Nashville's Cartee Day Entertainment Introduces Music City Stars, A Competition for the Vocalist, Songwriter and Musician.Entertainment Editors/Feature Editors NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2003 Nashville's award winning studio Cartee Day Entertainment is pleased to present Music City Stars, a regional talent search and competition. The competition will invite aspiring as·pire intr.v. as·pired, as·pir·ing, as·pires 1. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly: aspired to stardom. 2. artists, musicians and songwriters from all genres of music to demonstrate their talents in preliminary contests scheduled to be held in ten states (Alabama Alabama, indigenous people of North America Alabama (ăləbăm`ə), indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). , Arkansas Arkansas, river, United States Arkansas (ärkăn`zəs, är`kənsô'), river, c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., central Colo. , Florida, Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. , Kentucky Kentucky, state, United States Kentucky (kəntŭk`ē, kĭn–), one of the so-called border states of the S central United States. It is bordered by West Virginia and Virginia (E); Tennessee (S); the Mississippi R. , Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas--see schedule below). Contestants will be judged in three different categories (Vocal Performer/Songwriter/Musician). One winner will be selected from each category. Vocal Performer: Contestants may sing their song of choice (original or cover). Vocalists will be judged on vocal ability and marketability Marketability A negotiable security is said to have good marketability if there is an active secondary market in which it can easily be resold. marketability The ease with which an investment may be bought and sold in the secondary market. . Songwriter: Songwriters are to present their original material. The songwriter may perform or choose another person to perform the song on their behalf. The song will be judged solely on song arrangement, composition, lyrical lyr·i·cal adj. 1. a. Expressing deep personal emotion or observations: a dancer's lyrical performance; a lyrical passage in his autobiography. b. content and marketability. Musician For the popular-music magazine, see . “Instrumentalist” redirects here. For followers of the philosophy, see instrumentalism. A musician is a person who plays or composes music. : Musicians may perform their song of choice (original or cover) with our without accompaniment. The competition is open to strings, woodwinds, drums, guitar and brass instruments brass instrument Musical wind instrument, usually made of brass or other metal, in which the vibration of the player's lips against a cup- or funnel-shaped mouthpiece causes the initial vibration of an air column. . There are two age categories for the competition: Ages 5-15 and Ages 15 & over. Finalists from each State competition will compete in the final show to be held in Music City USA, Nashville, Tennessee “Nashville” redirects here. For other uses, see Nashville (disambiguation). Nashville is the capital and the second most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee, after Memphis. . (Summer 2003--Date to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. .) Music City Stars' finalists will have the opportunity to perform in front of some of the music industry's top producers and executives who will judge the event. The grand prize awarded in each category will be five days of studio time at Cartee Day Studios in Nashville with award-winning producer Blake Mevis. Mevis has been in the music business for nearly 30 years. As a producer, Mevis has a list of credits and successes that boasts 22 No. 1 singles, 6 gold records and 6 platinum records. He's produced Country music greats including Keith Whitley, Charley Pride and George Strait George Harvey Strait, (born May 18, 1952), is an American country music singer. The native Texan is known for his honky tonk country western sound. Strait is sometimes referred to as the "King of Country" and some critics call Strait a living legend (Bego, 2001). to name only a few. The material to be recorded shall be the original music as written by the winner in the Songwriter category. The winner in the Vocal Performer and Musician category will record. The end result will be a professionally produced product that could result in a recording contract for any one of the winners. For event highlights and contestant/application information please visit the Music City Stars web site at www.music-city-stars.com.
CITY DATE LOCATION
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Jackson, MS May 24, 2003 Belhaven College Fine Arts Center
1500 Peachtree Street
Jackson, MS 39202
St Louis, MO June 21, 2003 Hilton St Louis Frontenac
1335 S Lindbergh Blvd
St Louis, Missouri 63131
Louisville, KY July 5, 2003 The Seelbach Hilton
500 Fourth Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Austin, TX July 12, 2003 LaZona Road
612 W. 4th Street
Austin, TX 78701
Baton Rouge, LA July 19, 2003 Radisson Hotel & Conference Center
4728 Constitution Avenue
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
Little Rock, AR August 2, 2003 Robinson Center
Center Music Hall
400 W Markham
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Atlanta, GA August 8, 2003 Fox Theatre
Friday Egyptian Ballroom
660 Peachtree St., NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Orlando, FL August 16, 2003 Orange Cty. Convention Ctr. Theatre
9800 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
Birmingham, AL August 23, 2003 BJCC
The Theatre
2100 Richd. Arrington Blvd. North
Birmingham, AL 35203
Oklahoma City August 30, 2003 Renaissance OKC Conv. Ctr. Hotel
10 N Broadway
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Memphis, TN September 6, 2003 The Orpheum Theatre
203 Main Street
Memphis, TN 38103
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