Unrecornition Talent & The Music Industry

In Today’s blog I decided to tell you Chameleons my thoughts on the music industry and real talent that is not being noticed, among all the Disney/YTV Stars - Teenybopper and IHeartRadio. Please keep in mind that I am not hating on Disney, YTV, and IHeartRadio, cause I do love them. I am just saying that with most Disney and/or YTV Stars these days they just pick up off the street and some are not really good, and are talentless, like Miranda Cosgrove (Just my opinion on Miranda). Then you have the IHeartRadio Stars who are ether brand spanking new or you never heard about them at all. I got inspired to do this post when I was talking to myself about the music industry and then saying it out loud to Squid on my way to Union Station Bus Terminal on Monday and I was even reading some of the comments on Greyson Chance's interviews over the last week. Not to mention how much fun he was having on stage last Saturday. I also want to say that yes, Alyssa Reid is more recognizable now, but  Just my opinion

Their is 4 categories of music

1. Disney/YTV Teenyboppers
2. IHeartRadio
3. Unrecognition for Extornary talent
4. Featured artist

Lets break this down:

Disney/YTV Teenyboppers - We all fall involve with Disney darlings and YTV darlings. But tell me, do you hear about them anymore? Not really. After their Disney and the YTV days they try really hard to stay reverent. Like Sabrina Carpenter and Bella Thorne. Let’s face it, Sabrina will only have tween fans. In fact they all will have tween fans.

IHeartRadio - Ok so this one has been a very good outlet for Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato. Miley Cyrus, Hilary Duff (back in the days) who got out of Disney. IHeartRadio is also a good way to start off a career, like for Scott Helman & Michelle Treacy. What I don’t like is that they have people in the IHeartRadio category is people lie Camila Cabello who exited out of a terrible band (Again, my opinion) and thinks she can go go solo after one song with the popular Shawn Mendes. Speaking of Shawn, I do really love him. I love that he is his self on stage, but I don’t like that half of his fans are girls just cause he is cute and not focusing on his talent.

Unrecognition for Extornary talent - Here are some of the singers, out of the handful, that go unrecognized with the amount of talent they have. I am going to say a few: 

 Greyson Chance - In April 2010 he performed a cover of Lady Gaga's song 'Paparazzi' at a 6th grade music festival. His dad filmed him singing and put it up online for fun. With the help of his brother the video caught the eye of Ellen DeGeneres. Since he was on Ellen in 2010 he came out with his first single called, Waiting Out The Lines. He even opened up for Miranda Cosgrove on her Dancing Crazy tour. They even both went on Ellen to perform Dancing Crazy. He also started the Waiting 4U tour with Cody Simpson. His second single, Unfriend You came out May of 2011. Later in 2011 his first album, Hold On To The Night came out that summer. Airana Grande was in his music video for Unfriend You. In 2015 he rebased a new single called, Afterlife. This was his first song that he ended up writing. Along with his 2 singles to follow, Hit & Run and Back On The Wall. In 2016 along with his EP, Somewhere Over My Head came out he ended up doing some feature work in 2016 & 2017 and one featured work in 2018. In 2017 with all his featured work he came out with 2 singles, Seasons & Low. Last year he came out with 2 singles: Good As Gold & 21. In the fall of 2018 he announced that he was going on tour and has a new CD coming out. His new CD, Portrails comes out March 15th, 2019. How I found out about him is from Ellen in 2010 when he was 12. I been listening to Waiting Outside The Lines since I first heard the song. The Unfriend You. I saw him live this year in 2019 when he performed in Toronto on March 2nd (That is my original picture) 

Ezra Jordan - When he was 18 he suffered a terrible boating accident that injured his leg. It forced his to put piano training on hold during his recovery process. That is when he turned to singing and songwriting as an outlet. When he was back on his feet he went on tour with Scott Helman to play keyboards for him and sing backup too. After going on tour with Scott he ended up going to school is L.A for Music Insitude to focus to focus on his solo career. He returned back to Toronto, Canada where he is playing gigs all over GTA. He is currently on an Ontario tour. How I found out about Ezra is from a new show called, The Launch. The Launch is the next level from The Next Star. It's based in Toronto. They audition millions of Canadians. That 80 gets narrowed down to 5 to get on TV. Out of 5 the host, judge, and celebrity judge pick 2 to record the song that week. The winner gets Launched.When his episode was on, in 2018, it was the perfect episode. I din't know who I wanted to win between him or Poesy. After Poesy won I decided to see what this guy had on iTunes. He had 3 and now he is about to have 6 songs on iTunes, cause his newest single, Low comes out March 15th

Brooklyn Roebuck - In 2013 she was on the 5th season of The Next Star and won. Since winning she recorded 2 winning singles, Lemon & Lime and One Of Those Days. In 2014 she came out with a 4 song EP called, Storyteller. A year later she came out with her 3rd single, Good Day. Last year she came out with 3 singles. Bad Seed, Things I Don't Miss, and Barn Burner.How I started being a fan of Brooklyn is by watching The Next Star since 2008. With every song she comes out with I immediately download them.

Tiffany Alvord - She learned piano in elementary school and wrote her first song at the age of 10. When she was 14 she taught herself how to play guitar. In April of 2008 at the age of 15she published her first video on YouTube. At first she posted covers of popular songs. In 2011 she made her first CD of covers, called, I Got I Covered Part 1. Later in the same year she even came out with her first CD of original songs, called, My Dream. Next year, in 2012 she won first place in Artist Signal with the prize of $25,000 in prizes. In the same year, she rebased her 2nd cover song CD, titled, I Got It Covered Part 2 and later her 2nd CD with original songs, called, My Heart Is. She even performed at the New York's New Years Eve in Time Square In 2013 she headlined a tour in 4 different countries in South Asia. She also co-headlined a U.S tour with Jason Chen. She even performed in Europe for the first time while headlining a sold out shows in London, UK. She even released her 3rd cover CD, called, I Got It Covered Part 3. A year later in 2014 she rebased her 3rd original songs CD, called, Legacy.

How I became a fan of Tiffany is buy, clicking on one of her on YouTube. A cover and then an original 

Reed Deming - When he was 18 he was on the X factor season 2. He got a yes from all 4 judges, Simon Cowell, L.A Reed, Britney Spears, and Demi Lovato. He made it to top 24 and then made it into the top 6 in the teen category on Britney Spears' team. In July of 2013 he came out with a 6 song EP, Calle, Ridiculous. The next year he came out with another EP called, Satellite . 2015 he came out with his first EP of songs he written. Next year in 2016 he even wrote 2 singles himself. Called, California Coastline & Take You You. He even was on the road performing his music and did almost 50 shows in the US & Canada. In 2017 he came out with a handful of singles. In 2018 he came out with a 6 song EP called, Follow My Heart To Freedom.
How I became a fan of him was by landing on his Twitter in 2014 from one of his songs or he retweeted a fan about one of his songs. So I decided to check out the music for myself.

Victoria Duffield - In 2010 she was on The Next Star season 3. She won 2nd place. Since after The Next Star she released 3 singles the next year: Secrets, Bam Bam, & Hey after signing with Warner Music Canada, also in the same year in 2011 she came out with her debut single, Shut Up & Dance. She even released a French/English version of Shut Up & Dance with Lukay. A year later in 2012 she came out with 3 new singles: Feel, Break My Heart, & They Don’t Know About Us (Feat Cody Simpson) along with her first EP called, Shut Up & Dance in the same year. At the end of 2012 she went on tour with Faber Drive to promote her EP. In 2013 she recorded music in L.A. Her 2nd CD, Accelerate with released in early summer of 2014 and failed to chart in any countries. However, its lead single, "More Than Friends", reached number 49 on the Canadian Hot 100. She even went on tour with Backstreet Boys on the second North American leg of their In A World Like This Tour. During the tour she sustained injuries to her vocal chords and got surgery resulting in a brief hiatus from performing. She was suppose to have a single coming out in 2017, but was informed thatWarner Music Canada let her go. The next year she Independently released in nearly 4 years, called, WOW along with 3 more singles to follow: Get Me High, My Mistake, & Remember You. Later in the same year, she released her 3rd CD, titled, Day Won.

How I became a fan of hers is by watching The Next Star since 2008, but even though Isabelle Stern was my favourite one that year I been downloading her music since day one.

Feature Artist - A singer who just sings with someone else or sings their songs. Take Olivia Holt for an example, Olivia was a Disney Star on the hit show I Didn't Do It & Kickin It. She was also in DCOM such as: Girl vs Monster. After her acting she did some songs while being on the Disney and then a 4 EP CD called, Olivia EP. In 2017 her first non Disney single came out, titled, Generous. Since Generous you only hear her on other people songs. Example:
Party On A Week Day by MYBADD (Feat. Olivia Holt)
16 Steps by Martin Jensen (Feat. Olivia Holt)
Wrong Move by R3hab (Feat. Olivia Holt)
Sad Song by We The Kids (Feat. Olivia Holt)
Paradise by Brandon Beal & Olivia Holt

I remembered seeing Sabrina Carpenter on tour and maybe I am bias cause I saw Greyson and I am seeing Ezra this Friday, or maybe they are older than Sabrina, but they can put on a show (I have seen InstaStories and InstaVideos on Ezra perform). I am not saying that Sabrina can perform, cause she can. I saw her live in Toronto in 2016 and I like her music now. And she does deserve all her fans she gets. It just seems like all her fans are teenyboppers who are not old enough to drink and yet she has concerts in bars for them to come too. Just my opinion again. When I saw Sabrina it was at the MOD Club, and half of the audience where kids/teens with on “X” their hands to let people know not to serve them. I also felt like my friend and I where the oldest people there. Minis there the kids/teens parents that night 

I don't know about you Chameleons, but I am getting tried of hearing the same IHeartRadio stars, and the same Disney Stars/Teenybopper who don't really do much after Disney. I am not saying that the Disney Stars are talented, cause some are and IHeartRadio stars are talents, cause some/most are. It's time for what talent looks like. Give them a listen, and discover something new