News
August 11, 2014
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Album |
LW |
TW |
Artist Title (Label) |
TW SPINS |
LW SPINS |
Weeks on Chart |
Spin +/- |
Stations |
|
2 |
1 |
William Clark Green Hanging Around (Bill Grease Records) |
1,336 |
1,363 |
18 |
-27 |
73 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
Roger Creager River Song (Roger Creager Music) |
1,322 |
1,479 |
11 |
-157 |
75 |
|
|
4 |
3 |
Casey Donahew Band Lovin’ Out of Control (Almost Country) |
1,261 |
1,191 |
12 |
+70 |
73 |
|
|
6 |
4 |
Cody Johnson Me & My Kind (CJB) |
1,154 |
1,104 |
7 |
+50 |
72 |
|
|
3 |
5 |
Whiskey Myers Dogwood (Wiggy Thump) |
1,098 |
1,301 |
18 |
-203 |
69 |
|
|
5 |
6 |
Adam Hood Trying To Write A Love Song (Adam Hood Music) |
1,071 |
1,189 |
21 |
-118 |
65 |
|
|
7 |
7 |
Kyle Park Long Distance Relationship (Indie/Thirty Tigers) |
1,069 |
1,038 |
15 |
+31 |
70 |
|
|
8 |
8 |
Granger Smith If Money Didn’t Matter (GS) |
1,053 |
1,002 |
13 |
+51 |
73 |
|
|
9 |
9 |
Zane Williams Hands of a Workin’ Man (ZW) |
999 |
937 |
8 |
+62 |
64 |
|
|
11 |
10 |
Bart Crow If I Go, I’m Goin’ (Smith Ent.) |
906 |
880 |
12 |
+26 |
68 |
|
|
15 |
11 |
Josh Grider One Night Taco Stand (AMP) |
897 |
781 |
5 |
+116 |
65 |
|
|
16 |
12 |
Kevin Fowler Panhandle Poorboy (Kevin Fowler Records) |
891 |
770 |
5 |
+121 |
70 |
|
|
13 |
13 |
Mike Ryan Dancing All Around It (MR) |
865 |
834 |
10 |
+31 |
64 |
|
|
14 |
14 |
Deryl Dodd One Night Too Long (Smith Ent.) |
859 |
808 |
11 |
+51 |
55 |
|
|
10 |
15 |
Jason Boland & the Stragglers Lucky I Guess (Proud Souls Ent.) |
845 |
933 |
21 |
-88 |
59 |
|
|
17 |
16 |
Matt Kimbrow Abilene (MK) |
763 |
753 |
19 |
+10 |
52 |
|
|
20 |
17 |
Rich O’Toole Too Good To Call (PTO Records) |
725 |
645 |
16 |
+80 |
54 |
|
|
19 |
18 |
Jesse Raub Jr. Good Man Go Wrong (JRJ) |
660 |
667 |
11 |
-7 |
48 |
|
|
26 |
19 |
Sunny Sweeney Bad Girl Phase (Thirty Tigers) |
637 |
536 |
4 |
+101 |
52 |
|
|
21 |
20 |
Ray Johnston Band More Crown Than Coke (RJB) |
637 |
622 |
13 |
+15 |
45 |
|
|
12 |
21 |
TJ Broscoff Falling Down (BGM Records) |
620 |
873 |
19 |
-253 |
42 |
|
|
25 |
22 |
Micky & the Motorcars Hearts From Above (Smith Ent.) |
619 |
556 |
5 |
+63 |
58 |
|
|
24 |
23 |
Cameran Nelson Shotgun (CN) |
600 |
578 |
5 |
+22 |
46 |
|
|
23 |
24 |
Cody Jinks Alone (CJ) |
590 |
598 |
18 |
-8 |
47 |
|
|
31 |
25 |
The Statesboro Revue Live A Little (Vision Ent./Shalley Records) |
534 |
455 |
12 |
+79 |
37 |
|
|
27 |
26 |
Phil Hamilton Dirty Love (Winding Road) |
519 |
473 |
4 |
+46 |
42 |
|
|
28 |
27 |
Chance Anderson Windows Down (CA) |
518 |
470 |
11 |
+48 |
34 |
|
|
22 |
28 |
Midnight River Choir Circles (Rambling Gypsy) |
513 |
600 |
19 |
-87 |
46 |
|
|
32 |
29 |
Matt Hillyer A Little Less Whiskey (MH) |
512 |
432 |
4 |
+80 |
44 |
|
|
29 |
30 |
LiveWire Drivin’ You Outta My Mind (Way Out West Records) |
499 |
459 |
8 |
+40 |
39 |
|
|
33 |
31 |
Brian Keane You Can’t Go Home (BK) |
486 |
415 |
3 |
+71 |
50 |
|
|
35 |
32 |
Cody Bryan Band Wreck Me (CBB) |
450 |
406 |
8 |
+44 |
42 |
|
|
49 |
33 |
John Slaughter Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (JS) |
409 |
308 |
2 |
+101 |
36 |
|
|
38 |
34 |
Casey Berry Fool (80615 Entertainment) |
393 |
382 |
7 |
+11 |
40 |
|
|
44 |
35 |
JB and the Moonshine Band Yes (Light It Up Records) |
370 |
342 |
3 |
+28 |
42 |
|
|
18 |
36 |
Zach Coffey I Love You Anyway (ZC) |
370 |
704 |
20 |
-334 |
33 |
|
|
46 |
37 |
Bri Bagwell Crazy (BB) |
367 |
337 |
6 |
+30 |
34 |
|
|
45 |
38 |
Abbi Walker Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (AW) |
361 |
341 |
13 |
+20 |
36 |
|
|
36 |
39 |
Johnny Cooper Thank You (Vision Ent.) |
359 |
398 |
7 |
-39 |
31 |
|
|
42 |
40 |
Charlie Robison Look Out Cleveland (Thirty Tigers/Jetwell, Inc.) |
356 |
368 |
4 |
-12 |
41 |
|
|
40 |
41 |
Uncle Lucius Everybody Got Soul (Entertainment One Music) |
356 |
370 |
6 |
-14 |
36 |
|
|
IMAGE COMING SOON |
50 |
42 |
Shane Smith & The Saints Dance the Night Away (SSS) |
354 |
298 |
3 |
+56 |
40 |
|
43 |
43 |
Chris Brazeal Band Small Town Saturday Night (CBB) |
352 |
359 |
9 |
-7 |
30 |
|
|
41 |
44 |
Kylie Rae Harris Sticks and Stones (KRH) |
345 |
370 |
6 |
-25 |
36 |
|
|
37 |
45 |
Tori Martin Done Deal (Independent/Martin 3) |
321 |
389 |
12 |
-68 |
28 |
|
|
48 |
46 |
Saints Eleven I’ll Be Fine (SE) |
317 |
310 |
5 |
+7 |
31 |
|
|
39 |
47 |
Aaron Kothmann As Good As It Gets (Nicol Rae Records) |
312 |
371 |
9 |
-59 |
29 |
|
|
47 |
48 |
Scooter Brown Band Summer Song (SBB) |
311 |
329 |
7 |
-18 |
28 |
|
|
IMAGE COMING SOON |
N |
49 |
Sam Riggs Hold On and Let Go (SR) |
300 |
193 |
1 |
+107 |
21 |
|
IMAGE COMING SOON |
N |
50 |
Dolly Shine Her Name Was Trouble (DS) |
300 |
163 |
1 |
+137 |
18 |
Non Reports:
1st Week: KECO, KORA
Freezes: KACO, KMOU, KOXE, KRVF, KSEL, KWEY, KYBI
On Hold: KDCD
Copyright © 2013, the Texas Music Chart. Used with permission from Best In Texas Music Marketing LLC, Houston, TX
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THE HOTDISC BRITISH & IRISH INDEPENDENT TOP 10
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The Hotdisc chart is compiled from DJs and industry professionals’ ratings of songs currently being promoted on the Rush Released CD. They are not airplay charts, as airplay charts cannot work in Europe because there are no terrestrial country stations. The hundreds of country programmes on air which we service are likely to play a particular song only twice at most in a three month period, therefore rendering airplay charts insignificant in Europe. It works well in America where there are plenty of non-stop country stations but it does not work here. Any Airplay Chart you may see claiming to provide this service is bogus and Hotdisc does not condone these charts at all. They are misleading at best for the reasons stated.
The Hotdisc charts are put together weekly using ratings supplied by DJs who give scores to every song on the last three months’ editions of Rush Released. The scores are averaged out per week to give an accurate guide to the songs which are being championed by the industry. The aim is to showcase the songs which the industry professionals are flagging up as quality songs. This is a very useful exercise as it is free of politics, hype and rigging and done solely on merit!
Copyright © 2014, Hotdisc, The Old Manse, Hallidays Park, Selkirk, TD7 4LA, Scotland. Used with permission from HotDisk.
Music Charts Magazine® Presents “The Kentucky Headhunters”
Once upon a time, in a deep and dark forest, in the Bluegrass state of Kentucky, not far from the village of Edmonton, stood a psychedelic shack where the only rock and roll band in Metcalfe County rehearsed.
The Kentucky Headhunters – audio interview – Grammy Award Winners – Kentucky Music Hall Of Fame
If you have ever read any of my CD reviews, you know that I am a huge fan of traditional country music. I get very excited when out of the crowd of very talented musicians we have in this world, a real country artist emerges. That doesn’t happen often any more. But, it does happen from time to time. When it does, I want to tell you all about it. Today, I found Erich McMann.
Erich’s album, “The Last American Songbook” was quite a surprise. While I still don’t like the direction country music is going, I’ve grown to expect it. It seems that country/pop, country/rock, and country/rap are going to be part of the country music scene whether we old folks like it or not. So, try to imagine the huge smile that came across my face when I popped this great CD into my computer this afternoon.
I couldn’t say it any better than the artist did, so I’m going to share his words with you. “This album is an audio snapshot of America, it’s people, music, and culture. Written in a week, recorded in a day, it explores the diverse sonic landscape of Americana through traditional country, western swing, cowboy, folk, trucker, honky tonk and roots music genres,” Erich McMann wrote.
“Inspired by the sights and sounds encountered on a road trip to America’s Heartland, the songs reflect my personal experience as an artist and an American through this journey,” Erich added.
Erich is from the Midwest, born into a musical family. He began picking the guitar at an early age. He said growing up on a farm in the heartland of America exposed him to country music through cross-over country hits on AM radio, and atching Buck Owens’ on “Hee Haw” every Saturday night on television. It was a girlfriend’s father that introduced him to Hank Williams work, and soon after that, Erich began writing and recording.
The songs you will hear on this album are “The Red White and Blue,” “Redneck Hippie 2012,” “My Heart Pounds (When I See Your Face)”, “Keep Me Loving You,” “Back on the Farm,” “The Ghost of Senior Carmello,” “I don’t Need No Woman (To Tell Me How to Drive),” “The Branson, Mo., Summer Blues,” “The Time Has Come,” and “The Last Song”.
In 2013, the song “Keep Me Loving You” was nominated for “Song of the Year” by the Academy of Western Artists.
There is not a bad song on the album. You won’t want to be doing anything else when you are listening to this music. You will want to listen to every word, and see where he is going with the story. I hear a lot of old country coming out in Erich. It was nice to get that back. I’m certain people from my generation are going to fall in love with this music. I hope some of that will reach our younger fans, too. There is a lot of country music they’ve been missing out on. The music is good, the vocals are good. Erich was born to sing country music.
This album is available for free download, by visiting www.erichmcmann.bandcamp.com, and entering a price of zero. If you are a fan of real country music, I know you will enjoy this album as much as I do.
Erich doesn’t have a web site as yet, but keep reading countryschatter.com, and we’ll put up any news we get about him. If you aren’t following us on Twitter, we’d love to have you. You will find us @countryschatter.
About Fred’s Country program:
Le program Fred’s Country: La musique Country de Tradition avec Frederic (Fred) Moreau. Le program Fred’s Country est diffusé sur 47 fréquences FM, 53 radios ou webradios.
The Fred’s Country program, is hosted by Frederic (Fred) Moreau and broadcasted weekly on 47 frequencies, 53 Affiliated FM and Web Radio Stations in France, Canada, Belgium, Spain, and more. Listen, download The Fred’s Country program here…
Autre particularité du program Fred’s Country, c’est la seule émission en Europe à programmer un minimum de 75% d’artistes Canadiens … particularity of the Fred’s Country program, each week, a minimum of 75% of Canadian Country artists on the air
Radio Show Host: Fred Moreau
Program Fred’s Country w32-2014 – 8 août 2014 à 15:00 – August 8th, 2014
Music Charts Magazine is proud to be friends with Mr. Moreau and glad to now be one of the many to host Program Fred’s Country. ( French/English)
Radio Program “Fred’s Country” – Now at Music Charts Magazine!
August 4, 2014
| Album |
LW |
TW |
Artist Title (Label) |
TW SPINS |
LW SPINS |
Weeks on Chart |
Spin +/- |
Stations |
|
3 |
1 |
Roger Creager River Song (Roger Creager Music) |
1,479 |
1,351 |
10 |
+128 |
78 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
William Clark Green Hanging Around (Bill Grease Records) |
1,363 |
1,361 |
17 |
+2 |
77 |
|
|
2 |
3 |
Whiskey Myers Dogwood (Wiggy Thump) |
1,301 |
1,359 |
17 |
-58 |
75 |
|
|
5 |
4 |
Casey Donahew Band Lovin’ Out of Control (Almost Country) |
1,191 |
1,087 |
11 |
+104 |
74 |
|
|
4 |
5 |
Adam Hood Trying To Write A Love Song (Adam Hood Music) |
1,189 |
1,154 |
20 |
+35 |
71 |
|
|
7 |
6 |
Cody Johnson Me & My Kind (CJB) |
1,104 |
1,021 |
6 |
+83 |
73 |
|
|
8 |
7 |
Kyle Park Long Distance Relationship (Indie/Thirty Tigers) |
1,038 |
1,014 |
14 |
+24 |
72 |
|
|
10 |
8 |
Granger Smith If Money Didn’t Matter (GS) |
1,002 |
997 |
12 |
+5 |
73 |
|
|
13 |
9 |
Zane Williams Hands of a Workin’ Man (ZW) |
937 |
778 |
7 |
+159 |
63 |
|
|
9 |
10 |
Jason Boland & the Stragglers Lucky I Guess (Proud Souls Ent.) |
933 |
1,001 |
20 |
-68 |
64 |
|
|
11 |
11 |
Bart Crow If I Go, I’m Goin’ (Smith Ent.) |
880 |
894 |
11 |
-14 |
68 |
|
|
6 |
12 |
TJ Broscoff Falling Down (BGM Records) |
873 |
1,039 |
18 |
-166 |
53 |
|
|
12 |
13 |
Mike Ryan Dancing All Around It (MR) |
834 |
794 |
9 |
+40 |
62 |
|
|
14 |
14 |
Deryl Dodd One Night Too Long (Smith Ent.) |
808 |
765 |
10 |
+43 |
57 |
|
|
18 |
15 |
Josh Grider One Night Taco Stand (AMP) |
781 |
630 |
4 |
+151 |
62 |
|
|
22 |
16 |
Kevin Fowler Panhandle Poorboy (Kevin Fowler Records) |
770 |
616 |
4 |
+154 |
67 |
|
|
16 |
17 |
Matt Kimbrow Abilene (MK) |
753 |
692 |
18 |
+61 |
53 |
|
|
15 |
18 |
Zach Coffey I Love You Anyway (ZC) |
704 |
750 |
19 |
-46 |
50 |
|
|
20 |
19 |
Jesse Raub Jr. Good Man Go Wrong (JRJ) |
667 |
625 |
10 |
+42 |
49 |
|
|
19 |
20 |
Rich O’Toole Too Good To Call (PTO Records) |
645 |
629 |
15 |
+16 |
52 |
|
|
25 |
21 |
Ray Johnston Band More Crown Than Coke (RJB) |
622 |
546 |
12 |
+76 |
47 |
|
|
21 |
22 |
Midnight River Choir Circles (Rambling Gypsy) |
600 |
618 |
18 |
-18 |
48 |
|
|
17 |
23 |
Cody Jinks Alone (CJ) |
598 |
634 |
17 |
-36 |
52 |
|
|
26 |
24 |
Cameran Nelson Shotgun (CN) |
578 |
511 |
4 |
+67 |
46 |
|
|
28 |
25 |
Micky & the Motorcars Hearts From Above (Smith Ent.) |
556 |
473 |
4 |
+83 |
56 |
|
|
30 |
26 |
Sunny Sweeney Bad Girl Phase (Thirty Tigers) |
536 |
450 |
3 |
+86 |
46 |
|
|
32 |
27 |
Phil Hamilton Dirty Love (Winding Road) |
473 |
435 |
3 |
+38 |
37 |
|
|
42 |
28 |
Chance Anderson Windows Down (CA) |
470 |
369 |
10 |
+101 |
32 |
|
|
29 |
29 |
LiveWire Drivin’ You Outta My Mind (Way Out West Records) |
459 |
457 |
7 |
+2 |
35 |
|
|
24 |
30 |
Randy Rogers Band Satellite (MCA Nashville) |
457 |
565 |
17 |
-108 |
39 |
|
|
27 |
31 |
The Statesboro Revue Live A Little (Vision Ent./Shalley Records) |
455 |
491 |
11 |
-36 |
36 |
|
|
44 |
32 |
Matt Hillyer A Little Less Whiskey (MH) |
432 |
342 |
3 |
+90 |
44 |
|
|
47 |
33 |
Brian Keane You Can’t Go Home (BK) |
415 |
312 |
2 |
+103 |
47 |
|
|
23 |
34 |
Curtis Grimes Our Side of the Fence (CG) |
415 |
607 |
14 |
-192 |
37 |
|
|
43 |
35 |
Cody Bryan Band Wreck Me (CBB) |
406 |
360 |
7 |
+46 |
45 |
|
|
37 |
36 |
Johnny Cooper Thank You (Vision Ent.) |
398 |
379 |
6 |
+19 |
31 |
|
|
33 |
37 |
Tori Martin Done Deal (Independent/Martin 3) |
389 |
432 |
11 |
-43 |
34 |
|
|
31 |
38 |
Casey Berry Fool (80615 Entertainment) |
382 |
437 |
6 |
-55 |
40 |
|
|
38 |
39 |
Aaron Kothmann As Good As It Gets (Nicol Rae Records) |
371 |
376 |
8 |
-5 |
35 |
|
|
34 |
40 |
Uncle Lucius Everybody Got Soul (Entertainment One Music) |
370 |
431 |
5 |
-61 |
38 |
|
|
40 |
41 |
Kylie Rae Harris Sticks and Stones (KRH) |
370 |
371 |
5 |
-1 |
37 |
|
|
45 |
42 |
Charlie Robison Look Out Cleveland (Thirty Tigers/Jetwell, Inc.) |
368 |
331 |
3 |
+37 |
41 |
|
|
39 |
43 |
Chris Brazeal Band Small Town Saturday Night (CBB) |
359 |
374 |
8 |
-15 |
33 |
|
|
49 |
44 |
JB and the Moonshine Band Yes (Light It Up Records) |
342 |
308 |
2 |
+34 |
40 |
|
|
41 |
45 |
Abbi Walker Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (AW) |
341 |
370 |
12 |
-29 |
35 |
|
|
48 |
46 |
Bri Bagwell Crazy (BB) |
337 |
311 |
5 |
+26 |
32 |
|
|
46 |
47 |
Scooter Brown Band Summer Song (SBB) |
329 |
328 |
6 |
+1 |
34 |
|
|
50 |
48 |
Saints Eleven I’ll Be Fine (SE) |
310 |
300 |
4 |
+10 |
30 |
|
|
N |
49 |
John Slaughter Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (JS) |
308 |
249 |
1 |
+59 |
29 |
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| IMAGE COMING SOON |
R |
50 |
Shane Smith & The Saints Dance the Night Away (SSS) |
298 |
298 |
2 |
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37 |
Non Reports:
1st Week: KBIM, KMKT, KVOM, TXRDR
Freezes:
KACO, KBST, KECO, KFLP, KMKS, KMRK, KOKE, KOLI, KORA, KRRG, KTCU, KTKO, KVST
Music Charts Magazine® History
– Song for the month of August 2014:
Billy Joel – “Piano Man“
“Piano Man” is the first single released by Billy Joel. It was released on November 2, 1973, and has been on several albums. Billy Joel’s first major hit and his signature song, the song peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1974.
“Piano Man” is a fictionalized retelling of Joel’s experience as a piano-lounge singer for six months in 1972 at the now defunct Executive Room bar in Los Angeles, located near the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue. Joel has stated that all of the characters depicted in the song were based on real people. Joel had moved from New York to L.A. to record his first album, Cold Spring Harbor which was marred by a mastering error by the album’s producers at Family Productions, the first label that signed Joel. After this bad experience, Joel wanted to leave his contract with Family Productions for Columbia Records, but the contract that he’d signed made this very difficult. So Joel stated that he was “hiding out” at the bar, performing under the name Bill Martin, while lawyers at Columbia Records tried to get him out of his first record deal.
The verses of the song are sung from the point of view of a bar piano player who focuses mainly on everyone else at the bar: an old man, John the bartender, the waitress, businessmen, and bar regulars like “real estate novelist” Paul and US Navy sailor, Davey. Most of these characters have unfulfilled dreams, and the pianist’s job is to help them “forget about life for a while.” The chorus, in bar-room sing-along style, comes from the bar patrons themselves, who plead, “Sing us a song, / You’re the piano man; / Sing us a song tonight. / Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody, / And you’ve got us feeling all right.”
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Man_(song)
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THE HOTDISC BRITISH & IRISH INDEPENDENT TOP 10
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The Hotdisc chart is compiled from DJs and industry professionals’ ratings of songs currently being promoted on the Rush Released CD. They are not airplay charts, as airplay charts cannot work in Europe because there are no terrestrial country stations. The hundreds of country programmes on air which we service are likely to play a particular song only twice at most in a three month period, therefore rendering airplay charts insignificant in Europe. It works well in America where there are plenty of non-stop country stations but it does not work here. Any Airplay Chart you may see claiming to provide this service is bogus and Hotdisc does not condone these charts at all. They are misleading at best for the reasons stated.
The Hotdisc charts are put together weekly using ratings supplied by DJs who give scores to every song on the last three months’ editions of Rush Released. The scores are averaged out per week to give an accurate guide to the songs which are being championed by the industry. The aim is to showcase the songs which the industry professionals are flagging up as quality songs. This is a very useful exercise as it is free of politics, hype and rigging and done solely on merit!
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Music Charts Magazine® Presents – “NEW DISCOVERY” – “Veronica Ballestrini“- for the month of August 2014.
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Veronica Ballestrini learned early on the value of our modern social media phenomenon. Over the last several years, in fact, her fan base has exploded exponentially, spreading to all corners of the globe.
With one modest dream and an Internet connection, the enthusiastic yet mature-beyond-her-years singer from Waterford, Connecticut, has raised more than a few eyebrows with her self-made success story. as Jon Caramanica wrote in the New York Times, “… When someone like Ms. Ballestrini arrives essentially unannounced and begins to attract attention, it’s significant.” The staggering numbers on her social network sites are proof that Veronica has that special ability to connect with people. She has amassed more than 4 million views of her videos on YouTube, and her online fans and followers number well into the hundreds of thousands.
Veronica’s 2009 debut album, What I’m All About, capably demonstrated her unique take on the modern Pop-Country sound.
She released three singles and videos from the record (“Amazing,” “Out There Somewhere,” “Don’t Say”), propelling her into the consciousness of Country music fans around the globe and earning more than a million views of her videos on CMT.com alone.
“It makes my soul happy to know that music music has affected someone’s life for the better. Some of these songs I have written at my lowest times, feeling alone and broken. It’s good to know we’re not alone in these moments. To be able to reach people through music is something special. In 2011, Veronica began work on her Gotta Make A Change project, a process that set in motion her inspirational “Gotta Make A Change” tour. Throughout the summer, Veronica performed shows at various camps, festivals, Girl Scout events and women’s correctional facilities across the U.S. to help spread the project’s motivational message.
“Life is full of struggles. We stumble, we fall down, and in those moments we feel we will never get up again,” Veronica says “Sometimes all it takes is one person to say or do something to help you to see life in a new perspective and inspire you to get up and make a change. Life will never be pain free, we just have to learn to embrace the pain and find strength.”
Veronica released two singles in 2012 titled “Temporary Fix” and “Don’t Give Up On Me”. The music videos combined garnered over 1.5 million views on YouTube.
Ballestrini spent most of 2013 on tour with Secondhand Serenade, Alex Goot, and ‘The Voice’ singer Juliette Simms. and traveled around the country with the ‘Fiesta Movement’ representing Ford. Veronica shot a car commercial for the Fiesta, where her duet with Secondhand Serenade titled “La La Love” is featured.
The last three years Veronica has been writing songs for her new project. As she says in her own words “I wanted this new album to perfectly reflect what I’ve been up to… It has been a crazy ride, there have been many ups and downs. My happiness and heartbreak wrote this album.” Her sophomore album “Flip Side” is set to release June 17th, 2014, produced by Brandon Metcalf at Destiny Nashville. The first single off of the album is “Cookies and Cream”. Veronica’s most focused and polished effort to date. “Cookies and Cream” reflects Veronica’s growth as a more mature singer and a more seasoned songwriter. It’s a process that she acknowledges is a natural evolution in her artistry.
“I’ve been hurt, I’ve been broken, I’ve made mistakes, but I’ve also had the best days ever, and I’ve written songs about all these times” Veronica says. “I am excited to share what I’ve been up to. I’m writing from my heart about issues and things I’ve experienced, and hopefully people can identify with that.”
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Music Charts Magazine® NEW DISCOVERY for the month of August 2014 – Music Charts Magazine® proudly presents “NEW DISCOVERY” for the month of July 2014 “Veronica Ballestrini“– feature song – “Cookies and Cream“
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Music Charts Magazine® Presents “New Discovery” Veronica Ballestrini featuring the song “Cookies and Cream” – Interview by Award winning DJ Big Al Weekley
Music Charts Magazine® Presents August NEW DISCOVERY “Veronica Ballestrini” – Interview by Big Al Weekley
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