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JULY 15, 2011
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
"American Idol" missed a great
bet on Saturday, July 2.
Among 4,000 to 5,000 hopefuls
singing their hearts out during 30
second audition slots at the Rose
Garden in Portland, the iconic re
ality show passed on the talents of
Tribal member Jordon Schultz, who
came with three songs and plenty of
spirit, and left with plenty of spirit
and new ideas for next time.
Schultz, 22, already has another
great career. The public hears him
as "the afternoon voice" of sports
on KXL 750 AM radio from 4 to 7
p.m. each weekday. Schultz also
hosts the "Game Day" show every
weekend, which leads into Portland
Timbers' games on Saturdays and
Sundays with approximate starting
time of 4 p.m.
Call him "a talk show host" or
a "sports anchor," or better yet, a
young man living out his dreams.
From the time he was 11 or 12,
he knew he was different from his
friends. "When they were listening
to music," he said, "I was listening
to sports radio.
"I am so happy to be able to do
what I want to do," he said.
He picked up his first love as his
first job.
"I got lucky. Real lucky," he said.
"I started as an intern (at KXL) in
August 2008, right out of two years'
study at Mount Hood Community
College. A year later, he was hired
on full time.
"I've advanced way quicker than
I ever imagined. I've gone way fur
ther than I expected when I started
three years ago."
Along with sports, Schultz's inter
ests also have focused on his sing
ing abilities. He majored in music
at Mount Hood and before that,
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since fourth grade, he said, he has
performed in school choirs.
"You learn how to take care of
your voice," he said.
Skills beyond voice exercises were
needed in Portland earlier this
month, however. Schultz waited in
line for four hours on the Thursday
before the auditions.
"I showed up at 4:30 (he meant
a.m.), and finally signed up at
8:30."
For the actual audition on Satur
day, Schultz showed up at 5 a.m.,
he said, and got his shot at about
10:30. "A lot had to wait way longer
than I did."
"The producers were obsessed
with Portland being the Rose City,"
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he said. "They were handing out
roses to all the people in line, and
getting us to say things like, 'Wel
come to the Rose City.' "
When his 30-second moment came,
Schultz was ready with three songs:
"Feeling Good" by Michael Buble,
"Follow Through" by Gavin DeGraw
and "PDA" by John Legend. In the
end, he spent his entire 36 seconds
on "Feeling Good," and he was.
"They sent people through after
(hearing them for) five seconds," he
said, "and they didn't send people
through after 30 seconds."
He fell into the second group.
"They said they liked what I did
but they were looking for something
else."
That something else, he thought,
was "anything interesting and
new; unique; they took people who
dressed kind of weird. You've got to
be memorable."
Still, he said, "It was fun. I had
a friend that got through." The
next round for his friend will be in
August, and altogether one goes
through three or four more audi
tions before landing on the small
screen with the largest audience
in television.
Undaunted, Schultz already is
looking around for his next shot,
maybe on another reality show.
"I know there's options. I'm going
to deal with rejection many more
times in my life. This wasn't the
first and it won't be the last.
"You can't take it personally. I
don't. It was as simple as it wasn't
what they were looking for on that
particular day. You can't think it
was because of you.
"I'm telling people I had a good
time. I'd do it again; it was great
to see how the process works. It's
not as it seems on TV. There's a lot
more work that you have to do than
it seems on TV.
"I tried to let the unique parts of
my voice really stand out. It doesn't
sound like everybody else. I tried
to let myself, my uniqueness, get
through during my audition."
In the end though, he was not
quite satisfied.
"I want another chance. I'm going
to walk in and own myself. I didn't
feel like I owned my personal
ity. I'm going to walk up, give the
judges a great big grin and show
them my personality. And," he
added, "I may choose a couple of
different songs."
Schultz's father, Tribal member
Kevin Schultz, is Operations Com
mander for the Marion County
Sheriffs Office and member of the
Tribe's Fish and Wildlife Commit
tee. Jordon has not yet gotten in
volved in Tribal activities.
"I would absolutely be interested
in working with the Tribe in the fu
ture," he said. "The Tribe's done so
much for me: scholarships to go to
college; they helped me with living
expenses during school; and all the
benefits, like health insurance.
"I want to give back because
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Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal mambtr Jordon Schultz tried out for "American Idol" whan tha
auditions ware held at the Rose Garden in Portland on Saturday, July 2. He is
currently a radio producer and host at 750 AM The Game in Portland. Schultz
attended Mount Hood Community College and majored in music another
passion of his along with sports.