Just the fact that he jumped the gun and couldn't keep his talks private means he's fucked just like John Borja.
Most of these middle age rawk and roll type dudes who are auditioning for the band really can't seem to keep themselves composed in a professional environment...
I do not understand what you are saying. Every NDA is different and only those in the know can tell if one is violating a contract. As far as Tony J West and John Borja are concerned, they are entitled to do any self-promotion just as much as Mick Blankenship and Jeff Gutt are doing by performing STP songs.
Mick Blankenship never signed an NDA and Jeff Gutt never promoted himself. Blankenship only ever submitted online auditions, and specifically spoke to the press about how they had never even heard of him until the night he got the phone call from Dean giving his blessing for STP2. As for Gutt, his online submissions have never surfaced and he never spoke directly to the press, it was just leaked that he was auditioning and that was likely done by a third party.
This is quite confusing. There was even an ET report purportedly claiming Gutt as the new lead singer (which STP denied a day later) so how can this conjecture come to press without anyone telling a story that he auditioned with the band?
There is a bit of geographical advantage/disadvantage to this. An American can travel cross-country to audition, and in this case, it would be easier to pass it off as a "vacation" to mask any "secret" auditions with the band. For the case of Vilberg and Borja, it is much different. It's not like you can sneak into the US without anyone from your home country questioning or making assumptive comments about your stay in the US.
Prolly there are 100 more singers out there who know/do not know what's in store for them after STP Management contacted them, whether they performed live with the band, or were instructed to submit demos.
