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Launched the page for crossover opera vocalist and America's Got Talent finalist Branden James. A page by the same name but for the vocal and cello duo would be useful to avoid confusion. Branden James is a member of the duo but the duo's name is derived from the first name of each of the two band members. -- 1987atomheartbrother ( talk) 18:58, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
As far as I can tell Branden James has never actually performed in an opera, but participated in young artist training programs at the Los Angeles Opera and Metropolitan Opera. Searches of the performance archives with both companies reveal nothing. How can we describe someone as an opera singer when they've never actually appeared in an opera? Of course its possible he performed as a chorus member. Either way the article is misleading. 4meter4 ( talk) 04:31, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
This article relies almost exclusively on what James has said about himself and his accomplishments in concert announcements, his own website, interviews, publicity blurbs, press releases, etc. I have tagged the article as needing independent third-party sources. There is also a good deal of reference-padding to make it look as if there is more coverage than there actually is. For example, this, this, and this, are all listed as separate references, when in fact they are all publicity blurbs for the same concert. There are several other instances of this in the article. Voceditenore ( talk) 11:09, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
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Launched the page for crossover opera vocalist and America's Got Talent finalist Branden James. A page by the same name but for the vocal and cello duo would be useful to avoid confusion. Branden James is a member of the duo but the duo's name is derived from the first name of each of the two band members. -- 1987atomheartbrother ( talk) 18:58, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
As far as I can tell Branden James has never actually performed in an opera, but participated in young artist training programs at the Los Angeles Opera and Metropolitan Opera. Searches of the performance archives with both companies reveal nothing. How can we describe someone as an opera singer when they've never actually appeared in an opera? Of course its possible he performed as a chorus member. Either way the article is misleading. 4meter4 ( talk) 04:31, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
This article relies almost exclusively on what James has said about himself and his accomplishments in concert announcements, his own website, interviews, publicity blurbs, press releases, etc. I have tagged the article as needing independent third-party sources. There is also a good deal of reference-padding to make it look as if there is more coverage than there actually is. For example, this, this, and this, are all listed as separate references, when in fact they are all publicity blurbs for the same concert. There are several other instances of this in the article. Voceditenore ( talk) 11:09, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
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