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Growing
up in Akron, Ohio, twins Josh and Zach Carter were surrounded by music
from the time they were born. Their mother worked in country radio and
encouraged their interest — Zach stole time at her piano, while she
taught Josh “Stairway to Heaven” on the guitar. The family moved to
Hilton Head, S.C. when the brothers were 15, where they landed their
first live gig at Coligny Plaza. They realized their true passion was
performing in front of a live audience, and continued to craft their
musicianship while juggling a busy high school schedule and playing
hundreds live gigs.
The young duo’s air-tight harmonies reflect a wide range of musical
influences, including everyone from Rascal Flatts, Brooks & Dunn and
Keith Urban; to John Mayer, the Everly Brothers and Gavin DeGraw.
Songwriting comes naturally to the twins, who easily finish each other’s
thoughts and benefit from a little brotherly competition.
In 2008, the Carter Twins scored a chance meeting with an MTV executive
in Los Angeles, who ultimately led them to CMT. The brothers recently
completed high school and moved to Nashville to pursue their music
career full-time under the development of CMT Music and Meteor 17. Now
19 years old, Joshua Scott Carter and Zachary Edward Carter are settling
into their new Nashville digs, and spent the summer working with some of
Music City’s best songwriters and crafting as many as 80 songs in just
six months.
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Their first single, “Heart
Like Memphis,” is quickly drawing an audience online and rising at
radio. The song, written by Blair Daly, Ashley Gorley and Lee Miller, is
already on CMT, CMT.com, iTunes and Rhapsody.
“We get asked a lot what the meaning behind Memphis is, and it’s really
open to interpretation,” says Zach. “We’ve enjoying hearing what our
fans think it means. To us, it’s at story about a girl who has gone
through some tough times, but it makes her a stronger person in the
end.”
Under the helm of Frank Rogers, Billboard magazine’s 1 country producer,
the Carter Twins are working on their debut album for an anticipated
release in early 2010...
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