December 2010
1 post
Rick's Music World Cafe; Meeting Spot
Imagine.
Bright orange wall illuminated by softly lit aura. Several microphones set up side by side. High end keyboard dust free and blacker than midnight. a wall of autographed guitar hung by stable buckles. And a performer of any age standing still nervous in front of it all. That was my abode. My home away from home. My sanctuary.
This was the home of thousands of wonderful musicians in my...
June 2010
1 post
“Home is not where you live; it’s where they understand you”
– Coming home, was extremely disappointing. I wasn’t going to fake the fact that I was upset. I was furious. Like really, I’m not a sore loser, usually. But I lost to kids half my age. It was upsetting. I thought coming home was what I needed. Well, that’s what I thought. Sure the...
April 2010
2 posts
Top 40 Elimination Day
After our performances we headed back to the hotel room for rest and recuperation. I was beat. My eyes were red from crying due to Piers’ mean comments. I was more than off the wall. So I took my mind off of things by hanging out with Taylor. But I still knew tomorrow was going to be a tough day.
The next morning I woke up and put on that same red dress and headed for the call room. I...
February 2010
2 posts
Special Guest
I was extremely upset with what Piers had said. I started to second guess my talent in general. What if I was really an awful singer? Do I even deserve to be here? I didn’t even know anymore. I knew there were two other judges and I was taking his words to much to heart. But I couldn’t help but feel defeated.
For some reason they post-poned performances for about 20 minutes after I...
Performance at Planet Hollywood
Each Contestant made their way back out of the PLanet Hollywood theater with a smile on their face and tears of joy forming from the corner of each of their eyes. My hands were still shaking from the news of making it to the top 80. It was an amazing feeling.
As we walked into the theater lobby there was a glass window with multiple pieces of paper on it. On each sheet of paper there was a...
December 2009
1 post
"Group D - You Will Be..."
I woke up the next morning with a lump in my throat. Today was going to be horrifying. Not only were we going to be separated into groups and possibly be eliminated from the competition, but we were going to be performing for the three celebrity judges. (If we were lucky) I was shaken. As a 15 year old girl, this was an extremely stressful situation. (as it would be for anyone). I got dressed in...
November 2009
20 posts
Vegas Day One
Each had it’s own theme, and crowd of people. Caesar’s Palace, being a place of ancient times and old day Catholicism. Paris, a hotel replicated to be the Eiffel Tower. The Luxor, a golden pyramid with lights shooting from it’s peak. Each hotel drawing in tourists of all kinds. Our Hotel, Planet Hollywood, was a new upbringing to the strip. Two Towers of new technological...
Taylor Daniel
I stood there with my arms resting on my suitcase. Took a quick glance around and all of a sudden I saw a boy with a light blue polo. He was super cute, and I kept wondering if he was here for the show. I was PRAYING he was here for the show. I just kept thinking, “He must be like 21, or something. Even if he was here for the show, I doubt he’d ever talk to me”. So I just kind of...
Arriving
The plane landed. I had made it to Las Vegas. My heart was jubilant, while my eyes were tired. Seven hours can truly take a toll on you. But nothing mattered except the fact I was experiencing my dream. The dream so many try to obtain.
My mom and I made it to the baggage claim and walked around aimlessly for about 30 minutes TRYING to find a guy in a blue America’s Got Talent shirt. I...
Pre-Vegas Thoughts
I packed up all my bags, and started my 7 hour plane ride to Vegas. Before this trip I had never been further than New Hampshire, or Rhode Island. I was trapped in Massachusetts and I was so excited to not only see my dreams come true, but also see the country in which I lived. So I jumped on a Southwest Flight and was on my merry way. I was ecstatic. Completely and utterly out of my mind...
NEW YORK AUDITIONS PART 2
After 8 or 9 long...
Mr. Phil →
Oh Mr. Phil.
(Click on the title to watch his audition)
To make a long story short and i really just had to add this to the blog. Mr. Phil followed me around allllllllllll day. Everywhere I turned in the audition room, Mr. Phil would be standing next to me singing along to my audition song. He was a total riot.
Mr. Phil, I hope your doing well.
“The time has come the Walrus Said”...
A Change of Mind; A Change of Heart
The phone rang at 7:36pm on Friday April 18th, 2008.
What was I doing? Well, I was comatose on the couch flipping between reruns of Fresh Prince of Belair and America’s Funniest Home Videos. Not thinking anything of it, I reached over to the coffee table picked up the phone and answered with a horse “YEELLLLO”.
Seconds later, I realized it was the America’s Got...
Stealing Your Limelight
Remember when I said I wasn’t competitive? Well, a lot of that changed from 12 year old Mia to 15 Year old Mia. It was late on a friday night, and Andrea (my cousin from the other post) was over. She was reading her emails and I noticed an email from her agent. I was an audition time for a tv show called America’s Got Talent. I was curious and asked her about it. She was talking about...
Beauty Pageants Are Not For Overweight 12 Year...
I was never a competitive person throughout elementary school and middle school. If I placed fifth or one hundred and fifth, I could care less. But I quickly realized, the career path I was marching down was an extremely competitive one. I felt if I didn’t push to be the best or want to be number one, I wouldn’t make it anywhere. Tough lifestyles equal tough skin.
At the age of...
“I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have...”
– My entire middle school life was so fast, it went by in an instant. Life was so simple and wonderful. I did talent show after talent show, claiming a name for myself as having much potential for a future career. I worked very hard, starting voice lessons, doing recitals and practicing a lot. But, I...
5th Graders NEVER Make The Cut
Oh 5th Grade year. I was like a tadpole in a sea of sharks. Through out the rest of my fourth grade year everyone knew my name. But in 5th grade, I started all over again. I didn’t have the star quality anymore and instead I was often nervous to ever sing in front of anyone anymore. I was in “big-kid chorus”, with a director, and where people auditioned for parts right in front...
The Home Of The Brave
I was walking in a single file line to gym class at Dighton Elementary school. Partnered up with a couple of my girlfriends, I watched as my music teacher, posts a sign up list for the fourth grade talent show. Having only sung in the shower and during chorus with a bunch of other students, I was extremely hesitant to put my name on the audition list. I watched as my best friend at the time, Gina...
"The Journey"
My name is Mia Boostrom. I am a normal sixteen year old girl, with a not so normal life. I talk to kids my age and the thing they are most looking forward to is the friday night football game or the new episode of One Tree Hill. For me? I’m looking forward to friday night’s gig, or singing for national tv shows. I realized that I have never documented my life, and I really want to. So...