audition stage and stunned judges Britney Spears, Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, and L.A. Reid with a remarkable rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” that brought the entire audience to their feet. And in a scene straight out of a movie, a loud thunderclap from a nearby storm echoed throughout the theater as he soaked in the adulation. “I’ve heard that song a lot,” said Cowell. “I’ve sat in this chair a long time. It was one of the most brilliant auditions I’ve heard.
Gutt enrolled in a community college after high school, but was unable to focus on anything but music. He dropped out after one semester and moved to L.A. with his Innerfaith bandmate Steve Mazur, who ultimately got a job as the gutiarist in Our Lady Peace he has to this day. Gutt wasn’t so fortunate and eventually moved back to Michigan to play in cover bands.
“Mr. Gutt, at 26 the oldest of the group, said he had no plans to return to Detroit,” the article continues, “hopeful the album will still be released by someone and become a success. ”In the end, if we have a hit record,’ he said recently, ‘does any of this matter?'” What was it like to see that huge reaction from the judges and the audience from your first audition?
But I remember showing up and seeing their faces for the first time. That was really weird because when you meet people when you know their face and their name, it’s weird.We started with “Piece of Pie” because it was the one that I knew the least. It was the one I was studying on the way over there, but no one else picked that song to sing first because apparently it’s the hardest song of the ones on the list.
Well, it’s a simple transition for me because it’s all about the music. And it’s all about what I was doing when I was younger, when I was learning and creating and finding my way around just on my own, through music. And with these guys, they come in with amazing things that I get to hear for the first time, and no one else has ever heard them. And I get to come up with what I’m going to do to those.
Yeah. Each of them. And Robert’s bass player is big. It’s like if an AI built yourself the perfect bass player for what you’re trying to do, nine times out of ten, it would be him.I think the hardest part is the traveling. It’s living out of suitcases and going from bus to hotel and to bus to hotel, and not even knowing what city you’re in half the time, because all you did was get on a bus and show up. That part can be daunting, but I love doing the shows, and the shows make everything better.