Amanda Graves-lead and harmony vocals, rhythm guitar
Cari Smith-lead and harmony vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
Matt Stevens-Bass guitar
Mike "MadDog" Madden-drums
Brandon McEnturff-spoons, g-funk
This is my Sex in a Band-Spotlight Man of the Minute:
Patty Griffin Heart Merle Haggard Mike McClure Alice in Chains Reckless Kelly Micky and the Motorcars Mike McClure Jerry Cantrell did I mention Mike McClure? Janis Joplin Gene Watson Led Zeppelin Pearl Jam Dixie Chicks Stone Temple Pilots Vern Gosdin Alison Krauss Emmylou Harris
FOR SHOW CALENDER GO TO:
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SHUTDOWNTOWN
"You can paint a garbage can platinum but it's still a garbage can."
I'm the lead singer of ShutDownTown. I'm usually the one saying what everyone else is thinking but too scared to say. I love TX/Red Dirt Music, mixed up with a little Grunge and Rock N Roll. I don't really care for the stuff they play on the radio, it's all the same crap to me... no originality, no honesty, nobody truly being themselves. I don't really know what to say when people ask me who I sound like... I sound like the blues.... I'm loud, you will hear me even if you don't want too... that's the best way I can describe it. I play a little geetar and write a few songs.
I love Janis Joplin and Merle Haggard; Led Zeppelin and Alice in Chains; Gene Watson and Mike McClure; Keith Urban and Patty Griffin; Guns N Roses and Vern Gosdin; Reckless Kelly and Micky and the Motorcars
I like music to be real, to have a soul, to tell me something. I don't really like people telling me what to do or how to do it... So, yeah, I'm pretty stubborn. I take criticism well, just don't expect me to do what you want. I just want to make music, plain and simple. Good music, at that. I'm learning everyday more about myself as an artist and how I want to make my mark in this world. Being loud and obnoxious is working out pretty well so far...
I’ve been a music journalist for more than 10 years. Over the years, many artists and managers have asked me what the best way to break into the European music market is.
Here are some things you can do:
Publish artist press releases, news, and tour dates to the CountryHome Forum on MySpace, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , CountryHome Forum is part of CountryHome, http://www.CountryHome.de , Germany's Premier Country Music Online Magazine. Everything you publish to the CountryHome Forum will be published in my weekly Newsletter which has over 80,000 readers.
Send me CDs and DVDs for review and set up an artist interview with me. All reviews and interviews will be submitted to the magazines I'm writing for. More information for which magazines I'm writing can be found at http://www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
Upload artist videos to http://www.MyVideo.de and http://www.ClipFish.de . Both websites are like http://www.YouTube.com and uploading videos is free. The websites are completely in German. If you don’t speak German and need assistance, I will help you open an account and upload a video for 25 Euro. Each additional video upload for the same artist name and at the same video website is 10 Euro.
If you have more questions about the European music market or about any of the information I send to you today, please contact me at Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de too.
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany
Today I would like to let you know about two print magazines in Germany I'm writing for.
"Living Line Dance", reporting about line dance and country music, and "Folk Magazine", reporting about folk and country music. The magazines are high respected in Europe. They offer you a good chance to publicize yourself in Europe and Germany.
For more information, please contact me at MySpace or send email to Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de with the headline "Advertise at Living Line Dance and Folk Magazine".
Hello from Lonnie in Nashville; Hope all is going well with your music career. If you will be needing a record producer or original songs in the future please sign up for my FREE Nashville Country Music Newsletter to keep in touch. You can unsubscribe at any time. Just "Click" the link below and send me a BLANK E Mail to subscribe to the Newsletter which will include original Nashville songs as well as "Tips" on how to get a record deal in Nashville.
Thanks for adding me. Have been listening to you on RFT.. LOVE the music, just ordered the album. Good Luck, hope you can get close to my neighborhood soon.
Hope all is going well with your music career. I just wanted to invite you to check me out for your next recording project. If you have any questions E Mail me at LonnieRatliff@gmail.com
Hi Amanda! Thank you for adding us to your friendlist. You got some great songs, and we are looking forward to hear some more from you. Please feel free to visit our page and listen to something you don't hear every day: Country Music From Denmark!!!!! Cheers! Lonerock - Scandinavian Country That Rocks!! Official Website
