The days of “American Idol” being known as a “karaoke show, ” as Katy Perry referred to it, are over. And it’s all thanks to Alejandro Aranda.
Even though this 25-year-old musician from Pomona, California didn’t win Season 17 — he came in second place to country singer Laine Hardy — Alejandro’s lasting impression on ABC’s perennial reality TV show will be felt for years to come. Because he stayed true to himself as an artist week after week, we can all expect to see more original songs, more talented musicians and more singer-songwriters in future seasons. And we can’t wait.
“It’s been such a pleasure to live in the same lifetime as you, ” Katy told the humble homie during Sunday’s season finale. “Look, I love being on ‘American Idol.’ But of course, some would say in the past ‘American Idol’ has been a bit of a karaoke show. Not anymore. When people like you come on, you bring original music, you bring artistry, and you make the stakes even higher. Thank you.”
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Alejandro sang no less than four original songs during the three-hour finale, a record as Ryan Seacrest noted. “Millennial Love, ” “Tonight” and “Out Loud” (
) were Alejandro’s official competition songs, while he also performed “10 Years” alongside a full orchestra during the superstar duets portion of the program. In previous episodes Alejandro took on “Cholo Love, ” “Poison” and “Blesser, ” which means he debuted no less than seven originals on the “American Idol” stage.
Of course, it all began with his viral audition of “Out Loud, ” which prompted Ryan to rave it was the “greatest audition ever.” At the time Lionel Richie proclaimed, “You have such a career. And the fact that you don’t know it makes it even more special. There’s nothing like you, my friend.” Luke Bryan chimed in, “I just feel like I’m in the presence of greatness.” And Katy added, “I think you’re really special. I think you’re an absolute genius.”
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Yeah, yeah, Alejandro lost “American Idol.” But there’s no denying he’ll still have a future in the music business just like so many other non-winners, including Jennifer Hudson, Chris Daughtry, Clay Aiken, Katharine McPhee and Adam Lambert. What was your favorite original song that Alejandro performed on the show? Let us know down in the comments section.Guitar Showcase 2021: Thanks to the ‘Player Port' – a player-facing second sound hole in the upper bout of the guitars – the Gibson Generation Collection promises a more immersive playing experience, as well as comfort and affordability. Comprised of four models, this new family of acoustic guitars shares the same fundamental make-up of solid Sitka spruce tops and walnut backs and sides, but comes in a range of shapes and sizes - from parlour to jumbo.
Although the Player Port was inspired by a 1960s archival blueprint, Gibson are positioning the collection as “new guitars for a new generation of artists, ” and alongside players including Amythyst Kiah and Nikki Lane, Alejandro Aranda is one of them.
More commonly known by his stage name, Scarypoolparty, Alejandro is one of three young ambassadors for the collection, and is a pioneering player whose speciality is finding the sweet spot where contemporary fingerstyle and pop production can coexist harmoniously. We caught up with him to get his take on the collection and picked his brain for some playing tips while we were at it...
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Well originally, I kind of started playing guitar and started developing this style and all that stuff. Originally, I wanted to always play a Hummingbird but I never had the resources to. I don’t really remember exactly when Gibson reached out but they had this one model of guitar that they wanted me to try.
When it comes to playing guitar, I love playing different styles of guitars and developing different songs with each one. They had me play this one guitar that they had and ever since then I was just like, ‘Man, if you guys ever want to work on some music or if I could be involved within Gibson and playing your amazing instruments, I’m down!’ That was like, a solid two years ago now.
How important do you think it is that brands like Gibson are starting to work with younger, more musically diverse players when it comes to product development and getting the next generation interested in playing guitar?
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They were kind enough - especially with the style of music I play - that I felt like they really wanted to expand the audience. You know, when you hear ‘Gibson Guitars’ you think of the SG or the Les Paul and electrics. So I think they were really trying to branch out and get a lot of people into songwriting and fingerpicking folk styles, - so that’s where I came in.
Ot many people have been able to hear or play these guitars yet, so you must be one of the first people who’s got to spend some time with them - how would you describe the tone?
It’s more of an immersive tone because the Player Port is on top. It’s really loud and you hear yourself more. So, when I was playing on that guitar, the Player Port was the main thing that made me want to write more music and write more songs. It gets you in the mood to play more because you can hear yourself more. It just sounds louder!
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The Player Port is probably the thing that people are going to be most excited to check out - is it a game changer?
When they hit me up I was like, “Wow, I’ve never even seen a guitar like this, with the hole on top”. I thought it would take away the body. When I play on a Martin acoustic, it sounds really full and then when I played on the Gibson, it had that same feeling but I could just hear myself more.
The model that I’ve played on almost replicates the style that I was originally playing on. I was playing a Martin D Series, but the Gibson has the feel that you could travel with it. The frets are really well aligned and it feels really good to play, especially because I have a tap style. When I’m playing a lot or if I’m really hitting certain frets and I’m going crazy, sometimes guitars can sound kind of muddy - but this one felt more fluid and sounded more full.
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It inspires the whole process. I’m very much a person that, when it comes to an instrument or anything that makes noise - like a synthesizer or something like that - I really take it as a new story that can be told. So with this guitar, one song led to another and I wrote probably eight or nine songs on it already. They can inspire that kind of thing.
You mentioned your ‘tap style’ and your right hand technique is very unique and percussive - could you talk us through how you learned to play that way?
I’m a huge Nick Drake fan and a huge Ben Howard fan too. I think Ben Howard’s guitar playing is so amazing. I wouldn’t say my brain doesn’t work that way, but my brain can’t do that palm-hitting-the-strings percussion thing. So I started just noodling around on the guitar, and I’d say it probably took a couple of years to really get into the habit of tapping the second string with my index finger and muting it to make it kind of like a snare.
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It’s less movement in your hand and I felt like it was easier for me to play it that way, and so I started developing that and really played it more and more. I haven’t really seen guitar players play like that, so I just kept playing it and it became my playing style. The shortest way possible to explain the style would be: using the index finger to use your string as a snare.
You play in a few open tunings - does having that little bit of extra slack from a dropped tuning help with getting that ‘snare’ sound’?
Yes, so my favourite tuning right now is DADGAD. I really love DADGAD. I have two tunings that are open A and open D. Open A is really low so I'll use more of a lower gauge string. I would say between DADGAD, open D and open A, those are really the ones – and the Nick Drake tuning. I’m not sure what notes those are, but I’m pretty sure there’s YouTube videos everywhere!
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For players who aren’t just strumming and playing chords, it's important to know if a guitar can hold those lower, more experimental tunings. Do you find that the Generation Collection is particularly well suited to this?
One hundred percent. I really think so. Also the string gauge really matters and I’ve been able to go pretty low on the tunings with that. I totally think the Generation Series can hold those experimental tunings.
So they really are modern guitars for modern players,
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