Earlier this morning Season 10 American Idol alum, Tim Halperin tweeted, “Here’s where it all started ladies and gents: http://t.co/hPk7vbi”
The link leads to Tim’s initial Idol season 10 audition via MySpace, where he sang Maroon 5’s “She Will Be Loved.” Check out the video below!
Vodpod videos no longer available.For more info on Tim Halperin, check out TimHalperin.com! Make sure to check out his music video for “The Last Song”!
There have been a few extremely talented former American Idol contestants that have faded away from the spotlight after appearing on the show. For former contestants to stay on the fans’ radar, they have to really make a concerted effort, which is exactly what season 10 Top 24 contestant, Tim Halperin has been doing.
A lot of things have happened since I last spoke with Halperin earlier this year. He released “The Last Song” as a free mp3 download right after his run on Idol ended, which led to a unique opportunity with radio DJ, Kidd Kraddick. In between going on his Piano Tour and participating in Kidd Kraddick’s “Idol Got It Wrong” competition, Halperin raised $8,000 via Kickstarter to fund the intriguing and visually stunning music video for “The Last Song,” which premiered on June 6.
Watch Halperin’s music video for “The Last Song” below, and then check out my extensive Q&A session with the singer-songwriter which took place earlier this week about the making of “The Last Song” music video, his participation in “Idol Got It Wrong,” and what he thought about this season’s American Idol results.
How long ago did you actually write “The Last Song,” and how did it come to be the song to kick off your post-Idol journey with?
I wrote “The Last Song” about a year and a half ago. I was about three months out of a long term relationship, and I kind of came to that point where I was resolved to move. It’d come to that point where a lot of time you’ll see things or remember certain memories about that other person. Every day you’ll see certain things. So, it kind of got through that for a couple months, and I was finally ready to move on. I had that line going through my head, “This is the last song I’ll write for you,” because after being with someone for quite awhile you tend to write a lot of music about them. I had that line in my head and just started filling out different lyrics and different ideas for it.
That was one of the first songs that we recorded on my full length CD that will come out in the fall. It just turned out really well, and I think that that song gives people a good picture of who I am, and also that my music is very honest and straightforward. I like to throw all my emotions on the table, because I think people can relate best to honest music. That was kind of why I put it out first after American Idol. If you’re an Idol fan that maybe hasn’t heard my music before, you’ll get a good glimpse of who I am as a songwriter.
Did you always intend to turn “The Last Song” into a music video?
No, I hadn’t really thought about doing a music video. When I gave “The Last Song” out for free, in that first week it had almost 5,000 downloads. People really seemed to latch onto it, and it started getting radio play with this radio DJ in Dallas, Kidd Kraddick. It actually got enough radio play to put it on the Top 200 radio show, and it actually hit 148 a few weeks ago, which is really cool.
So I was like, “Man, people really relate to this song,” and so I called my buddy who did my music video for “She Runs” about a year ago. These two directors, my two friends Jonathan Combs and Joe Childress, I called them up and said, “I want to do a music video, I don’t have any money.” [laughs] Which they’re familiar with that, cause I didn’t have any money for the “She Runs” video. So, they started brainstorming and said that they wanted to do another video for me. They had a great concept, but they’re like, “This is going to take some money to do it.”
We decided to do a Kickstarter page where people could donate in return for different rewards like Twitter mentions and YouTube shout outs. And we raised the whole budget. I was so excited. We raised the $8,000 in less than 30 days.
Continue reading Tim Halperin Discusses The Making of “The Last Song” Music Video
Earlier this morning, Tim Halperin debuted the official music video for “The Last Song.” The video was directed by Jonathan Combs and Joe Childress.
Tim was able to raise $8,000 to get the video made via Kickstarter thanks to his awesome supporters.
Check out the official music video for “The Last Song” below!
If you like the video, please help get the word out by sharing the video [http://youtu.be/iZQzk3Feq2M] via Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr or a good old fashioned e-mail!
For more information on Tim Halperin and “The Last Song” music video, check out TimHalperin.com!
Tim Halperin released a teaser for his upcoming music video for “The Last Song.” Check it out below!
I’m super stoked for “The Last Song” music video premiere! Here are the premiere deets!
The music video for “The Last Song” will be premiering on KiddTV on June 6 around 8 a.m. CT.
Go grab your free download of “The Last Song” and as well as Tim’s Acoustic Sessions EP at TimHalperin.com!
ETA: Check out the full-length video of “The Last Song” here!
Tim Halperin wrapped up “Idol Got It Wrong” this week by taking on the Carrie Underwood song, “Flat On The Floor,” which Lauren Alaina sang last night during the American Idol finale.
Check out Tim’s performance below!
Another solid performance from Tim! I thought he added some soul to a very country song. Also, the big notes he hit midway through and at the end of the performance were a couple of my favorite moments.
Alright, poll time! Which “Idol Got It Wrong” performance of Tim’s was your favorite? Check out Kidd Kraddick’s YouTube channel for a refresher, if needed!
If haven’t downloaded Tim’s recently released Acoustic Sessions EP or “The Last Song” yet, what are you waiting for? Go grab your FREE downloads at TimHalperin.com!
Don’t forget that “I Wanna Fall In Love” is also available on iTunes!
Check out my interview with Tim from earlier this year! Part one // Part two
Earlier this morning, Tim Halperin took on his latest “Idol Got It Wrong” challenge, and sang Fleetwood Mac’s “Rhiannon, which was sung last night on American Idol by Top 3 contestant, Haley Reinhart.
Take a listen below!
Tim had nine songs to choose from this week, and he went with one of the two songs (Lonestar’s “Amazed” was my other pick) that I would have chosen for him to sing. Per usual, he sounds fantastic.
I wish I had the money to open my own record label, because I would sign Tim in a hot second. (And I would totally move up his record release from September to right now.)
Download the MP3 of Tim’s performance here!
If haven’t downloaded Tim’s recently released Acoustic Sessions EP or “The Last Song” yet, what are you waiting for? Go grab your FREE downloads at TimHalperin.com!
Don’t forget that “I Wanna Fall In Love” is also available on iTunes!
Check out my interview with Tim from earlier this year! Part one // Part two
Tim Halperin took on his latest “Idol Got It Wrong” challenge and took on “Love Potion No. 9,” which was the song James Durbin closed the show with on American Idol last night.
Watch Tim perform his rendition of “Love Potion No. 9” below.
Not gonna front here, I was a tad skeptical when I found out this was the song Tim went with, but as soon as he started singing it became totally clear that this was a great decision. Tim really got to let that unique tone to his voice shine. I thought this was another great performance.
Download the MP3 of Tim’s performance here!
If haven’t downloaded Tim’s recently released Acoustic Sessions EP or “The Last Song” yet, what are waiting for? Go grab your FREE downloads at TimHalperin.com!
Don’t forget that “I Wanna Fall In Love” is also available on iTunes!
Check out my interview with Tim from earlier this year! Part one // Part two
Earlier this morning, season 10 Top 24 American Idol contestant Tim Halperin spoke with the “Gravy in the Morning” radio show about last night’s unexpected elimination of front-runner Pia Toscano.
During his interview with Gravy and Ellen, Tim said, “If you look at the top group, it’s turning into a brofest.”
It’s true; Pia’s elimination leaves the now Top 8 with the two remaining female contestants and all six male contestants.
Click here to listen to Tim’s thoughts on last night’s results.
For a free download of Tim’s song, “The Last Song,” click here.
Also, check out Tim’s Kickstarter page and get involved with the making of the music video for “The Last Song.”
Don’t forget to check out my interview with Tim Halperin! Part one // Part two
Earlier today, season 10 American Idol Top 24 contestant Tim Halperin posted a new video of himself performing The Beatles’ “Something” on piano.
Tim performed “Something” with Julie Zorilla during the Vegas round of the Idol auditions earlier this year.
Check out the video below!
I think he sounds fantastic as always! Hopefully there are more performance videos from Tim on the way!
Head over to TimHalperin.com to get a free download of his new song, “The Last Song.”
And if you haven’t already, check out part one and part two of my interview with Tim from earlier this month.
In the first part of my chat with American Idol season 10 Top 24 contestant, Tim Halperin, we touched on the earlier rounds of his Idol journey, from his initial audition in front of the judges in L.A. to making it into the Top 24.
During the final part of my interview with Halperin, we talked about Top 24 from his song selection to the Wild Card round, what he took away from his American Idol experience, and what lies ahead for his music career.
How did you go about selecting your song for Top 24?
I had a list of about five or six songs that I thought would be really good. And the thing that I wanted to do for Top 24 was show off the fact that I wasn’t a one-trick pony; I wasn’t kind of pigeon-holed in one sound. Up until that point, I had really done slower kind of ballad type songs, which is definitely probably one of my strongest types of songs to sing, but there’s also this soulful part of my voice. I love doing soul/pop-rock kind of tunes.
I was looking at Gavin DeGraw, I was looking at John Mayer, and of course that Rob Thomas song. We rehearsed, and felt the Rob Thomas song was just a really good fit for my voice.
Rehearsals went well, I was able to fine-tune it, and I felt like even the on stage rehearsals were going really well. I thought the performance, to be honest with you, went really well. If you notice when you watch the crowd, they really loved it. I thought that it went really well, and the judges thought that it wasn’t my style. Maybe it wasn’t, and I can see where they’re coming from, just because all they’d really heard me perform were ballads. Maybe I should have stuck with that sound for my first round, before I ventured off into something else.
For me, I have no regrets with that song choice. The other thing that was kind of hard to deal with was when Ryan asked Steven what type of song I should have picked and he said John Mayer or Jason Mraz, when in fact, John Mayer co-wrote that song that I sang and played guitar on the track. So that was kind of frustrating to hear.
I felt like all the way through I had good performances. I feel really lucky to have done that.
You play piano, so I am wondering at what point did they tell you that you guys were not going to be using instruments for that first performance?
They told us well in advance, and you know it’s hard, but at the same time I don’t think I would have used the piano even if I was able to. In my mind looking back on it, if I was able to it probably would have been a good thing, because piano kind of set me apart. But, I wanted to show the fact that I wasn’t stuck behind my instrument. A lot of flack that contestants have gotten in the past that play instruments is that they can’t perform without it. I wanted to show that I was very comfortable on stage and very comfortable performing without [playing piano], which I feel like I was able to prove. I thought the performance was for sure really good. Yeah, we knew well in advance that we couldn’t use instruments.
Was it that you couldn’t use it for that one performance or was it a stipulation for the season?
It’s decided on a round by round basis. I’m not even sure what’s going on this time. It’s the same as it’s been in the past, certain rounds people are allowed to use instruments and certain rounds, and certain rounds they’re not.
My thought is just because last season, there were so many people using instruments, and the responses were that they were using them as a crutch. So, my thought is that they probably won’t let people use instruments as much this year.
I was just wondering about that, because we saw a few people that had used instruments in earlier rounds get eliminated last week. And I figured because the last three winners (David Cook, Kris Allen and Lee DeWyze) all fall under that blanket category of singer-songwriter is possibly why Idol seems to be looking for pop star, rather than the singer-songwriter type this season.
Yeah, that could be it. But at the same time, the people in the Top 13 are definitely all extremely talented. Is it hard being a singer-songwriter and not being able to use your instrument? Yeah, you know it is. At the same time, I feel like I got what I wanted out of it. Because I do play an instrument and I have experience, now it’s going to be really easy for me to make the transition back into putting out a record and doing shows again.
Continue reading Catching Up With Tim Halperin, Part Two
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