Country star Billy Currington has kept his country boy attitude even with his rise to fame, and country fans will get another chance to see him on television when he takes the stage as a presenter at the 2009 CMT Awards. The CMT Awards show kicks off on June 16 and will provide some top performers, presenters and nominees. To make the appearance, Currington is taking a break from his successful tour.
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It's all inside the Rascal Flatts tour, as the JC Penny ad slogan goes -the country trio is not simply embracing their new sponsor but rather, like everything that the Nashville natives do, are going all out to make this tour something truly unique. For Sunday's performance in Walnut Creek, the boys' stylist John Murphy went ahead with a full wardrobe completely equipped via JC. "We just got three new boxes from the new collection that I need to go through," Murphy explained to The News & Observer. "I'll go through them and will intermix them with other pieces," he continued, sorting through the retailer's American Living line, which includes casual tees, fitted jeans and stylish button downs. Aimed to please the classic American stylist, the boys all have their own unique approach to American Living, which Murphy will adjust.
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It seemed to be the end of the musical journey for Blink 182 when they launched their four year hiatus back in 2005. The band members had found themselves drifting apart from each other and as a result the San Diegan punk rockers ventured out in different directions, each one exploring their own unique musical talents.
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Fleetwood Mac is gearing up for a spring tour, new album or not! The veteran rock band is currently preparing for their upcoming Unleashed North American tour and using their lack of a new album to their advantage. Drummer and Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood recently told Billboard, "This is the first time we've gone on the road without an album. This is truly a new experience for Fleetwood Mac to go out and play songs that we believe and hope people are going to be familiar with and love." Singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham chimed in, saying that lack of new songs (which the group has been rehearsing since Jan. 5 in Los Angeles) "just allowed you to relax into the situation. We're not coming off a new group of tunes, a new album…the stakes for that side of it become a little bit lower."
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When most people think of a synthesizer, they think of a machine used to reproduce the sounds of a piano via different electric frequencies-a keyboard. I know this is what I associate with the term. Yet synthesizers can be put to many different uses. Often, especially among the professionals of the music industry, a synthesizer is used to imitate the sounds of a drum or other percussion instruments. In such instances, the synthesizer is known as a drum machine.
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If you have assembled your Hi Hat cymbals correctly, your two hi hat cymbals would now be on top of each other on the hi hat stand, looking like a sandwich. If you step on the hi hat pedal, you'll see the rod going up and down uselessly. Step on the pedal just a little bit, and then tighten the hand screw on the outside of the clutch. Then, when you lift up your foot and the rod goes up, it will take the clutch and the top hi hat cymbal up along with it. The amount of space between the hi hat cymbals when your foot is not on the pedal is determined by how much you press down on the pedal while tightening the clutch. The average distance between the two cymbals in the open position should be about an inch.
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A large number of people use books to learn guitar because it takes a very practical and thorough approach towards learning by focusing on the basics.
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Clad in candy-colored Sgt. Peppers-style jackets and pants (and even apologizing to Paul McCartney for it) while becoming one of the night's most recurring acts, Chris Martin and the rest of British rock band Coldplay stormed the stage repeatedly last night at the 51st annual Grammy Awards, coming out as one of the night's biggest winners. Coldplay was nominated for a whopping seven Grammys and came away with three gramophones at the end of the night for Song of the Year, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best Rock Album, and the band also rocked the stage as one of the evening's several top performers.
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No Doubt may have bid fans farewell back in 2004, but in recent months they have had a change of heart. Last Saturday, the ska-punk band performed a hugely successful and explosive opening night performance at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Keep in mind that No Doubt doesn't have a new studio album under their belts. The last record put forth by the band was a greatest hits album, shortly before they broke up. Subsequently, lead singer Gwen Stefani launched a solo career that propelled her directly to the top of the charts and spent time focusing on her growing family. Now Stefani has reunited with her old band mates to bring fans another dose of the suburb sounds put forth by No Doubt. If you wish to join in the festivities and welcome No Doubt back into the music fray, be sure to go online and get your own pair of No Doubt tickets.
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The rough-and-ready Toby Keith, a loudmouthed country artist illuminating the music scene currently with a politically-stinging song titled "American Ride," seems to be on the ride of his life right now, and with more and more opportunities presenting themselves to Keith recently, the next few months are sure to be a journey he won't soon forget. From international concerts to No. 1 singles and shocking announcements, Toby Keith is currently at the apex of media attention in the country music industry, and here are just a few reasons why country and western fans are leaping to get Toby Keith tickets to upcoming concerts.
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