A "Glorious" Review

Before "Glorious" was released as a single and before we were able to hear it on the Meet the Mormons movie, I was stoked at the prospect of how beautiful it would be to hear David Archuleta sing it. The song, written by the talented singer-song writer, Stephanie Mabey is so beautiful, her video of it is beautiful too. I'm glad these two are collaborating on more songs together.

However, even having loved hearing Stephanie sing it, and how excited I was to hear David sing it, I was not prepared for how beautiful it is. Ever since he sang Angels on American Idol this has been my favorite song of his (Be Still My Soul, favorite hymn). It has now been replaced by Glorious as my hands down favorite. When David sings this he takes you to an entire different realm of reality. The runs and the bridge are out of this world, and his smooth melodic tones are breathtakingly beautiful. The entire song just takes you in, makes you sigh in so many instances, and as for me, emotes joyful feelings. Even tears of joy.

I had started trying to learn it the best I could. Without a karaoke track it was just a cappella. Then low and behold, David along with Meet the Mormons gave fans an opportunity to record their versions for prizes like appearing on a Super Cuts video singing with David (or cuts of their video included in the Super Cuts video?). David provided a karaoke track and though I was busy I went ahead and took the shot. I asked MTM if I could just do audio and never got a response from them, so I went ahead and did that. I recorded it on my phone, in my bathroom, in my robe, so trust me, audio only was a good thing. Ha!

I think I did pretty well, I've gotten a lot of positive feedback, comments and views on my video and elsewhere. I sing very low alto, almost tenor for some songs. I've listened to all 400+ videos and I know there are a lot of really talented people so I have no delusions of winning, but am thrilled at the prospect of David at least listening to it. Always wanted to share my voice with him, have done a couple dedication videos to him with me singing but I don't know if he has listened to them.

The contest deadline was Friday, Nov 7th, 2014. The winners will be announced Friday, Nov 14th, 2014. Even know I have no delusions of winning, it still would be nice. ;)

When I went through all the contest entry videos, I took the time to pick out some favorites. I started out with listing ones that were good, then adding one* to very good, two* to super good, and 3 or more * to extraordinarily good. But, I only trimmed it down to 139 videos. Too many to list on my blog. So I took off the ones that were just "good" and trimmed it further to only 67 videos.

Note: I have no affiliation with David or MTM, I am not a judge, in fact I'm a contestant, so this is just my opinion. Take it or leave it. I will share a few of my overall favorites within the list. I did give myself one* because I think I did pretty good, but I know it's not the best.

Note: The numbers of the videos might be off a number or two if MTM did some arranging or removing of any videos, so I apologize if they aren't correct.

Glorious Videos

(* = very good. ** = super good. *** or more = extraordinarily good)

Solos, w/provided track, with basic recording equipment:

#5 Hattie Ann W.*

#46 Zach B. *

#79 Lucas*

#93 Annalyn*

#112 Kaleigh*

#119 Fitri*

#124 Brittany*

#132 Nana D.*

#159 Hailee*

#204 Kristina*

#252 Brittani**

#256 Allie W.*

#264 Augustine*

#292 Michelle H.*

#303 Jessica M.*

#377 Kelly B.*

#384 David W.*

#395 Audrey H.*

                                                                    #397 Sariah A.**  

#411 Janel W. (me) *

Solos w/provided track, with nicer recording equipment:

#83 Cami*

#133 Eliza**

#144 Jimmy*

#209 Melissa*

#229 Andy*

#232 Kiah W.**

#236 Addie*

                                                                         #292 Rachel K.***               

#310 Dallin*

#339 Diana C. *

#354 Becca **

#359 Hoai L. *

Solos using their own/different instruments:

#56 Anna (w/piano gal)**

#135 Brian*

#222 Courtney*

#223 Robin H.*

#248 Elrika**

#240 Emma *

                                                              #279 Zach C.**

Different key/note changes:

#70 Halayna A.*

#75 Amy H.*

#100 Hannah M.*

#110 Torri**

#251 Brianna*

                                                        #287 Jessica R.** (funny bloopers at the end)

Groups (non professional):

#?? Camarillo, CA Youth Choir*

#346 Cardston Girls Choir**

Other:

#250 Violin Solo Hallie*

#212 Sign Language Sydney*

#403 Sign Language Susan L.*

Professional solo or group:

 

#423 Madelyn of Firefly***

#?? Five Strings, Suzie Brown*

#?? Nathan Osmond**

#?? One Voice Children’s Choir**

#?? PS22**

Duets:

#228 Josiane, Marie**

#287 Braden, Jonathon*

                                                                     #296 Jarna, Dani***

Spanish:

#277 Yllen Ch.*

Acappella:

                                    #346 Itunu ****** (You can tell by the *, she's my  #1 favorite)

Families:

#318 Allen Family*

#338 Lemons**

                                               Trio: Seli, Desi, & Ari M. (sisters) “Eleny” ***

Kids Videos:

#22 Benson B.*

#48 Celeste Rocha*

#64 Reese O.*

                                                           #92 Payton**** (favorite kid performer)

#272 Lexi Walker**

#304 Evie**

#313 Kirra*

#366 Samantha S.*

 

Last Note: I apologize if any of the names are misspelled. Also, Good luck to everyone who entered!