DICTATORS.
HE
DIRECTS RELEASES ON DIGITAL
BLU-RAY .
ON HOLLYWOOD, I'M RICK.
>>AnchorRICHMOND NATIVE
KISSEL MOVES ONTO THE NEXT
ROUND OF LIFE PLAYOFFS IN THE
VOICE AFTER COACH BLAKE SHELTON
DECIDED TO KEEP HIM AROUND
THIS PERFORMER NOT ONLY HAS A
STANDOUT VOICE, BUT ALSO AN
INSPIRING STORY AND JOINING ME
NOW TO TALK ABOUT HIS
EXPERIENCE IHIMSELF.
>> WHAT IS GOING ON EVERYBODY
.
>> YOU ARE REPRESENTING
VIRGINIA, WHICH WE LOVE.
WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO AUDITION
FOR THE VOICE?
>> THAT IS A VERY COMPLEX
QUESTION BECAUSE THIS IS MY
SEVENTH TIME AUDITIONING FOR
THE VOICE.
THERE HAS BEEN SIX TIMES WHERE
I GOT KNOWS AND EACH TIME IT
WAS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
AT FIRST THE VOICE WAS
SOMETHING I WATCH AND WANTED TO
DO BUT AS I PROGRESSED IN MY
CAREERA LOT OF MY FRIENDS SAID
YOU HAVE TO GO ON THE VOICE NOT
KNOWING THAT I HAD AUDITIONED
AND GOTTEN A NO.
THIS TIME AROUND IT WAS ONE OF
MY GOOD FRIENDS , HE ACTUALLY
RESPONDED AND SET UP FOR ME TO
ADDITION AND TOLD ME THIS IS
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
I AM GLAD HE DID BECAUSE I AM
SITTING HERE IN THE TOP 12 NOW
THAT WOULDN'T BE THE CASE
WITHOUT HIM.
>> MY GOODNESS.
WHAT A STORY OF
PERSEVERANCE.
WHEN DID YOU GET STARTED IN
MUSIC , WHAT IS YOUR START?
>> EARLY IN MY LIFE AROUND THE
AGE OF FIVE MY GRANDMOTHER PUT
ME ON THE PIANO AND THAT HAS TO
BE WHERE IT STARTED FOR ME.
I WOULD NEVETOUCH BUT ALWAYS
GO TO THE HOUSE AND THE FIRST
THING I WOULD DO IS RUN TO THE
PIANO AND AT THAT TIME I DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING, BUT AS
THE YEARS PROGRESSED I STUCK
WITH THE PIANO AND AROUND HIGH
SCHOOL SOMEBODY HEARD ME
SINGING AND THEY PUT ME ON THE
SPOT IN A PEP RALLY TO SING
FROM THAT MOMENT ON I WAS GOING
AND DOING NATIONAL ANTHEMS AND
SINGING AT CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY.
AS IT GREW TO GOING TO VIRGINIA
STATE I JOINED THE CHOIR THERE
AND THAT JUST SHOWED ME THE
WHOLE WORLD.
WE TRAVEL TO ITALY, I PERFORMED
FOR TWO OF THE LAST THREE
POPES, TRAVELED TO HUNGRY, ALL
OVER THE WORLD AND ALL OVER THE
UNITED STATES WITH THAT CHOIR.
FROM THERE I JUST SAW THE POWER
OF MUSIC AND I CREATED CECIL
CAME ABOUT IN A BASEMENT AND
DAVE HALL OF THE MUSIC HALL
WHERE I STARTED DOING YOUTUBE
COVERS AND FROM THAT POINT ON
ABOUT 2006 OR 2007 IT HAS BEEN
JUST GOING FULL ADDED.
I HAVE RELEASED MUSIC AND I
DEDICATEMY LIFE TO WHAT I
THINK IS MY PURPOSE.
>> YOU ARE AN AMAZING SINGER.
YOU ARE FROM VIRGINIA, ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, TELL ME ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE BEEN HAVING
IN HOLLYWOOD .
>> IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.
I LOVE IT OUT HERE.EVERY TIME
I COME TO LA MY LIFE CHANGES
AND THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR
ME THIS TIME, ESPECIALLY.
I ALWAYS WAKE UP AND LOOK AT
THE MOUNTAINS AND THE THINGS
THE VIEWS I DON'T GET ON THAT
SIDE OF THE WORLD AND IT IS
AMAZING THAT MUSICHAS ALLOWED
ME TO BE HERE.
>> IT IS AMAZING.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT BLAKE.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HIM?
IS HE AS FUN AS HE SEEMS ON TV?
>> HE IS PROBABLY MORE FUN THAN
HE SEEMS ON TV BECAUSE I THINK
THE FUNNIEST MOMENTS HAPPEN
OFF-CAMERA.
NOT ONLY IS HE AN AMAZING
ARTIST, HE IS AN AMAZING PERSON
AND BEING FROM THE COUNTRY
SMALL COUNTRY TOWN IN VIRGINIA
,
HE REMINDS ME A LOT OF MY
FRIENDS I HAVE UP THERE.
HE REMINDS ME OF THE PEOPLE I
GREW UP AROUND.
EVEN THOUGH I AM OUT HERE, HE
IS FROM HOME EVERY TIME I GO IN
AND DO THINGS WITH THE VOICE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
TALKING WITH US.
REPRESENT VIRGINIA.WE WILL BE
ROOTING FOR YOU.