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Originally posted by Red Moon
I have been thinking about what Simon keeps saying about David Cook coming across as arrogant. And he does at times and it affects his performances in a noticeable way. Although he is always good, he can be fantastic when he tames that arrogance. Simon points it out in order for him to get it under control and it seems to work for one or two performances then it returns.
I have been thinking about what he is doing while he is singing and what he is doing wrong that makes him come across the way he does sometimes. I'm no music expert but I do have a similar expertise in another field. Looking at the times Simon has said he has been arrogant and comparing those performances against the real great ones I have come to this conclusion
What he does when it works is he lives in the moment. He lives song, feels words and completely connects with music. He doesn't worry about what his doing he just gets on and does it. He becomes connected and in the moment. The words have meaning and you can see it and feel when he sings and what you see is special. When he gets it wrong he is out of the moment. He is not connected with the words or the music in the same way. It's like the performance is some kind of repeat of something he did before that was good and he knows was good and he can't let go of it. He just repeating the performance and judging himself and telling himself it is good. The problem is it comes over as being arrogant. This judging process and the desire and the self instilled knowledge that he is good gets in the way and stops himself being good. What he lacks is the belief in himself that once he has done something good he can do it again so he relies on the past memory of that good performance. The problem is our memories play tricks on us and the repeat performance is never the same it is degraded and this judging process gets in the way. Every time you perform live it has to be done live not from memory otherwise it will look false.
What he needs to do is let go of he past and live in the moment every time he performs. He has to know he is good enough to sing without knowing or worrying if he is good. Basically the trick is to just do it. Never think look at me I'm good. Just do it. It's the hardest lesson to learn as singer, an actor or any kind of performer.
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