I’ve said “this is a once in a lifetime opportunity” to myself an uncountable number of times in my life over the past decade; as the quote in that movie goes, I’ve done twice the things I’ve said I did. But it was still hard to wrap my head around the fact that this would […]
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OK…before we even get to who won last night, I have to continue to express how exciting it was to have some hard rock/metal bands featured on the GRAMMY telecast this year! Â To see Metallica and Lang Lang with their pyro, and Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age with Dave Grohl on […]
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The GRAMMY week staple, Social Media Rock Stars Summit, was morphed into a new event this year deemed GRAMMY Connect. Â Out at the YouTube Space LA in Playa Del Rey, the theme of this year’s event was discovery. Â We’ve moved on from the themes of earlier years of what is out there and why, and […]
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My music education growing up was nearly non-existent. Â A little Willie, a little Waylon, and a whole lot of western soundtracks broke the silence of long car rides across Texas. Â Somewhere in the mix, Neil Young must have made a special appearance, because once I was older and, ironically, gained access to unlimited music on […]
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I have never lost my appetite for new music as I’ve gotten older; my tastes may have sharpened, altered, and gone underground at times, but I have never veered far from the first rock records I coerced my mom into buying me. Every year for the past 5 years, I have analyzed how the GRAMMY […]
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This was my third year covering this event for GRAMMY.com. You can see my piece about the event here. And here are my red carpet interviews: And for more information about MusiCares, go here. Past MusiCares: Dave Gahan Jerry Cantrell
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I spent the day talking to music fans at Vacation Vinyl on Record Store Day for a vlog for GRAMMY.com!
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This year marked my fourth year covering GRAMMY week as part of the Recording Academy’s Community Blogger program. With last year’s GRAMMYs being the most social event of the year, the stakes were higher for our team this year. It’s been very cool to be a part of this ongoing effort to make an awards […]
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Read my post on GRAMMY.com here.
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Every day should start with someone knocking on your door to do hair and makeup. I’d never really had this kind of treatment done for any event…but within my mantra to live every day like it’s the last, I decided to go all out this year. So I had the perfect dress, the perfect shoes, […]
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The Clive Davis party is one of the most exclusive nights in music….so me being there feels weird all on its own. But nothing….NOTHING…will ever top this year. I was watching Exhumed at The Roxy when I received a text that Whitney Houston had died. Now, I think somewhere in the back of all of […]
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Being on the red carpet of an event as exclusive as the MusiCares Person of the Year benefit is beyond surreal. When someone you’ve known your whole life but have never seen in person or met before is standing within arm’s length, they don’t seem like real people. So I watched Alison Krauss, Bonnie Raitt, […]
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This being my third year covering GRAMMY week, one of my favorite events is the Social Media Rock Star Summit. It feels very contemporary, and gives me a hint of optimism for the future of the music industry. This year’s summit would focus on how musicians monetize through social, mobile, and gaming. The panelists included […]
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Artist: Dream Theater Nominated track: “On the Backs of Angels” from their 2011 release A Dramatic Turn of Events HardRockChick: What is it about your nominated track that represents you as an artist? Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci: “On The Backs Of Angels” truly represents what Dream Theater is all about. From the very beginning […]
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Artist: Sum 41 Nominated track: “Blood In My Eyes” from their 2011 release Screaming Bloody Murder HardRockChick: What is it about your nominated work that represents you as an artist? Sum 41 bassist Jason “Cone” McCaslin: “Over the course of our career our band has done a wide variety of different styles of music. Playing […]
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I knew this was going to be one of the most action-packed, geeky, and start-studded days of my life…and the energy was pulsing through me as I fought traffic to get to the pink palace known as the Beverly Hills Hotel. Today’s event was a luncheon called the Entertainment Law Initiative. I pulled up to […]
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There’s been one thing that has remained completely consistent on this blog since it started five years ago, and that’s my focus on the live music experience. Since I can remember, I’ve been infatuated with live music, and have made it my life’s mission to be able to say “I was there” to a lot […]
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My GRAMMY week was kicked off in style- with a dress up event celebrating beauty and music. I started the evening at a metal show, where I wore my typical uniform of jeans, boots, top, and leather jacket…all in black, of course! Then I made a quick change to arrive at a Hollywood club to […]
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We had approximately 30 minutes between the Pre-Tel and the Telecast to run to the Social Media suite and recharge our phones/iPads and ourselves. This happened to be one of the only moments where all of us were in the same room- and here we are! We were warned that we had to be in […]
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Last year’s GRAMMY Pre-Tel was one of the surprise highlights of my GRAMMY adventure. On paper, it looks really boring: 100 some odd categories including genres of music that I would probably only listen to if it happened to be piped into a restaurant I was dining at. But there’s something about how casual the […]
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