From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V11 #232 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.pattygriffin.net/PattyInConcertDB.php * OR * go to http://www.atorecords.com * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V8 #___ gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. * Also, PLEASE do not quote an entire digest when you reply to the * list. Edit out anything you are not referring to. mad-mission-digest Saturday, February 23 2008 Volume 11 : Number 232 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: American Idol castoff loves Patty! ["Mike Connell" Subject: MM: American Idol castoff loves Patty! Amy Davis, booted off of American Idol Thursday night, mentions in the article below that Patty is her favorite artist. If she had moved on a few rounds, perhaps some theme week a Patty song would have been eligible- Mike AMY DAVIS, 25, LOWELL, IND. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Going into the evening, how did you feel about your chances? AMY DAVIS: Well, I definitely was not happy with my performance. It's really because I have a disadvantage: I'm trained to use an in-ear monitor. My brain is trained to use an in-ear monitor. I'm telling you, it's a bad skill on my part. Without an in-ear, I can't stay on pitch. I tried to do as well as I could without having that in-ear monitor, but it was obviously a very pitchy performance. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: In what capacity had you used in-ear monitors before? AMY DAVIS: I don't have any vocal training, but performing with my bands back at home I've been doing it for about four years but once it became more than just two people performing in an acoustic duo, it was very hard to hear my vocals. So I said, I'm going to buy the in-ears because I know how important it is. I've been using those consistently for the past two years. For my own brain, the way it works, it's really hard for me to change from an in-ear monitor to a floor monitor. My brain is totally trained to use that. The good thing is that all the pros that are out there use in-ear monitors way more than they use floor monitors, so I know I can sing better. I don't normally sing so pitchy, but it's gonna take some work on my part to prove that to America post-Idol. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The monitor problem aside, do you wish you'd picked a different song? AMY DAVIS: You know, I really like that Connie Francis song, and there wasn't a lot of other choices that I would have gone with because I'm actually and America may not believe this at this moment I'm very strong at doing those types of songs. Maybe I should have chosen something else. I had a small amount of time to choose, so I went with the Connie Francis. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The song had a country vibe to it. Is that where you'd like to see yourself go? AMY DAVIS: I really have more of a preference for folk-country or folk-pop just very vocally driven songs. My favorite artist is Patty Griffin. Her style of music is where, when I'm performing or listening to music, I feel the passion. I'm not true, true country. I really like more of the folk styles. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Did you ever think, ''If I just had one more week...''? AMY DAVIS: Absolutely. Definitely. I don't know how long it would have taken for my brain to switch to the floor monitor style of hearing, but it would have only gotten better. It's not going to happen, but that's okay. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What are you going to do now? AMY DAVIS: I'm not sure if I'm going to go back to grad school now. I'd really like to keep focusing on music. I feel like I have something to prove to America, being the first girl cut, so I really want to focus on that. I'm definitely interested in continuing modeling. I really need to work, is what I need to do. I hope it's me doing something I have a passion for, which is music. ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V11 #232 **********************************