Chances are now that you’ve seen This Is It (and if you haven’t then you should!) you’re probably as enraptured with the bombshell guitarist flanking the King of Pop as I am. If you’ve been here in the past few months then you know it’s 24-year-old Australian guitar virtuoso Orianthi (myspace); who beyond MJ (and nobody is beyond MJ) has also been backing the likes of Carrie Underwood and jamming with legends like Carlos Santana. Would you like to get to know her a little better? Orianthi’s solo debut album Believe is now in stores; her single “According to You” was recently the iTunes single of the week. Did you miss out? Fret not! We’ll hook you up!

We believe that if you’re checking out the site then you must be pretty cool. I believe you should be rewarded for doing so. To say thanks we’d like to give you an AUTOGRAPHED copy of Orianthi’s CD Believe & Poster (shown left). But here’s the catch: We want you to tell us what you Believe in. Leave us a short message in the COMMENTS below telling us what you believe in, be as creative as possible! One winner will be chosen for their originality and we will contact you by email if it’s you (We wont spam or give out your email address). Deadline is next Thursday, November 19 @ 11:59 pm.

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If you’ve seen Michael Jackson’s This Is It or if you’ve been paying attention to AvantTrash.com since June then you’ve been hearing us talk about MJ’s 24-year-old Australian virtuoso guitarist Orianthi. Her solo album Believe was just released on October 24th and her first single “According to You” is the iTunes Free Single of the Week. It’s poppier than most of what we would recommend here (It’s kinda Kelly Clarkson with a guitar) but this woman is defnitely the total package and worth checking out. Download the single and if you don’t like it then it’s still worth the price.

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I know this isn’t the typical thing you hear at AvantTrash.com but a couple months ago I recommended Orianthi as an artist “You Should Know”. Well her album is coming out and a promo person sent me a link to the single and I thought I’d pass it along to you. It’s a bit on the Kelly Clarkson side but trust me, this chick SHREDS!
I’ve been offered to interview her so if you have any questions for the woman hailed as Santana’s protege and Michael Jackson’s final guitarist then post a comment here! Orianthi will be featured heavily in Michael Jackson’s “This Is It”, coming to theaters later this month.

With the unfortunate loss of this, or maybe any generations’ best live performer, there is the feeling that there is a lack of magic in the universe that the minor stars of today are, hard as they try, sadly unable to produce. But on the horizon are the next generation of prodigies, just like a 5 year old Michael Jackson once was.

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