If you are an American Idol fan, you probably know that two of the three judges bailed out this summer. Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler both left the show, and just a few weeks ago AI announced that Mariah Carey will fill one of the seats and the other is still open. We could, possibly see a country star fill the open slot. Toby Keith says he was offered the job but turned it down. There have been rumors about Brad Paisley getting the call too, but that's just rumor for now. Also heard Carrie Underwood could be considered. The problem that most artists like Brad, Carrie & Toby face is that they tour SO much that it would be tough to do both, and the AI schedule is so demanding. Blake Shelton is in the same boat with The Voice. He and the other coaches talk frequently about how tough it is to do the show and tour at the same time. I would look for a decision from the AI folks soon because I believe audition start soon.
Speaking of Toby, he announced that he's hard at work on his next CD. He has about 15 demos and said about 10 or 11 will make the final cut. He didn't talk about a release date. Jason Aldean has been working on his new project for a while now and expects an October release date. In the mean time, you can hear the first single from Aldeans upcoming CD "Take A Little Ride" on WXBM. Brad Paisley is also recording new material, and he's recording his music old-school, meaning there will be no editing done on his new record. Most music is recorded piece by piece into a computer. A lot artists use professional studio musicians to record the drums, lead guitar, bass guitar etc on separate tracks and they do quite a few "takes" on each song. Then they can go back with a computer program and edit the best parts of the song together to make a very polished, final version. From what I took away from Brad's interview about his recording process, he and his band are recording all the instruments and vocals at the same time to one master track, and there will be no edits. I'm guessing you probably won't be able to tell when you listen to the CD, but it's definitely something that musicians will appreciate. As with Toby and Jason, Brad hasn't given us an exact release date for his new project.
I'm not usually one for drama shows on TV (especially during baseball season) but ABC's new show "Nashville" caught my attention. Here's a quick look at what to expect:
I'll DVR it just to check it out. Could be interesting. Producers of the show want everyone to know that the young singers character is NOT based on Taylor Swift, or on any one person. Apparently there's been a lot of talk about that. Look for Nashville to premiere October 10th on ABC.
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I was excited when I first heard that Toby Keith would possibly be on American Idol. I love his music and he’s a great artist and actor. He has been in the game for awhile so he knows what talent is and what’s not. Brad Paisley on the other hand is another hopeful I could see on AI too. Season 12 will be great and now that I can use my Auto Hop feature to skip commercials it’s going to get better. I’m excited to hear about this feature after my coworker at Dish showed me how it works. The Auto Hop feature takes the work out of manually fast forwarding commercials. Since I don’t watch my primetime recordings for a day or so after they record, I can skip my commercials with the touch of a button. This will save some wear and tear on the remote, and I won’t have to replace it again.
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