Posts Tagged ‘country’

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

How can i best imitate Dolly Parton's voice?

For a school project i have to be her and using their accent makes up a lot of the grade. i was wondering if anyone had any techniques to best mimick her voice. Thank you
hilarious, really.

I can think of other things that would be more noticable and would make everyone forget about Dolly's voice.

Dolly Parton - I will always love you

Karaoke Country

Karaoke Country

Karaoke: Where Did it Start & Where is it Going?

Karaoke starts its journey to popularity in Japan around 1970. During this time singing and dancing was the only form of adult entertainment. A Japanese singer, Daisuke Inoue, was asked by many to record his songs and release copies so they could sing along. Inoue made a tape recorder that would play one song when money was deposited, making the first "sing-along" machine. First regarded as a boring fad, it soon became a very popular pasttime that showed up in restaurants and hotels. The first karaoke bars, as we know them, were called Karaoke Box. Inoue was awarded the gag Ig Nobel Peace Prize for inventing Karaoke and "thereby providing an entirely new way for people to learn to tolerate each other."

Karaoke's popularity quickly spread to other countries including the United States, where it took the art of karaoke singing to another level. Of course cassettes have been long replaced with CDs and DVDs. Technological advances have provided better equipment used for karaoke and the spread of venues such as bars and clubs have also increased its popularity.

Karaoke is now moving in a whole new direction. We are all aware of American Idol, which has been many times called a "glorified karaoke competition," but there are other venues for those looking to succeed in their karaoke endeavors. With growing interest, the Karaoke World Championships has been in existence since 2003 with 29 countries in participation.

Super CDGs are starting to replace the old versions. With these, manufacturers are able to place hundreds or thousands of songs on one disc. However, you will need a special player. Hopefully, they may start to come personalized with the songs you want. Even better are the MP3+Gs that allow karaoke fun with no discs, and no hassle.

Long Haired Country Boy (karaoke)

Jimmie Rodgers

Jimmie Rodgers

Country Music in Spain

Spain is composed of many different regions with their own historical and cultural backgrounds and nowhere is this more evident than with Spanish music. It varies greatly between the different regions of Spain, with each region of Spain preferring a type of music that best reflects local cultural influences.

The influx of residents of many nationalities has broadened the range to the extent that now one can listen to music from most countries in the world. Music fans who enjoy live entertainment can listen to country music in Spain Willie Jackson at Jacksons where the very best guitar and keyboard has become extremely popular in Spain. Come down to Fuengirola Port and enjoy live musicians at their very best singing all the old favourites from the Nashville scene of the last 40 years.

Country music has produced two of the top selling solo artists of all time. Elvis Presley, who was known early on as “The Hillbilly Cat” and went on to become a defining figure in the emerging genre of rock 'n roll. Garth Brooks is one of the top-selling country artists of all time.

The origins of modern country music can be traced to two artists. Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family are widely considered to be the founders of country music. The top three best selling hits of all time are Your Cheating Heart by Hank Williams, Sr. at No.3, Crazy by Patsy Cline at No.2 and He Stopped Loving Her Today by George Jones in first spot.

Many view CMA and the CMA Awards as one in the same. Since its founding in 1958, however, the Country Music Association has become a viable force in recognizing excellence in the field of Country Music through a wide array of awards vehicles. In addition to the popular CMA Awards, we present the following awards to individuals and organizations displaying excellence in our industry.

Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No 1 (T For Texas)

Dixie Chicks

Dixie Chicks

Dixie Chicks Tickets - Not Ready to Make Nice

Another year, yet another scandal for the Dixie Chicks. This time, the country trio is getting attention for their support of three teens convicted of killing three eight year old boys in West Memphis in 1993. The rally, which occurred last year, had front woman Natalie Maines speaking for the men buried behind cages in an Arkansas prison and instead connected the young children's death to one of the boys' stepfathers. Now, that stepfather, Terry Hobbs, is reacting to the highly publicized allegations the Dixie females made with a publicity stunt of his own - a defamation lawsuit.

Hobbs was the stepfather of Steve Branch, one of three eight year olds who were murdered in West Memphis Tennessee in 1993, along with Christopher Byers and Michael Moore. In his lawsuit Hobbs cites loss of income and injury to reputation, along with emotional, physical and mental injuries as a result of the accusations that were announced by Maines and the rest of the Dixie Chicks. "While all Americans have the right of free speech, that right does not extend to falsely accusing someone of a triple homicide," Hobbs' attorney said in a December 4th statement. "Terry Hobbs had nothing to do with these murders. His one and only association with this tragedy was that of a devastated father." Just a day after the three boys disappeared in May 1993 their bodies were found - and soon thereafter police arrested Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley, those known as the "West Memphis Three," when Misskelley confessed that Echols and Baldwin had sexually assaulted two of the boys while he went after the third. Though the boys, all under age except for Echols, then 19, were convicted, recent evidence proved that documents were withheld from the proceedings.

And Maines stepped in from there. The singer published a letter in November 2007 that claimed DNA testing proved Hobbs was linked to the young boy's murders. The Dixie chick continued to explore areas of interest that would lead to speculation about whether Hobbs was actually involved in the crime, and led a rally in Little Rock supporting a retrial for the three teenagers convicted of the brutal crimes.

This isn't the first time, or doubtfully the last, that the women of Dixie Chicks have made national news due to their outlandish ideals. After their liberal singles began to rule the crossover charts, Maines began commenting about President George W. Bush that left the group in the midst of their own controversial atmosphere. The girls remained confident and released the single "Not Ready to Make Nice," a self explanatory single that sings "forgive, sounds good/forget, I'm not sure I could/they say time heals everything/but I'm still waiting/I'm through with doubt/there's nothing left for me to figure out/I've paid a price/and I'll keep paying/I'm not ready to make nice/I'm not ready to back down/I'm still mad as Hell and/I don't have time to go round and round and round/it's too late to make it right/I probably wouldn't if I could/'cause I'm mad as hell/can't bring myself to do what it is you think I should." Sounds like the Dixie girls might be making a "I'm Not Ready to Make Nice 2" single soon, even so Dixie Chicks tickets have remained in high demand no matter the media speculations of otherwise nationally betrayal, and http://www.stubhub.com/dixie-chicks-tickets is always there to keep them in business!

Dixie Chicks - Cowboy Take Me Away

Brooks Garth

Brooks Garth

Country Music The Evergreen Style

Just like the beauty of a scenic country side can never become old or boring no matter how often you look at it, so also, country music is as evergreen as when it was first introduced in the 19th century. Country music or country and western is a blend of popular music forms that were originally sung in the southern United States and in the Appalachian mountains. Country music stems from a mixture of traditional folk music, Celtic music, gospel music and old time music. With every passing year it ahs been steadily evolving but the soothing rhythm of the old days is still an essential part of it.

When country music began, the fiddle was the most commonly used instrument since it was easy to carry around and inexpensive to make. The banjo and guitar came later. The accordion and piano didnt make an appearance in country music till about the 1930s. Drums were brought in only as late as the 1960s. Today of course there is much use of sophisticated instruments like synthesizers and electric guitars but even with the use of this modern technology the songs have a good old days feeling to it which is an important part of country music

In the early 20th century the cowboy became an image of everything patriotic and noble and so when movies began to be made the cowboy was a favorite hero. Before long songs were incorporated into movies that pictured cowboys singing with a guitar. In reality cowboys did sing but used less bulky instruments like the harmonica. Soon these movies came to be called westerns and greatly helped to give momentum to the gaining popularity of country music. The term country music only began to be used in the 1940s. Up till then this genre of music was called hillybilly music but soon this term began to seem degrading.

Country music has its tradition in the olden days of story telling, when lack of knowledge of reading and writing made people pas down advice tradition and folklore in the form of songs Each song is alive with tales of the hardships of life, the losses of love and so on. They even became journalistic in nature as they began to narrate the major goings on of the country political and otherwise in the form of song

Country music has produced two of the most famous musicians in the world - Elvis Presley and Garth Brooks. Elvis once known as the Hillbilly cat went on to play a very major role in the introduction of rock and roll music. Garth Brooks, a contemporary country artist, is one of the top selling solo artists. Today many pop and rock stars have ventured to record one or more country numbers the more famous among them being Richard Marx, Allison Kraus and Bon Jovi.

In this age of constant change, the good old music has not lost its effect after all these decades. Long live country music.

The RIver ~with lyrics~