle

It's no surprise that the Spring Awakening Broadway Musical star, Lea Michelle, is nothing but the raw talent and vocal power Fox needed to get their now award-winning series Glee off it's feet over a year ago. But Glee's takeoff also sparked star, Lea Michelle's, career. The lovely 24 year old New York native was raised around the talent and creative aspects of Broadway. Starring in her first Broadway appearance at age 7, Michelle lit up the stage and the buzz talk for the Future of Broadway. Michelle "lives to be on stage," saying "it feels nothing but natural and at home when I perform." But the star had no idea that nearly a year after being offered the best role Broadway had to offer her, she would be a TV star. "I never expected to be a TV star. I thought I'd always be on the stage but when Glee came around and the opportunity for me to audition came up, I couldn't pass it up."
Glee is just the beginning to Lea Michelle's fame. The lovely starlet hopes to continue with the cast and crew of the show until it ends but also can't wait for new opportunities such as her own record deal releasing her own music. "Gleeks" world-wide will follow this star through whatever she endures next.
Being a "Gleek"(term used for Glee fans)  myself, and Michelle being one of my favorites on the show, I look forward to her powerful voice and talent in years to come. She's got the followers, now she just has to take the high road.