Sunday Best Winner ( Do Record Compaines Really Know?)

I know many of you are celebrating the win of Leandria Johnson on Sunday Best 3. I am too. I learned a few lessons by watching her throughout the competition.
Lesson 1: Never Judge A Book By It's Cover.
Some times we have a tendency to judge people by what they look like. This girl came to the audition with nothing and left the most prosperous person in the room. The next time you meet a person try to get to know the inside of them. Outward appearances will fool you every time.

Lesson 2: Be Yourself
From the time she came on the show she was always herself. Take the "Shug Avery Song" God Is Trying To Tell You Something. She took it and made it her own. She was not trying to be Shug. That is awesome!! Many of us think that in order to make it we have to sing or act like someone else, but I have found that people love the real you. Those that don't love the real you are not worth your time or consideration. I love John P. Kee, but if I get on stage and try to be him, I will loose every time. We already have a John. Maybe there's someone out there that loves to hear E.J. sing.

Lesson 3: Records Companies Don't Know Jack (LOL)
If this girl had gone to a record company executive they would have laughed at her and never given her the time of day. Let's not even talk about her sending in her demo cd. It would still be sitting in the "Tuesday is listening day pile." (Independent artist know what that is.) In a way the show is a deceptive. Why? During the course of this competition they actually do what was done with groups like the Temptation, The Supremes, the Jackson Five, Gladys Knight and the Pips, and others. It's called "Artist Development." But those of us that study where the record industry is right now know that this is not practiced any more. You have to come already groomed. Maybe that's why the real musicianship is mission in music today. I know many MAJOR GOSPEL ARTIST who this girl can sing circles around. What's up with that? I can't wait to go out and and buy her cd.

Thank you GOD. Now we can breathe. Thank you Leandria for showing the world that true singers with real soul still exist.

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