My stepson covered Adam Lambert's "What do you want from me" at an open mike session during Nuit Blanche here in Toronto. Unfortunately I was at an installation and missed the show, but he apparently got a noisy pub to go pretty quiet, and then got the only standing ovation of the night
The cool thing is that his mom showed him a couple of guitar chords just this Apri. He has been working on his music since then, and 5 months later he is playing and singing like this.
A phone camera video of his Adam Lambert cover song.
A phone camera video of his encore - an original he wrote himself. He writes and sings beautifully.
I wasn't sure where you post this stuff, but I thought music ought to be able to handle a thread like this.