Noah Thompson was a regular 19-year-old in his community working a job prior to entering the American Idol stage.
He is no longer a construction worker at the age of 20, and he has discovered himself with a new set of priorities and aspirations.
Thompson has the singing part down quite well thanks to all the advice he's received during his time on American Idol
He admitted that songwriting is his next challenge.
He has thus far discovered that moving into this new area of the music business has been a learning curve.
Thompson said I'm definitely looking forward to completing it now that I have the time because I'm no longer working 80 hours a week at my previous job.
Finally, he replied, 'I can sit down and try to write some tunes.
The native of Kentucky isn't used to writing music, but Idol provided him the push he needed to begin polishing those skills.
Thomson debuted the song 'One Day Tonight,' written by Brett Sheroky, Jared Griffin, and Trannie Anderson, during his participation in the competition.
Thomson got a taste of the process even though he wasn't a writer on the project.
HunterGirl, a fellow country musician and Idol runner-up, provided backup vocals for him on his debut song.
The two of them had previously hinted at a potential duet, but nothing has been formally confirmed.
HunterGirl has been urging Thompson to spend more time in Nashville because of her knowledge of the scene as a young artist in Nashville.
He has been doing just that and spending more time in the studio than ever before since 'One Day Tonight.'
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