Is American Idol The Only Way To Make It In The Music Industry Today?

[Guy_Incongnito]

@Hampshire

I’ll agree and add that vocal quality is fading into the background as a requirement for making popular music . . . for every talented singer there are 5 more that would have been booted out of AI auditions that are currently putting out chart topping hits ( . . . Fiddy Sent)

:dubious: You do know that 50 Cent is a rapper, don’t you? That’s like criticizing Frank Sinatra for not being able to play the violin.

[TellMeI_mNotCrazy]

Well, one girl seems to have stumbled across another way:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/04/web.thom/index.html

LONDON, England – A British singer has signed up by a major record label after broadcasting live performances from her living room on the Internet.

Sandi Thom, 24, is now on the books of RCA/SonyBMG after signing with the label at her flat on Monday night.

She built up a daily audience of more than 100,000 people around the world.

Pretty cool.