Tag: Teen

Mystery Artist Revealed “Dima Borodin”

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Dima Borodin

Over a month ago I published a short article in the sidebar about a young man with a sensational sound who I had yet to publish a full feature article for. After only a day or so of that short segment appearing, I discovered that this young man was about to take off on a fantastic new adventure under brand new management, sporting not only a new look and sound, but a new hit single to boot. Thus, the Mystery Artist Contest began resulting in a variety of guesses of who this young man could be.

Today, we are happy to disclose his true identity as none other than Dima Borodin from Donetsk, Ukraine. I first found Dima on his You-Tube Channel and was simply blown away with his singing prowess and charismatic personality that shows through in every performance.  Some youngsters are born with this X-Factor and others have to work hard to develop it.  Dima has a double portion of this special star quality which in itself is sure to make him an international singing sensation. While he has remained a mystery on this site for only a month he has dima3never been a mystery to those who have been following his career which was catapulted more than 6 years ago when he became a presenter of the children’s TV program “Serebryanyi Apelsin” and was awarded with the highest national TV Trophy “Tele-Triumph” in Kiev. Dima has performed in numerous international festivals and concerts in the Ukraine, CIS, and Europe and even hosted a number of events. Continue reading “Mystery Artist Revealed “Dima Borodin””

Joshua Bernstein DC’s New Promising Performer

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Joshua Bernstein

During the past two years I have had the opportunity to introduce many young singers on this site. In almost every case, the youngster seemed to express their singing talent at a very young age.  In fact some were barely walking when they discovered that they had a special musical ability.  However, in the case of 14 year old Josh Bernstein from the Washington DC area, his self discovery came much later; however that’s not to say that it went totally unnoticed!

When Josh was three years old, he really took to the show Barney. But unlike most other Barney fanatics, Josh felt the need to reenact the whole show. He would line up the Barney characters and then regal the family with each song from the show. Josh’s grandfather, who discovered his own singing talent later in life, commented that Josh had an amazing singing voice and that he hit every note. Years later, when Josh started demonstrating serious talent, Josh’s grandfather would claim that it was he who discovered Josh’s talent when Josh was a toddler. He claimed that Josh owed him 40% of his future proceeds.

JoshonstageJoshua went silent after the Barney years. In early childhood performances with his class, Josh would mumble the words while his more enthusiastic classmates carried the tune. He loved music and began to collect songs on his iPod, but showed no interest in singing or musical pursuits. When his grandfather pushed Josh and his parents for Josh to take up a musical instrument, Josh didn’t seem to have much of an interest. Finally, Josh took up the drums. He liked drumming but didn’t have a strong passion for it. (This is ironic because after Josh discovered his singing talent and joined a rock band, he began to wish he was the drummer and would spend 10 minutes on the drums after every vocal lesson).  But then six months later, Josh gave up the drums. Continue reading “Joshua Bernstein DC’s New Promising Performer”