A few of my favorites: Emmylou Harris, Lee Ann Womack, Bonnie Raitt, Kasey Chambers, Patty Loveless, Linda Ronstadt, Lucinda Williams, Patty Griffin, Stevie Nicks, Alison Krauss, Walt Wikins, Gary Allan, Diamond Rio, Lyle Lovett, Roger Cline & The Peacemakers, Steve Larson Band, Mindy Smith.......
Kelli Trontell and co-writer Don Gatlin's song "Right Here With Me" was selected out 25,000 submissions as American Idol's Top 20 finalists for the first-ever American Idol Songwriter: a songwriting contest. Finalists in the contest were chosen by American Idol Executive Producer Simon Fuller and 19 Entertainment. Although "Right Here With Me" did not make the final cut for the Season 6 finale, Trontell and Gatlin believe there is still a greater potential and home for their song. "Ive been outrageously blessed with the great talent and mentors in my life," Trontell said. "Music is where it starts and ends for me. This is the beginning. My dreams are laid out before me."
It doesn't take long for Kelli Trontells sultry vocals to infiltrate the soul. Intriguing, engaging and warm, Trontell creates music from an emotional palette that is as relevant as it is entertaining. From the ripe age of six, where her love of music was first sparked through singing hymns in church and an appearance on the original Star Search in 1993, Trontell has been destined for a long, fulfilling career in the entertainment industry.
A born and bred Californian, she received a Bachelors degree in Communication from Azusa Pacific University in May 2000 before packing her bags and heading to Phoenix, Arizona for a change of scenery. It didn't take long for her to become a popular artist on the local music scene as a regular performer at high-traffic clubs Handlebar J's and Mr. Lucky's. Trontells growing popularity resulted in an invitation from Alice Cooper to perform for his annual Christmas Pudding night of entertainment on two occasions no small feat considering she was one of a handful of artists on the bill that hadn't already been a superstar or recorded for a major label.
Perhaps even she couldn't have imagined that one day she would be able to say she has shared the same stage with such legendary rockers as Cooper, Peter Frampton and Nils Lofgren or that she would perform the National Anthem in front of thousands for MLB's Anaheim Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, the NBA's Phoenix Suns and for the Professional Bullriders Association.
Not one to rest on an already lengthy list of accomplishments, Trontell set out for Nashville, Tennessee, poised to take her career to the next level following an introduction to songwriting by Gin Blossoms guitarist Scott Johnson ("Hey Jealousy) and well-noted singer/songwriter Greg Barnhill ("Walkaway Joe").
Upon her arrival in Music City, Trontell has fine-tuned her artistry, having spent several hours in recording studios with some of the worlds top studio musicians working on a new project. She has collaborated with hit producers/songwriters Rory Lee Feek (Some Beach) and Tim Johnson (I Let Her Lie), songwriter Jamie Teachenor (How Do You Get That Lonely), alternative country great Walt Wilkins and engineer Bill McDermott (Blaine Larsen).
My new record just came out this week on I-Tunes and CD Baby. I have included a video talking about the record, hope you enjoy it! Please leave us some feedback to let us know what you think! Thanks for your support.
-Ray Stephenson
PS: This album would make a great stocking stuffer ;)
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".
Today I like to inform you, that you can read and watch interviews with your favorit country stars in Enlgish, German and French at http://www.CountryHome.de/Interviews .
Warm regards
Christian
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 171 6903352 Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
Today I like to inform you, that you can read and watch interviews with your favorit country stars in Enlgish, German and French at http://www.CountryHome.de/Interviews .
Warm regards
Christian
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 171 6903352 Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
ITS OUT!!!!!!!!! my debut album "My Life on the Radio" hit stores yesterday! you can get it digitally on iTunes or order the actual cd on CDbaby.com heres the link:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/joseygreenwell I'd really appreciate your support and if you do get a chance to pick it up....you'll have to for sure let me know what you think ok?
CountryHome Forum have more than 5,000 members. Each news you submit to CountryHome Forum will released to my weekly Newsletter with more than 50,000 readers.
Please submit your artist news and events to CountryHome Forum to help your artists to get well known better in Europe. If you do not have the time to submit your artist news and events by yourself, please send it me to: Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de and I will submit them by myself to CountryHome Forum.
I know that many artists from North America don't have their music videos uploaded to German video websites. The most popular websites are MyVideo.de and ClipFish.de. That means your European audience does not have the chance to find them.
I understand that most of you don't speak German and are not able to upload videos because of the language barrier. If you would like me to upload your videos to the German video websites, please let me know.
Thanks
Christian
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 171 6903352 Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de
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