Tune in tonight for the CMT Awards!

I’m here at the CMT Awards working hard…or hardly working 🙂 Be sure to tune in tonight 8/7c on CMT. Red Carpet begins on CMT at 7/6c.

CMT kicks off the summer with the 2015 CMT Music Awards live in Nashville on Wednesday, June 10, with Erin Andrews and Brittany Snow hosting. Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Jake Owen, Sam Hunt and Zac Brown Band are scheduled to perform.

Nominees for the 2015 CMT Awards…

Video of the Year
Carrie Underwood, “Something in the Water”
Darius Rucker, “Homegrown Honey”
Dierks Bentley, “Drunk on a Plane”
Florida Georgia Line, “Dirt”
Jason Aldean, “Burnin’ It Down”
Kenny Chesney, “American Kids”
Lady Antebellum, “Bartender”
Lee Brice, “I Don’t Dance”
Luke Bryan, “Play It Again”
Maddie & Tae, “Girl in a Country Song”
Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood, “Somethin’ Bad”
Sam Hunt, “Leave the Night On”

Male Video of the Year
Dierks Bentley, “Drunk on a Plane”
Eric Church, “Talladega”
Jason Aldean, “Burnin’ It Down”
Keith Urban, “Somewhere in My Car”
Kenny Chesney, “American Kids”
Luke Bryan, “Play It Again”

Female Video of the Year
Carrie Underwood, “Little Toy Guns”
Carrie Underwood, “Something in the Water”
Lee Ann Womack, “The Way I’m Livin’”
Miranda Lambert, “Little Red Wagon”
RaeLynn, “God Made Girls”
Reba, “Going Out Like That”

Group Video of the Year
A Thousand Horses, “Smoke”
Eli Young Band, “Dust”
Lady Antebellum, “Bartender”
Little Big Town, “Day Drinking”
The Band Perry, “Chainsaw”
Zac Brown Band, “All Alright”

Duo Video of the Year
Big & Rich, “Look at You”
Brothers Osborne, “Rum”
Florida Georgia Line, “Dirt”
Florida Georgia Line, “Sun Daze”
Maddie & Tae, “Girl in a Country Song”
The Swon Brothers, “Later On”

Collaborative Video of the Year
Blake Shelton featuring Ashley Monroe, “Lonely Tonight”
Brantley Gilbert featuring Justin Moore and Thomas Rhett, “Small Town Throwdown”
Jennifer Nettles featuring Brandy Clark, “His Hands”
Kenny Chesney with Grace Potter, “Wild Child”
Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood, “Somethin’ Bad”
Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill, “Meanwhile Back at Mama’s”

CMT Performance of the Year
Bob Seger and Jason Aldean, “Turn the Page” from CMT Crossroads
Brett Eldredge, “Beat of the Music” from CMT’s Ultimate Kickoff Party
John Legend and Lee Ann Womack, “You & I (Nobody in the World)” from CMT Crossroads
Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves, “Roar” from CMT Crossroads
Keith Urban, “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World” from 2014 CMT Artists of the Year
Kenny Chesney, “American Kids” from Instant Jam
Lady Antebellum and Aloe Blacc, “Wake Me Up” from CMT’s Ultimate Kickoff Party
Lady Antebellum and Chris Stapleton, “Drink a Beer” from 2014 CMT Artists of the Year

Breakthrough Video of the Year
Chase Rice, “Gonna Wanna Tonight”
Frankie Ballard, “Sunshine & Whiskey”
Kelsea Ballerini, “Love Me Like You Mean It”
Maddie & Tae, “Girl in a Country Song”
RaeLynn, “God Made Girls”
Sam Hunt, “Leave the Night On”

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:TOP 12 OF 2012:

Another year has gone by and I’m still alive…so I might as well make a list of the top events that happened throughout the year, right?

Here we go!

12. Spending  NYE with my family down in Memphis! Great way to start off 2012! Love you all! (January)

11. Black Friday Thursday shopping with my mom for the first time. We thought we were in the Hunger Games and going to die. What a freaking experience that was! (November)

10. Spending the day with the Rascal Flatts during the CMT Awards. I became an official Rascal Flatts Escort Member…no – not like that! These 3 guys are so down to earth and fun to hang out with. (June)

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9. Going to the end of Miranda Lamberts tour with the boys (Chris Young and Jerrod Niemann) in St. Louis. This show had a major storm delay and the place flooded like nothing I had ever seen. Niagara Falls was coming through the venue! We almost had to swim back to the car – no joke! This show tops all of them from 2012! (June)

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8. Moving into my own place. I used to live on my own until 2010. Then I moved in with one of my old college roomies. I do miss having a roommate at times, but I love living on my own! Like everyone said to me – I can now walk around naked all the time. Baha! (August)

7. Going to the Atlanta Braves Open House the weekend before my knee surgery! I’m a huge fan and even worked for them back in 2004 in Orlando and had never been to the baseball stadium. I will definitely be back again! Go Braves! (April)

6. Hearing the news my good friends had left Kelly Clarkson as back-up singers and decided to focus on their own music! Congrats Jill & Kate!…and the release of their album “Heart of Stone” doing so well! Good people deserve great things! These two are the greatest all around! (September)

5. The end of the second leg of Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger” Tour…what an amazing tour and amazing show! (September)

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4. 4th and final knee surgery…that only took 1o years to fix! Thank you Dr. Lawrence and Premier Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine! (April)

3. Seeing my best friend for the first time in years! Nancy and her husband drove through Nashville on their way to San Diego and we had a blast bar hopping in downtown Nashville and bellying up at the hotel bar! Can’t wait to do it again soon in Cali & Vegas! (August)

2. Spending Thanksgiving home with my family and friends. It was a quick trip, but well worth it! (November)

1. Taking a road trip to Florida with my mom! Our first road trip in 4 years! The 12 hours from Tennessee to Florida went by fast though…I had just had surgery 48 hours prior and she was coming down with the flu. I was happy to spend Christmas at home with my family and start recovering from shoulder surgery. It has been a tough recovery so far with this surgery and I still have a long way to go. I’m very thankful I had 2 weeks back at home in Florida to just relax and visit with family & friends – even though we all came down with the flu. I just hope next time I’m on vacation, I’m not recovering from anything. I’m so grateful I have a wonderful family, amazing friends (new & old) and an awesome job. Thank you all for making it an unforgettable, yet awesome year. Here’s to 2013! (December)

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[Spanx and the CMT Awards]

Well, it has come and gone – the 2012 CMT Awards were June 6th, –  followed by the CMA Festival. What a crazy week!

If you ever wanted to know what goes on backstage at an awards show or what in the world do those people in all black with headsets do – here’s the scoop…well, some of it! I can’t give you all the secrets!

I’ve worked award shows for 6 years now – all different from the last. It’s complete chaos, but organized chaos – at times. If you can’t handle being pulled in a million different directions – or being yelled at to get an artist to a certain area and then the next minute everything is calm – I wouldn’t recommend getting into show business. It’s kind of like running a marathon. You pace yourself until it’s showtime, then it’s balls to the wall!

You can tell when someone is a first timer – they have that nervous look in their eyes and the, “Who am I going to be with all day” anxiety.

We have a meeting in the morning and find out which artist we are with and get a “One Sheet” along with other paper work that will help us throughout the day. After that, it’s off to find your artist if they are on property or just chill until their call time. Sound easy, right?

Here is how my day went with Rascal Flatts at the CMT Awards!

We rehearse through the whole show right before the actual show starts – usually starts at 12 or 1. This can be a little hectic since some artists are late and rehearsals sometimes run late with certain issues happening. Luckily, nothing major happened…

Rascal Flatts call time wasn’t until afternoon, but they did have buses on the property. I went out to the first bus and knocked to see if any of their management was on there. It turned out Tiffany Fallon was on there (Joe Don’s wife). She is a down to earth sweet heart! She was preparing for the show on the bus. We chit chatted and I waited for the guys to arrive. Shortly after our convo, Jay showed up with his wife. Gary was the next to arrive with his daughter, Brittany and Joe Don arrived last.

The guys  were scheduled to rehearse right after Joe Don arrived. We headed to the arena and got set to rehearse with Journey. After rehearsals the guys headed back to the buses to get ready for the red carpet – We had about an hour before red carpet.

This is the sit and wait time. Nerves start to begin because it’s almost show time. This is also the time I run backstage and grab a quick bite to eat and run back to their buses. The reason we follow them around like a lost puppy? Many reasons! Mostly they could get lost and we need them in a certain place at a certain time. Eyes are always needed on every artist just in case we need them at any point and time. Maybe that’s why we look so serious…cause if we lose sight, it ain’t pretty =)

The red or purple carpet is always a big rush. You can’t hear well because fans are screaming and you also have to watch what time it is because when we leave the carpet, we go downstairs to more press, which is hectic. Usually you get blinded by the millions of flashes, but it’s all good. We made it through the photogs and headed to interviews on the carpet. Tiffany had said the guys are hard to keep track of because they go in all directions, as did their management – what fun it is to chase people around.

That brings me to SPANX…Tiffany brought up that she loves spanx…which led me wanting to smack her because first of all, the girl is a playmate and the size of my arm – but if you want to wear spanx…go for it.

We got off the red carpet about 6:30, which gave us 15 minutes to be in our seats…so much time – not really. We headed downstairs and hit all the media and other celebs, which everyone talks to each other – it’s like a huge high school reunion. This is usually when you start getting the, “we need so and so in their seat” aka where are they and you better move them fast 🙂 Thankfully, their management was awesome and we worked well together by moving the guys through media and getting them out into the audience.

During the show we wait until our artist leaves their seat to perform, present, leave, or just come hang out backstage. Once the show begins, you can take a deep breath – until they move. When artists start moving around backstage during the show, it gets crazy. Thankfully, the guys didn’t move too much during the show. So it was basically a huge break until they performed. The guys came back to get ready for their performance, which was the finale. Being the last performance was perfect because once it ended that was it.

My feet hurt, hell, my body hurt from running around all day, but you never pay attention to it because you are so busy and it’s such a blast.

So that’s my story of the CMT Awards. Award shows are always a blast no matter how tired you are afterwards. I hope you enjoyed the show and if you went to CMA Fest, I hope you had fun and plenty of booze! Good times for sure!

CMT Awards/CMA Fest 2012

It’s almost here..less than a month away. ARE YOU READY NASHVILLE!??

Let the madness begin with thousands of fans parading downtown Nashville for 4 days!

It all begins June 6th with the CMA Fest Parade that travels down 10th Ave, then down Broadway. After the parade a Block Party (free show at the riverfront)…That night is also the CMT Awards – held at the Bridgestone Arena.  I’ll be backstage guiding those lovely artists around in circles and to interviews…basically making sure they don’t get lost and getting those limes and plastic cups for Kenny Chesney…never fails! I’m hoping not to get run over by Keith Urban this year…crazy driver…but he looks so good doing it!

And the nominees are: (My choices are in bold)
Video of the Year
Jason Aldean — “Dirt Road Anthem”
Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter — “You and Tequila”
Toby Keith — “Red Solo Cup”
Lady Antebellum — “We Owned the Night”
Miranda Lambert — “Over You”
Brad Paisley With Carrie Underwood — “Remind Me”
Rascal Flatts Featuring Natasha Bedingfield — “Easy”
Blake Shelton — “God Gave Me You”
Taylor Swift Featuring the Civil Wars — “Safe & Sound”
Carrie Underwood — “Good Girl”

Male Video of the Year
Jason Aldean — “Dirt Road Anthem”
Luke Bryan — “I Don’t Want This Night to End”
Eric Church — “Drink in My Hand”
Toby Keith — “Red Solo Cup”
Blake Shelton — “God Gave Me You”
Keith Urban — “Long Hot Summer”

Female Video of the Year
Sara Evans — “My Heart Can’t Tell You No”
Miranda Lambert — “Over You”
Martina McBride — “I’m Gonna Love You Through It”
Kellie Pickler — “Tough”
Taylor Swift — “Ours”
Carrie Underwood — “Good Girl”

Group Video of the Year
Eli Young Band — “Crazy Girl”
Lady Antebellum — “We Owned the Night”
Pistol Annies — “Hell on Heels”
Rascal Flatts — “Banjo”
The Band Perry — “All Your Life”
Zac Brown Band — “Keep Me in Mind”

Duo Video of the Year
Love and Theft — “Angel Eyes”
Montgomery Gentry — “Where I Come From”
Sugarland — “Tonight”
The Civil Wars — “Poison and Wine”
Thompson Square — “Glass”
Thompson Square — “I Got You”

USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year
Lauren Alaina — “Georgia Peaches”
Brantley Gilbert — “Country Must Be Country Wide”
Hunter Hayes — “Storm Warning”
Scotty McCreery — “The Trouble With Girls”
Pistol Annies — “Hell on Heels”
Thompson Square — “I Got You”

Collaborative Video of the Year
Best video that featured a special collaborative appearance by artists; awarded to the artists (individual, group or duo)
Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter — “You and Tequila”
Brad Paisley With Carrie Underwood — “Remind Me”
Rascal Flatts Featuring Natasha Bedingfield — “Easy”
Lionel Richie With Shania Twain — “Endless Love”
Taylor Swift Featuring the Civil Wars — “Safe & Sound”
Zac Brown Band Featuring Jimmy Buffett — “Knee Deep”

CMT Performance of the Year
(Musical performance on a television show, series or variety special on CMT)
Jason Aldean — “Tattoos on This Town” from 2011 CMT Artists of the Year
Lady Antebellum — “Dancin’ Away With My Heart” from 2011 CMT Artists of the Year
Little Big Town — “Fix You” from Music Builds: The CMT Disaster Relief Concert
Blake Shelton — “Footloose” from Invitation Only: Blake Shelton
Sting and Vince Gill — “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You” from CMT Crossroads: Sting and Vince Gill
Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood — “Just a Dream/Dream On” from CMT Crossroads: Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood From the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam

CMA Fest begins Thursday, June 7th. Get ready for lots of drinking, loud music, screaming fans and sweating your bootays off! It’s well worth it though! The riverfront shows begin at 10am on Thursday with Montgomery Gentry kicking it off. The best thing about it? The shows are free at the riverfront. Those with a CMA Pass do get in 30 minutes early, but it really doesn’t make a difference.

Check out the Riverfront lineup here: http://ww1.cmaworld.com/cma-music-festival/lineup/chevrolet-riverfront

To be honest, I’m more excited about the riverfront shows than LP Field…Soaking up the sun on the river with beer! Nothing beats that!

Lets not forget about the Bud Light Stage at the Bridgestone! Lineup: http://ww1.cmaworld.com/cma-music-festival/lineup/bud-light-stage

LP Field Lineup: http://ww1.cmaworld.com/cma-music-festival/lineup/lp-field

There is tons to do during the CMA Fest and I’ll be posting with updates around town on my twitter. so follow me 🙂 Don’t forget about the bars in downtown Nashville. Amazing artists are performing all around town! Fan Club Parties will be happening as well!…..so much to do, so little time!!