Ok...I racked my brains to try to come up with the most original contest I could think of...here it is!!
Choose "A Cappella" for category and then for the format choose "video". Tell us who you are, who is your favorite singer and WHY...then sing 30 seconds or less of that artist!!!!
See my entry as an example. Have fun with this one everybody!!! This contest ends the day after Christmas :)
hey there! I'm terribly late about seeing this, but I'm so glad I did! thanks for sharing a little about yourself...you have the most naturally beautiful voice I've ever heard. You also seem so genuine...both in your speaking (here) and while singing. I love the emotion and expression you use in your singing. I did get one thing wrong though...I thought I'd read somewhere where you'd written that you work in a dentist office. Either way, it was a smart doctor who hired you!! Your natural beauty has got to be a boost for business!!! (and please don't misunderstand...I in no way mean you aren't good at your work!) Anyway, I've rambled on long enough...hope to hear you sing something new sometime soon. It's always a pleasure to hear you!!!
Kathy 06/18/2008 16:38
I am quite amazed at the brutally honest heartfelt expressions I just heard from you about your life's journey. I have focused in on you little by little and listening to you just now has touched my heart. That doesn't happen too often as I am very protective of my self. You have earned all the accolades I have read from the Bixters and it is obvious you have touched their hearts as well. There are many joys and sorrows in this journey of life and you have already experienced quite a few. You are certainly a gifted singer and not just another pretty face :). Your style is different than what I am accustomed to but your delivery (can't stand still - music moves you nicely)and the richnous of your voice and smile have won me over. I am sorry to hear about the loss of your loved ones and I pray that God continues to give you and your sister peace of mind. Congratulations on your impending marriage. The man you are marrying is getting quite a package and is very lucky to say the least. Good luck on your new Ark Angel venture. May God bless you and keep you in his care. 04/23/2008 07:48
I decided tonight… since I can't sleep anyway.. to go through all ur entries and I cried watching this one… not because u talked about Mom & Kris but because it really made me realize just how much I truely do miss u!!! I better get to be in the wedding party when y'all get married… have u started planning yet? where are ya gonna get married? When? Why haven't we talked about this on the phone? lol I love ya sis… and more than anything, and this may sound kinda silly comming from ur baby sister but, I'm SOOOOOOOO proud of u!!! 02/03/2008 02:19
Stephanie,First let me congratulate you on your engagement, you Fiancee is a lucky man. So good luck in your new life. don't know why I got so far back on your page and found this but i did and I am glad I got to listen. This was a very revealing look inside your life and I honor you very much for being able to open up and share your soul. I won't begin to say that I know what you feel beause "Suicide" has never entered my life in any way, so no I don't know how you feel, but I feel your hurt. What is amazing to me about the tragedy in your life, is the way you spoke about it. So many times when suicide has come into someone's life, they become judgemental and resentful toward that person who has chosen to end thier being. I think the only thing that keeps us all from that moment when we say enough is enough, is the "Inner Strength" that each of us has. Everyone has a different breaking point and most of us do not know what that point is but we all deal with things different and we all have our own way of saying "NO" I won't let this get the best of me. It is sad that you are left with the everyday thought of what has happened and I feel for you, I am also sad for your mother because her choosing death due to your brother rather than life with her beautiful and Caring daughter is what suprises me, but again who can know what goes on in a person's mind? I am happy for you that you have the strength to take your tragedies and use them to become stronger and that is what I hear as I listened to you talk, I didn't like hearing about your tragedy, and I didn't like seeing your pain but I am so happy to see that you could release your pain in such a humbling way. Listening to you should make everyone as it did me, to look at themselves and see all the blessings we have and all that we take for granted. Life is precious,Life is short, but life is for living and as you said to make the most and happiest that it can be.
Stephanie, you are a talented lady, Music, No music, in any form you are talented but I see as a person you are unselfish and caring and so humble. Those are qualities we all wish we had. So even though I don't know you, I do know you and all your words were thought provoking. I am a quiet person when it comes to me, my inside is usually kept to me no matter what. May God bless you and your new life and I hope you receive all that this world has for you and more because I don't think you expect anything (And that is HUMILITY to it highest definition) you are a great lady. 01/11/2008 10:50
Wow, what a great voice you have Amy....you really sounded so good on this Cher song! I enjoyed listening ...and I just wanted to say I love animals and I really appreciate anyone who helps them. It was nice to get to know you alittle bit better. 01/01/2008 19:22
I finally found this a capella of yours, Dear, and, of course, when you finished your "life's history" and began singing our national anthem, you know what that did to me!
Love,...........
Dad x 01/01/2008 17:15
Leaky ceiling again and the ol' ostrich egg? Thanks, Dad...You know that I'm just like you...now, I too, am a "sentimental ol' fool"!!! Love you!! Lisa :) 01/01/2008 17:29
Hi, Holly - sorry I've been MIA from Bix for a while - I moved to Columbus and sort of fell out of the karoake scene - but listening to you and your sentiments about meeting and knowing the special people who frequent this site makes me want to come back and join the group again. :) And I've ALWAYS wanted to be a voice in a Disney movie too - so if that makes me a dork, then I embrace my inner dorkiness too! We can just be dorky together! And maybe we can someday work on a Disney movie together too. ;) Love ya, Holly. Beautiful song and voice, as usual, and it sucks that it was cut off -- I'm sure you would've given it an amazing finish. :) 01/01/2008 10:44
You've had this on for almost 2 months now and I'm just now finding it!!! LOL! You shy.....oh, my! You've come out of your shell woman in those latest videos!!! 12/30/2007 19:01
I just watched this again, because I have come to know you better. You are such a precious, genuine young lady. The fact that you are talented goes without saying. However, you have a delightful sense of humor, you have such a warm and open heart. You truly do deserve to be loved and have someone to love.As I have come to know you better I am so amazed at your humor and wit. I can tell that you are very very intelligent. Too bad both my sons are married, I would make you my daughter-in-law in a heart beat. I'd just tell one of my sons, "Here, marry this girl, I like her!" Do you think that would have worked?Anyway, it is certainly no surprise why you won the first place in the very peculiar competition.There is so much plastic in the world, so much we have to question, so much we cannot trust. To hear someone such as yourself speak with such eloquence, without any veils or shrouds to protect yourself. You opened your heart, and basically said "Here I am, here's where I've been, here's where I'm at, and why, and here's where I'd like to be." It was so genuine and real, that I think it touched the heart of everyone that heard you speak.You opened your heart, and when you did, many new friends came rushing in. God Bless you Sweetie. 12/29/2007 00:35
Oh Doc:) if there were a father-in-law i could pick.. it would be you:) so sincerely:) I have been so blessed by finding Bix.. and by being found by so many amazing people here. It's true.. new friends did rush into my open heart.. and at a time when i couldn't have needed it more. I feel honoured that you understand my 'realness'... some people doubt it, maybe because there is so much in the world we can't trust. or because i am a peculiar girl sometimes:P (yes, i noticed how you changed the contest from 'very original' to 'very peculiar:P ) I love you, Doc. thank you so much, i'm a grateful child. StephXX 01/02/2008 07:59
Wow! Well first let me congradulate you on you your engagement! I'm really impressed with your ability to express yourself. You show a fearlessness in showing vulnerablity that's quite charming. I'm sorry for the losses of your brother and mom. I know it's hard, but you're fighting to not let grief and pain define your outlook and that's some good, difficult work that is paying off, it shows! Keep it up! =^) I believe you are a natural singer and a closet super star! ;^) The ability to communicate emotionally is crucial to being a great entertainer and you've got it! It can be really painful to sort of relive the emotions that go into singing a song that has alot of meaning to you, whether you wrote it or someone else did, the feelings brought out by singing are very powerful. It's a challenge to summon the courage to face those feelings again and again, but music has a profound way of making it easier to deal with. A world without music would be a living hell.
Your tender rendition of Ane Brun is inspiring to us all and a reminder that music is a great and powerful healer, emotions are something in life that must be experienced and worked though before they can be understood and resolved. I see you as a kindred spirit and I'm sorry I put off entering this, for lack of a better term, "contest" 'til it was too late! (I actually tried to create an entry twice but just couldn't get it out right and kept putting it off.) I think you're a pretty cool person! Thank you for, well, being you! 12/28/2007 20:10
Wow.. what an amazing comment. thank you so much for such a sincere response to this entry:) A world without music would be a living hell. Singing has always been my safe place;) where everything seems right in the world, like i'm doing what i'm supposed to do and all the usual 'floundering around' i do in my day to day slips off;). It was a difficult entry to do.. but it's interesting how it turned out once i stopped trying to present myself in a certain way.. and just presented myself. Again, thanks so much for your comments:) you made me feel very good:) StephXX 01/02/2008 07:50
You ARE a survivor..first you might been afraid, you might have been petrified, thinking you couldn't live without someone by your side..then you realized that you should have changed that lock...I think the locksmith has come and done that so throw away that old key...the only thing old keys are good for is to super glue them to a picture frame...that way you can see the many doors you've come through and those doors that you've shut for good, knowing the key in your hand is to the door to your future. You ARE a survivor! 12/18/2007 16:42
Hello Torch:) Happy New Year to you.. i'm sorry i'm so long in responding. Thank you so much for your words here:) i understand 'key' talk well.. so really, thank you:) take good care, StephXX 01/02/2008 07:34
Hey Frank! Now what would you know about AA meetings? I know..we've seen plenty of them in the movies, yeah?
You are more than an interesting guy! I'm glad that MuzicMama had this contest as it 'afforded' many of us to see beyond 'just the singer'. And by the way, I've seen you put on a show! I'm not sure but I think QuuenKiddo was asking if you had some of your own original music, something that you've written. I'm guessing anyway. I think if you wanted, you could sing in a little club, you know during a brunch or happy hour. Nice to get to know you! 12/18/2007 16:32
Well, how about that! I'd have taken you for a good ol' boy perhaps from Texas? Oklahoma? Heck..even Tennessee! Reckon we DO share the title of 'North American' so, hey, Nova Scotia or North Dakota..it's all good! And Dan, I have seen much improvement since you first joined this site and you have come far. Not TOO far, meaning, you were darn good when you first came to Bix! NEVER GIVE UP! 12/18/2007 16:22
Stacy, you are so endearing! And to hear that your dad is your inspiration..heck..the fact that you are in a band WITH your dad and have a great relationship...that is beyond awesome! And thanks to you, I got to hear a bit of Goosecreek Symphony! Had you not mentioned them..well..what a spokesperson! I can see why you like listening to them! They were established in 1970? I think that's what I saw...wow. You have such wonderful vocals yourself! And there must'a been something wrong with me as I had the opportunity to go see Dolly with my parents beaucoup years ago and told them: I wouldn't pay TWO CENTS to go across the street to see that warblin' nanny! When she was younger, I really couldn't take her excessive vibrato..musta been something wrong..as I too like her now! She is one remarkable woman! REMARKABLE!!! I wish I had one smidgeon of her talent! Looking forward to hearing more from you! Thanks for sharing and you are a character! sS;^D 12/18/2007 14:55
Hey! I moved into an apartment back in 1985 that had orange shag carpeting! It was a choice between that or a chocolate brown SCULPTED carpet! Believe it..you CAN bring a room to life with orange shag carpeting..of course that WAS 20 years ago! And you are NOT a dork! You know, miss, I did that duet of "I Know Him So Well" awhile back and sent you a letter but I know you are a busy, busy girl! I wish we lived closer too! I am not the most of confidence either! 12/18/2007 14:40
Torch!!! I totally missed your email on SS?? So sorry!!! I am gonna get to it sometime next week for sure!!! I can hardly wait to sing with you!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!!! 12/23/2007 14:38
You know, Lisa, sometimes we are our own worst critics and when something has happened to us to change our outter physical self, we lose the person we used to see in the mirror. It is simply amazing how a very large majority of people DON'T see what we THINK we see in the mirror! Had you not mentioned it, I, too would never have known you'd had such a bang up in the car! You can believe those that have commented before me as they are women with great integrity..and the guys, too! While you were telling about yourself, before I heard of the car situation, I thought, she favors Karen Carpenter a little bit! And after I heard you telling of the roll-over, I STILL think you favor Karen Carpenter! And your vocals are just so clear and pure! Don't ever stop singing! And congrats on being the force beside your husband as the two of you become DOCTORS as he surely could not have gotten this far without you!! I'm so glad you found Bix, too! 12/18/2007 14:34
thank you so much!! you are the sweetest! yes, it has been a long road through med school and i have been there supporting him all the way and he was supporting me through my wreck and recovery and daily life!!haha. he actually got to deliver my youngest daughter. that was really special. ;o) 12/27/2007 19:55
Hey, Maxine! About time I got over here! MuzicMama sort of reminded me about a boo-boo I did so before she kicks me in the pants too hard, I thought I'd try to make up for it by giving more..um..I just glanced up to see you have FIVE HUNDRED entries?!?!? Girl..MERCY!! I've been here a year and you've got me beat! When I saw the headphones I thougt: HEY! Just like they do on Broadway...just a wee more discreet! ;) I've got a lot of ground to cover so better move it on...besides..I've got a dog at my arm who is begging to go out! SO glad you found BIX!!! 12/18/2007 14:22
Did you say 1945? WOW! AND Nam? I saw the documentary on "The War" on PBS a couple of months ago. I thought recycling was fairly new (at least 20 years) and then I am surprised! My gosh..Viet Nam. Thank you for helping keeping us 'free'! Now if we just didn't have to pay taxes and such high gasoline prices! 12/18/2007 14:13
Hi Patrick M! And MERCY MAN!!! You are FAR from an old man! Now you start pushing the age of Abraham or Methusela..now THAT is old! Guess you've been busy with work but we'd welcome some new entries! You've got a lovely voice! 12/18/2007 14:08
You are a brilliant man, Ken Talley! What a great view of life and ideas that you have! If so many more people thought like this, what a different world we'd have! Thank you for all the contributions you are making to those around you and to us here on Bix. Thank the good Lord you were camping in that campground that particular time or else you'd not have seen that young man or found Bix! There are no accidents in life. And no apologies..sometimes those are the best takes! You are awesome, Mr. Talley! 12/18/2007 14:06
Hello Ms Torch. Brilliant? Not even close, but thank you so much for all the nice things you said. I really appreciate you taking the time to listen to some of my views. "I'm just me", as Charley Pride sang, "nothing more or less". I'm sure there are many who share my feelings and thoughts. In fact, I believe Bix has a great representation. Thanks again young lady. For all you do. :)Ken 12/19/2007 18:09
Mike wow this is just fantastic, I too am proud and so thankful for your sacrifice in the miltary. i really like your old Country roots its just way to cool!! 12/16/2007 13:32
thank you for your kind words, was proud to defend our country and would do it again in a heartbeat, i love this site, nothing but nice people here, and you are one of the best, gods speed to you and yours 12/16/2007 16:56
Well, thanks. This was the very first video of my life. I think in 7 weeks, I've gotten over the shyness of the camera!! LOL Thanks to you and everyone else here! 12/16/2007 13:41
I love "REAL" people. I have the best feeling about your BobbyD, I think what you see is what you get. I bet there ain't a phoney cell in your body. I consider you a friend and I so admire the fact that you have been married for 40 years, and that you obviously are a happy family man. I too belong to that elite group, and it is a joy like no other. Merry Christmas to you and yours my dear friend. 12/16/2007 08:26
I really appreciate those kind words Doc, I always sensed you are a great person yourself, seeing photos of you and the (large) Family the pride was just spilling from you. I knew you before you came out of your shell and became a Singing Star. Bravo my friend. Thanks for the visit and great comment, so appreciated. Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year 12/22/2007 20:16