Coincidentally, that night they received an email from a producer from America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em> who had seen one of their videos. Not only were they invited to audition for the show, but they were invited to a selective music-only audition in New York City. That audition sent them through to the next round in Pasadena, California, where they performed in front of judges Gabrielle Union, Julianne Hough, Howie Mandel, and Simon Cowell, in an auditorium of 2,000 people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo actually stand on the red \u2018X\u2019 and to be there, it was just surreal,\u201d says Breanna. \u201cIt\u2019s still one of the greatest moments that we\u2019ve had. . . . I remember Simon Cowell being like, \u2018You guys remind me of TLC.\u2019 We had heard some people say that before, but to hear it from someone who\u2019s been in the industry for that long was cool, and we got a lot of great feedback from all of them.\u201d Even though Breanna and Taylor got four yeses from the judges, they weren\u2019t able to move forward to the next round. The reason: their covers posed licensing issues for the show. Their audition didn\u2019t air on TV, but Breanna, who was in her first year in Berklee Online\u2019s Music Business degree program<\/a>, eventually found some clarity on the outcome. \u201cHonestly, my time at Berklee helped me understand why,\u201d says Breanna. \u201cIn that moment, I was ignorant to some of the intricacies of copyright law. We wanted to use songs where we were writing our own lyrics to them and kind of doing our own verses with the choruses and it was something they didn\u2019t necessarily want or even could have us do. And I\u2019m like, \u2018Okay, there\u2019s a difference between sampling and interpolation and covers. It was something that I wasn\u2019t aware of at the time.\u201d Now five years removed from the America\u2019s Got Talent <\/em>audition, Breanna has strengthened herself even more as a musician and entrepreneur, and in May 2024, she will walk at Berklee\u2019s Commencement ceremony in Boston. \u201cI\u2019m proud of everything that I\u2019ve been able to apply,\u201d says Breanna. \u201cI\u2019ve learned so much, and I\u2019m wanting to make sure I\u2019m actually applying everything. But it definitely just takes time and intention, especially when you have four years worth of really great stuff that you\u2019ve learned.\u201d One area where Breanna has been able to apply her knowledge from Berklee Online is with her latest musical project, F.L.O.G.I.C. In 2020, Breanna and Taylour rebranded from TomBoy into the Christian hip-hop duo (which stands for Favored Ladies of God in Christ). They write original music, have toured the US, and won the \u201cUp Next\u201d award at the 2022 Kingdom Choice Awards, the official award show for Christian hip-hop and urban gospel music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Breanna](\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/breanna_dickerson_article_image_2024_2.jpg\")
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