What do you do when magazines are reporting on the impending doom of the goods you are sell, when corporate versions of your company are failing and going bankrupt all around you and when all hope seems lost? You plan a party. More than 700 independent record stores did exactly [...]
When American Idol winner Phillip Phillips hits the stage at the Curb Event Center on Sunday, he wants to see the crowd up and out of their seats. “I’m in a good mood this week, a good dancing mood. I hope Belmont is not scared to dance,” he said. Phillips, an acoustically-based [...]
A lot of Belmont students can write a song, but few can say the song they wrote was inspiring enough to place in a national competition for change. Belmont freshmen Chris Jobe, Emmanuel Echem, Ryan Blihovde and Parker Van Der Hyde wrote and recorded a song in January which did [...]
During the Best of the Best showcase, an emphasis is almost always placed on the actual performance. But for the students who put this program together, the real show starts the moment the equipment is unloaded. The above video focuses on Best of the Best soundchecks featuring Christian showcase winners [...]
Many who attended the Best of the Best Showcase Saturday night at the Curb Event Center could easily say they had a blast. Literally. Fire blades and a performance by rocker Kim Logan – and her bold outfit – opened a night to remember for a full house at the [...]
As the Best of the Best Showcase opens its doors Saturday evening, the main acts will always be the winners of the four showcases throughout the year. But don’t think those artists will be the only ones performing in the Curb Event Center that night. Four additional singer-songwriters who won [...]
UPDATE: The Belmont Beltones won the wild card round and will be attending the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella national championship next weekend. The Belmont Beltones may not be the oldest a capella group around, but they have quickly become one of the most notable. The five-year-old group is [...]
Since “American Idol”’s television debut in 2002, aspiring artists have dreamed of receiving a “golden ticket” and starting down the path to win the title. Like former Belmont students and finalists Kimberly Locke before them, recent Belmont alumnus Griffin Peterson and senior Rachel Hale both went through season 12 auditions [...]
A three-man band with no a guitar or bass player to be found. For most groups, it’s a proposition that sounds improbable, if not impossible. For Young Islands though, this may be what separates this up-and-coming Belmont band from the rest. Young Islands is an electronic synthesized pop band which [...]
Far removed from his days as a teen heartthrob as a member of *NSYNC, Justin Timberlake has matured musically. And no one seems to be complaining about it. Seven years since the release of Timberlake’s last album, “FutureSex/LoveSounds,” JT returns to music with his excessively anticipated new album. Hit single [...]
There’s no doubt Bullet For My Valentine is one of the most recognizable metal bands in today’s music scene. With obvious influences from metal gods Metallica and Pantera, complete with guitar stylings of AC/DC, Bullet For My Valentine may be the latest star in the metal legacy. Every one of [...]
Three semesters after forming, Belmont-based band The Lonely Biscuits is headed to Austin, Texas to perform in South by Southwest after winning a national contest sponsored by MTV. The group composed of Grady Weinrich, Sam Gidley, John Paterini and Nick Byrd received the Chevrolet Sonic College Artist Woodie Award last [...]
“American Idol” winner Phillip Phillips will come to campus guitar in hand in April for a Curb Event Center concert. Tickets for the Sun., April 21 concert will be sold at ticketsnashville.com and the Curb Event Center box office starting Tuesday. Student tickets for the 7 p.m. show are $15 [...]
When it comes to change, Grimey’s record store and its owners are no amateurs. The Eighth Avenue South music hub was founded in 1999 by Mike Grimes and Doyle Davis and has seen multiple advancements since then, including new locations, retail catalogs and a reputation as a local concert venue. [...]
With a new relaunch, music business website TowerMix is trying to become Belmont’s hub for entertainment news, networking and events. The organizers of the website owned by Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business want it to be a place any Belmont student interested in the entertainment industry can [...]
04/19/2012
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