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Lighter In The Dark
''Lighter in the Dark'' is the ninth studio album by American rock group Sister Hazel. It is their first album release in nearly 6 years, and is their first album fully in a country style. The lead single is "We Got It All Tonight". Track listing Personnel *Ken Block – lead vocals, acoustic guitar *Jett Beres – bass, harmony vocals *Andrew Copeland – rhythm guitar, vocals *Ryan Newell – lead and slide guitar, harmony vocals Vocal harmony is a style of vocal music in which a consonant note or notes are simultaneously sung as a main melody in a predominantly homophonic texture. Vocal harmonies are used in many subgenres of European art music, including Classical c ... *Mark Trojanowski – drums Content Band bassist Jett Beres was quoted as saying "The five years since our last record has been anything but a straight and clear path. After making records together for over 20 years, we found ourselves struggling to find The Sound; a body of work that would honestly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Douglas (songwriter)
Thomas Stevenson Douglas (born January 27, 1953) is an American country music songwriter. He has written Top 10 ''Billboard'' Country hits for John Michael Montgomery, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Collin Raye, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, and others. Early life Tom Douglas was born in Atlanta, where he grew up with musical influence from his father, who sold steel by day and played the piano and ukulele at night. Douglas describes, “There was always music in the house” and describes his father as being an artist at heart. Tom took piano lessons in second grade, but didn't find real interest in the instrument until he first heard “Your Song” by Elton John. He would often practice and learn by playing Glen Campbell hits, especially those written by Jimmy Webb, who is Douglas’ idol. Douglas graduated from Oglethorpe University in 1975, and from Georgia State University in 1977 with an MBA. He worked in Atlanta selling advertising, but decided to quit his job to purs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slide Guitar
Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos that reflect characteristics of the human singing voice. It typically involves playing the guitar in the traditional position (flat against the body) with the use of a slide fitted on one of the guitarist's fingers. The slide may be a metal or glass tube, such as the neck of a bottle. The term bottleneck was historically used to describe this type of playing. The strings are typically plucked (not strummed) while the slide is moved over the strings to change the pitch. The guitar may also be placed on the player's lap and played with a hand-held bar (lap steel guitar). Creating music with a slide of some type has been traced back to African stringed instruments and also to the origin of the steel guitar in Hawaii. Near the beginning of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmony Vocals
Vocal harmony is a style of vocal music in which a consonant note or notes are simultaneously sung as a main melody in a predominantly homophonic texture. Vocal harmonies are used in many subgenres of European art music, including Classical choral music and opera and in the popular styles from many Western cultures ranging from folk songs and musical theater pieces to rock ballads. In the simplest style of vocal harmony, the main vocal melody is supported by a single backup vocal line, either at a pitch which is above or below the main vocal line, often in thirds or sixths which fit in with the chord progression used in the song. In more complex vocal harmony arrangements, different backup singers may sing two or even three other notes at the same time as each of the main melody notes, mostly with consonant, pleasing-sounding thirds, sixths, and fifths (although dissonant notes may be used as short passing notes). In art music Vocal harmonies have been an important part of Weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Falcon
Rose Falcon (born May 2, 1984) is an American singer/songwriter. Falcon's songs have been recorded by Faith Hill, Lady A, Day of Fire, Eric Paslay, and Jessie James. Falcon has also written and performed songs which are included in the soundtracks of ''Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'', '' Master of Disguise'', ''Raising Helen'', ''Dawson's Creek'', ''Hart of Dixie'', and ''Inspector Gadget 2'' and have also been used in ad campaigns for Verizon Wireless, JC Penney, The Build a Bear Workshop, and Estée Lauder. Falcon is currently signed to Spirit Music Group out of Nashville, Tennessee. Biography Rose Falcon is the daughter of singer-songwriter Billy Falcon and hairdresser Myla Falcon. Her early years were spent in a studio apartment in New York City, New York, although the family moved to New Jersey when she was old enough to attend school. In 1987, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and died two years later (inspiring the song "Best Friend"), forcing he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Gorley
Ashley Glenn Gorley (born April 29, 1977) is an American songwriter, publisher, and producer from Danville, Kentucky, who is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Gorley has written 60 number 1 songs and has over 300 songs recorded by artists including Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Bon Jovi, Thomas Rhett, Jason Derulo, Kelsea Ballerini, Morgan Wallen and Dan + Shay. Biography Gorley was born in Danville, Kentucky, the son of Glenn and Sandra Gorley (''née'' Alexander). Songwriting accolades Tape Room Music In 2011, Gorley created Tape Room Music, a publishing company with a focus on artist development. Writers for Tape Room have already celebrated 24 No. 1 songs, and eight Top 10 singles by artists such as Florida Georgia Line, Charlie Puth, Keith Urban, Dustin Lynch, Jason Derulo, Kane Brown, and Sam Hunt, including the 2018 ASCAP Country Song of the Year, “Body Like A Back Road "Body Like a Back Road" is a song co-writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris DeStefano
Christopher Michael DeStefano is a Grammy Award-winning American singer/songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist currently living in Nashville. As a songwriter, he has multiple #1 songs with artists Carrie Underwood ( “Good Girl”, "Little Toy Guns"), Billy Currington ( “Hey Girl”), Brett Eldredge (" Don't Ya"), Luke Bryan ("That's My Kind of Night", "Kick the Dust Up" ), Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood ("Somethin' Bad," later reworked as the opening theme for ''NBC Sunday Night Football''), Rascal Flatts ( "Rewind") and Jason Aldean (" Just Gettin' Started"). DeStefano was raised in Mount Laurel, New Jersey and graduated from Lenape High School in 1993. He was in the school's music program while playing with a progressive rock band in the area. Underwood's " Good Girl", which DeStefano co-wrote, reached number 1 on Hot Country Songs in 2012. He also co-wrote and produced Brett Eldredge's number 1 single " Don't Ya". He co-wrote “ Something in the Wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Clawson
Rodney Dale Clawson (born in Gruver, Texas, United States) is an American country music songwriter. Clawson has written singles recorded by Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Faith Hill, George Strait and Luke Bryan, among others. Biography Clawson was raised in Gruver, Texas. Through the encouragement of his friend and former student John Rich, Clawson signed to his publishing contract in 2000. His first hit as a songwriter was "I Can't Be Your Friend" by Rushlow. Clawson co-wrote the songs "Why", " Amarillo Sky" and "Johnny Cash" for Jason Aldean. In 2008, he received a Song of the Year nomination from the Country Music Association for George Strait's number 1 single "I Saw God Today". That same year, Clawson moved to a publishing contract with Big Loud Shirt, owned by songwriter Craig Wiseman. Other artists who have recorded his songs include Faith Hill, Big & Rich and Buddy Jewell. He has also produced singles by Jake Owen and James Wesley. He is married to singer-songwriter N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Montana
Billy Montana (born William Schlappi on September 28, 1959, in Voorheesville, New York) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1987 and 1995, Montana released one studio album and charted six singles on ''Billboard''s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. As a songwriter, Montana's songs have been recorded by Lee Brice, Garth Brooks, Sara Evans, Jo Dee Messina, Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Jon Pardi, Sister Hazel and Kenny Rogers, among others. Career Singer In the late 1980s, Montana and his brother, Kyle, formed a country music group with Bobby Kendall, Dave Flint and Doug Bernhard. Billy Montana & the Long Shots signed with Warner Bros. Records and charted three singles on ''Billboard'''s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart before disbanding without releasing an album. Their highest charting single, "Baby I Was Leaving Anyhow," peaked at No. 40 in 1987. After the group disbanded, Montana moved to Nashville in 1989 to pursue his dream of songwriting. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jillian Jacqueline
Jillian Jacqueline Arciero Brown (born March 8 1989) is an American country music singer. She made her first chart entry in 2001 as a collaborator with Billy Dean and Suzy Bogguss, and recorded two albums for Big Loud. Biography Jillian Jacqueline Arciero was born and raised in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. After her family moved to New York City, she began performing at coffeehouses at age seven, and recorded her first album at age eight. In 2000, she was discovered by Kenny Rogers, who included her in a Christmas revue called "Christmas from the Heart". He later booked her as an opening act as well, and signed her to his Dreamcatcher record label. Jacqueline's first chart entry came in 2001, when she and Suzy Bogguss were both featured on Billy Dean's single "Keep Mom and Dad in Love". The single, on which she was credited as "introducing Jillian", charted at number 51 on ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs in May 2001. After this, she formed a band called Little Women Band with her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Dean (songwriter)
Barry Dean (born 1967) is an American country and pop music songwriter based out of Nashville, Tennessee. He has written multiple No. 1 singles including “ Pontoon” (Little Big Town), “Day Drinking” (Little Big Town), " Somebody's Daughter" (Tenille Townes), and "Think a Little Less" ( Michael Ray), along with a Top 40 hit with “Girls Chase Boys” (Ingrid Michaelson). He has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Song on Tim McGraw's "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools." Early life Dean was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma and grew up in rural Pittsburg, Kansas. He wrote songs and played in bands throughout high school and during his time at Pittsburg State University. Dean briefly pursued songwriting in Los Angeles but abandoned that in his 20s. Dean returned to Pittsburg and worked as Creative Director for Pitsco Incorporated. He was involved in the education business for several years with a focus on marketing and media technology. In his mid-30s, Dean’s wife enc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
