The winners of The Voice are made on Schiermonnikoog – Groningen – DVHN.nl

Friday evening, at 8:30 pm, begins the new season of talent show.

It seems so simple. Your name is Julia, Moon or Jim for example. You can sing well, have ambition and sign up for The Voice of Holland. The coaches turn on their seats, you survive in turn and you win the talent contest and the country is at your feet.

The artist murmurs

Basja Chanowski (42) laughs when this simplified scenario arrives on the table. The founder of an agency of mediation for professional musicians (Più Music) and a music collective (Jellyfish) knows it better. Since her beautiful home on Schiermonnikoog, she has been successful for The Voice since 2013, when she is now a painter. She discovers, trains and guides talent, but also advanced (international) artists.

,, Since 2013, I have trained dozens of candidates for The Voice, "she says at the table at her home, on the eve of the new season (RTL 16, 20:30). year, she has only one participant, she can not say it yet.

Jim knew her as Basja Scoutmevrouw

Four Chanowski candidates had participated in the latest series Voice, "she "won by Jim, two years before he sings his first notes, a soundman, a video of Jim's singing." She was immediately impressed and called Jim, who recorded his number in his phone under the name of & # 39; Basja Scoutmevrouw & # 39;

I only need half a minute, then I feel I already have something to do with an artist, or nothing of course.C & # 39; 39; is a kind of sixth sense that I did not call because I wanted to link Jim to The Voice, but because I was excited about he and I saw all kinds of possibilities. In fact, Jim and I have long found that The Voice and The Voice do not mix well. "[19659003] Mindfuck

Chanowski is the first to say that despite the hat trick, she has no recipes to win the talent contest. ,, Maybe Moon, Julia and Jim also won without me In addition, I am not the only talent coach in the country and the participants receive the support of Talpa and TV coaches, I only think that I have increased the chances of success. "

What exactly does she do? ,, I bring them skills on the commercial, social and musical level. I look at the person first, only after what she can do. I'm teaching someone to communicate with himself and with the industry. Too often, people talk about television programs that would leave people facing their destiny.

A young singer thinks he's heard and seen, but in reality, only his talent is heard and seen. It is a puzzle that often leads to problems such as extreme insecurity, anxiety or addiction. Although The Voice is not a curse, but a way to gain experience. Provided that you intervene consciously and that I intervene. "

I have been working with Jim for almost 2,000 hours

She does this through coaching sessions, literally day and night, offering her network, her mail management of the press and fans and booking of shows. ,, It's always a temporary process, one taking more time than the other, Jim, I was very coached, before, during and after The Voice.I have been working with him for almost two thousand hours , I was with almost all the recordings and where Jim was, I was and it was also true for Tommi, my dog, he goes everywhere, he looks after him. animal energy in my business … "

Chanowski – his father, Thijs, not only stood near his cradle, but also from Fabeltjeskrant – has his own musical background. She played piano, cello, guitar, bass and sang. She has worked for and with all kinds of musicians, including Eros Ramazzotti and Herbert Grönemeyer. She noticed that many artists can use the accompaniment. "They are often unsure of themselves, have a great ego and are very sensitive.Calculated with these features, they open to a wide audience.This is almost a guarantee of problems."

Jim had need a period of thought before deciding to join Basja Scoutmevrouw & # 39 ;. ,, After a year of traveling through Europe, he reminded me not to say that he wanted to participate in The Voice, but at Jellyfish. "

Island Representations on Schier

Shortly after, Jellyfish, created in 2013, is Chanowski's growing concept of famous and unknown artists, mainly on Schiermonnikoog, where Chanowski settled in Amsterdam after seventeen years ("and never wants to leave"). Sometimes the shows on a terrace on the island are tourists, sometimes for a larger group. ,, Jim has acquired a lot of 39 experience here, but sister Sledge (now only Debbie Sledge) sang barefoot in the sand, without winning anything she just liked. "

When Jim launched The Voice in 2017, Chanowski said he had enough luggage to make conscious choices. "He had a plan, it's there that everything starts, although I spend a lot of time with some people, I interfere as little as possible with them, they have to do it themselves, I only whisper to them. a lot, and I'm honest If that's not enough, I'll say it. "

No Bed Offset

Such criticism is not always good for the youngest generation." C & # 39 is a problem of the millennial generation. "As soon as something goes wrong, they point out very quickly, they do not realize how special it is that a coach or manager is always ready for them they are used to a bed in shift. I've heard someone who describes the setting well: I have my driver's license, where is my BMW? it might be better for you to continue cycling for a year because you can not buy a car yet. "

Basja Chanowski guided Jim van der Zee to victory Video: The Voice of Holland

If a young singer registers with of Chanowski for the sole purpose of winning The Voice, he will receive a disappointing response. ,, If money or celebrity is the motivation, I will return it immediately .If this does not work, I will not accompany it not. "

Perhaps, he concludes, is precisely the key to The Voice." The success of this program must be the result of my advice, not its purpose. "19659002] The Voice of Holland, RTL 4, Friday, November 2, at 8:30 pm