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First post: Sep 5, 2008 at 7:28 PM EDT
Most recent: Nov 2, 2008 at 6:32 PM EST
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Most recent: Dec 1, 2008 at 10:32 AM EST

HALF PINT's blog

We're on our way to 'effectively' requesting a VOCALIST channel...consider joining me in this pursuit

...wow… SEVERAL of my friends/fans have emailed me saying “yes” to the creation of a VOCALIST CHANNEL.

With enough documented interest and intention this request will be challenging to deny…so if you’ve already respsonded to my original email about this, THANK YOU VERY MUCH…however…

kind of a pain in the azz but could you PLEASE CONSIDER POSTING YOUR INTEREST AND INTENTIONS PER THIS CHANNEL REQUEST HERE IN MY BLOG so that all the support will be located in one place??

it is important that you answer 1 of the 2 following questions in reference to this new channel request…

1) you intend to enter music into this channel and vote in the battles

2) you intend to vote even though you will likely not be submitting to this channel

i could copy and paste the responses i’ve collected so far, but it wouldn’t carry the same weight. a clear intention left in my blog is how i plan to effectively bring daniel and the ourstage staff what seems to be the key (to getting them to truly consider)...other ourstage members wanting and willing to PARTICIPATE in this channel.

if you know of any vocalists and/or potential vocalist channel voters, please do forward this email to them. i have no doubt someone like me is out there needing a vocalist channel to call HOME! :)

BELOW IS THE ORIGINAL COMMENT I LEFT FOR DANIEL AND THE SUBSEQUENT MESSAGE I SENT TO ALL OF YOU

the email i sent to my friends~ i just left this comment for daniel palmer and was curious how any of you may feel about my request. i recognize you’re busy people, so certainly don’t feel obligated to read the following, but if you have interest in what channels are here on OurStage, please do take a peak below and know I’M APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR VALUABLE TIMEtruly, ‘cause i know as an artist there is never enough time to do all that we want…life is tasty, ain’t it?!

The Post I/HALF PINT left on Daniel Palmer’s profile page, Oct 31 at 11:52 AM EDT any possible way to convince OurStage to add a channel for female and male vocalists? i want to continue expossing my art and yet knowing all my recordings thus far are covers and the rules are getting tighter and clearer, it has me pondering how else i can fit myself in beyond the covers channel. for me, i am a vocalist first, a human instrument and i incorporate other instruments into my art to add layers…my point is that i would LOVE to be ‘judged’ for my vocal quality as the top, top priority. yes, the music is vital for a full effect, but it’s that very topic, the music, that seems to limit me in channel choices…and all awhile, the music of my VOICE seems to play little to no role when i attempt to find my ‘right’ channels. i’m wondering if i’m making sense of this here…maybe a little?! in short, if i could put a name to my ideal channel, it would be as i stated above, female vocalist. this way the genre of music would be secondary to what is my primary…VOCALIST. if this could stand on it’s own, without adding to it songwriter or genre specification, i would truly feel i finally found the channel for my art. it would truly allow me to feel to the core that THIS IS OurStage…our!! I’m thinking there are several artists on this site that are primarily vocalists and would love to see a channel that features VOCALS. in fact, i’m gonna go sniff out and see how many others may feel this way. okay, thanks for reading my speil and hopefully getting an idea of what i’m suggesting here.

much gratitude, Jennifer Tracy Kessler~HALF PINT

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  • Posted by KayCee Bowden on Dec 1, 2008 at 10:32 AM EST
    A vocalist channel would be fantastic, Wether your song is an orignial or cover it gives us all a chance to show for some of us our talent and range judging the persons voice not song
  • Posted by melissayearsley on Nov 26, 2008 at 5:20 PM EST
    I would absolutely love a vocalist channel. I have a hard time fitting into the other channels!! I have many songs I would enter and would vote even if I didn't (but I do!)

  • Posted by Roxie Beane on Nov 21, 2008 at 7:28 AM EST
    HP... I think the whole vocalist channel idea is fantastic and long overdue! I would certainly vote in the channel and there's a really good chance I'd submit a song myself. Good luck with this!

    Roxie
  • Posted by Emilia Vancini on Nov 10, 2008 at 5:38 AM EST
    Hi Jennifer,

    great idea, I intend to enter my songs into the vocalist channel and vote in the battles.
    Emilia
  • Posted by (mr) next on Nov 6, 2008 at 9:37 PM EST
    i support your efforts to create a vocalist channel, although i'm not sure i'd have the b@ll$ to enter a song! ;)
  • Posted by Tenor on Nov 4, 2008 at 1:37 PM EST
    I support this. I also need to understand the rules a little more for this vocalist area. I don't have a band currently and some of the music I sing to is prerecorded music that I buy for practicing. Would I be able to submit as a cover or Vocalist (should these catagories come to be) with this kind of musical back up?
  • Posted by HotRocker on Nov 3, 2008 at 11:40 AM EST
    I love the idea of a Vocalist channel (or male / female dual channels). I would enter and vote in this genre. It can be a struggle at OurStage today as a solo Vocalist, trying to find a fit somewhere between Cover Bands and Singer/Songwriter.
  • Posted by Laura Nunes-Cram on Nov 3, 2008 at 9:15 AM EST
    You can count me in! I think this is an excellent idea! Let's do it!

    Laura
  • Posted by Leeia Music on Nov 3, 2008 at 1:01 AM EST
    Pronunciation
    vo*ca-list VOH-kah-list

    Etymology
    vocal + -ist

    Noun
    Singular-vocalist

    Plural-vocalists

    vocalist (plural vocalists)

    A singer; a person who likes to sing.

    Translations
    Finnish: laulaja, vokalisti
    Latin: vocalistus
    Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vocalist"

    I THINK A CHANNEL THAT IS CENTERED ON THE VOCALIST IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA! I WILL NOT ONLY VOTE BUT NAURALLY ENTER THIS CHANNEL! THE VOICE IS AN INSTRUMENT LIKE ANY OTHER AND NEEDS A CHANNEL THAT CATERS TO THIS MUSICIANS. I HOPE THAT YOUR EFFORTS ARE SUCCESSFUL AND THE RESULTS ARE LONG LASTING. GOOD LUCK IN YOUR PURSUIT AND THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL VOCALIST!!!
  • Posted by HALF PINT on Nov 2, 2008 at 10:46 PM EST
    okay, i have to be in here too with a reply...yes to a vocalist channel!

    i first thought that a female vocalist channel and a male vocalist channel were the way to go, but upon finding out that creating a new channel unto itself was going to be a sizeable challenge, it seemed best to pool the interested parties resources' in our attempt to succeed with effenciency. if interest goes beyond our expectations, requesting two seperate channels will become probable.