The country music industry needs me!

So I had a great weekend finally - I went out to Bull's on Friday with Alex, Saturday we laid out by the pool, and later that night I partied with Kelly. Yesterday I was lazy and did nothing but today I worked and went to the gym.


Yesterday was also the Academy of Country Music Awards - ACM's. I have to say it really made me want to pack up and move to Nashville because I was so disappointed in the awards. There were only 3 new female vocalists and one of them was of course Taylor Swift who doesn't seem all that new anymore and of course she won because she won the CMA and CMT award of the same category this year! And then she performed and totally over-gimmicked her act. Start acoustic, tear of one outfit to reveal another, throw the guitar aside, then end in a waterfall? It had nothing to do with the song and I thought it was so annoying! Just as bad as Taylor was her BFF Kellie Pickler. Her song was stupid and she's not that great of a singer - she hasn't even had that many hits. Two songs that have been on radio and now this new one and I doubt her album is even platinum - in two years since her Idol debut. Not that impressive.

Speaking of Idols, Carrie Underwood won top female vocalist and had two performances. Her first one was ok, but I loved her second one with Brad Paisley in honor of Eddie Arnold. I do really like her but it upset me that she beat LeAnn Rimes because LeAnn is my idol, but LeAnn doesn't do as much touring and promotions as Carrie. Plus, LeAnn's already won a bunch of awards in her 10 years in the business so I guess it's no big deal.

Oh I forgot to mention my hatred for Jennifer Nettles but I won't even go into that. Garth Brooks was awesome and of course so was Keith! And that leads me to the biggest disappointment of all when Kenny Chesney got Entertainer of the Year for the 4th year in the row. I think Keith Urban deserved to be EOTY because he plays the piano, acoustic and electric guitar, and I think he may have even played harmonica a bit in his shows. He also is really great about making everyone feel like they have front row tickets by moving throughout the audience and having stages on both sides of the arena. He's just awesome and I feel like he deserves more credit!

I love country music and I think I could really fit in because they need more new female vocalists with a big voice. Carrie Underwood was great but she's not so new anymore. And Taylor and Kellie are just plain obnoxious and don't really have anything special about their voices. I can be sassy and fun with a big voice - Shania's sexiness, LeAnn's vocal style, and Kellie's sassiness. And I can dance! lol. So basically I think I may re-try for American Idol this year and for sure audition for next year's Nashville Star - hopefully next year I can get even further than this year!