In the fall of last year I came across a YouTube site called Puercultura A&R that is owned and maintained by a musician/vocal technique specialist, from South Africa. At the time he was featuring a number of young student vocalists on his site.  As I began to view several of the videos, I was especially drawn to one young vocalist who I immediately recognized as a diamond in the rough!
When Jared Cardona introduced his first video, a cover of Billy Gilman’s song “One Voiceâ€, I could immediately see that this youngster had both charisma and personality. He was not a bit shy or timid in his performance and showed no sign of nervousness whatsoever. While maybe not a polished performer yet, Jared’s vocal was pure, clean, and pitch perfect in fact almost angelic like! This alone was a show stopping performance for me.
Jared sings cover of Billy Gilman’s “One Voiceâ€.Â
This debut video prompted me to leave a complementary comment on his instructors YouTube Site. I had kind of forgotten about leaving the comment, but then a few weeks later I received a very nice letter inviting me to get in touch with them to learn more about Jared and his amazing natural singing talent.
While Jared’s background does not include a long litany of musical events or life experiences, his story begins uniquely just in the fact that his debut video presently has exceeded Twenty-Six Thousand views.
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