He busied himself to regain focus. Did he mope? "I did," he admitted. "But I had to get over it. Idol was a big part of my life, but I had to look at the next part of my life."
He was starring in the stage musical Shout when the Idol axe fell.
"How did I get over it?" he asked. "I sang 101 duets with Glenn Shorrock."
Last week, working for the Ice Project, helping young people at risk in SA, Holden insisted he was not bitter.
"But you are seeing me after I've been in America, had a real positive experience and come back energised," he said.
"The aggravating thing is people still expect me to know about the show and who got voted off."
Why doesn't he watch Idol? He laughed: "I just don't."
Meanwhile, Holden has pitched a music reality show format at Network Ten and a US producer.
US music industry powerbroker Jimmy Iovine met Holden in Los Angeles last month.
Holden, wife Anna and daughter Katie enjoyed an extended break, staying with Hasselhoff in Bel Air.
Holden has a law degree and plans to do a legal practitioner's course with a view to practising as a barrister. Then he wants to "save" the music industry.
"The freefall being experienced by the stock market at the moment has been happening to the music industry for the past three years," he said.
"I have an understanding of those problems, the erosion of copyright and what it means to creators."
Holden said it was time internet service providers faced the music on free downloads.
"Music is free. That is the new paradigm and we have to accept that," Holden said. "But creators of music need a royalty from the provider. We need more of that share.
"That needs to be advocated and it's something I want do as a barrister."
Sandilands once said Holden created a persona for Idol. "I was doing a bigger version of myself and it was a blast," Holden said. "As a performer, you don't want to waste that. You use that space. I preferred to actively use that space rather than occupy it.
"I enhanced the loony guy. I am a loony guy. It was an opportunity to have fun and max it out.
"I am a little bit cracked, but when you put it under pressure, the cracks show."
Holden said his multi-faceted career runs in five-to-six-year cycles.
"I'm still hungry to do things. But different things," he said. Judge reveals his dark days
<<<---Back
He was starring in the stage musical Shout when the Idol axe fell."How did I get over it?" he asked. "I sang 101 duets with Glenn Shorrock."
Last week, working for the Ice Project, helping young people at risk in SA, Holden insisted he was not bitter.
"But you are seeing me after I've been in America, had a real positive experience and come back energised," he said.
"The aggravating thing is people still expect me to know about the show and who got voted off."
Why doesn't he watch Idol? He laughed: "I just don't."
Meanwhile, Holden has pitched a music reality show format at Network Ten and a US producer.
US music industry powerbroker Jimmy Iovine met Holden in Los Angeles last month.
Holden, wife Anna and daughter Katie enjoyed an extended break, staying with Hasselhoff in Bel Air.
Holden has a law degree and plans to do a legal practitioner's course with a view to practising as a barrister. Then he wants to "save" the music industry.
"The freefall being experienced by the stock market at the moment has been happening to the music industry for the past three years," he said.
"I have an understanding of those problems, the erosion of copyright and what it means to creators."
Holden said it was time internet service providers faced the music on free downloads.
"Music is free. That is the new paradigm and we have to accept that," Holden said. "But creators of music need a royalty from the provider. We need more of that share."That needs to be advocated and it's something I want do as a barrister."
Sandilands once said Holden created a persona for Idol. "I was doing a bigger version of myself and it was a blast," Holden said. "As a performer, you don't want to waste that. You use that space. I preferred to actively use that space rather than occupy it.
"I enhanced the loony guy. I am a loony guy. It was an opportunity to have fun and max it out.
"I am a little bit cracked, but when you put it under pressure, the cracks show."
Holden said his multi-faceted career runs in five-to-six-year cycles.
"I'm still hungry to do things. But different things," he said. Judge reveals his dark days
<<<---Back
No comments:
Post a Comment