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Old 9th April 2008   #32
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Originally Posted by trauha View Post
I have a client who sings with a heavy accent in English but appearantly one of her songs is a disco hit in North Africa.

One of the reasons I was given for the improbable success there was that tough it sounds 'international', from her accent it is obvious she is NOT American.

That unfortunately, it seems, may be a merit in some quarters of the globe,

And hey.. ABBA never sounded American either..
A more recent example is Yael Naims "New Soul".
[thick german accent]****ing record companies have no clue[/thick german accent]
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