Any Clay Aiken fans on the board?

[Ber Rabbit]

I admit I've never heard him sing but a friend at work is an addicted "Claymate" and I told her I was going to ask around and see if anyone happened to know her on this board. She has gone to several of his concerts and had the opportunity to dance on stage in Evansville, IN and Raleigh, NC. She's an incredibly energetic 50-year-old woman and she's just a real sweetheart. She brought a recording of an interview he did for his hometown radio station to work and he mentions her by name and even knows where she is originally from (Ethel from Detroit). If you are a member of www.clayaiken.com she goes by ethel on the message boards, I think she's also on www.claytonaiken.com.

I was just curious if anyone here went to the concerts and saw her onstage.

Anyway here's a couple of the pics.

Ber :lilbunny:

 

[Natasha]

My sister is a Clay fan. She hasn't been to any of his concerts, but she did buy his CD.

I found this link. You might have to be on AOL to hear it.

http://music.channel.aol.com/archive/main.adp#null

 

[dlndavid]

no fan here

 

[mikswi]

None that will publicly admit to it )

 

[ShakaZulu]

I'm a William Hung fan aka Hong Kong Ricky Martin...........

 

[Mike Veitch]

I thought you had to be an 8 to 12 year old female to listen to him?

 

[mike_s]

None that will publicly admit to it )

I will proudly admit that I am NOT a fan.

 

[HowardE]

Not only am I not a fan, but IMO people who get a shortcut through the music biz don't deserve it. Many bands spend years and years working hard to make it in the business, and fail. American Idol is a cheap fast way to the top, with many who don't deserve it.

 

[dlndavid]

I'm a William Hung fan aka Hong Kong Ricky Martin...........

:lol: she bang, she bang

 

[mike_s]

Not only am I not a fan, but IMO people who get a shortcut through the music biz don't deserve it. Many bands spend years and years working hard to make it in the business, and fail. American Idol is a cheap fast way to the top, with many who don't deserve it.

I think they are more being "used" by the music industry.

They don't retain the "rights" to anything they do. They have
to sign a contract that gives all rights, ownership of songs, profits, etc
over to the folks who run American Idol.

While this might get them faster to the "big show", it takes
advantage of them also.