NEXT BUCK OWENS Talent competition Rules

Here are the steps involved in how to become THE NEXT BUCK OWENS.

1.  Learn the audition song right off of this post by listening to it on the podcast (posted with the lyrics below).

2.  Start your own recording of the song to put your own personality and style into the arrangement or send a request for the instrumental tracks and simply add vocals at a studio of your choice in your area (the cheaper way to go as I've already paid for these recorded tracks). 
 
3.  Or, I'll lend you the instrumental tracks and you can simply find the nearest studio and lay your vocals on top of it.

4.  You can be a boy, girl, woman, man or band.  The whole idea behind the song is "be yourself, don't try to be anybody else."

4.  Deadline for the contest is September 30, 2010. 

***Prizes for THE NEXT BUCK OWENS: 

1.  You're cover of the original DR BLT song, IF YOU WANT TO BE THE NEXT BUCK OWENS will be aired live on KWMR's
Bakersfield and Beyond

2.  Your cover of IF YOU WANNA BE THE NEXT BUCK OWENS will appear on a digital, downloadable Dr BLT CD. 

3.  You will win a trophy and a certificate with your name and your new title, THE NEXT BUCK OWENS.

4.  You will be interviewed for this blog site, BAKERSFIELD SOUND UNDERGROUND.

Here are the lyrics and the audio for the song:

If you Wanna Be the Next Buck Owens
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr Bruce L Thiessen, featuring Hank Ray on lead guitar
aka Dr BLT © 2010

Download | Duration: 00:02:39

if you wanna be the next Buck Owens
if you wanna grab the tiger by the tail
just give 'em all you've got
dare to be different
sing out from your heart
let your guitar's wail

chorus:
be yourself
be yourself
you don't have to be anybody else
if you wanna be the next Buck Owens
break some hearts
and make some spirits melt

if you wanna be the next Merle Haggard
you don't have to sing the fightin' side of me
just give 'em all you've got
dare to be different
sing out from your heart
let your guitar scream
(chorus; instrumental solo, repeat chorus)