Voice Teacher Reaction to Angelina Jordan - White Christmas

[@leod2408]

her mother and grandmother took her often to a record shop down town Oslo called 'Bare Jazz' means 'Only Jazz' from age 4 , none in her family are mucsians!

[@larrypifer1103]

Everything AJ does is a huge step for us who can't get enough of this prodigy genius SUPER STAR. There is nothing on earth to compare this being to.

[@RustyShacklefordChannel]

I always love your Angelina reactions and analysis. As a professional, you hear things that many others miss, and you explain things very well. You mentioned that Angelina must have grown up listening to a lot of Jazz. Angelina's mother has said that Angelina would spend hours listening to Jazz on youtube with her tablet (from a very young age of 2-3 yrs old). For all the negative effects today of children spending hours on their tablets and phone, I think this is a really great example of how that technology has done something really positive for a kid. If she were born in a different time, it would have had to be like you said... her parents or family would have to have had a big collection of jazz records, or taken her to lots of shows to get the amount of exposure she had. Now, any kid can discover a passion, and find endless resources to study right at their fingertips. I agree with you about Simon... not a big fan of her getting tangled up with him. However, in an interview when she was very young (7 I think) Angelina said that 2 of her dreams were to sing at a Nobel Prize Ceremony, and to sing for Simone Cowell. She achieved the first dream at only 8. I am hopeful that the AGT thing is mostly a move to fulfill the second dream.... and that she is still planning to stay off the record labels for a few more years. There are rumors that she has made a new album of original, but I have not heard if it is another independent release (like her last one) or not. Just a theory, but appearing on AGT is a pretty good way to promote a new release. (especially if it's an independent release). I look forward to your next reaction... you have so many more sounds and styles to hear from Angelina!

[@jacquespicotte8886]

@ I always said that, following her parents wise guidance, she will have to complete her academic education before launching a career. Therefor, my guess is that she should be ready at 17 or 18 years old. Will I be right or, as it arrives often, wrong again?

[@RustyShacklefordChannel]

@ She has done small summer "tours" (2-3 shows) in norway for the last few years. It would be nice if she did some US dates, but I personally think she might still be a little young for a US tour. She has plenty of time for that. No need to rush it. .... also, I think there are issues with her "working" in the US before she is 15 (Since she is not a US citizen). I'm not 100% sure on that... just something I read somewhere.

[@kessiawright1710]

She sang on AGT for Simon the other night and got the gold button. She won Norway's Got Talent at 7 or 8.

[@RustyShacklefordChannel]

@@kessiawright1710 Yes she did... I hope Vocal Splendor Studios will react to that one soon..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4C2YopulK9jj7s

[@thomshin2460]

Thanks for your great reaction to our princess

[@waynelaws595]

I've allway LUV music .but Angelina makes me SPEECHLESS. A TRUE GODESS

[@ulyseslabajo]

You are on point madam. Yes, luckily her family chose to give her the normal childhood where she can enjoy as a kid. And Angelina has been the most obedient daughter to them. I've heard they do rejected even Disney before. Smart parenthood indeed.

[@DavidLDodge]

How very professional of her to turn and face the soloist sax player and thereby calling the attention of the audience to his share of the spotlight. This young girl has a sense of human understanding far beyond her years.

[@ooshta]

Angie is music. There's only 1 word that everyone seems to use to describe her. "WOW!!!" There's video of her singing a Whitney Huston song when she was 1 1/2.

[@FlameCold258]

Angelina Jordan - a layer-by-layer voice with a dream for music lovers. She will one day reach her big breakthrough. Many people forget how young she really is, and can be fooled by her beautiful and mature voice.

[@supasoulproductions]

Angelina will be on the next Americas Got Talent Champions. It's going to break her big to the American audience. Hopefully her people will keep looking out for her!!

[@royjohansen7472]

👍😊❤️❤️❤️, ❤️ love your reaction 👍😊, you are spot on 👍, Big hug from a norwegian

[@freddymaf7754]

We shouldn't miss that Angelina is channeling Ella Fitzgerald here every bit as much as she was channeling Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and others earlier on. Good on her -- her impeccable choices of wellsprings for drinking from. And now at just fourteen, and like a beautiful butterfly, she's shedding them all, all her previous influences, and emerging this brightest of winged creatures set to mesmerizing us. Good, good, and so good on her for doing this for us . . . and lucky us!

[@ronraskind]

I love Angelina and I love your reaction! This is one of the most intelligent and in depth reviews I've heard. By the way, it doesn't matter if she wins AGT. It's the American exposure that will do wonders for her career. She has toured in her own country, but the US it's important if she is to proceed a lot further in her career. We pray for her.

[@xpost9381]

Yes indeed we have snow. Actually is it snowing right now here in Oslo - the home city of Angelina. It is interesting to listen to someone who knows a thing or two about singing. Can't say anything else than i agree. For an reaction video from you - well - anything is good. Angelina never disappoints. You will be surprised again and again and... But try It's a mans world or A song for A or Wicked game or The show must go on or... Whatever, Angelina is gooooood. And I am soooo objective.

[@elaineparisi8626]

Not only did she listen on you tube but she would go out with her grandmother, and her grandma would buy jazz records, she grew up listening to jazz, and every weekend she would sing to her family and relatives, and she has not stopped singing. I just adore her, her rich and smooth voice is unbelievable remarkable! ❗💜

[@devonlindsay3879]

Her mom is always just a little way away. Nice, nice, nice.

[@donkey3187]

very breathy....she sounds much better today than back then

[@billmichealoff9549]

Welcome back. Have missed you. Great reaction!! Many more please. Little angel is going about all of this the right way and it shows. She is as natural as sunlight.

[@Dave-jo1hf]

I too like your perspective and thoughtful reactions to Angelina. Child protegees are great as a child because they are accomplishing things they shouldn't be able to as a child. They get use to the hype. Everything changes once they have fully grown. Expectations have changed. They need to constantly keep raising the bar. Some will burnout before they have reached their full potential. The same will happen with Angelina. I think it happens to all of us. It's all fun for her right now, which is great, but it will eventually become a grind like everything else. As long as she maintains control and has a great support system she will be able to smooth out the peaks and valleys of a life as a world renowned artist.

[@jwichman9]

Such incredible tone

[@YozhikvTumane]

Love Your reaction and analysis of Angelina's _phrasing_ and use of _negative space,_ a thing that I admire a lot and makes her stand out as something quite unique. It was also very interesting to hear your little "essay" on child prodigies vs. adult artists. I just wish You had spent a few moments talking about those mesmerizing melismas Angelina is giving us, f.ex. _"sleEeigh bells"_ at 1:19 & 2:56, _"christmaAas cards"_ 1:59 & 3:15. I really would like to hear Your professional analysis of those, and other little extras she's using to further decorate her already very beautiful voice. I would also take this opportunity to recommend another of Angelina's performances, her beautiful rendition of Cole Porter's *_Every Time We Say Good By_* kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYO2emt-orl7gKM. Maybe, if you do a reaction & analysis of that video You can give us an equally educational explanation of what makes Angelina's vocal decorations so enigmatic. _p.s. Angelina's grandmother isn't a jazz singer, she's a painter/visual artist, but as mentioned by Rusty Shackleford, Angelina started listening to jazz all by herself at a very young. It is however possible that she was somewhat encouraged and given some help exploring the genre by her grandmother, since they seem to have a very close and loving relationship._

[@YozhikvTumane]

p.p.s: Another great song to analyze Angelina's singing technique is in John Legend's _"All Of Me"_ kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXbIdqion9aXjck

[@keithserafy]

Valerie, I really enjoy your analyses, they are well thought out & spot on. Angelina has always been in charge of her music from her explorations of youtube videos. She discovered jazz around 2 or 3 & listened to it over & over again. In interviews, her mother, Sara Astar, has said neither she nor her husband have any background in music, they just support her interests. Her grandmother is an artist (Painting) who loves jazz but is not a singer. When visiting, she would always take Angelina to the jazz section of record stores in Oslo, at Angelina's request. Her mom says she is the one that hits the brakes in Angelina's career & turns down 90% of their offers. It was Angelina that thought she was ready for Norway's Got Talent at 5 & 6, but Mom said no, both times & she was right. Finally at 7, Mom said OK you're ready & she was right again since she went on to win it at 8. If you watch hours & hours of behind the scenes rehearsals, as I have, you will see she is totally in charge of the adult musicians she works with as early as 8 or 9. When her parents said no to offers from several record labels & Disney Studios, I can't help but believe she was OK with that decision in order to maintain full control over her music. She is experimenting with different genre, honing her voice, going to school & being a kid, for now. We'll see what happens after AGT Champions next month & after she releases a second album in the near future. Buckle up!!!!

[@RobertDeMartin]

Valerie, I'm glad this video came out of the moth balls for the Christmas Holiday. Everything you have stated here is still relevant today in 2020. And, so far, I believe Angelina and her family are basically being very careful with her. When she signed with Republic Records I'm sure one of the most important things discussed and agreed to was for Republic not to interfere with her creativity. And, I believe Republic and Angelina will choose their tour locations very wisely and space them in time. She is very special, we all know that, and Republic does, too.

[@chrisbach2386]

Angelina is made out of music her heart beats in the flow of the sound and her blood is pure rytmen . She breath the wavelength of instruments transform them in liquid gold what what is coming out of her mouth. She is pure music. Best Chris Your clip pop up very late here in Germany see you just now 14 h delay strange.

[@RustyShacklefordChannel]

I also didn't see it (in the US) until it was 14 hours old. If I had to guess, she may have had angelina's name wrong in the title, so it didn't show up when we searched for her. Then when she changed it, it showed up for us. (total guess on my part)

[@chrisbach2386]

@@RustyShacklefordChannel Canadian Server ? ;)

[@RustyShacklefordChannel]

@@chrisbach2386 I'm leaning toward misspelled name in the title. I have see it happen a dozen times with other channels. Plus, when I came here the video was 14 hrs old and had like 3 views. Now in the last hour it has 300.

[@Hazealot006]

Such smart words! Yes there are more Angelina you should react to, about 100 more to be exact :D Thanks so much for this, hoping for much more from this prodigy

[@scottyr618]

you mentioned "prodigy" and at the time I viewed this reaction, there was "99" comments. As I have posted on a few other channels, she reminds me of watching a young Wayne Gretzky (#99 for those who don't know) the undisputed GOAT hockey player. In 5/10/15... years, what will the "barefoot goddess" Angelina show to the world?!?

[@gwzimmerman4480]

Angelina Jordan is WORLD CLASS,and dose SOME Concerts ,and seems very WELL Manage.

[@Rosannasfriend]

Wow, I was listening with my eyes closed and I was shocked! She sounds deeper and darker and more mature here! It's hard to believe it's the same girl who sings the other songs!

[@RobertDeMartin]

Valerie, I wish you and your daughter a very Merry Christmas!

[@VocalSplendorStudios]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@sandrasimpson8588]

Great reaction. Please react to her singing It's a Man's World singing with Forsvarets STabsmisikkorps- Olso

[@RustyShacklefordChannel]

That's a great one! Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnbQaKd9p898gc0

[@MysticFiddler1]

Reminiscent of Joplin in this. Amazing.

[@RustyShacklefordChannel]

@@MysticFiddler1 The number of performances from this girl that will make you say, "Amazing" is just mind boggling. Especially when you compare something like "Its a Mans World" to this... "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face": kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWbEaoGNa7iMq6c

[@Bjarmarsson]

Angelina Jordan A-star Chooses every song she sings and arranges her music and lyrics her self and always does ~ OneLove ~ JBB

[@michinawi22able]

I really love your Angelina's reactions. By the way her grandma is an iranian plastic artist, her name is Mery Zamani

[@michaelmontgomery2012]

Love your reaction thank you Vocal Splendor Studios, there are lots more Angelina songs to react to, looking forward for your next reaction and if I may please when you can do a reaction on Angelina's cover song of YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL by Land Del Rey. Thank you again. Smile.

[@harryhthenorwegian476]

Great from you as always.... :-D

[@alberttenfoot]

This is a long comment! Greetings from New Zealand. Thank you for a very comprehensive review of Angelina's performance, and your appreciation of the care that her parents are taking to nurture Angelina's career. It is evident, too, that Angelina is mature and wise enough to accept that the path they have laid out for her is the correct one. I subscribe to nearly 80 persons who, from time to time, react to Angelina's performances. Very few of them write negatively about her but only you and a handful of others have the musical knowledge to be authoritative in their opinions of why Angelina ticks all the boxes to become very, very successful in her career. Please forgive me for my one critical comment. I find it very disappointing that you are giving so little time to Angelina. I do realise that there are many, many other singers and performers out there who are worthy of giving attention to but, being an utterly selfish old man, I would like more from you. Not only I but Angelina's many thousands of fans would visit your channel to see what opinion you had on their favourite singer's performance. You asked for suggestions. So to encourage you to do more, I list below a selection of Angelina's performances which show her innate ability to understand the emotions of any song she sings and communicate those emotions to her listener; her sheer brilliance at being able to sing most musical genres including Blues, Country, Disco, Jazz, Pop, R&B and Soul, and Rock and, unlike most of today's young singers the knowledge that it is not necessary to try and reach those low or high notes in every song but to use them only when the lyrics of the song tells her that they are necessary and, believe me, those times are worth waiting for!. age 8 - Norway's Got Talent - Summertime: kzbin.info/www/bejne/amWWoXWJpd1oeJY age 9 - At last: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmKck4RvfpKHY8k age 10 - Every time we say goodbye: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYO2emt-orl7gKOkrofessinal age 10 - Feeling Good kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmnOcn9jqKx9rpo age 12 - I will survive: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3S8YqiAmpZoma8 age 12 - Wicked Game: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGGsfqRqZ5Wshg age 12 - A Million years ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3mvpY2HaNh8rac age 12 - Shield, kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4akp3ilhd2BrNk age 13 - I have nothing kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH-tp2NopNlooMk age 13 - The Show Must Go On: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH-tp2NopNlooMk Age 13 - Someone Like You - kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6TFk4hvmbh1hdE Rusty Shackleford, one of Angelina's most knowledgeable fans, has compiled a list of all her performances. It is a wonderful source for you to consult. So point your browser to Angelina Jordan - Every Song (119 different songs, no song repeated): kzbin.info/aero/PL2v8kgVeo4EbQD6l_WAVjOfItquzW7oEc

[@AdvMedic2010]

Albert Tenfoot Agree! I didn’t know who Splendor was.... Angelina Jordan brought me to her. Because Jordan is my favorite I stayed to hear what she had to say, and I may come back.

[@Dak108]

I agreee....you are the most skillful reviewer. I learn so much from your knowledge ...thank you

[@cathymckee1255]

AJ grandmother listen to jazz all the while AJ growing up... Mery Zamani artist from Iran.

[@mcplutt]

And now everybody are waiting for your reaction to her recent AGT performance :-)

[@keithserafy]

Valerie, please, please, please react to Angelina's performance last Mon on AGT Champions. Her shortened, rearranged jazzy version of Bohemian Rhapsody is amazingly beautiful. It's going viral & reactors are coming out of the woodwork to react to it. I so respect your opinion/analysis & would love to hear it. Join the wave, our little Angelina secret is out.

[@Bjarmarsson]

Everything Angelina Sings is incredible and I mean everything. Nowadays it's very rare ability this incredible Soul projection she utilizes in every song and captures the audience Heart to Heart/Soul..I love your reactions Thanks again for reacting to our Singing Angel. Angelina's last name is A-Star 😊 ~ OneLove ~ JBB

[@RustyShacklefordChannel]

I really wish you could do Angelina reactions every day. I know that's probably not possible, but there are so many other performances of hers that I really want to hear your thoughts on. So far you have only seen Angelina at 9 and 10 years old. She has done so many amazing performances it is very hard to pick just a few to recommend. I left 3 suggestions on your last video of some great ones when she was 12. ...but if you would like to see some more 10 year old Angelina before you move to newer stuff, I HIGHLY recommend this one.... "Every Time We Say Goodbye"(10): kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYO2emt-orl7gKM (this is so very smooth... of the 120 songs Angelina has sung, this one is always near the top of my favorites. If there's such a thing as perfect delivery, I would think this is it)

[@pallen49]

Have you react to her ' Autumn Leaves ' yet?. If you haven't, you should..I think it's one of her best...Great reaction my friend...Cheers..

[@nicelynnpelep1126]

Totally agree. 😇👍❤

[@IvarChoiEspedalen]

I'm so glad to see you react to Angelina Jordan Astar again. This was a good reaction video. And you have many good thoughts regarding child singers/stars. I hope you continue on your reaction journey to her. 😇

[@josecamacho3393]

Dear Valery, your reactions to Angelina have been my favorite. You are not only the most educated in music (which btw I’m not) but your views about child singers somehow express very well what her family and fans also think about 👏. As someone already said her grandma paints - not know to sing or play music - but her artistic skills definitely crossed one generation and influenced Angelina as we see in many photos and few videos. Last but not least, you sing VERY well too, I really liked it!

[@Wolfm4n10]

Thank you for reacting to Angelina Jordan again. She is an amazing young female singer and she will not Get trapper by Simon cowell because it was a dream she had when she was little . She had two Dreams she wanted to do the first was sing at the nobel peace concert and she did that at the age of 8 years old and the second dream she had was to sing for Simon cowell so this will Get her second dream come true and i know that her parents will protect her from falling in the trap of Simon cowell.

[@jonshevelew4432]

Love your analysis of Angelina's performances. You should take a look at some of her newer stuff (A Million Years Ago, Born to Die and her first original, Sheild). The growth and maturity is amazing especially when compared with her earlier stuff.

[@jonshevelew4432]

Also, her tribute to Whitney Houston is impressive.

[@marvinburkhead3593]

Had not seen this...Thank You!!! :)

[@epask3926]

Find her video when she was maybe three or five and sang an adele song I think in front of a bookcase She was born this way never have I heard of a prodigy in singing , have you?

[@fernandof.2225]

I read a comment that mentions Angelina participating in charities (singing and I'm not sure in what capacity) that has collected 23 million dollars.

[@clemencemusa2417]

We are so please that we hear all about you, woefully

[@keldrasmussen6565]

I wish that you reacht to Angelinas " sister in art ". Amira Willinghagen is a jung girl from Holland who learnt to sing opera by listening to you tube and won Holland got talent as 9 years and she is protected like a.j. Her voice is also from another planet.

[@Rosannasfriend]

I will look her up!

[@Witnessdomaining]

She just did Yellow Brick Road by Elton John on AGT and It was really beautiful. Please react=)

[@juandanielzarauz5077]

Desde ñiña... sentó en 1er lugar su interpretación y natural voz

[@harryhthenorwegian476]

Lady, all your comments here is absolutely correct and thank god she is not an AMERICAN with AMERICAN parents that only thinking about earning money from her. She is an normal NORWEGIAN and will NEVER be used by anyone. And she is an intelligent girl that already knows these things... :-D AND; Stay healthy love:-)

[@tomnagel5769]

Hi my name is Tom you should take the time to listen to Angelina sing the song sing me to sleep and faded it's live and beautiful

[@karolyn8644]

This was the concert with Alan Walker, right? Very good performance when she was about 10 or 11 years old, I think.

[@tomnagel5769]

@@karolyn8644 yes it was

[@torejorgensen5344]

Thanks for another nice reaction. I do believe they are about to up the game a little bit in 2020 with AGT Champ and a new album, but I hope they are not planning a lot of concerts. At least I can't find any 2020 concerts announced yet, and they seem to be fairly wealthy, so they don't need to turn her into a money machine. Hopefully they will continue to keep her career on a small scale until she become some years older. Suggestions for your next reaction: If you want another Christmas song, how about 'When you wish upon a star' from a year ago (kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4OTYqaVd7irZ7s). If you want another jazzy track, I'll suggest 'Valerie', an entertaining video where you can also see her little sister Juliette dancing (kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaLQe3-hnNBlf80). If you want to see her try something else, I'll suggest Queen's 'The show must go on' (kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH-tp2NopNlooMk) or 'Nothing breaks like a heart' originally sung by Miley Cyrus (kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHuclqhtpqecrbM). If you want to hear one of her originals, I'll suggest 'Shield' (kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2mydJV3odeSapo).

[@RustyShacklefordChannel]

Those are all good requests. I love how she sings "when you wish upon a star" For a vocal coach reaction, the live version of shield would probably be better.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooLXhpWMgMdjrNU But of her originals, I think someone in music might appreciate her others more: "What is Life": kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKeTo2ptgLNqiKM "Oslo": kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6mpXn6fnriJpaM "Song for A": kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKCWnpuuhbJgq6M (although this is not live either)

[@jefffisher1045]

Mozart was also a very young child when his father drug him from kings, princesses and to every head of state he could get his son in front of. His father made a lot of money for himself. But luckily for us, he didn't suffer from burn out, his fire for music was to strong. But I do understand it is happening to these kids today, probably the burn out happens quicker today because of the all the media, internet and so on.

[@billywoods9192]

What a horrifying picture you painted there! But Angelina has a strong spirit. She'll be okay, I'm sure. Is there anything fans can do to help?

[@sandrospano2657]

Do not miss Angelina' Bohemian Rhapsody in AGT if you liked the other songs, this will blow you away

[@elaineparisi8626]

There are a few songs I love, A Million Years Ago, Stay, Autumn Leaves, A Song for A, What a Difference a day makes, Summertime, just a few if you are interested it, Thank you!❗💜

[@pesthlm]

I really want you to react to Angelina Jordan - I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston Tribute)

[@dagsthre8158]

Please listen to her verson of Wicked Game by Chris Isaak 👍. Thank you fore that wonderfull reaction 👍.

Grandmother is a painter and loves jazz. I've never heard she was a singer. And Angulina was a fantastic singer at 6. Sounded nothing like a child.this is her singing I who have nothing at 6 . kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJu0i354pbuUm9U She will be 14 January 10.

[@stefanratkiewicz]

I understand and agree with what you're saying . The problem is with the 'parasites' that make money Through other peoples skills ,such is the calamity of the Music Business.

[@lynettepascua4730]

how about reacting to her original song "Shield" SVT/TV 2/Skavian

[@renmakitempest9755]

Please react when she in audition norway got talent or fly to the moon Sorry for my bad english lesson

[@stillracer2514]

Angelina in the recording studio at age 6 singing "I Who Have Nothing": kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJu0i354pbuUm9U

[@mammastenhjerte]

Thank you for another great Angelina Jordan reaction. She is really extraordinary, and happily so is her parents, who nurture her and protect her. Pretty please react to AURORA. As it is the Christmas season, I suggest her cover of Walking In The Air live in Nidarosdomen, form the 1982 Christmas movie The Snowman. It is truly magical and breathtaking; I especially love the parts where she sings/vocalizes the part of the string section. In a previous Angelina reaction, you said she goes inside her mind and visualize the lyrics of the song, Aurora does not do this, she sees it right in front of her and you can follow it in her eyes. It is really special. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYbIioeNjdNjh80 AURORA - Walking In The Air (Live at Nidarosdomen) AURORA he is the voice of the siren in Into The Unknown form Frozen 2 and the one who sang Baby Mine in the Dumbo trailer. Billie Eilish said in a Vanity Fair interview “I find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora’s “Runaway” music video. Something inside me clicked, like, that is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.”

[@dafyd242]

actually she started even earlier starting sing to music at 18 months, this video is of Angelina at age 6 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJu0i354pbuUm9U , in the studio

[@louispaquet8185]

For another Christmas song, you should react to Daneliya Tuleshova, All I want for Christmas is you (Mariah Carey cover) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqDWiIJtfpmnn6c

[@wajj1842]

Thanks again, Valerie, for a very insightful reaction to Angelina. I'm confident her mother and grandmother share your philosophy about Angelina's career, but I doubt that they have your understanding as a professional of the dangers of child stardom. I would imagine that Angelina is hungry for more widespread success, and that she would like broader exposure. That's probably how she ended up accepting the offer to be on AGT Champions 2. I have mixed feelings about her being on that show. The format is terrible (IMO), as the public is not allowed to vote for the acts. The entire show was filmed in about a week in October, so there are no live performances. This is all about MONEY for NBC and the Simon Cowell machine. They are able to fill the mostly dead month of January with a big money maker. The only live show will be the last one when they announce the winner. And she was competing with flying monkeys, acrobats, choirs, dancing dogs, (I'm exaggerating), and several other singer. I would imagine that the people (50---one representing each state) they have selected to cast the ballots have little understanding of what an exceptional talent Angelina is. And they are making their judgments partially on whether or not the act would be good in Vegas. So I do not see Angelina having much of a chance to win this competition. But maybe that not a bad thing. By the way. I believe Angelina was 10 in this "White Christmas" performance. I assure you that her voice has become even better as she has aged. She will be 14 in about three weeks (01/10/2020). She have covered over 100 songs, and I love ever one of them. And it's very difficult to pick a favorite because she morphs into a somewhat different artist to fit the song she is singing. And her ability to do that and make the song her own (very often better than the original) is a little eerie. But I'm sending you a few that represent how she shocks us with her performances. "I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor) kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5KapJSVo5yeY5o This song won a Grammy in 1978 for best disco song. I think Angelina is 12 in this performance, and for me, it's as good as Gloria's. "Wicked Games" (Chris Isaac) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGGsfqRqZ5WshtE One of my favorite songs from the 80's. I've listened to a lot of covers of this song, but none as good as this (IMO). She's changed the tempo, and it's hard to believe a 12 year old girl can set at the piano (she's playing) and deliver this depth of emotion. "Every Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYO2emt-orl7gKM For me, this is one of the most beautiful performances by Angelina. And last, and probably my favorite Angelina cover, "California Dreamin'" (The Mamas and the Papas) kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3OsaH6jaN9qY7c Every time I listen to this I'm awe struck by what she has done. She changed the tempo and some of the notes and phrasing, and created a masterpiece (IMO). I hope you are able to react to any or all of these, Valerie. Best Wishes. Billy J

[@keithserafy]

Billy J, Great recommendations. Valerie, if you want to hear Angelina use "negative space" listen to her "Wicked Game." that Billy recommended. She slows it down with long pauses that makes you wait for the note to come & when it goes straight to your heart. She also uses a beautiful haunting voice. Please take a listen.

[@wajj1842]

@@keithserafy That's well put, Keith. Angelina's use of what Valerie refers to as "negative space" is the best I have ever heard. See does that on a lot of her songs, but none as much as "Wicked Games". I just listened to her interpretation of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWbEaoGNa7iMq6c and she uses it in this song to wring all of the emotion out of the lyrics. Had me crying by the third line. It was posted in Sept. of 2017, which would make her 11. But I find it hard to believe that an 11 year old can sing an adult song like this with such depth of emotion. When you watch her she's just emerged into the meaning of the lyrics. But the surprise is wearing off because she continues to do this every time. Best wishes, Keith. Billy J

[@lewisfender318]

Angelina should come out with a Christmas song cover album... I'm tired of listening to Mariah Carey