Bridget Kelly

Hello to all of my wonderful Stars On The Rise fans. It is time to pick another wonderful “Artist Of The Week” This weeks artist is a young female who has a soulful blues quality to her vocal tone. This very soulful songbird goes by the name Bridget Kelly. Bridget Kelly was born April 8, 1986 in New York City!  It appears that music was apart of Bridget’s life plans because she was a graduate from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in Manhattan.  In 2009 she was signed to Roc Nation.  This was just the being of Bridget music career. Bridget has regularly filled in for Alicia Keys when performing the song Empire State of Mind with Jay-Z. Kelly also performed with Jay Z during a performance at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2009. She performed at Coachella Arts & Festival with Jay-Z during Empire State of Mind, as well as Bonnaroo Music Festival in summer 2010. Kelly also performed Empire State of Mind with Jay-Z on Saturday Night Live on May 8, 2010. Bridget made her first magazine cover appearance in the September 2010 issue of Honey Magazine. In the interview to go along with the cover shoot, she describes her music as a fusion of R&B, soul and rock with influences coming from Alicia Keys, Alanis Morissette and Pink. In late July, Roc Nation stated on the official site that Kelly is closing her album up and the first single will be the Frank Ocean-penned "Thinking About Forever". An acoustic video of her debut single "Thinking About Forever." was released in August 2011. What got my attention about Bridget Kelly was her song called “Street Dreamin” featuring Kendrick Lamar.  What I love about her is her soulful upbeat style. I think she has the talent and ability to sing just about anything. I also hear the same kind of blues quality that is similar to Amy Winehouse. So take a listen and tell me what you think. Remember you can follow me on Twitter @StarsOnTheRise and like my page on Facebook just look for the logo! 

 

                               http://rocnation.com/artists/bridget-kelly/

                              https://www.facebook.com/BridgetKellyMusic 

In The Spotlight

Happy Friday! We all made it to the end of a long hard week! Now let's get that fun started with another "In The Spotlight" artist. This week I was feel like a little hip hop flavor. So this week pick is a hip hop artist that goes by the name "Deebo Mac" I think he has a great sound and could give any of hip hop's heavy weights a run for their money. So take a listen and tell me what you think. Remember you can follow me on Twitter @StarsOnTheRise and like my page on Facebook!

Tiara Thomas

Hello everyone we all know what time of the week it is! It is now time to pick another "Artist Of The Week" This week artist that caught my attention while listening to one of my favorite hip hop artist Wale. Her name is Tiara Thomas and when I mean she that I think she is an amazing talent. I am not just blowing smoke. Tiara Thomas, born in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 12, 1989.Tiara is a singer and self-taught guitar player. Her musical skills were encouraged by both parents early in life and she often showcased her talent in school, church, and within her community. A hard core fan of hip hop and pop music, Thomas developed her sound early and set out to carve her own lane in music by fusing her love for pop and alternative music, ballads, and rap with instrumentation.Their has been a lot of talk and controversy over being replace on the song "Bad" with super star Rihanna but I really see a bright musical future for this young female talent. So take a listen and tell me what you think. Remember you can follow me on Twitter @StarsOnTheRise and like my page on Facebook just for the logo!

                                           https://www.facebook.com/TiaraThomasMusic

In The Spotlight

Hello everyone and Happy Friday! I hope you have a very exciting weekend planned. But before you get all that excitement started let's put another artist "In The Spotlight". So this week I have pick a male R&B artist that goes by the name G.L and he is singing a song called "It's True". I think their is some true musical talent that as really great potential. So take a listen and tell me what you think. Remember you can follow me on Twitter @StarsOnTheRise or like my page on Facebook just look for the logo!

Throwback Thursday!

It is time to go back in time for another music video classic. This week I have pick a video by a female artist you might know. She is known as the "Princess of Hip Hop & R&B.  I am pretty sure you have a guessed I am talking about Ashanti. I think we can all remember hearing hear all over the radio in the early 2000's. So let go back in time with one of her first big hits " Foolish". I hope you enjoy enjoy it! Remember you can follow me on Twitter @StarsOnTheRise and like my page on Facebook just look for the logo!

Anna Kendrick

It is that wonderful time in the week when we pick another "Artist Of The Week"! I feel that this weeks pick is kind of different and kind of unique. It is a female we no best for acting ability. It is none other than Anna Kendrick. Anna Kendrick started her career at the age of 10, when she caught a bus from Portland, Maine, to New York City so that she could attend auditions. Kendrick's first acting role was as Dinah in the Broadway musical High Society in August 1998 when she was 12 years old, a performance for which she won the Theatre World Award and was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award making her the third-youngest Tony Award nominee. She rose to international fame after her performance as Natalie Keener in Up in the Air (2009), for which she received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable roles include Dinah Lord in the Broadway musical High Society (1998), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award; Fritzi Wagner in Camp (2003), Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga (2008–11), Stacey Pilgrim in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Beca Mitchell in Pitch Perfect (2012), Jill in Drinking Buddies (2013), and as Cinderella in Into the Woods (2014). What got my attention about this very talent was of course her singing chops in the movie "Pitch Perfect" but what really made me take notice wall the cute video for the song called "Cup". I think she really show that she is more than a one trick pony. I think music style is kind of playful. I think that is something is missing for the music industry. So take a listen and tell me what you think. Remember you can follow me on Twitter @StarsOnTheRise and like my page on Facebook just look for the logo!

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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

Hello Everyone! I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far. Once again I am coming to you with another informative blog post. This time around I will be discussing a very important association to the music industry, the music artist and the music that we love to listen to. The Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) is a trade organization that supports and promotes the creativity and financial music properties of major music labels. This association is also responsible for awarding gold, platinum and diamond certification to music artist for their music selling accomplishments.

After visiting the RIAA website site I discover that it is a very informative place for people who are working or want to work within the music industry. This website keeps you up to date about current music artist music as well as the success of the current song or album by that particular music artist. Another thing I found quite interesting about this site was it works with a program called Music Matters. This program is designed to help educate consumer about music piracy. But what makes this program special so special is that it does not just educate and preach the stealing digital music is wrong. It offers fun options to find listen and purchase your favorite music artist music without stealing it.

As a person who is interested in becoming apart of the music industry that find and discover new talent and helps to bring them to the worlds attention. This is a great association and website for me to have a connection to. It will help me keep up with current music trends and keep me educated on new ways to help protect the creative work that those artists have worked so hard on from being stolen. I think anyone who is interested the music industry should check this association out. Remember you can follow me on Twitter @StarsOnTheRise and like my page on Facebook just look for the logo!