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Top Christian Artists Hop on for Youth Reality Show

A reality show that features some of the nation’s top Christian artists, including Krystal Meyers and Hawk Nelson, will make its series premiere Friday.

“Revolve: Rockin’ The Road” follows the cast and crew of The Revolve Tour as they travel the country, hitting cities with weekend events geared toward teen girls and talking to teens along the way about tough topics like dating, tattoos and everyday challenges.

"With the success of unscripted drama reality shows like The Hills and Keeping Up with the Kardashians, it's clear that television viewers connect with real life dramatic-in-nature programming,” commented Brad Siegel, vice chairman of Gospel Music Channel.

“We wanted to create a show that was unique and aligned with our network's vision of inspiring, uplifting and entertaining through music,” he added in a public announcement. “Revolve: Rockin' The Road does all those things and more and gives our young viewers a cast they can relate to and music they love.”

“Revolve” will be Gospel Music Channel’s first-ever unscripted reality drama series and takes viewers on a unique, behind-the-scenes journey with four team members of The Revolve Tour, the popular traveling tour for teen girls produced by North America's largest women's conference, Women of Faith.

For four weeks, the four friends – two guys and two gals – trek across America with an agenda to connect with teen girls and spark interest in “The Revolve Tour: All Access” that kicked off Sept. 12.

As the foursome travel to nine different Christian music festivals across the country, “Revolve” captures their collective quest to maintain spiritual peace and discipline amid logistical challenges, self goals, and inevitable relationship struggles.

In the first episode of the five-episode series, the two members engage in an interesting conversation about tattoos and piercings with Christian rocker Krystal Meyers, who joins the group for the series premiere.

Also hopping on the bus for the first episode will be Hawk Nelson, Group 1 Crew and Ayiesha Woods. The foursome also meets up with Natalie Grant at a Revolve “All Access” event.

The series premiere will air Friday at 11 p.m. ET and again on Saturday at 11 p.m. Each episode after the first will also be aired in the weeks to follow at the same dates and times.

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Krystal Meyers Answers YOUR Questions

Krystal Meyers’ has a rockin’ new album headed to stores this fall. She was one of 11 artists that chatted with YOU during GMA Week. Here’s the full transcript…

MyGodIsEnough: What is your songwriting process?

Krystal Meyers: For this record that we've pretty much just finished up, it starts out with the music, and then I come up with the melody and then the lyric. But it doesn't always have to be that formula.

MyGodIsEnough: When did you first feel called to pursue a career as a singer?

Krystal Meyers: Ever since I could talk is when I felt that calling. That's all I felt.

Christian_Hope: What advice would you give to bands that want to make it the Christian industry?

Krystal Meyers: Get out there and play as much as possible. Do songwriter nights. Get yourself out there, and do as much as possible. Be in constant prayer. Make sure that it's the Lord's will.

Christian_Hope: What is your pre-show ritual?

Krystal Meyers: My pre-show ritual is I drink tea nonstop. I do my vocal warm-ups. I try to talk as little as possible and just kind of hang out with the guys. We pray and then go up on stage and do our thing.

wootfan: Do you have any future tour plans other than the “Revolve Tour”?

Krystal Meyers: We're supposed to be in Asia for four months.

singersmartguy17: I know you are finishing up a new album. Do you have any word on what time we should anticipate its release?

Krystal Meyers: For the United States, I think it's September 16. In Asia, it's July 1. In Japan, it's July 9.

singersmartguy17: What is your favorite of the new songs and why?

Krystal Meyers: There's a song called "Shine" that I like a lot. There's a song called "Love It Away" that I really like. I love the whole record though. This is the first time that I love everything about the new record. I'm really excited about it.

singersmartguy17: What is the "deepest" of the new songs (lyrically speaking)?

Krystal Meyers: "S.O.S." and "My Freedom" are really deep.

Kames: Is it hard for you to pray out loud in public?

Krystal Meyers: It's not hard for me to pray out loud in public. I'm always the one who leads our band in prayer and stuff. Honestly, I think that prayer is a heart thing. Prayer is an intimacy with you and the Lord.

Kames: In a world of skimpy clothes and sexy everything, how do you keep an outfit modest?

Krystal Meyers: I keep an outfit modest by pretty much being a modest person, so I don't have to think about it very much. Throwing tights underneath things. I do layering. It adds dimension. Modesty is not an issue with me.

LJ17: Have you ever considered singing a song with another Christian artist? If so, then who?

Krystal Meyers: I like The Almost and Underoath. It'd be fun to do something with them. I think Aaron is a cool songwriter.

LJ17: Who are your favorite Christian artists?

Krystal Meyers: My favorite Christian artists...The Almost would be one of them. Fireflight and Leeland are great. Leeland's really great.

wootfan: Krystal, you said you wanted to get into modeling, have you? And if so, has it changed you at all?

Krystal Meyers: Modeling hasn't changed me. Doing photo shoots is one of my favorite things to do besides music. I think it's just another side of me. I have done it. I've done stuff for Vans [and] Journey shoes. I did the cover of Nylon in Japan. Doing that cover was the coolest thing ever. I've done stuff for Nashville Lifestyles.

HNismyfriend: What's your favorite resturaunt?

Krystal Meyers: My favorite restaurant is Carrabba's.

HNismyfriend: Do you like ladybugs? Rock on!

Krystal Meyers: I like lady bugs as long as they're not biting me.

wootfan: What's the last thing God spoke to your heart?

Krystal Meyers: The last thing He spoke to my heart is from something from when I read the Bible in the morning and before I go to bed. There are a couple different things. But one thing would sum it up. There's a book called The Way of Agape, and I've been reading that. I think that book has really spoken a lot to me. It is a very good book. It's a very life-changing book.

Kames: What happens offstage?

Krystal Meyers: A lot of chilling. A lot of nothing happens offstage. Just hanging out. I'm barefoot because I go on stage wearing high heels, and I get tired of wearing high heels.

Kames: Do you think you'll ever do a Christmas album? [especially after the success of "King of Angels"]

Krystal Meyers: I probably won't do a Christmas album, but I have done a Christmas song before. I think it was from Come, Let Us Adore Him. I think, through the span of my career, I'll probably do more Christmas songs.

wootfan: How often do you work out, and how long do you work out for? What’s your fave kind of work-out?

Krystal Meyers: I never work out. But the couple times that I've gone with a friend to a class, we did pilates and that was pretty cool. I'm going to start working one-on-one with a hip-hop trainer, and that's gonna be pretty cool.

LJ17: Hey Krystal, are you excited about getting to be a part of “Revolve Tour 2008-2009”? It is a blast!

Krystal Meyers: I am very, very, very excited. I can't wait. We've got some good stuff up our sleeves for that, so it will be good.

wootfan: Who are your role models?

Krystal Meyers: I would say my mom for sure. Besides Christ, of course, it's definitely my mom.

Anticonformist23: What's your favorite song to perform live?

Krystal Meyers: My favorite songs to perform live are new songs right now. Something fresh and new is fun. "Stand and Scream" is one that I love to perform.

Anticonformist23: What is your favorite clothing store?

Krystal Meyers: Urban Outfitters is my favorite clothing store.


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Krystal Meyers goes really pop on new CD

With the release of her third album, "Make Some Noise," Krystal Meyers does a complete turnaround. The girl who once sounded close to Avril Lavigne now sounds like Hannah Montana or a younger Hilary Duff. Punk rock guitar riffs are now replaced with electronic synths and bouncy beats.

I bought Meyers' CD expecting this change, but fans who haven't been keeping up with her are in for a big surprise. The CD is worth the listen though, and it turned out to be a very enjoyable.

The first song and title track, "Make Some Noise," does a good job of letting you know this album isn't her usual style. The song is very bouncy and sets the pace for the rest of the album. And a lot like the first track, "Shine" is an upbeat song that has a club-like feel. Both songs can get you dancing if you're not careful.

Still popish but on the more serious side lyrically are "Love it Away" and "You'll Never Know." Both songs offer a message of hope and love while still having a fun atmosphere.

The songs "S.O.S." and "My Freedom" give listeners a break from the total pop that envelops this CD and borders more on her older style. "My Freedom" is especially emotional and gives Meyers a chance to show fans that she can still sing deep, passionate vocals.

Though it may seem like just another love song, "Feels So Right" has one of the best backbeats on the album. And what's a love song without a breakup song to go along with it?

"Up To You" surprised me when I first heard it because it sounds like a slow pop song straight out of the '90s.

"Beautiful Tonight" is a song that could have many meanings. Filled with somewhat angsty lyrics, Meyers sings a wonderful song, emotion showing through each word.

"In Your Hands" is a bit of a slower song about trust without understanding. Meyers shines vocally in this song and leaves the listener with a warm feeling.

So while it may not be the typical Krystal Meyers sound fans have come to love, "Make Some Noise" is worth buying if you can appreciate creative beats and a good pop sound.

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Christian singer Krystal Meyers juices latest CD, performances with fun dance-pop

Krystal Meyers is 20 years old. She's too young to remember the exhilarating dance-pop sound that joyfully engulfed much of mainstream radio in the '80s.

But you'd never know that from listening to her third album, Make Some Noise, an addictive merger of percolating synthesizer lines, hooky propulsive choruses and inspirational lyrics.

The contemporary Christian singer-songwriter did a musical about-face after recording two discs, 2005's Krystal Meyers and 2006's Dying for a Heart, marked by a penchant for the Avril Lavigne style of pop-rock.

Ms. Meyers, sounding exuberantly idealistic and youthful, sees her artistic switch as a boon for her stage performances.

"You want to write something that's fun onstage," she says by phone from Columbus, Ohio. "That's one thing that is exciting with this new record. That fun, dance, '80s feel to it brings a new element to the stage. There isn't a lot of this in the Christian music industry. I've been listening to this a lot and I want to bring the fun, pop feel to the ministry. I wanted to make a record that I would have fun performing, too. That's always a key element in making a record."

Ms. Meyers realizes she may have picked up a few new fans thanks to the style of Make Some Noise.

"It's been cool 'cause it's been appealing to young adults as well 'cause it takes you back to listening to Cyndi Lauper, high school prom and all that other stuff," she says. "It really does appeal to the teenage audience, but it can also appeal to adults."

The teenage audience, specifically teenage girls, will be her focus Friday night and Saturday afternoon at American Airlines Center. Ms. Meyers is part of the Revolve Tour: All Access, an event aimed at sixth- through 12th-grade girls that addresses issues such as friends, body image, self-esteem, relationships and faith in God. Music, dramatic re-enactments, videos and personal stories are used to get the messages across.

Ms. Meyers, Natalie Grant, Group 1 Crew, Hawk Nelson and Danielle Kimmey, formerly of Out of Eden, are the Revolve Tour's musical lineup.

"It's a coming-of-age experience for girls," she says. "The audience is from 13 to 17, all teenage girls. It's a big deal. The great thing is that the tour doesn't come and tell you how to solve your problems. 'OK, you're dealing with peer pressure, relationship problems, parents – here's how to fix it.' That's not it. Everyone talks from their personal experiences, the good and the bad, what they've learned from their relationship with Christ. The audience can pull from that. Be honest and real, not sugarcoating anything."

Ms. Meyers probably will perform "Shine" from Make Some Noise. The song, which she co-wrote, features the uplifting line, "You can't get in the way of my shine." That's an example of her ability to craft tunes that balance the spiritual and the universal.

"I am a Christian," she affirms. "My relationship with Christ really does dictate what I do. As an artist you write about what you know. So that is the core of what I sing. But I like to put it in a way that isn't immediately going to drive someone away. Ultimately I want them to hear what I have to say, who Christ is. At the same time you want to write songs that are fun and that don't have to have some deep spiritual meaning. I'm a Christian. But we can have fun music, too." Plan your life

The Revolve Tour: All Access with Krystal Meyers, Natalie Grant, Hawk Nelson and others is from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at American Airlines Center, 2500
Victory. $54 to $74. www.revolvetour.com or www.americanairlines center.com.

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Krystal Meyers - Make Some Noise (Essential Records)

Sounds like … programmed pop with a strong '80s influence, resembling Katy Perry, Superchick, Miley Cyrus, Gwen Stefani, Stacie Orrico, and even Madonna.

At a glance … with Make Some Noise, Krystal Meyers further establishes herself as one of the brightest new talents in Christian music, again transforming her sound without compromising spiritually or stylistically.

Though Krystal Meyers is still a relatively new artist, she's become readily embraced and one of the biggest pop stars in Christian music. Impressive since it seems like only yesterday when she released her 2005 debut and everyone pegged her as Christian music's answer to Avril Lavinge and Ashlee Simpson. But that following year, she released her follow-up Dying for a Heart, which successfully took her sound into a harder-rocking direction.

In just a few years time, she's reinvented her sound, enjoyed several radio hits, toured internationally, become a pop sensation in Japan, and been nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year at the Doves for two years straight. Even the title track of her third album, Make Some Noise, has been used to promote the television line-ups for both ABC and NBC, not to mention the 2008 summer Olympics. Not a bad way to start, eh? And it looks like she'll be making an impact for a while yet.

First, Meyers deserves praise for doing her part to become more than a pop product or fad. The 20-year-old has co-written 29 of the 30 songs on her three albums. Moreover, she's managed to reinvent herself stylistically with each album, keeping her sound fresh. Just as Dying for a Heart was a departure from the first album, Make Some Noise embraces programmed electronic pop strongly influenced by the '80s, produced by DoubleDutch (Mat Kearney, tobyMac). It's very well done and different, yet it somehow all seems to work together as different aspects of Meyers' sound—she's both rock chick and pop star, kind of like Miley Cyrus or Katy Perry.

For that matter, I hope it's not just me, but "Make Some Noise" has a similar '80s synth-rock shuffle to Perry's infamous single about kissing. She takes on the style just as well, but without the objectionable lyrics—how cool-but-weird to hear a Christian artist in step with a popular mainstream artist who used to be a Christian artist. Still, the song is little more than a catchy call to action—for faith, or social action, or a new generation to be heard, it's never really clear. The same is true of "Shine," which resembles the electronic pop of Gwen Stefani, Stacie Orrico, and even early Madonna. It could be about living out our calling, but the song never specifies what it means for something to "get in the way of my shine." And the similar sounding "You'll Never Know" is almost surely about God's ever-present comfort, but again, it's open to broad interpretation. They seem to just scratch the surface of something more meaningful.

The Radio Disney crowd will certainly find plenty to like on this album, with generic responses to romantic infatuation ("Feels So Right") and heartache (the break-up ballad "Up to You"). Songs like these are fine, revealing Meyers' desire to sing about the totality of life as a young Christian woman. But they also show a tendency toward template songwriting, as neither offers much personality or insight as far as dating goes. The same could be said of "Beautiful Tonight," a driving electronic pop song about self-esteem struggles that sounds like virtually every other Christian pop/rock song about self-esteem struggles. Obviously it's a topical anthem for Meyers to use on the Revolve Tour for teen girls with Natalie Grant, Group 1 Crew, and Hawk Nelson, but though the song may be relatable, it's also rather generic and impersonal....

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Krystal Meyers - Dying for a Heart (Essential)

Sounds like … a harder-edged version of Avril Lavigne, Ashlee Simpson, Hilary Duff, Jessie Daniels, BarlowGirl, and other teen pop/chick rock

At a glance … Krystal Meyers doesn't change what worked so well on her label debut, but simply upgrades it to meet the standards of today's girlie pop/rock

There's something about teen Christian singers and Japanese audiences. Teen pop/rock damsel Krystal Meyers is the latest adolescent sensation to strike a chord in the Asian country—R&B starlets Stacie Orrico and Kierra "KiKi" Sheard both made a mark of their own there not too long ago—scoring a hit album and single which have rivaled even those of seasoned veterans.

Whatever the reasons, people overseas love Meyers, as does her own stateside fan base, which has been waiting dutifully for Dying for a Heart, her sophomore album for Essential Records. Released only a year and a couple of months after her self-titled 2005 debut, Dying for a Heart is for all intents and purposes a continuation of Meyers' first outing, except with a sound that's more aggressive and harder-hitting than the slick, yet generally derivative feel of her debut....

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