Spring Music 1010

1. Spring Music 1010 Semester Presentation

2. Kacey Musgraves- The Modern Day Dolly Parton By Amy Cardoza

3. She Is Who She Is • Born April 21, 1988 • Nashville Based Singer / Songwriter • Grammy Award Winner • Country Music Award Winner • Top New Country Artists

4. The Golden Years • Grew up in small town Golden, Texas • Parents own a mom and pop printing shop. • As a child she sang and performedat local churches and the local Opry Circuit.

5. Young Talent • Was in elementary when she started playing the mandolin. • Wrote her first song, “Notice Me” and performed it for her elementary graduation. • At age 12 began taking guitar and songwriting lessons from John Defoore.

6. Finding Her Voice • After high school she recorded her first album. • Moved to Austin • Finished 7th in the show Nashville Star Her first album

7. Moved to Music City • Moved to Music City • Started publishing for Waner / Chappel

8. Wrote EP’s for Other Artists • Josh Abbot Band – Oh Tonight • Miranda Lambert – Mamma’s Broken Heart

9. Welcome Luke and Shane • Kacey met fellow songwriter’s Luke Laird and Shane McAnally • Have similar voices, and work well together. • Helped Kacey find her voice for upcoming album.

10. Looking For That Label • While searching for a label that was a right fit, she met Luke Lewis of Lost Highway Records.

11. Song Writing Friends • Brand Clark • Josh Osborne • Shane McAnally • Luke Laird

12. Things Are Starting To Change • 2012 Signed with Mercury Records • Toured with Allison Krauss, Willie Nelson and Lady Antebellum

13. Same Trailer Different Park • Released “Mary Go Round” September 2012. • Top 50 songs of 2012 • Kacey got nick name Modern Day Dolly Partner

14. 2013 ACM Awards • Nominated for four awards

15. Grammy Award Winner • Won Best Country Song of the Year • Best Album of the Year

16. Country Music Awards • Won New Artist of the Year • Performed Follow your Arrow

17. ‘Merry Go Round’ • “Merry Go ‘Round” – 3:26 • 0:00 Introduction: A piano plays chords at a moderate tempo in a quadruple meter. A banjo answers with a rift, which is accented by a slide guitar and a soft drum keeps the beat. This is repeated four times. The volume is about a metzo piano. • 0:10 The melody continues at the same tempo but lyrics enter at this point. • 0:34 The piano now adds a contrasting chord and the banjo’s tempo changes to add an extra note, letting you know the chorus is approaching. • 0:45 The chorus begins with an extra beat in the drum, which comes in at metzo forte. The tempo is more upbeat now. The piano and guitar now play in harmony with each other and the banjo keeps playing the same rift. • 1:20 The second verse begins with different lyrics, the music is the same as verse one, but at metzo forte now. The drum keeps the same faster beat as in the chorus. • 1:48 The intro to the chorus begins with the piano playing the contrasting chords and the banjo changes from the rift it had been playing to harmonize with the piano. • 1:58 The chorus begins again. • 2:35 A short bridge is played where the banjo adds a light upbeat texture to the continued harmony of the piano and the slide guitar along the same beat of the drum. • 2:45 The last line of the chorus repeats one last time. • 3:10 The banjo, piano and guitar now play the same melody from the introduction at a pianissimo. • 3:20 The music fades out

18. ‘I Miss You’ • “I Miss You” – 3:50 • 0:00 Slide guitar makes the introduction, the form is built by the mandolin and acoustic guitar. Texture is created with their separate chords at an andante pace. • 0:06 Vocals start, the mandolin and guitar keep playing the same melody at the same tempo. At the end of the first line the slide guitar ads fill. • 0:23 Chorus begins and a male tenor back up voice is added to the texture. The tempo is now andantino. The slide guitar adds fill through accent notes at the end of each sentence. • 1:10 The instruments pause and only the vocals are heard. • 1:12 The slide guitar plays along top the melody that is still playing by the mandolin, acoustic guitar and drums which are now added. • 1:29 The second verse begins, same as the first different lyrics. • 1:45 The male tenor voice now enters as an extra accent to the texture of the verse. • 2:02 The chorus begins again with the male voice still singing back up. The mandolin, acoustic guitar, and drums are still playing the same form. The slide guitar is still adding fill to the end of each sentence. • 2:36 The bridge is played again, but female vocals are added as fill to each line. • 2:53 The chorus plays one last time. • 3:30 The slide guitar plays one last bridge. • 3:50 All instruments come together to play one last chord simultaneously.

19. ‘Keep it to Yourself’ • “Keep it to Yourself” -3:16 • 0:00 Introduction begins with one note being played by the slide guitar. • 0:04 The acoustic guitar starts playing the same rift in repetition, the mandolin is playing a light melody on top of this and the final piece of the texture is the slide guitar playing at slower tempo. The overall tempo is vivace. • 0:19 Vocals enter for the first verse. The texture from the introduction is repeated through the verse. • 0:43 The chorus begins. The acoustic guitar is now playing at a higher octave. The slide guitar plays a fill in unison with the female back up vocals at the end of each sentence. The mandolin and the slide guitar play a minor scale along with the vocals, and a soft drum beat is keeping the rhythm. • 1:10 The same music that played the introduction in now played between the choruses and verses two, it creates a timbre of lightness leading up to verse two. • 1:19 Verse two begins, different lyrics but the same music, drums are added now to create a strong texture. • 1:33 The chorus begins again, all is the same from before, except for the addition of the drums which creates a more dynamic feel to the form. • 2:10 The chorus is repeated again. • 2:21 A pause, and then vocals repeat the last line of the chorus two times. • 2:23 The drums do an upbeat rhythm fill and the same melody keeps playing by the instruments. • 3:05 One final chord from the guitar is played to add a dynamic tone to the end of the song. • 3:16 The song ends.

20. ‘It Is What It Is’ • “It Is What It Is” – 3:46 • 0:00 Introduction starts with an acoustic guitar strumming chords as a banjo answers with a down sloping contour that sets the melody. • 0:12 Vocals begin singing the first verse. The tempo is adagio, the timbre tone is mellow. • 0:34 Chorus begins with a tenor male vocal as back up. The guitar and vocals accent the first beat of the chorus. The same melody is being played by the banjo and guitar. • 0:56 The tempo of the chorus goes to larghetto and the rhythm have off beats in the melody and pauses in the lyrics. • 1:03 The second verse has different lyrics. The same melody is being played by the acoustic guitar and banjo, but drums are now added playing a steady two-step beat. A slide guitar is added to the melody. • 1:31 The chorus begins again and all instruments are still playing along with a tenor male voice as backup. The texture has grown since the first chorus. • 2:02 A bridge is played by the slide guitar that has a light two step tone. The same melody is being played by the guitar, banjo and drums at a lower texture to the slide guitar. • 2:38 One line from the second verse is repeated while the instruments are paused through the first half of the line, and then enter as normal on the second half of the sentence. • 2:49 Silence, a pause is made from both vocals and instruments. • 2:51 The chorus is played one last time, the instruments are still playing the same melody but the timbre is set to a less upbeat feeling, letting you know the end of the song is approaching. • 3:34 The slide guitar plays one last fill. The other instruments stop. • 3:46 The song ends.

21. References: • www.KaceyMusgraves.com/about • http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_kacey_musgraves/article