Chris Mann & The Voice

I finally saw Chris Mann audition for The Voice.

I had been alerted to the fact that this happened when people started tweeting me about it. Typically I don’t get alerted when people audition for shows but Chris Mann, you see, sings the song to which I am dancing ridiculously below:

It’s a catchy song. Many of you may have seen my ridiculous dancing when I posted last year about What I Learned at Blissdom. The reason I’m posting today is not to show you this damned video again (although it does make me laugh). I’m posting because of something Chris Mann said on The Voice.

For those of you who have not seen his audition, he sang a beautiful Italian song. It was breathtaking. When asked why he chose to sing something that was not in English he said “I’ve tried for years to shrink my voice down and I decided for this audition to just be me.” He stunned people by finally being himself. Yourself is the best that you can be – none of us should be trying to be someone else. We should just be our best us. It was a lesson that, if you read What I Leanred at Blissdom, you may recall I learned while dancing ridiculously to a song he sang. And while watching him on The Voice a year later, it was a lesson I found I needed to be reminded of: I’m best just being me.

Thanks Chris.

If you need a social media manager for your new found fame, you know where to find me. If not, just keep reminding me to rock on with my bad self.