Youth talents?

[Western Deity]

What are your favourite young artists? Michael Jackson when he was young was amazing, and Billy Gilman just makes my jaw drop...

 

[KristianJ]

When you say young, what age maximium are we looking at? I could be lynched for saying this, but musically Hanson were pretty OK in their very early days....I know the songs were corny but the music was fairly good.

 

[Western Deity]

^ Nothing older than that I guess. I mean all talented artists were young at sometime, but how many were making quality music at that time...

 

[cygnusx1]

Mozart ...........he was the ultimate child prodigy

 

[Sleepy Jean]

Billy Gilman just makes my jaw drop...

If you don't mind my asking... why? He sounds like any other kid with an accent. Is there some awesome song I've never heard that really distinguishes his talent? Just wondering...

 

[Western Deity]

I thought his performance of "Ben" at Michael Jackson's 30th anniversary (sp?) special was pretty neat. It's not the sort of music I listen to often though, so there's probably a lot more talent out there that I don't know about...

 

[nadroj1985]

Conor Oberst, better known as Bright Eyes. Good indie rock singer-songwriter, started I think when he was 14.

 

[oldrooster]

I thought his performance of "Ben" at Michael Jackson's 30th anniversary (sp?) special was pretty neat. It's not the sort of music I listen to often though, so there's probably a lot more talent out there that I don't know about...

All of the Jackson 5 albums were great...most of his solo work is great as well....

 

[Western Deity]

Dancing machine is a cool song LOL... incidentally, I meant Billy Gilman's performance of "Ben".

 

[cygnusx1]

Musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born to Leopold Mozart and his wife Anna Maria Pertl in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756. Leopold Mozart was a successful composer and violinist and served as assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg court. Mozart and his older sister Maria Anna "Nannerl" were the couple's only surviving children, and their musical education began at a very young age. The archbishop of the Salzburg court, Sigismund von Schrattenbach was very supportive of the Mozart children's remarkable activities.

By the time Mozart was five years old, he began composing minuets. The next year, he and his sister were taken to Munich and Vienna to play a series of concert tours. Both children played the harpsichord, but Mozart had also mastered the violin. In 1763, when Mozart was seven years old, his father took leave of his position at the Salzburg court to take the family on an extended concert tour of western Europe. Mozart and his sister performed in the major musical centers, including Stuttgart, Mannheim, Mainz, Frankfurt, Brussels, Paris, London, and Amsterdam. They did not return to Salzburg until 1766. During this time, Mozart continued to compose, completing his first symphony at age nine and publishing his first sonatas the same year.

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In November 1791 , Mozart fell ill, and on December 5, 1791, he died. His death was thought to be a result of "rheumatic inflammatory fever" or kidney failure. It was rumored Mozart was poisoned by a fellow composer named Salieri, but no evidence was ever produced to prove it. Mozart was buried in an unmarked grave, as was customary for those of his social standing, in Vienna.

http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Mozart.html

 

[KristianJ]

Yeah, you'll find that most of the classical composers were child prodigies...Mozart was simply remarkable though...

 

[KenobiKid]

Willaim Hung

 

[oldrooster]

Willaim Hung

You gotta be kidding.....

 

[KristianJ]

You gotta be kidding.....

Plus I seriously doubt his credentials as "youthful"...

 

[KenobiKid]

Come on guys, haha, I just wanted to change it up a bit. Yes I was joking.

 

[oldrooster]

Come on guys, haha, I just wanted to change it up a bit. Yes I was joking.

I suspected so....

 

[KenobiKid]

Haha, I was worried you guys thought I was serious for a second. I need to make a mental note, no more off key humor for awhile.

 

[oldrooster]

Haha, I was worried you guys thought I was serious for a second. I need to make a mental note, no more off key humor for awhile.

I think that clown's cd sold a whole bunch of copies......

 

[TheDandyMan]

Jonsi from sigur ros started young. Okay, he was 17. But they were good, and this is what matters.

 

[DMBfanLongliveStrongBad!]

jonny lang.

now he's in his early 20's, but when he was in his early teens, he was still amazing.
he has such a great blues voice. and his guitar work is great.