>A theory that DW came up
>with about Z's pitch problems
>goes along this same line.
> If you look at
>many foreign singers (Roxette, for
>example) they are VERY "produced".
> If you listen to
>Z's stuff online, same thing.
> She sounds wonderful, but
>you can tell that someone
>was working the board hard.

If someone has to work the board that hard, they're covering a major lack of something. I'd call that something "ability."

> And if you've ever
>heard an unsanitized version of
>Enrique Iglesias singing "Hero" live,
>you can hear MAJOR pitch
>problems. Nobody accuses him
>of being untalented.

You've obviously never heard my critiques of his singing. Even the overproduced songs.

>I've even heard of some computer
>software many singers use, even
>live in concert, that takes
>the vocals and cleans them
>up.

That's called the Ashlee Simpson distortion modulator. LOL!

And something they
>didn't show on air last
>night was her complaints about
>not being able to hear
>the floor monitors. Word
>is that she's used to
>the in-ear monitors, and is
>not used to the floor
>monitors.

How many weeks have they been doing this now? Sorry, that excuse doesn't wash with me.

>Anyway, having heard her music outside
>Rockstar, I know she can
>sound beautiful, and in no
>way is she as completely
>untalented as some think.
>Just different.

She has some talent. Just some. Not enough that she'll ever be a rock star. But she might fit into the Mars version of mediocre talent like Brittany or Ashlee or Jessica.