Miranda's Way

Miranda Lambert is the epitome of the modern country music woman. From her early beginnings at her father’s knee, she learned the fine art of songwriting. Her first competition at age 10 was just the start of her long and winding road to country music stardom. In choosing people to emulate and pattern a career after, Miranda definitely sets the standard high! She gained notoriety and acceptance from her first fans on the stage at Johnnie High’s Country Music Review in Arlington, Texas. Inspired at 17, she chose to start her own band, “Texas Pride Band”. In the meantime, she learned to play the guitar and was penning her famous songs. The premise behind great artists is the road they chose to take to build their career and their fan base. Starting at the bottom, earning every lesson and award teaches performers and others alike the importance of knowing your craft from the bottom up! Performers have a multitude of things to learn while they are honing their craft such as: timing, stage presence, song selection, songwriting and a plethora of other issues that given any one negative could delay or kill a career. Miranda herself says she didn’t come from typical family upbringing. Her parents ran a detective agency and because her dad was a singer, songwriter on the side influenced her choices in lyrics she shoes to write about life, as she knew it growing up. The video from YouTube is one of my favorites and could have been a song about my life. Although this song is not one Miranda wrote, it clearly tells her story from the beginning! In each of her albums, Miranda gets better and more polished as a singer songwriter. For each of your life experiences begins a song and clearly, Miranda Lambert has the guts, brains and talent to pull off anything thrown at her…and lives life Miranda’s Way… Television Network. (n.d.). Miranda Lambert Print - Biography.com . Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com. Retrieved March 18,2012, from http://www.biography.com/print/profile/miranda-lambert-369610 Lambert, M. (n.d.). Miranda Lambert. Miranda Lambert. Retrieved March 18, 2012, from http://www.mirandalambert.com/ Miranda Lambert Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com . (n.d.). Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com.Retrieved March 18, 2012, from http://www.biography.com/people/miranda-lambert-369610