Miranda Lambert

Miranda Lambert

Miranda LambertCountry Music with a little edge.

The beginningMiranda Leigh Lambert was born on November 10, 1983 in Longview, Texas and raised in Lindale, Texas a small town about 80 miles east of Dallas. Her father was a country guitarist (Rick Lambert) and a detective agency owner. Her mother (Beverly June Lambert) worked alongside her father when he became the owner of the agency. Miranda was raised in a house dedicated to country music. 2

First appearanceAt age sixteen, Miranda began entering country talent contests, one of those including Johnny High Country Music Review in Arlington, Texas. After that experience Miranda went back home to ask her father to teach her how to play the guitar, so she could begin to write her own songs.She started a band called Texas Pride at the age of seventeen while she was in high school. 1st bullet - Her appearance there landed a recording session for her in Nashville, but she left soon after because she felt the music sounded too pop, and she wanted to sing country music.2nd bullet - While she learned to play the guitar, she began writing her own songs and continued to enter various competitions.3rd bullet - As she began to focus more on her career in music, she graduated early from school to pursue her dream. (#3 Bio True Story)3

Fame beginsIn 2001, she received a lot of support and financial help from her family to help promote her first recording, an independent self-titled CD. Two years later in 2003, Miranda gained fame on the season of Nashville Star where she finished third place and was later signed to Epic Records.

KeroseneKerosene was Mirandas first albumThe album reached number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums, which gained a Platinum certification for shipments of over one million copies.The album sold more than 930,000 up to July of 2008.

In the summer of 2004, at the age of 21 years old, she released her first major label single, Me and Charlie Talking, which was the leading single to her debut album Kerosene. Kerosene was Mirandas first album with a total of twelve songs, which eleven of those songs she co-wrote. The album reached number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums, which gained a Platinum certification for shipments of over one million copies. The album sold more than 930,000 up to July of 2008. After release of Kerosene she went on tour with George Straight and Keith Urban. (#2 Wikipedia)

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Crazy Ex-GirlfriendMirandas second album Crazy Ex-Girlfriend was released on May 9, 2007The success established her as one of countrys bad girls.Her song Gunpowder and Lead was her highest charting singleMirandas second album Crazy Ex-Girlfriend was released on May 9, 2007, which experienced success and also established her as one of countrys bad girls. (#1 CMT) The album started out at the top of the country album charts and reached as high as number six on the Billboard 200 charts. There were a total of eleven tracks, eight of those songs she wrote. Her song Gunpowder and Lead was her highest charting single; it became a popular hit for all sorts of former girlfriends everywhere. (#3 Bio True Story) Miranda wrote that song while she was taking her concealed carry permit class in her hometown. (#2 Wikipedia)

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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend won an ACM award for Album of the Year in 2008In September it was announced that Miranda led the nominations with 9 CMA awardsOn February 13, 2011 Miranda won a Grammy Award in the Best Female Country Vocal Performance category for The House That Built Me.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend won an ACM award for Album of the Year in 2008. Miranda earned ACMs Top New Female Vocalist award. She has also received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Vocal Performance for her single Kerosene. In September it was announced that Miranda led the nominations with 9 CMA awards, which set a record for the female with the most nominations in a single year.On February 13, 2011 Miranda won a Grammy Award in the Best Female Country Vocal Performance category for The House That Built Me. (#2 Wikipedia)

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RevolutionRevolution is her most recent album, released on September 29, 2009.Rolling Stone magazine has praised Revolution saying Lambert remains countrys most refreshing act, and not just because she makes firearms seem like a matter-of-fact female accessory.Revolution is her most recent album, released on September 29, 2009.The album has a total of fifteen tracks which Miranda co-wrote all but four of those songs; some other co-writers are Blake Shelton, Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley. Rolling Stone magazine has praised Revolution saying Lambert remains countrys most refreshing act, and not just because she makes firearms seem like a matter-of-fact female accessory. Boston Globe commented, Revolution is the sound of Miranda Lambert coming into her own. (#2 Wikipedia)

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MirandaMiranda has had great success with her music career and her songs that she has written or co-written seem to have gone far in popularity. She is well known in the country music era, and I believe she will continue to grow as a music artist and surprise us with more of her feisty ways. I am excited to see what she will come up with next!Bibliography:CMT - http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/lambert_miranda/bio.jhtml Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_LambertBio True Story - http://www.biography.com/articles/Miranda-Lambert-369610?part=0

Music ChoiceThe House That Built Me: 4 minutesThe song is written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin and recorded by country artist Miranda Lambert; produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke. The song was released in March 2010 which was her third single from studio album, Revolution. The House That Built Me received three nominations at the 53rd Grammy Awards.This song so far has become her most successful.

The song is written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin and recorded by country artist Miranda Lambert; produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke. The song was released in March 2010 which was her third single from studio album, Revolution. (#1 Wikipedia)The chart week of June 12, 2010 this song became Miranda Lamberts first Number One hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and held that position for four consecutive weeks. Also, the song was her second single to receive a platinum certification from the RIAA on July 8, 2010. (#1 Wikipedia)The House That Built Me received three nominations at the 53rd Grammy Awards and it won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, which gave Lambert her very first Grammy win.This song so far has become her most successful single on both the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Billboard Hot 100 to date. It is also her fastest-rising single thus far. (#1 Wikipedia)

11The song has very touching meaning behind it. "It was so many mixed emotions during that time because we actually lost everything we owned. We actually lost a house that we built with our own hands." The House That Built Me is a song which I believe most would like to experience, if they had a good childhood.

The song has very touching meaning behind it as the Lamberts would say. "It's like the persons that wrote that song were channeling into our lives at that horrible but great time in our lives," Rick Lambert, 58, said."It was so many mixed emotions during that time because we actually lost everything we owned. We actually lost a house that we built with our own hands." (#2 Today)The House That Built Me is a song which I believe most would like to experience, if they had a good childhood. To go back to the place you grew up and experience the memories, and remember what it looked like compared to where it has grown to what the house is today. It is those memories within that house that made her who she is today, and we all may experience the same thing if we were to go back into the house that we grew up in, the house that built who we are today.

12Music ChoiceFamous In A Small Town: 4 minutesThe song is written by Travis Howard and co-written and recorded by country artist Miranda Lambert.It was released in April 2007 as the second single from her second studio album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

The song is written by Travis Howard and co-written and recorded by country artist Miranda Lambert.It was released in April 2007 as the second single from her second studio album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. (#3 Wikipedia)This was Miranda Lamberts second Top 20 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and was debuted at number 54 for the week of April 7, 2007. After 33 weeks on that chart it then peaked at number 14 in November of the same year. It was also ranked number 40 on The 9513s 50 Best Country Songs of 2007.

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Famous in a Small Town is a song that describes what life is in a small town.It is just as she says in the song everybody dies famous in a small town.Nothing seems to be a secret in a small town, everybody knows everybody and everything about each other The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Performance in 2008. (#3 Wikipedia)Famous in a Small Town is a song that describes what life is in a small town.It is just as she says in the song everybody dies famous in a small town.Nothing seems to be a secret in a small town, everybody knows everybody and everything about each other and nobody needs to be on posters or on the internet in order to be famous.

14Music ChoiceKerosene: 3 minutesThe song is written by Steve Earle and Miranda Lambert; produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke.The song was the first studio album, also titled Kerosene, by Miranda Lambert .Kerosene is a song that is about love that didnt end well.The song is hot, even the video is hot, fire included.

The song is written by Steve Earle and Miranda Lambert; produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke.The song was the first studio album, also titled Kerosene, by Miranda Lambert which was released on March 15, 2005. (#4 Wikipedia)When Kerosene was released it sold 40,000 copies within the first week and debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and also reached number 18 on the Billboard 200.In December 2005 the song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and the album was certified platinum in March 2007. (#4 Wikipedia)Kerosene is a song that is about love that didnt end well.For those that have love and lost, hurt from that lost love and may want revenge can relate to this song.The song is hot, even the video is hot, fire included.It is one of those situations when you give all this love to an individual and they break your heart and want revenge. Miranda chose to use fuel and use a trail from the house to the end of the road per say. It is there that she lights the fuel to lead back to where it all began and burn the memories, and move on.15Music ChoiceHeart Like Mine: 3 minutesThe song is written by Travis Howard, Ashley Monroe and co-written by Miranda Lambert; produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke. The song debuted at number 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of January 8, 2011.Heart Like Mine best describes the kind of girl that you may look at her background and judge her for who she is, but she knows that Jesus would understand her background and who she has become today from everything. She may not be the best girl, she isnt innocent, may be a little wild, but in the end she has a good heart.

The song is written by Travis Howard, Ashley Monroe and co-written by Miranda Lambert; produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke. It was released in January 2011 and is the fifth and final single from her third studio album, Revolution. (#5 Wikipedia)The song debuted at number 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of January 8, 2011.Also, it debuted at number 95 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 during the week of February 26, 2011 and on the Canadian Hot 100 which was during the week of April 2, 2011. is Miranda Lamberts second Number One hit on the Hot Country Songs chart during the week of May 28, 2011. (#5 Wikipedia)Heart Like Mine best describes the kind of girl that you may look at her background and judge her for who she is, but she knows that Jesus would understand her background and who she has become today from everything. She may not be the best girl, she isnt innocent, may be a little wild, but in the end she has a good heart. She doesnt let the critics get the best of her, she knows who she is, and she knows that somebody, Jesus, would understand.

16BibliographyWikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_That_Built_MeToday - http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36984929/ns/today-entertainment/t/lamberts-tell-story-house-built-me/Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_in_a_Small_TownWikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene_(Miranda_Lambert_song)Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Like_Mine

Listening Guide

The House That Built MeProduced By: Frank Liddell and Mike WruckePerformed By: Miranda Lambert

0:00 Intro0:20 Verse 11:18 Chorus1:46 Verse 2

2:10 Chorus2:48 Verse 33:03 Chorus3:38 End.

0:00 IntroTo start off the beginning of the song the only thing playing is a melody of a soft and even tone, which then begins an increased and decreased rhythm. The song begins as a solo with acoustic harmony played on strings, an acoustic guitar.0:20 Verse 1This is where the vocals enter the song along with the acoustic guitar, which is being played by the performer Miranda Lambert. The dynamics remain at a low pitch throughout the verse. As the verse continues the more introduction of other instruments enter just as the chorus begins. There is a slight pause with vocals and the instruments play at a decreased tone.1:18 ChorusThe temp and dynamics begin to increase in both instruments and vocals drastically following the first verse. The melody has a steady, but slight increase and decrease in the harmony. The vocals in this section sound as if the performer is using a pitch that is much higher than the rest of the vocals, but they stay consistent, and towards the end of the chorus the volume decreases back to the same as the first verse. There is a background singer in this section, at the end of the chorus, but it is at a very low pitch, that it is almost impossible to hear the other voice accenting the main performer.1:46 Verse 2The vocals remain at the same rhythm as the first verse. The beat with the band remains with the same form, but adding more strings.2:10 ChorusRepetition.2:48 Verse 3In this verse the increase in vocals is much higher than the previous verses played. The tone is closer related to the chorus. This is the verse that is will be closing just before the chorus, which is the reason for the difference in dynamics than were played previously. The texture is easy to hear, preparing for the final part of the song.3:03 ChorusRepetition3:38 EndIn closing of the song, the instruments continue to play the same harmony as they have throughout the song. They play for about twenty seconds before it all comes to an end and you hear silence.19Famous In A Small TownWritten By: Travis HowardPerformed By: Miranda Lambert

0:00 Intro0:08 Verse 11:01 Chorus1:30 Verse 2

1:55 Chorus2:24 Verse 33:05 Chorus3:40 End

0:00 IntroString guitar is played as form is kept consistent with balance and repetition. From listening to the intro, I believe the only instrument playing is an acoustic guitar, which is played by the performer herself, Miranda Lambert.0:08 Verse 1The vocals then enter with the instrument, they are played in a very rhythmic duple meter. Just the vocals and acoustic guitar continue, and then another beat enters. The vocals come to a stop as the band enters playing timbre dynamics, where vocals are then harmonized into the band playing.1:01 ChorusThe speed of the song increases and the band all plays during this time. The rhythm is very different as the intro and verse, the speed is increased drastically. The vocals harmonize in more sections, but remain at an increased speed.1:30 Verse 2This verse returns to the same form as the first verse. But, as the vocals play you can hear the drum keeping a single beat throughout the performers harmony. The harmony in this verse is very short until the end, just before the chorus begins.1:55 ChorusRepetition.2:24 Verse 3In the final verse, the harmony carries in notes which are longer in the beginning. After the harmonizing, the rhythm returns back to the same beat as it was in the beginning of the song. The rhythm remains the same with the drums, keeping the single beat. There is a pause with instruments and only vocals are sung, the instruments then begin to slowly re-enter into the verse.3:05 ChorusRepetition. The difference in the final chorus is at the end the very last line of the chorus is repeated and a harmonica begins to fade into the song which increases in the end.3:40 EndAll instruments decrease and a harmonica enters and plays a solo. The band then enters again as the harmonica is still being played. The form is played the same, just with added timbre. There is one final beat with all instruments and then all the sound fades into silence, ending the song.

20KeroseneProduced By: Frank Liddell and Mike WruckePerformed By: Miranda Lambert

0:00 Intro0:19 Verse 10:42 Chorus0:49 Verse 21:11 Chorus1:19 Fill

1:38 Verse 32:01 Chorus2:08 Verse 42:30 Chorus2:43 End

0:00 IntroIn this song, there is a strong and increased tone introduction of strings being played. Just an electric guitar is played which shortly the drums enter adding another beat. The quadruple simple meter holds a form of repetition. The song starts out with more of a rock sound to it, more rock than country. This starts out being an aggressive country song.0:19 Verse 1The harmony begins in the song which is being used in a very strong tone. The harmony is very consistent in this verse. The texture of the instruments keeps their form as the melody is heard.0:42 ChorusThe chorus in this song is very short with vocals. In the end of the vocals there is a female background singer supporting the strength and emphasis to the chorus. It stands out because it accents the lead singers vocals. The form remains the same as the beginning of the song.0:49 Verse 2The form returns to the same as it was in the first verse. There is more harmony in this section, it is not consistent with tone, and there is more variety in the tone of the vocals in this verse.1:11 ChorusRepetition.1:19 FillA harmonica enters and plays at an increased volume while the rest of the band continues to play their consistent form. The harmonica is the emphasis in this section of the song. The electric guitar has some emphasis also while the harmonica plays. Those two instruments have the dynamics of this fill.1:38 Verse 3Melody begin resuming the same beat as the previous verses. The form remains within the same rhythm. The beat of the verses are all very similar, almost identical. In this part of the verse is when the backup singer enters harmony in the verse, where before you only heard the backup singer in the chorus.2:01 ChorusRepetition.2:08 Verse 4There is an increase with the beat of the band. There is more added strength, which with the speed of the rhythm of this song makes it sound even more aggressive, and another beat added in this section. Again, in this verse the female backup singer supports the harmony of the verse.2:30 ChorusRepetition. In the final chorus there is a break with instruments played only and then a repeat of the chorus again.2:43 EndThe harmony has ended at this time and only the band is playing the form of the song. The harmonica again is a strong point in this section. They do not play very man beats before the song fades out into silence bringing the song to an end.

21Heart Like MineProduced By: Frank Liddell and Mike WruckePerformed By: Miranda Lambert0:00 Intro0:13 Verse 10:46 Chorus1:05 Verse 21:20 Chorus1:35 Fill1:45 Bridge2:05 Verse 32:18 Chorus2:41 End

0:00 IntroThe band begins playing, mainly you can hear strings, to introduce the song. The guitar is a very strong instrument played in Mirandas music, which is played by her. The drums are easy to hear in this section also, the band is all played together, the strings and keyboard holding the strong point. The keyboard enters with a strong note in this section also, just before the verse begins.0:13 Verse 1The tone in vocals begins at a decreased note, increasing as the vocals are sung. The rhythm is very consistent with the harmony and the beat remains consistent with the vocals. The beginning of each melody carries almost in a harmonized way. There is a break in vocals as the band continues the rhythm. Every first note in the verse has a carried harmony which leads into a short harmony.0:46 ChorusThe harmony changes in the chorus. There is more of a carrying within the note, where in the verse it is more like an even tone almost as if you were speaking to somebody. The notes do not carry in length as they do on the chorus. The instruments carry the form, but as they are all played together the timbre is a strong point.1:05 Verse 2Vocals remain the same as in the first verse; the melody and rhythm are consistent with the first verse. This verse is short compared to the first playing quadruple simple meter. The dynamics of the melody are played at a pitch of increase and decreased tone.1:20 ChorusRepetition.1:35 FillThe electric guitar plays at an increased volume as the rest of the band continues with the rhythm that has played throughout the song. When you listen to this part, it is almost as if the electric guitar is playing a solo, with support of the band continuing to play.1:45 BridgeThe melody enters and is performed in harmony, which are carried on as a longer note, longer than played in the chorus. The band remains with consistent form.2:05 Verse 3When this verse begins the band continues to play, but they fade out as the vocals are performed, the main instruments you hear is the same as in the introduction of this song. They increase as the verse goes on, but beginning there is more of a fade and then re-enter. The harmony does not carry in this part of the verse, it is very short melody.2:18 ChorusRepetition.2:41 EndThe band closes the song with dynamics form. There is one vocal part that has the harmony of a carried note and then a short note as the band plays. There is a triple beat at the end and the instruments then fade out into silence ending the song.

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