Australia’s Jack Vidgen is In It To Win It!

Jack Vidgen
Jack Vidgen

In January of this year I introduced Jack Vidgen on this site for the first time.  He not only had captured my attention with his great vocals but he captivated me with his performance prowess and sincere interpretation of the songs he sang.

Much has happened for Jack since his first article appeared here.  After auditioning for Australia’s Got Talent, he was awarded an opportunity to perform on the show. Not only did Jack perform but he literally blew everyone away with his powerful performance of Whitney Houston’s song “I have Nothing”.

It seemed a bit ironic, that this boy who had everything to offer vocally, was singing these lyrics. When in fact the lyrics should have rung out; “I Who Have Something”! Something to prove to the world!  Jack did so well with this audition performance that he even merited a kiss from one of the judges.   However,  not quite from the one he may have expected it from.

“I like the look on people’s faces when I sing. It’s just the best feeling to stand up there in front of an audience.” Jack Vidgen

By now, I imagine you have seen this audition performance, but for those of you who may have been sleeping under a rock the last couple of weeks, here it is once more in its entirety.  This video has actually had more than 526,000 views to date, but when you add up all the views of his different videos for this performance he now has surpassed 1.5 Million views. Maybe this article will push it to 1.6 Million. Enjoy it again!

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Watch Jack's Audition Performance

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Daniel Shaw – An Awesome Aussie Artist!

Daniel Shaw, "Australian Singer Songwriter"

When I’m not blogging or listening to my vast collection of music from the young artists that grace this site, I’m usually searching for yet one more undiscovered talent on YouTube.  While I’m not easily impressed by everything that I see or hear I have to tell you that today’s featured artist Daniel Shaw immediately caught my attention. His current featured YouTube Video performance of (His Original Song) entitled “Love” is extraordinary.  In addition, Daniel has done a number of cover songs from various artists, but what makes him unique is the collection of originals he has already amassed.

Aussie Singer, Songwriter, pianist and guitarist Daniel Shaw is only 13 years old but already sounds as if he has been singing professionally for years.

“I want to become an entertainer like Billy Joel” says Daniel Shaw!

Daniel ShawDaniel shares his home with his Mom & Dad and 6 siblings. He is the second born, having one older sister, four younger sisters and a little brother. Daniel started playing the piano when he was only six and even though his hands were quite small he picked up new songs very quickly. At 8 he entered a piano competition playing a Grade 3 piece entitled “Batman”. He received the best response from the crowd out of all the other contestants, however did not place in the competition.

Daniel enjoys entertaining people but does not especially enjoy the judging aspect of competitions. So to satisfy that longing to entertain, Daniel started busking in the Melbourne’s City Center playing his keyboard and singing the many songs that he has learned.  In grade 5 Daniel won his primary school’s Talent Quest playing Elton John’s “Your Song” (one of his grade 6 piano pieces) and singing at the school assembly. Continue reading “Daniel Shaw – An Awesome Aussie Artist!”