... I don't know ... it's SIMON SAYS, not JACK SAYS, and JACK AND JILL WENT UP THE HILL, not SIMON AND JILL... could it work?
Jack Ingram has a difficult task on his itinerary for September: He’s agreed to join songwriters Victoria Shaw and Desmond Child in judging the finalists on the Sept. 10 finale of "The Next GAC Star."
The contest, currently underway on GACtv.com, arrives on GAC Sept. 3 with six finalists competing for the chance at a recording contract with Original Signal, a music company that’s building a new Nashville presence.
With big dreams in the contestants’ windshield, Jack admits that it’ll be tough to simply dump a rock on them. He will not, it appears, take any cues from "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell.
"It's tough to critique anyone if they're standing right in front of you," Jack notes. "I don't think it will be too tough to judge music. I am a huge fan of music. I will try to be honest and helpful and sympathetic to the situation. These are artists who are trying to make it. I will try to figure out what their strengths are and how they can use those to further their career. Accentuate the positive. I don't really know what you're supposed to do with the negative."