Tom Williams
Friday, 26 September 2008 15:22

Week Three

Hey everyone,

Last week we had a workshop with Cyndi Lauper - she was really amazing. She had some great tips about how to warm up and feel the emotion in the song. I did a song last week that I wasn’t 100% confident with, and I went into the song knowing I wasn’t 100% confident. Considering I didn’t know the song at all before I picked it, I didn’t think vocally it was so bad. Vocally it was a bit shaky and the performance was pretty shabby.

I don’t agree with Kyle’s comment it was a disaster – disaster is when you forget every lyric and screw the melody up. I think that comment was very unfair.

This week we had a workshop with Darren Hayes, the awesome singer from the band Savage Garden. He taught me to really connect with the song and feel what I’m singing. The song that I’m singing this week is about getting chucked down and getting picked up again, so it’s relevant to what happened last week.

Last night we went to a Bobby Flynn gig at the Basement, which was really awesome. I followed him through the show. I thought his musical style was alternate and different, but last night he did something a lot more rocky and reggae which was really cool. I digged it a lot.

Throughout this week I’ve been doing six hours of school a day, which is pretty bummed. I’m dealing with it, but it’s a disadvantage in my eyes. But if I don’t do it I can’t do the competition. Teale and them went bowling the other day and I had to go to school – not cool!

Life in the house is pretty awesome, but I’m kinda finding it hard now that Brooke’s gone to fit in with ‘adults’ – she helped me feel more comfortable with them. I’m not completely with the group at the moment.

I try my best every week. I know I wasn’t good enough last Sunday, and I hope next week it will be.

I want to say hi to Luke West – you’re awesome, shoot for your dreams, mate.

Happy birthday to my little brother for the other day.

Tom

Tom Williams
Friday, 19 September 2008 14:19

Week Two

Hey everyone,

I think my first Final 12 performance went alright – I’m still a bit pitchy in places but now we have a piano in the house, I can work on it more. I think my pitch dropped a bit since I’ve been in Sydney without musical instruments. The judges comments weren’t too bad - they were nicer than I thought they were gonna be. Dicko was a bit harsh, because it’s a singing competition, it shouldn’t be about clothing. Marcia made the point about pitch, and Kyle’s comment was pretty funny, "I’m a-getting’ the feeling you’re going to be popular in this competition", you know, from the film Armageddon. He said to stop singing the big ballads so I’ve decided to do an up-tempo song this week, but it’s new to me, so I’ve gotta learn the lyrics. Choosing an '80s song was stressful as there was no songs I really liked, and I had to pick one I didn’t know so well.

I was feeling kinda nervous before Monday night’s verdict. Standing in that line hoping your name won’t be read out was the scariest experience of my life! Each time they opened a card, I thought it was gonna be me, and I’m so glad it wasn’t!

The funniest thing happened this week was Luke Dickens sending a photo to me – remember how you saw me asleep on the couch and I had a soft toy with me? He sent me a photo with its head on a chopping board. Ha Ha!

The McDonalds Charity Ball was pretty cool. I didn’t have a line in the song we sung cuz I wasn’t comfortable with the line I got given, but it was still a great night to support the kids.

I didn’t get a chance to meet Jordin Sparks but she’s pretty hot.

Being famous is pretty cool. We went to Westpoint Blacktown to promote Final 11, and when I went out to sing the crowd went absolutely nuts! I couldn’t hear myself sing, but it was a really great experience and I wanna do it for the rest of my life.

Happy birthday to Sophie for today, and thanks heaps to everyone whose been voting for me. I really appreciate it, keep up the good work.

Tom

Tom Williams
Thursday, 11 September 2008 21:14

Week One

Hey guys,

So we moved into the house the other day, which was pretty cool – it’s got an elevator, and a cool studio where we hang out, and play music in, and rehearse our songs. It’s kind of annoying we don’t have sports facilities – there’s no balls' lying around the house or tennis court around the corner or anything – and we need some way to get exercise. We need some people to get voted off so we can turn their rooms into a gym or something!

In the house I’m sharing a room with Jonny, which was unexpected. I didn’t talk much before the Final 12 and everyone else went, “I’m with Teale, I’m with Thanh” and paired up. It’s not a bad thing, I’m sure I’ll get to know him a lot more soon.

Overall I’m really enjoying the experience. It’s awesome being at Fox Studios every day, relaxing with people and doing what we wanna do. The main thing I want to do is be a singer, but this also incorporates the acting side of things which is cool, because I also act as well.

We’ve had to do lots of promotional stuff since we made the Final 12, and we have done a few gigs around the place. We had to do a press showcase last week, which was really nerve-racking, as everyone was drinking and it was more of a pub scene, which I haven’t done before. The seasoned performers in the Final 12 were used to it, but I was freaked out, but apparently it was the best I’ve ever sung! I sung ‘You Raise Me Up’ again. I’m really looking forward to singing on Sunday night – it’s gonna be a great night.

I wanna thank everyone voting for me, I really appreciate it. Shout out to my mates at Emmanuel College – you guys rock!

Tom

 

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