How did Taylor Swift get a record contract??

[Blue Meanie]

Here's the performance that opened the show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGLhR4yqizM

[Tyme2tyme]

I've heard her live performances numerous times and she has a thing about consistancy. Many times she sounds great but she seems to have "off nights" too often. I really like her voice and think she has a lot of talent

They are lots of way worse "singers" out there.

Like Miley Cyrus maybe?

[wayne foundation 07]

I wondered how she got the accent when she comes from PA.

[ctc]

>we can take the pro-tools program and make her sound like a million bucks.

So.... I guess that's why everybody sounds the same these days?

Don C.

[Mawni]

Saw her on SNL last week; not sure why you'd single her out. They are lots of way worse "singers" out there.

[toys2cool]

When you really think about it, I think even Madonna had a lot of stuff done to her voice at least back in the old days.

When you compare her voice today to her voice on older songs such as Like a Virgin, the difference is striking.

yeah i would'nt doubt it, her voice isn't really all that good

[Mikey]

When you really think about it, I think even Madonna had a lot of stuff done to her voice at least back in the old days.

When you compare her voice today to her voice on older songs such as Like a Virgin, the difference is striking.

[toys2cool]

she is super cute though and has been selling mad records

[toys2cool]

Not sure if it's true, but I heard Paula Abdul was one of the first people to have their songs "built" like this in the studio dating back to her Straight Up days.

yeah Paula could'nt sing live at all

[BlackKnight]

Sometimes people just have no idea how to set up Stage Equipment correctly. With a Mulit-Artist Venue,.. I could only Imagine the pure Chaos Involved with putting together the show. I wouldn't Blame it all on Her,..

[Cosmicman]

The music industry is a hard business, if you can make a living at it i give you props.

I bounce between working in the studio, working as a computer technician and playing in a band. I make a good living at doing it but it requires a good deal of juggling the arts to earn the capital to keep your head a float.

[goldenryan]

I work in a recording studio. I seriously mean it when I say that I can write a song and take just an ordinary girl off the street and bring her in and record her singing the lyrics (out of key and no experience). When she leaves the studio, we can take the pro-tools program and make her sound like a million bucks. With this program, we can literally zoom in on each note she sings and "clean it up". It is an unbelievable program. (and we have had to use it with professionals also. Otherwise, we'd be there for days trying to get them to sing it right. )


If little old me can do it, imagine the little cuties that are out there that are becoming over night sensations because of stuff like this.

The music industry is a hard business, if you can make a living at it i give you props.

[Cosmicman]

Not sure if it's true, but I heard Paula Abdul was one of the first people to have their songs "built" like this in the studio dating back to her Straight Up days.

I am pretty sure Paula Abdul was one of the people to have studio magic make them sound good. Along with Britney Spears, Mandy Moore, Ashley Simpson...etc.
It seems like a common thing. Someday I will be exposed like Milly Vanilly. Right now nobody seems to think it is an issue.

[cjefferys]

She must've been off, she sounded fine on Saturday Night Live.

Yeah, I watched SNL last week and thought she sounded fine too (she did a decent job in the sketches as well).

[Mikey]

I work in a recording studio. I seriously mean it when I say that I can write a song and take just an ordinary girl off the street and bring her in and record her singing the lyrics (out of key and no experience). When she leaves the studio, we can take the pro-tools program and make her sound like a million bucks. With this program, we can literally zoom in on each note she sings and "clean it up". It is an unbelievable program. (and we have had to use it with professionals also. Otherwise, we'd be there for days trying to get them to sing it right. )


If little old me can do it, imagine the little cuties that are out there that are becoming over night sensations because of stuff like this.

Not sure if it's true, but I heard Paula Abdul was one of the first people to have their songs "built" like this in the studio dating back to her Straight Up days.