Tobymac Research Paper

Toby Keith is talent personified. Toby is not just a singer but he is a songwriter as well. Most country artists today lack the talent to write, in the past nearly all the legends of Country Music wrote and sang their own material. Toby Keith holds rank with those Legends of Country Music. Put Toby Keith up against "other" musicians and in other genres-- Toby is still in a league by himself. Many artists today lack the talent to sing without the high-tech studio gimmicks to make their voices better. Toby Keith possesses one strong, clear and beautiful baritone voice . His talent of writing and singing were God given. Toby genuinely acknowledges God's role in his singing as well as in his life. He is not afraid to stand up and share his beliefs in God, Country and Family Values. On the flipside Toby will let loose paying tribute to the old Country Music stereotype songs: of beer drinking and temptation. Not many artists can walk such a fine

Clive and his company were able to make 425 million dollars in 1999 and 55 million in nine months of 2000. Later in the year, he was at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles for seismic awards (Silberman, 2000). In 2015, Clive’s artists were given standing ovations for their hard work. Later, he was invited to Taylor Swift’s Grammy awards party. Clive Davis has earned 39 Grammy awards since he started in 1960 (Mitchell, 2015).

Three of his albums: "Bad", "Thriller" and "Off the Wall" have broken all existing popularity and sales records. He was listed as the most successful entertainer in the world by Guinness World of Records. Michael earned 13 Grammys throughout his career. Michael Jackson’s unique dancing skills and singing talent have set a new standard. Many have learned from and many aspire to achieve his mastery, and his videos inspired a new genre. Michael Jackson. (2012). Biography.com

In 2000, he went on a tour with Faith Hill. This gave him opportunities to work with several other famous music icons including Usher, Will Smith, Justin Timberlake, and Sting among many other. He has worked on five albums.

He’s released at least one single a year for every year since the beginning of his career.  The first single released in 1981, called “Unwound”, is one of the top ten hot country (Taste of Country ).  Strait out of the box (1995) is his highest certified multi-platinum album, which has sold more than 5 Million copies.  Some noteworthy number one hits include Give it away, I saw God Today, Heartland, I Cross My Heart, I Hate Everything, Right or Wrong, The Chair, I am Blue, Baby Blue, Ace in the Hole, Love Without End, Amen, Carried Away, and Run. (Spong).  Therefore in his life George had many number one hits and albums, no wonder he’s considered to be

George strait was born May 18, 1952 in Poteet, Texas, but grew up in Pearsall. He was the second of three children of a high school math teacher.

Luke Bryan’s family has gone through lots of tragedies in the past several years he has lost both of his siblings and recently has just lost his brother-in-law. His three teenagers were without a home so Luke and his wife took them. The teenager’s father, Ben Lee Cheshire had died last November and recently Luke has been more open to talking about these changes in his life.

For my first question is asked how did Luke Bryan decide he was going to be a singer/songwriter. I was wondering this because he is one of my favorite country singers. Well researching my questions I found out that it was a dream of his for a long time. So after he graduating high school,he moved to Nashville,Tennessee to pursue his dreams. After a while he moved back home,then moved back to Nashville . He went home because his dad need help and he wanted to help his dad more than do his music carer. That is what I learned well researching.

Dylann Roof will face the death penalty. Roof is accused of killing nine people during a Bible study on July 17 at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Prosecutors are trying to get Roof the death penalty because he has killed more than two people, and other lives were put into risks. Prosecutors also mentioned that Roof does not feel any remorse for the killings that he committed. Roof also have some federal charges, this includes: hate crimes and obstruction of the practice of religion.

Their music has included collaborations across musical genres; Bubba Sparxxx on their 2006 Prohibition album, as did Danny Boone from the

Heath Harwood is in this band because he has had experience in the music industry and I think he would ground the band as whole. He grew up in a big family, from a young age he enjoyed music and guitar. He made his break doing live shows and he was spotted by a company willing to sign him. In 2011 he released his first album "=" it has since been certified platinum 6 times. He first rose to fame when he accompanied Taylor Swift on her fourth album Red. In 2015 his album "@" won the brit award for album of the year. Heath was born Hebden Bridge which is near Halifax, West Yorkshire. He has one older brother named Mathew. When Heath was four he learned how to play the guitar this lead onto his dad taking him to many concerts when he turned eleven.

Won total of 13 Grammy awards (8 in one night during the 1984 Grammy award ceremony which earned him an entry in the Guisness world record )

It began by the Recording Industry association of America agreeing to voluntarily place-warning labels on albums that were deemed obscene. This came after a congressional hearing before the Senate commece, science and transportation committee. Frank Zappa a controversial musician attended the conference and called Tipper Gore who is co founder of the Parent's Music Resource Center a "Cultural Terrorist."(Winfield pg. 25) Record labeling made many angry and at the same time pacified others. It was seen as a step forward in attempting to control the one mass media aimed directly at teenagers. Musicians such as Axle Rose have spoken out against labeling claiming their right to express themselves musically no matter what the response. One artist, Luther Campbell, of the rap group 2 Live crew released a single titled "Banned in the USA" in response to the labeling (Winfield pg. 14).

Clint Eastwood is a star whether he is directing a movie or playing in the movie. Clint Eastwood started out as an actor before becoming a director too. He has multiple movies that are famous worldwide. The many awards he has received are examples of his amazing work. Clint Eastwood starred in movies, as well as directing them, and won a lot of awards for this.

In 1983, Run- DMC released “Sucker M.C”, which was a song about the group getting discovered, and how bad it was to be considered a “Sucker M.C”, meaning a bad rapper. “Sucker M.C” was important to hip-hop, for the fact that it separated the then new rappers, from the old. Up until this point, artist were using turntables, and used a technique called scratching to make their beats they would rap to. Run-