(02-16-2012, 08:14 PM)john Wrote: I'm impressed that Haley is a quick study. She came to Idol with a solid base and has continued to grow at every step of the game. I look for that in some of the other idols and don't see it. (Haley is in a different league growthwise. Scotty is developing quickly, but musically he's got a simpler task.) If anybody thinks they've got her number, she is likely to leave them in the dust.
Indeed she is a quick study -- another really good sign in a musician. And while I also agree with you that she's in a different league, I'm not so sure that it's growthwise. Scotty is developing quickly. He's a smart kid and he seems to be gobbling up his opportunities to learn the business of music. However, it depends on what you mean/how you're thinking, that "musically", Scotty's task is less challenging.
Assuming that you mean as long as Scotty stays within the country genre, he's fine, I suspect you are correct -- although, since Haley has been absorbing all that she does since birth (if not before), I suspect that Haley and Scotty are on the same par.
However, if for some reason, Scotty wanted or needed to venture beyond the country zone, his learning curve would be significantly greater than Haley's would be -- unless she suddenly developed a love of opera and decided to pursue that as a career. (Not that I don't think she could do it, but that takes years of development! And, well, there is her signature raspiness that probably wouldn't mesh too well
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Lyndsey Parker's (Yahoo Music) interview with Haley at Grammy rehearsals
