Didi Benami and Lacey Brown to Appear at Grammy Camp
Season 9's Didi Benami has been included as one of the top music industry professionals discussing the realities of the music business and careers in music with more than 700 Los Angeles-area high school students at GRAMMY Camp - Basic Training, a GRAMMY in the Schools initiative of the GRAMMY Foundation. GRAMMY Camp - Basic Training conducts a variety of workshops focusing on various fields in the music industry, utilizing the entire USC Thornton School of Music campus.
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‘American Idol’: Ray Chew hired as music director
Veteran bandleader Ray Chew will be "American Idol's" music director in the coming season.Chew, who has worked with Alicia Keys, Rihanna and Aretha Franklin (among others) and was the music director for "Showtime at the Apollo," replaces Rickey Minor in the "Idol" job. He's already begun working with the contestants in preparation for the start of live shows in February, according to The ......
‘American Idol’ hires musical director, plans next level of cuts
"American Idol" has hired Ray Chew to be its new music director, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Ray replaces Rickey Minor, who now leads the ......
"American Idol" hires Ray Chew as music director
Among the changes for the upcoming tenth season of "American Idol" is a new music director to fill the seat Rickey Minor vacated when he left to lead "The Tonight Show" band at the end of Season 9....
‘American Idol’ Hires Ray Chew as New Music Director
Shirley Halperin A veteran of TV music shows "The Singing Bee" and "It's Showtime at the Apollo," Chew fills the seat Rickey Minor vacated when he left to lead "The Tonight Show." read more...
Idols Help Keep Music Education in Schools
The rain didn't stop 275 industry members and guests from gathering at House of Blues Los Angeles on Tuesday night for a sold-out supercharged evening benefiting Education Through Music-Los Angeles (ETM-LA). ETM-LA's Fifth Annual Benefit Gala included electrifying performances by Ben Vereen, Patrice Rushen, and Lalah Hathaway with LA-based funk-band Bern which boasts two of American Idol's Semifinalists - Rudy Cardenas and Brandon Rogers. The energetic assembly rocked the night with other stars:...
Lee’s and Crystal’s Recent TV Appearance
Season 9s Top 2 finalists, Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox, recently performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Crystal performed Whats Up by 4 Non Blondes with her acoustic guitar and she got to reunite with her Season 9 band leader, Rickey Minor, who now heads up The Tonight Show Band. American Idol Lee also performed a song he hadnt played on the show, Rocket Man, by Elton John. He changed up the song and made it his own, and he was also back up by Rickey.
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