Scotty McCreery Falls Off the Stage

Scotty McCreery Falls Off the Stage, Gets Pranked by Brad Paisley

When Scotty McCreery took the stage to open for Brad Paisley in Bethel, N.Y. over the weekend, he must not have paid close enough attention to the width of the walkway into the crowd. Either that, or maybe he was rocking out so hard during the final tune of his set that he lost his balance, because he accidentally tumbled off the stage mid-song.
But he was a good sport about it. After his run on ‘American Idol,’ as well as his touring experience so far, ‘The Trouble With Girls’ hitmaker is seasoned, and thus prepared for all sorts of performance mishaps. Though McCreery took quite a dive during his show on Friday night (August 10), just a few bars of the tune later, he was back on stage again, and singing without skipping much of a beat.
But although McCreery played it cool, prankster Paisley wasn’t going to let the 18-year-old rising star forget his clumsy fall without making a joke of it.
On Saturday night (August 12), McCreery tweeted a photo of hilarious himself singing on a small stage walkway, decked out with excessive caution tape and orange cones lining the edges. “@BradPaisley wanted me to be extra cautious tonight! Thanks Brad!,” McCreery explained.
McCreery probably didn’t need a reminder to stay clear from the edge of the stage — we’re sure he’s been extra careful since taking a spill off of the platform in Bethel — but he gets points for leaving the joke in tact during his performance. A lesser man would have removed the yellow tape and traffic cones!

Scotty McCreery’s fall

‘Idol’ bits: Scotty McCreery’s fall, Phillip Phillips, Jordin Sparks

A few days ago, there was a pitch to songwriters to come up with particular types of tunes for Phil Phillips, Jessica Sanchez and Skylar Laine. MJ broke the story.
What made the pitch for Phillip interesting was how it didn’t sound anything like Phillip’s tastes:

OP/ROCK SONGS with MALE VOCALS in the style of David Cook, Paul McDonald, with elements of John Mayer, Train, and Jason Mraz, etc., needed by an A&R Manager of a Major Label for an AMERICAN IDOL winner working on his debut album. They’re looking for FRESH, UPLIFTING, and RADIO-FRIENDLY songs that are stylistically within the range of the referenced artists while bringing something NEW and FRESH to the table. They’ll be looking for the Top-40 Radio side of Pop/Singer-Songwriter/Rock, nothing overly moody or introspective. Your songs should be FUN and CATCHY, with BIG sing-along CHORUSES.

Phillip is clearly not into the pop stuff but more into a darker, Damian Rice-style of music. And he was Tweeting with a 19 Management person about the subject, which MJ details. In it, he wrote, “I like moody songs that have meaning… make you think.”
Based on his behavior on the show, he is both humble but headstrong. I can’t imagine what the behind-the-scenes battles are looking like over how his first album is going to sound like. Will they try to turn him into a Train/Script type act? (Think Bo Bice and that hideous “Real Thing” song). They certainly will try.  Phillip is not really set to become a big rock star a la Steven Tyler or even like John Mayer. So this will probably be his first – and last – album with the major label.  But we shan’t be too pessimistic yet. Let’s see what he turns out.
His single “Home,” in the meantime, sold another 217,000 copies last week and now has exceeded one million copies. Thank the London Olympics! Radio airplay growth is still relatively modest. It’s No. 18 on the Hot AC chart and No. 43 on the top 40 chart, according to Mediabase 24/7.
- Here’s Scotty McCreery’s stage fall. He’s fine. He said headliner Brad Paisley shortened the stage on him as a prank. Ha. Ha?

Scotty McCreery: from Average Teenager to Country Star

Scotty McCreery: from Average Teenager to Country Star

Scotty McCreery’s life has been a whirlwind since winning season 10 of American Idol. Before a recent show in Bay City, Michigan, Scotty talked with MLive about how being crowned an Idol by fans has changed his life .
“I went from being an average teenager working at a grocery store in the country, playing music every night and doing what I loved,” he said. “It’s been a huge blessing — I learned a lot of things last year about the industry and about myself. My life has changed, but I think the person I am pretty much stayed the same.”
Growing up in the small town of Garner, North Carolina helped shape Scotty into the young man he is now. His upbringing also helps him stay grounded now that he’s become a household name in the country music genre.
“I think it’s helped me out a lot as a person,” he said. “I grew up with a good family, a good church and good morals, and I can’t say enough about how great and supportive my hometown has been. It’s been fun to tour around the country, but I’ll try to take a few days off between shows sometimes to go back home.”
Scotty is currently on Brad Paisley’s Virtual Reality Tour. After graduating from high school in the spring, he has plans to continue his education this fall. He thinks he’s worked it out to where he’ll be able to continue balancing both music and his studies.
“I’m planning on continuing to work on my music, definitely,” he said. “I’m going to college (North Carolina State University) in the fall, and I scheduled my classes mostly for Monday and Wednesday so I can reserve Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday to do as many shows as I can in the fall. It’ll be different and I’ll have to get used to it, but I think it’ll work. We’ll see.”
Scotty will also release a Christmas album this fall — and he’s already hard at work on his second studio album.