THE ULTIMATE

What a rough decision... four great genres... the best 3 tier lineup... and here are the qualifiers. I mixed it up a little bit and for my shows I am having each one represent a cause I know that the band has ties with and chooses to represent. Music is powerful and brave, and it has the power to change the world by changing perspectives. Even jazz... a lot of jazz doesn't include lyrics. But if it's right, you know exactly what the composer was feeling when he first played it.

In the Rock division (my personal favorite...)

OPENING THE SHOW:    single file

THE MIDWAY: CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR

THE BIG ONE: BOYS LIKE GIRLS!

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Their philanthropic decision is with TAKEACTION! Takeaction! is at my make-believe tour with them. It is its eighth year running, and TA raises funds and public awareness for youth involvement in charitable action. DoSomething.org would be where their percentage of profits from donations, ticket sales, and merchandise would go to. :-)

IN MY JAZZ CATAGORY:

OPENING: RON COBB

SUSPENSING: CHRIS MCDONALD

HEADLINING: RHONDA MCCOY!

It just so happens that all of these jazz artists are under  Christian label... So to be funny... Donald Miller will be a midway guest speaker at this concert (which is in a Jazz hall in Chi-town) and the first 100 people there will get a copy of his book "Blue Like Jazz." Miller, in the preface of his book, talks about spirituality being like jazz in a way.

"I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw a man playing the saxophone. I stood there for fifteen minutes, and he never opened his eyes. After that, I liked jazz. Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way..."    Donald will speak at the event. It'd be tiiight.

IN THE HIP HOP DIVISION:

First up: DJ LAZ

Following: Pitbull

FINISHING: MISSY ELLIOT!!!!

SO I'm pumped about this one! Missy is the best selling female hip hop artist of all time with 5 multi platinum albums. she owns her own freakin' record label AND she is a national spokeswoman for "Break The Cycle," a non-prof org. dedicated to preventing domestic violence. Way to go, girl. Missy will speak out against the cause right before she plays "Ching-A-Ling." :-)

AND NOW FOR THE GENRE OF MY CHOICE: I like passionate music, and I am passionate about what God has done in and through my life and the power of it all, so I'm presenting an ideal line up for some crazy amazing artists from a Christian genre.

OPENING: BETWEEN THE TREES

FOLLOWING: SINCE OCTOBER

HEADLINING: FLYLEAF!!!!!

MAN, THESE BANDS GET ME GOING. FLYLEAF HITS SO HARD, THE SCREAMING AND THE BEAUTY OF THOSE POWERFUL LYRICS NEVER CEASE TO GIVE ME CHILLS. 

THESE BANDS WILL REPRESENT "TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS." THOUGH TWLOHA IS NOT NOTABLY A CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT, IT IS A MESSAGE EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR. TWLOHA IS MY FAVORITE CAUSE... IT BRINGS AWARENESS AND HOPE TO THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION, SUICIDE, AND SELF-INJURY. IT IS A VERY HONEST THING, AND I'VE GOTTEN THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH THIS, AND IT HAS CHANGED ME SO MUCH THROUGH ITS MESSAGE. BTT WILL BE THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THIS EVENT. 

SO THIS WAS MY ULTIMATE LINEUP... THIS SHOULD TOTALLY HAPPEN... EVEN THOUGH IT WAS JUST MAKE BELIEVE, ANY OF THESE CONCERTS COULD TOTALLY ROCK! :-) AM I RIGHT??