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I think it’s a good choice!

I don’t believe either are overdone, and I think they both make nice audition songs!

It really depends on the competition, honestly.  Some are really focused on pure singing ability, but many are focused more on your storytelling!  They want to see the whole package performance, and they want to see you tell a compelling tale!  So my advice is to see if you can find videos of people who have won in the past, because that will give you an idea of what they are looking for, and what they really reward!

Well, there’s some room for interpretation here.  Some people believe that Chekhov is the point that divides classic from contemporary.  Pre-Chekhov was classic, post-Chekhov is contemporary.  But obviously if we compare something like Christopher Durang and Chekhov, we see serious differences in what we call “contemporary.”  Chekhov does seem dated to us, which it should--it’s old.  Some people call contemporary anything within the last 10 years.  It’s just a very loose term, honestly, and opinions vary greatly.  Classic, on the other hand, is a little easier to nail down. Shakespeare, Marlowe, the Restoration plays, the Greek plays... Some people say, anything that doesn’t feel like the here and now is classic, anything that feels like the here and now is contemporary.  That’ssssss a little too loose for me, because I read lots of contemporary shows that don’t feel like the here and now, but hey.  It’s just another interpretation of the words.

It’s definitely possible, but I can’t say for sure.  Some notes are just outside of our range, others just take work and require honing our technique in order to reach.  Try to just be gentle with your voice as you work your way up there--don’t try to rush yourself up to those notes, because you don’t want to cause damage as you work!

this one!!

I totally don't have a problem with you replying in my ask. No need to apologize. While you are correct that there have been many people closeted in the industry you have to understand that they literally cannot sign away their sexuality, its against the law ( See this ). Plus, with the immense amount of Support for openly Gay artists like Sam Smith there can't honestly be a reason for them (hypothetically speaking) not to come out. Plus, If it was such a big deal their families wouldn't deny it as much as they already have, Louis wouldn't deny it. I understand what you're saying, being part of the lgbt+ community myself I see what you're saying. But I also understand that regardless of how justified people may feel about not respecting him that doesn't make the fact that you aren't respecting him any better.

oh - i didn't see any pics of him this time around.