My American Idol..............

Kali 1.7 has taken on a new career in recent weeks. She's pretty sure that she's a singer. However, she takes on that career in an interesting way.

First, she's quickly learning to sing like Mrs. Lime. What I mean is that she takes on the song by simply humming or babbling through the words that she doesn't know in the song and then every few phrases, you'll hear her actually sing a correct word or two.

Second, Kali has learned to associated volume with higher pitches. When the pitch of the song gets higher, most people adjust their pitch to match those higher notes. Kali doesn't change pitch. Instead, she continues to sing the same note, but she sings it much louder when the pitch of the song goes higher. The result is that Kali sings the same note or two the entire song, but the volume of her singing varies drastically depending on the pitch of the person singing the song.

In other words, she's grasping the concept of changes within the song, but the actual performance leaves a lot to be desired. But the raw talent is there and I have no doubt that she'll eventually be a pretty good singer, recreational or otherwise.