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'Lowcountry Talent' winner prepares to record first CD
BY CHRISTINA ELMORE, Special to The Post and Courier
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Lowcountry Talent winner Gilah Fish has a recording deal and a modeling scholarship to look forward to after placing first in WLCN's singing competition.
The contest, which gave local singers the chance to battle it out for a shot at recording an album with Collision Studios, ended July 23 with Fish winning and 15-year-old Taytiana Jackson in second.
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For more information on Lowcountry Talent or a chance to hear Gilah Fish sing, visit www.lowcountrytalent.com.
Other prizes include a CD launch party at The Music Farm, a scholarship with Millie Lewis Modeling Agency and a gold winner's medallion from Colucci Jewelry.
Fish, a 20-year-old psychology student studying at Trident Technical College and the College of Charleston, said she found out about the competition from a WLCN representative who heard her sing while she was filming a commercial for the restaurant where she works.
Once she heard about the opportunity, Fish said, she knew that she had to take advantage of it.
"I was supposed to go on a road trip with my friends at the time of the auditions but I didn't go," Fish said. "They were upset about that, but I told them that they didn't understand. That I really, really had to go to this audition."
Even though she beat out all of her competition, Fish said she wasn't expecting to make it as far in the contest as she did.
"I was shocked that I made it into the Top 10. But once I made it into the Top 4, I started to get more competitive because I really wanted to win," she said.
Fish said that she was more nervous about singing in front of her friends and family than anyone else.
"I sing better in front of bigger groups and strangers. They're never going to see me afterward, but my friends and family are always going to come up to me and tell me how great I did," Fish said. "Except for my mom. She'll tell me the truth."
Winning this competition has given Fish the confidence to pursue singing professionally, something she always wanted to do but thought wouldn't be realistic, she said.
"It's something a lot of people always wish for, but it's one in a million, so I put it on the back burner. This, I think, put a fire under me," she said.
Fish, who has been singing for as long as she can remember, said that she is looking forward to recording her own CD. She hopes to be done with the album by the fall, January at the latest.
The recording process, however, is on hold until Fish can find a songwriter she feels comfortable enough to team up with.
"Unfortunately, I'm not the best songwriter," Fish said. "If anyone out there would like to write for me, I'm open to it."
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