Country Music Association Awards

During my travels around Nashville, my group went to NSAI, the Nashville Songwriters Association International, located on Music Row. This non-profit organisation helps support up and coming talent whilst targeting congress in the US over rights and laws in the songwriting industry. We received a performance from the top talent, whom she performed her top songs and shared her tactics at succeeding in the music industry. The intensity of her presence and her determination was what struck my attention, as this represents similar to that of an Olympic Athlete. This was clear when the performer described her development as training, and outlined how critical it is that she remains focused to better achieve her goal. As Nashville is seen as the…

By 1988 Dolly was back to focusing on her musical career. She was nominated for two Grammys that year and won the Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (Dolly Parton Awards). She shared this award with the great Linda Ronstadt and legendary Emmylou Harris. They received this award due to a hit off of their collaboration album, Trio. They later produced a second album Trio II. Dolly Parton also won a two People’s Choice Awards that year, Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer and…

they still had a happy life she even said herself that “while we didn’t have much money we had a good life”(Dawn 1). Parton was the fourth of 12 children and her mother had one miscarriage(Freeman 1). Her parents Robert and Avie Lee always new that there was something special about her and believed she could do anything she set her mind to (Dawn 1). Parton has always had the ability to inspire others and with her type of talent she was able to inspire woman who had less authority and others…

She shared her talent and love with the world and still managed to look fabulous while doing it! She has a sharp sense of humor and she can take a joke. She’s knows that people may not understand why she is the way she is, but she doesn’t care she goes on and continues doing what she loves to do. Dolly Parton is now 72 but she continues to perform and she’s opened her record company and has even released an album from it. She is a cultural icon, her beautiful voice has won the hearts of pop and…

Kenny Chesney born on March 26, 1968 is an American singer plus songwriter. He has a typical height of 5 feet 6 inches. He has a nice physique and his shirtless photos also reveal his muscular body. He has recorded altogether 20 albums and numerous songs, 14 of which have been classified gold or higher. He has also produced 40 Top 10 singles on the Country Airplay charts and U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs. And 28 of the singles reached number 1 on the chart. He went gold with Me and You in…

style of music. They sang the traditional kind of music, but you don’t hear it that much these days. Country music today is going towards the pop genre and it’s not like it was in the 1970’s or even 1980’s. There’s one certain guy who has his own twists to music, his own style of the traditional era and has kept it around for as long as most people can remember. Most people call him “King George”, but he’s really much more than that. George Strait is the King of Country Music, because of his…

Garth Brooks’ childhood helped him become the successful singer he is today. Brooks’ parents were very supportive of him whenever he was a young boy (“Garth Brooks”). Garth’s mother, Colleen Carroll, was a country music singer in the 1950s and taught young Garth how to play guitar (Moore). Garth and his family, consisting of eight people (six kids and two adults), would have a family fun night once a week. On this night, the kids would play different instruments or put on skits and talent…

Although there are many famous celebrities, if my school came together and chose a celebrity to speak at my school I would chose Taylor Swift. Not only is she humble, she is very selfless and talented. My lifelong dream has been to attend a Taylor Swift concert, so for her to visit my school would be the best day of my life. For a year's salary, Taylor Swift currently makes 170,000,000 dollars a year. In 2008, she donated 100,000 dollars the the Red Cross foundation to help the victims of the…

Taylor had to strike development deal with a recording company. When she was fourteen she signed a deal with RCA Records this deal was short lived due to the face that they want Taylor to be 18 before releasing her first album. In 2004 Swift became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Tree publishing house. This didn’t last either. At a performance at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe in 2005, Swift caught the attention of Scott Borchetta, a DreamWorks Records executive who was preparing…

Get an A) “The most stunning success story of the early-Nineties contemporary country music boom was that of Garth Brooks.” (Rolling Stone) He was originally born with the name of Troyal Garth Brooks on February 7, 1962. His career started while he attended Oklahoma State University, singing in bars and clubs. Following college, he moved to Nashville and eventually was signed onto Capitol Records. Brooks is the biggest-selling solo recording artist in American music history. He is the only…