March Madness Meets Music Madness

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                March Madness is well-known for basketball brackets and games.  MTV has a different idea in mind for March Madness with the Musical March Madness.

                MTV shows a large bracket on their website that shows multiple bands and artists who are teamed up against one another and it is up to the public to vote on who will win the battle.

                The bracket is set up the same as in basketball. You vote for the one you like the most, the winner moves on to the next round and battle the other winner of the round. This battle method continues until there is one final winner.

                The competition started with 64 different bands, split them into four regions and gave the, seeds.  The bands and artists going head to head go all the way from Metallica and Coheed and Cambria to Maroon 5 and Dave Matthews Band.

There are currently eight head to head battles remaining at http://www.mtv.com/content/news/2012/musical_march_madness_2012/

Head over now to vote for your favorites in the Musical March Madness.

The winners will receive an engraved trophy and will join other tournament winners from the past Musical March Madness champions.

Juliet Simms holds upper hand on The Voice?

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Juliet Simms, with her ripped jean vest and tattoos, walks onto the stage of The Voice blind auditions belting out the rough vocal of “Oh Darling” by The Beatles.

                With her scratchy voice and edginess it did not take long before three well known artists turned their chairs around to have Simms on their team, however to the public, Simms has a familiar face.

                Simms, being front woman for the rock band Automatic Loveletter, formed back in 2007 while Simms also performed in solo tours.

                Automatic Loveletter released; three albums, one digital EP, 36 singles and performed on three major tours including; Bamboozle, Bamboozle Left and Warped Tour.

                Simms has also appeared in songs with other bands like Secondhand Serenade, Every Avenue and All Time Low.

                Simms now holds the spot as a tough competitor on The Voice.

My Grandmother, 30 at 92

My grandmother and I

Grandmas are magical.

If we are lucky, when we look back on our childhood, our grandmas are a part of it. We remember the days that they would sit on the floor with us and help us build that house of blocks.

As we got a little older, the elementary school projects that we were so proud of were addressed to no one other than grandma.

They get the copy of your good grades, ask about your friends, heal your boo boos with kisses and make the best cookies.

When we look back, they’ve been there for it all.

What is it that makes our grandma’s so magical to each of us?

Perhaps it’s something as small as the names we call them, Nana, Nene, Oma, Granny and many others.

Disney Star Airs Self-Documentary About Addiction

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The venue still vibrates from the power of bass and echoes from the fans still linger in the air as the spotlight shines onto an empty stage. This is the one place in the world that Disney star Demi Lovato feels like she is meant to be.

            “Music is what I love to do, music is my life, like it runs in my veins,” said Lovato in her documentary, “DemiLovato: Stay Strong,” which aired on MTV on Tuesday, March 2, 2012.

With a shaky voice and tear-filled eyes, Lovato poured her heart out to a camera that recorded her every move, tear and emotion since her time in Timberline Knolls Treatment Center a year ago. 

Now, she shares those moments with the public.

In this documentary, Lovato talked about her struggle with addiction, not with drugs, but with an eating disorder and self injury.

Lovato was just 11 when she started cutting herself, an act she had seen on TV and around school.

“I didn’t even understand it when I was doing it,” said Lovato in an interview with ABC’s 20/20. “It was a way of expressing my own shame of myself on my own body; I was matching the inside to the outside.”