Tidbits 2/19

• New Jersey Star Ledger - AI article -

  So getting oodles of early screen time helps. It was impossible to watch the early episodes of season four without seeing either or both Carrie Underwood and Constantine Maroulis, and Clay Aiken was a prominent figure in the season two Hollywood round.

• Pro Sound Web - article about some sound editing tool used for Clay on ATDW...
• Foxes on Idol - long running Idol debate continues:

  Critics of American Idol have long argued that performers who emerge from this show are somehow “manufactured”. Idol fans counter by pointing out that since public support of an artist is what determines whether or not he or she is going to be successful, there is nothing wrong with the public participating in the actual discovery of a star of the future. They point to the success of Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Clay Aiken, Chris Daughtry, and others as evidence to support this theory. This debate, however, is as old as the genre, and it is unlikely that it will end any time soon.
  

• Carolina On My Mind - blog about Kimmel appearance...

  What a day for the Clay Nation -- the steady stream of reports to message boards as fans progressed from an afternoon waiting in line to the evening taping and, finally, the airing of the show. Loads of fun, even for this gal who almost missed the main event!