Taylor Hicks - TV Guide - Shirts - Studio Picture

I got on the computer today after baking pies and making side dishes all day for Thanksgiving tomorrow and loved all I have read and seen in regards to Taylor Hicks and what he is been up to. First I found the TV Guide Interview. Taylor sounds so excited and happy. I loved these parts of the interview.

TVGuide.com: After you left Arista, did you decide right away you would start your own label or were you looking at other homes?
Hicks: I'd been offered traditional record deals and I just felt like it was best for me to be able to start my own label and partner with distribution. Having your own label really allows you to be out there and have total control of your art and how you want to sell it and how it best fits you. You really live and die by the sword, which I think really makes the artist drive a lot more — drive to succeed.

TVGuide.com: What's the update on your new album?
Hicks: It's coming out Feb. 10. I should have a single the first of the new year. I can honestly say that some of the instincts that I had picking songs on Idol, I was able to use picking songs for this album, which has really been a great experience. I've been able to wrap my artistic expression around these songs and I've had some time to live with these songs and be able to visualize what I want for each of them. I'm really excited about the record because I feel like from the style aspect, nowadays you listen to records that sound very similar on each track, but this album, I wanted to take the listener on a musical journey and touch on the stylings that are reflective of who I am as an artist.

TVGuide.com: How different is it from your first one?
Hicks: There's definitely soul. I think it all starts with soul, but this time around, I think the songs are touching on a lot of different styles that reflect me, so that's different in a way. On the last record, it was kind of an R&B influence. This is my journey as a songwriter. But what's really interesting and cool about it is I'm gonna be able to play my single within the Grease show. It's a very unique aspect. It's like I'm gonna be performing as Teen Angel, but then I'll also be performing my single to the record, so everybody who comes and sees me as Teen Angel can also experience me as a musician.


We know Taylor has the drive to succeed. That is why he stuck with music for so long and gave Idol all he had. That drive will carry him very far. I am so ready to go on the musical journey with Taylor. Not only will people get to see Taylor Hicks as Teen Angel but they will get to hear and experience Taylor’s single. I can’t wait for that.

So then after I read the TV Guide interview I found new designs of Taylor Hicks Shirts. I love the first two. So after that I saw the studio picture posted at Right Hicks Save, awesome to see a recent picture of Taylor. He must be somewhere fairly warm, he has shorts on or I guess it could because the studio is hot… Taylor is there of course it’s HOT!

Just a little heads up for you all. I recently got to ask Director of Operations and Marketing, Rick Diloreto at Artist2Market some questions for an article I am publishing at Associated Content it should be live sometime next week and I will let you all know where to find it when it is. There is a message for Taylor’s Fans that I am sure you all will enjoy.

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2008 Soul Patrol Christmas Ornaments

Christmas is right around the corner. Take a break from all the activity holidays, buying snowmobile parts or whatever else you may be doing and take a few moments to get your 2008 Soul Patrol Christmas ornaments now. NESP's Third Annual Soul Patrol Holiday Ornament is now available! The ornament is $15, and sale proceeds will go to the Home for Little Wanderers. The Home provides services to thousands of children and families each year throughout Eastern Massachusetts.

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Taylor Hicks Performing at Rams Head on Stage

More news about where Taylor Hicks will be this winter is out. Taylor will be at Rams Head On Stage located in Annapolis, MD www.ramsheadonstage.com. The show will be Saturday; February 07, 2009 at 11:00 pm EST. Tickets are $35. The site says, "come on and sing along with the America's favorite SOUL singer!"
For Fans Of: Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald, Hall & Oates.

Taylor is going to be busy this winter as he stars as Teen Angel in the National Tour of Grease, releases his sophomore CD February 10th and releases his concert DVD Whomp at Warfield February 17th. More and more great things are happening for Taylor and his star just keeps growing bigger and shining brighter. I am thrilled to still be going along for the ride to hear great music and see great performances from the Soul Man. I have a feeling we may need computer memory capacity to keep up with all the great things coming Taylor’s way.

Taylor Hicks News 2 years ago

What a difference 2 years can make. I was browsing online through Taylor Hicks and articles. November of 2006 Taylor and the Soul Patrol was just getting ready for the release f his debut album “Taylor Hicks”. He was on many shows singing Christmas songs or the single “Runaround.” This was posted at Idol Thoughts 2 years ago.
Taylor Hicks Update

Posted by dreynold November 27, 2006 12:00AM
Taylor is gearing up for his CD release on December 12, and his PR machine seems to be working overtime. People magazine knows what sells, and will feature Taylor on the cover of the 2007 People Yearbook issue along with Jennifer Anniston, Brad Pitt, Beyonce, and Steve Irwin. He was also featured as part of People's sexiest men alive issue and his picture was also in last week's issue.
This week, Taylor will be performing on NBC's Christmas in Rockefeller Square. The show airs at 8:00 p.m. on November 29. Here's the rest of the schedule as it stands right now:

• 12/05 - Good Morning America - ABC
• 12/06 - Live with Regis and Kelly (Taylor, please don't touch Kelly!)
• 12/10 - Christmas in Washington
• 12/11 - The View - ABC
• 12/12 - Satellite Media Tour
• 12/13 - Martha Stewart
• 12/14 - Megan Mullaly
• 12/14 - CBS Early Show\

Taylor will be performing on December 12 at the Gimme Shelter benefit at the Roxy nightclub is Los Angeles. Proceeds of the show will benefit the Spectrum Program, which is a school for autistic children. Also performing are the Cold War Kids, The Like, Mellowdrone, Simon Dawes, and Starsailor. Tickets are $23.50 thru Ticketmaster.

And, if you haven't yet listened to the three new tracks from Taylor's upcoming CD, check out www.taylorhicks.com.

Now it is November 2008 and we anxiously awaiting Taylor’s Sophomore CD being released Feb 10th. Once again the excitement is building.


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Taylor Hicks Hard at Work in the Studio

If you are wondering what Taylor Hicks has been up top lately, then wonder no more? December 2nd is the start of The National Tour of the Broadway hot “GREASE” with Taylor starring as Teen Angel. He will also sing a single off his upcoming album due out February 7th and a concert DVD titled Whomp at the Warfield filmed at the Warfield Theater is up on Amazon for pre-order with sales starting February 17th.

But this past week Taylor has been hard at work in the studio recording for the CD.

A audio blog was posted is posted at Taylor Hicks Headquarters and Taylor’s MySpace. But if you want to listen to it now click player below.
Great times and great music is right around the corner. SOUL PATROL!





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Taylor Hicks - Whomp at the Warfield

Finally the long wait is over. Taylor Hicks fans have been waiting a long time to get the video of the concert Taylor did at the Warfield Theater. Now you can pre-order Whomp at the Warfield at Amazon. The release date is February 17th. This is such great news Taylors Sophomore CD goes on sale February 10th. The National Tour of Broadways show Grease starts December 2nd with Taylor Hicks starring as Teen Angel, with Taylor singing a single of his CD after the show. I am sure once the tour of Grease is over Taylor will then start touring his CD. Fans of Taylor’s have a great year ahead of us with more great music from Taylor.

If you haven’t seen Taylor Hicks live then you need to make plans to as soon as you can. Taylor puts on a great show that is never same twice. If you love great music and seeing someone who gives there all to please concert goers I advise you purchase Whomp at the Warfield. You will not be disappointed.

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Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud?

I got a Google alert today about Taylor Hicks single “Do I Make You proud?” The Mormon Home Evening blog has used Taylor’s song and a video at YouTube to dedicate a tribute to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. I have always loved this video and am so glad that someone else realizes how touching the song and the video is to remind us of all the troops are doing and risking for us.

So after I went to this site I went to search and see how many copies have been sold thus far of “Do I Make You Proud?” I didn’t find any updated info but for those who don’t know in its first week of sales, Taylor’s hit sold 190,000 copies to lead the Hot 100 singles chart put out by Billboard. In addition, Taylor’s single sold 38,000 digital downloads, according to Nielsen Soundscan. The single, which includes a cover of the Doobie Brothers' "Takin' It to the Streets" as a b-side, also led the Pop 100 and Single Sales charts.

If anyone knows how many it has sold now please post that information here. Also I read at http://soulthing.blogspot.com/2008/10/taylor-hicks-do-i-make-you-proud-hits.html that the video which is the one I saw used at http://mormonhomeevening.blogspot.com/2008/10/taylor-hicks-do-i-make-you-proud.html as had over 1 million views of this video of 'Do I Make You Proud' on YouTube. 1,037,404 to be. You can see the video at either site.

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Getting Rich Being Rude - My Vent

This past week the New York Post published a piece that Simon Cowell earns 36 million dollars a year from Fox’s reality show American Idol. I still do not understand what on earth Simon Cowell offers that entitle him to that kind of pay. He has no talent, unless you call insulting others a talent. What about the firefighters that risk their life’s every day, the policeman who encounter people every day that are breaking the law and may shoot them, the ordinary people who are out working hard every day sometimes in extreme rather conditions or being exposed to chemicals that put the health at risk, the troops who are risking their lives 24 hours a day 7 days a week. What about all the elderly who cannot afford their medicines, the children who have horrible diseases and their parents cannot afford the medical treatment they need?

I know all celebrities and musicians receive way too much money but at least these people have a talent and do things that entertain us and bring joy to our lives. But Simon Cowell, come on all that man can do is call people names and find ways to put them down. If he can’t find fault with their singing he will insult their hair, clothes or dancing ability. As he looked in a mirror he isn’t all that. Then on top of that he makes way more than Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson. Both of whom have talents and firsthand experience in the music industry. It just seems crazy to me for anyone to think Simon is worth that money. I wouldn’t even spend the cost of ticket or the cost of gasoline to go see him spew his dribble somewhere. I guess the world takes all kinds of people to go around but really we have people all over who put people down and degrade them every day for free why pay Simon Cowell such a huge, ridiculous amount to do it?



http://www.nypost.com/seven/10132008/tv/simon_alary_envy_133359.htm
Last updated: 10:39 am
October 13, 2008
Posted: 3:46 am
October 13, 2008
WHAT has been long suspected about bad blood among the judges on "American Idol" over money was confirmed over the weekend.
Nigel Lythgoe, the former executive producer of "Idol," says that Simon Cowell is earning $36 million a year from Fox for the show - far more than his counterparts, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson.

Jackson's and Abdul's "salary has never been advertised and Simon has been in Forbes which is why I am talking about it," Lythgoe told an Australian newspaper.
"But there is always jealousy in every job.

"Why is he getting more than the other two judges? Because it is believed that he brings more to the table."

Lythgoe, who quit the show at the end of last season to concentrate full-time on his own series, "So You Think You Can Dance," believes Cowell is worth every penny that he's paid.

"He has actually handled his negotiations quite brilliantly," Lythgoe says.
Cowell's negotiating strategy has been never to sign a contract for longer than 12 months.

"He's only ever negotiated by the year," Lythgoe said. "And now he is getting something like $22,000 per minute."



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Helping a Soldier

My sister has been sending emails back and forth to a soldier stationed in Iraq for about 6 months now. She is starting to get a box of goodies together to send him for Christmas. She has all the traditional stuff she is going to include, toiletries, crossword puzzles, candy and cookies. She asked me what other stuff he might like. I told her to send him CDs and books that those would help entertain him, which I am sure is something that he needs.

So of course I told her I would help fill her box by putting in Taylor Hicks CDs and his book Heart of Soul. I told her about jewelry sprout and the Proud of our Troops Drive. She thinks it is great that people do stuff like this to send stuff to the troops and is thrilled I am helping fill her care package.

Taylor Hicks - Video Interviews

There have been many interviews with Taylor hicks. There are audio, printed and video interviews. Today I am going to cover a few video interviews with Taylor Hicks. Below you will find 5 video interviews. There are many more and you can find them at YouTube. If you have one you especially like and wasn’t others to see it post the link to in the comments sections.















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On my Mind

Ok so this post isn’t a Taylor Hicks post but it is on my mind. It seems this year has flown by. Halloween is right around the corner, which means Christmas will be before we know it. It seems every year I swore that I was not going to spend as much as the year before. Then every year I spend more than the year before. When kids get older the price to get items they truly want goes way up. Just one gift alone will cost me over $300. The WII is a gaming system I have to try my best to get this year (I’ll enjoy that one to) and mp3 players, I-pods and cell phones just to name a few. I wonder if they would settle for an antique Christmas it could consist of an Atari System, cassette recorder, am/fm radio with ear phones and a couple tin cans with string in between them. I know, I know, not likely. But it would sure save my pocket book. Guess I better start checking the Black Friday ads after Thanksgiving. Umm maybe they could have those ads to save us money in getting Tickets to see Taylor in Grease. That way we could buy more tickets and take others to see the show. Hey it’s a idea, whether it’s a likely idea or not, it is an idea.

Taylor Hicks E! News October 20 2008

E! News hosted by Ryan Seacrest gave us a quick glimpse of old footage of Taylor Hicks with Katherine McPhee after the Season Five finale announced Taylor Hicks as the 2006 American Idol winner. It wasn't much footage but even a quick glimpse of the Soul Man looking Hot is a good thing. Ryan was talking about 60 illion votes being cast for Bush as president verses 63 million for Taylor Hicks and Katharine. Even though it wasn't "new: news it was still great to hear Taylor mentioned and see is handsome smiling face.




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How the Internet Changed Music

The internet is a huge place. There are no limits on where you can visit or what you can discover with the internet as your guide. The internet has changed music and continues to change it more every day. Before the internet and sites such as Face Book, MySpace, Live Journal and Yahoo Groups to name just a few getting your music out to those who would enjoy and appreciate it consisted of relying on a record contract or doing live gigs and getting a following that way. With the internet you can post your music online and get it out to many more people. Even if you do not have a record deal you can still get a large fan base that love and appreciate what you do. The internet has changed music so much.

The artist can interact more with their supporters though blogging, emails, journal entries and so many more ways. You build a more intimate relationship with you fans with the help of the internet than ever before. The fans feel more connected to the artist and are very supportive of everything they do. It almost builds a friendship of sorts between the artist and the fans. An artist who spends their time building the fan base and devoting some of their free time becoming personally involved on some level with the fans reaps the benefits for the rest of their career.

Many artists use the internet for this very purpose. For examples I will name a few that I follow.

Taylor Hicks is the first artist that I started keeping track of on the internet. There was a site Gray Charles that posted almost daily about Taylor. Taylor would check in now and then to leave audio blogs for his fans about things going on in his career. Fans loved every audio blog that Taylor left and talked together about the goings on in Taylor’s career. Taylor still leaves blogs now and then at other sites such as his MySpace about what is going in his career and so forth. His fan base has created many fan montages of Taylor and there are many fan run websites that keep up with all things Taylor Hicks. The fans have become friends with one another and meet when concerts are going on to go together, sometimes having pre concert parties or going to dinner together and the talk is Taylor Hicks.

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Articles about Taylor Hicks

There have been many, many articles written about Taylor Hicks. It would take forever to search and find them all. So today I am just going to focus on the articles posted at Associated Content. I am a content producer at the site. I myself have written quite a few articles on Taylor but there are several others at the site written by other content producers. Mostly glowing reports but some not so glowing.

I will list the links to each article.

Taylor Hicks buys Lakefront Property by Amy Gayle
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/238009/taylor_hicks_buys_lake_front_property.html

American Idol’s Taylor Hicks by Leigh Egan
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/32905/american_idols_taylor_hicks.html

Where is Taylor Hicks Now? By Adriana Cherry
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/257563/where_is_taylor_hicks_now_.html

Taylor Hicks – Little Known Facts About by Kassidy Emmerson
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/244479/taylor_hicks_little_known_facts_about.html

Taylor Hicks performs in Kansas City by Amy Gayle
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/227807/taylor_hicks_performs_in_kansas_city.html

American Idol’s Taylor Hicks Rocks Chicago’s House of Blues by Amy Gayle
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/212944/american_idols_taylor_hicks_rocks_chicago.html

American idol’s Taylor Hicks Looses it by Sara Martin
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/181936/american_idols_taylor_hicks_loses_it.html

Taylor Hicks Selected as Grand Marshall for Mardi Gras Celebration & Endymion Parade by Karen Gross
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/112967/taylor_hicks_selected_as_grand_marshall.html

The Next Step for American Idols’ Taylor Hicks

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/35611/the_next_step_for_americas_idol_taylor.html

Taylor Hicks Launches Own Label by Claudia Oakenfull
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1107881/taylor_hicks_launches_own_label.html

A few Articles by Me
Taylor Hicks an Interview with Cindy Wright
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/345082/taylor_hicks_an_interview_with_cindy.html

The Taylor Hicks Experience
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/47595/the_taylor_hicks_experience.html
Taylor Hicks the Soul Patrol
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/103791/taylor_hicks_the_soul_patrol.html

Taylor Hicks Taking it to the Streets…
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1108299/taylor_hicks_taking_it_to_the_streets.html

There are many more articles. Too many to list. Go here to see the full list http://www.associatedcontent.com/subject/article/taylor+hicks?page=1


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Taylor Hicks Golfing Pictures?

My sister is vacationing in Florida. Her husband is a big golf lover. She told me he is thrilled because there are lots of places for Orlando golf. So I remembered Taylor also enjoys golfing and I emailed her some pictures of Taylor on the golf course. She thinks he looks very handsome in his golf attire. I was only able to find a few pictures of Taylor on the golf course. If you have or know of some great picture of Taylor o the course please send me the link to them so I can show her some more of these great pictures.

What are Soul Patrollers and Who is Taylor Hicks?

I went yesterday to try and find a good used car. I stopped at one car lot and the guy had several cars and vans but none of them were what I wanted. Either because of price or the vehicle itself. The man kept having us follow at him to look at yet another vehicle.

When I still found nothing I wanted he said I have a bus for sale out back you might be interested in. I laughed and said no I don’t think I need a bus. He laughed and said well ok if you are sure. The next words out of mouth had my husband saying here we go again. I told the man well the bus may be a good idea if I can get a bunch of Soul Patrollers together to go see a Taylor Hicks concert.

The man asked, what are Soul Patrollers and who is Taylor Hicks? Is that some kind of religious thing? I started laughing; my husband said did you have to ask? I told the guy some about Taylor. He said he likes Ray Charles and Sam Cooke so I told him he ought to check out Taylor Hicks.

When we left the man said he would have to see if he can find Taylor’s CD. I told him if not go online and you can order them. I don’t know if he will or not but at least now he knows who Taylor Hicks is and what a Soul Patroller is.

In the theme of a bus here is a video. A oldie but goodie The Adventures of the Purple Bus.

Taylor Hicks - Live Videos

So in an earlier post I covered Fan made video montages of Taylor Hicks. Now I think it is only right to cover some of my favorite live Taylor performances. YouTube is filled with great videos of Taylor performing whether it is in concert or on television. There is a sure to a song favorite for everyone. Taylor Hicks never fails to give 100% to anything he sings so without further ado here are some great videos.

The Right Place on the View


Sweet Home Chicago


Take the Long Way Home


Heaven Knows

Runaround




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Taylor Hicks Photo Montages

Taylor Hicks is a very popular subject for fans to use to make YouTube photo montages. Fans sometimes use one of Taylor’s own song to help with promoting the song or they may use a song by another artist if it reminds them for some reason of Taylor. In this post I will be sharing with you some of favorite montages.
Heart Attack


Love Man


Just One Look


Soul Thing


He’s So Shy


And a couple I have created
Taymeo is Romeo


Get Up and Move




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