The Warren Brothers are Grammy nominated and Emmy Award songwriters and artists with nine #1 songs to their credit. They have written hits for Tim McGraw (“If You’re Reading This”, “Felt Good on My Lips”, “Highway Don’t Care”), Toby Keith (“Red Solo Cup”), Keith Urban (“Little Bit of Everything”), Faith Hill (“The Lucky One”), Martina McBride (“Anyway”, “Wrong Baby Wrong”), Dierks Bentley (“Feel That Fire”), Jerrod Niemann (“Drink To That All Night”) and many others.

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Brett and Brad have also had their songs recorded by Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Little Big Town, Lady A, Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, Gary Allan, Tyler Farr, Billy Currington and many other A-list country artists. In addition, the brothers have also written songs for rock artists including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nickelback, Hinder, Joss Stone and Boys Like Girls.

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Grammy Award winner Natalie Hemby has become one of music’s defining songwriters with eight #1 singles including Lady Antebellum’s “Downtown,” Little Big Town’s “Pontoon” and “Tornado,” Miranda Lambert’s “White Liar” and “Automatic,” Justin Moore’s “You Look Like I Need A Drink,” and her most recent Jon Pardi’s “Heartache Medication.”  She’s also written songs for Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Sheryl Crow, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Maren Morris, Amy Grant, Eli Young Band, Rosi Golan, Toby Keith, Lee Ann Womack, Labrinth, Lucie Silvas, and many others.

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“Automatic” earned Hemby a Grammy for Best Country Song in 2015. The hit also took home ACM Song of the Year honors the same year, as well as a NSAI Song of the Year win and a CMA Song of the Year nomination in 2014. In 2017 she released her first solo project entitled Puxico and opened for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill on tour.

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In 2019 Natalie scored two songs on the #1 album soundtrack to “A Star Is Born,” including “Always Remember Us This Way,” which was nominated for a 2020 Grammy for overall Song of the Year and “I’ll Never Love Again,” which won the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.

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In 2019 Natalie joined with Maren Morris, Brandi Carlisle and Amanda Shires to form the supergroup The Highwomen and released several tracks including “Redesigning Women” and “Crowded Table,” both co-written by Hemby. The group continues to receive world-wide critical acclaim for their self-entitled album, which debuted #1 on the country charts.

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The culmination of her unparalleled journey is reflected on her brilliant sophomore record “Pins and Needles” released in 2021. The albums finds Hemby reaching the pinnacle of her career after decades of establishing an incredible and versatile presence in the music industry – now with the record label deal she had dreamed of as an aspiring artist in her early 20’s.

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Josh Kear has written 18 #1 songs and is the first songwriter in Grammy history to win Best Country Song three times (for Lady A’s “Need You Now” and Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” and “Blown Away”). He also won CMA, ACM, and ASCAP Song of the Year awards for “I Need You Now,” which spent 14 weeks at #1 on the AC chart and 5 weeks at #1 on the country charts.

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Some of his other #1 hits include Lainey Wilson “Watermelon Moosnshine”, Luke Bryan “Drunk On You” and “Most People Are Good”, Blake Shelton “Neon Light”, Dierks Bentley “Woman, Amen”, and Tim McGraw “Highway Don’t Care”.

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The long list of country and pop performers who have cut his songs also includes Frankie Ballard, Martina McBride, Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Charlie Puth, Jimmie Buffet, Labrinth, Chris Young, Tyler Farr, Darius Rucker and many others.

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Award-winning songwriter and 3-time Grammy nominee Lee Thomas Miller has scored 19 top 20 singles with 7 reaching #1 including songs from Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Joe Nichols, Trace Adkins and Terri Clark. Lee’s songs have reached radio play in excess of 25 million spins with streaming numbers reaching into the hundreds of millions. Lee has won both a CMA and an ACM award for Song of the Year with “In Color” recorded by Jamey Johnson. Trace Adkin’s “You’re Gonna Miss This” won Song of the Year at the NSAI awards and single of the year at the CMA awards.

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Miller has also written songs for Brothers Osborne, Chris Stapleton, Darius Rucker, Garth Brooks, Scotty McCreery, George Strait, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett, Brandon Heath, and countless others.

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Lee is President of the Nashville Songwriter’s Association International  (NSAI) and spends time in Washington D.C. representing and lobbying for the rights of the American songwriter.

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His songs have been at #1 for 25 weeks and they’ve sold over 60 million records and Wendell Mobley continues to create refreshing lyrics and melodies for the biggest acts and brightest newcomers. Since making his way from his hometown of Celina, OH, Wendell has had huge success with #1 hits such as “Take Me There” and “Fast Cars and Freedom” by Rascal Flatts, “How Forever Feels” and “There Goes My Life” by Kenny Chesney, “Tattoos In This Town” and “A Little More Summertime” by Jason Aldean, and “How Country Feels” by Randy Houser.

Mobley has had other songs recorded by Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Dustin Lynch, Rodney Atkins, Alabama, Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Edwin McCain and many others.

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Want to add some pop and rock to the mix? David Hodges is a multi-platinum, Grammy, and BMI award winning writer and producer. He was a founding member of Evanescence and has been penning hits with and for world-renowned artists for over a decade, selling over 65 million records. His #1 singles include "My Immortal" (Evanescence), "A Thousand Years" (Christina Perri for Twilight), "Because of You" (Kelly Clarkson), "See You Again" (Carrie Underwood), and most recently "Miss Me More" (Kelsea Ballerini) and “2Step” (Ed Sheeran).

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David has had other songs released by Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Lady A, 5 Seconds of Summer, Jason Mraz, Daughtry, Blink 182, Ben Rector, Switchfoot, and many others.

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David Lee Murphy is best recognized by his massive hit single “Dust On The Bottle,” but he is also known as one of Country Music’s best songwriters. He has written over a dozen #1 hits for artists like Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Justin Moore, Jake Owen, and Thompson Square. He’s also written songs for Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Thomas Rhett, Eric Church, Brooks & Dunn, Jewel, Hank Jr., Rhett Akins, and many others. Murphy was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2023.

Songwriter, artist,  and producer Shy Carter has reached all corners of the industry with credits that span pop, country, soul, and R&B including Kane Brown’s “Heaven” to Charlie Puth’s “One Call Away.” Carter is one of the most formidable up-and-coming talents in Nashville and beyond. He’s written #1 songs for Charlie Puth (“One Call Away”), Kane Brown (“Heaven”), Sugarland (“Stuck Like Glue”), Rob Thomas (“Someday”), and Billy Currington (“It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To”). 

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Named to Variety’s 2018 Hitmakers list, he has also worked with Tim McGraw, Jason Derulo, Meghan Trainor, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Lopez, Nelly and more. 

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Liz Rose is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, founder of a music publishing company, and most recently, 2023 Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee. Rose was born and raised in the Dallas, Texas area.  In the mid-1990’s she moved to Nashville and began writing songs at the age of 37. One of her first cuts was “Elisabeth” recorded by Billy Gilman in 2001. In 2003, Gary Allan took Rose's “Songs About Rain” into the country Top 10.

A frequent collaborator of Taylor Swift’s, Rose co-wrote over 20 songs with Swift, including the #1 crossover hits “Teardrops on My Guitar,” “You Belong With Me” (which won the 2010 BMI Award for Song of the Year), “Tim McGraw” and “White Horse” (which won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Country Song).

Rose was the recipient of the 2012 ACM Award for Song of the Year in honor of Eli Young Band’s “Crazy Girl.” In 2015, she won Song of the Year at the Country Music Association awards and won the Grammy for Best Country Song for co-writing “Girl Crush” by Little Big Town. “Girl Crush” was written with Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna, and collectively they call themselves The Love Junkies. She has also penned songs for many other artists including Tim McGraw, Dan and Shay, Alison Krauss, Blake Shelton, Lee Ann Womack, Chris Young, Bonnie Raitt, and more.  

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Rose is also a member of the Texas Heritage Songwriter Hall of Fame.

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JT Harding first moved from his native South Detroit to Los Angeles to pursue music; there, he worked as an assistant to the band Linkin Park, made a demo tape with prize money he won on the VH1 game show Rock & Roll Jeopardy! and was subsequently signed by EMI and Atlantic Records. After penning his first hit, Uncle Kracker’s single “Smile,” JT relocated to Nashville and joined the city’s songwriting community.

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Harding has since written 7 #1 songs including "Sangria" by Blake Shelton, "Somewhere With You" by Kenny Chesney, "Alone With You" by Jake Owen, “Different For Girls” by Dierks Bentley, "Somewhere In My Car" by Keith Urban and his latest chart topper, “Beer and Sunshine” by Darius Rucker. He’s had other cuts by Billy Currington, Goo Goo Dolls, Five For Fighting, Matt Nathanson, Rascal Flatts, and more.

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Harding is the biological son of actor and comedian Jay Thomas, who put him up for adoption at an early age. His adoptive parents, Larry and Kendra Harding, moved from Nashville to Grosse Pointe, MI when Harding was young. His adoptive father worked at a rock radio station in Detroit.  

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JT is known for his hilarious, fun-filled stories, and he’s sharing some of them in a new memoir and songwriting how-to, Party Like A Rockstar: The Crazy, Coincidental, Hard-Luck, and Harmonious Life of a Songwriter, which was released in February 2022 from Twelve Books.

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JT brings unsurpassed energy and fun to every event.

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Rhett found his way to a professional music career when Decca Records (which had been reactivated then) heard one of his demos. He dropped his first album, A Thousand Memories, in 1995. The record was critically acclaimed and produced four chart singles including his first No. 1 hit, “That Ain’t My Truck,” which he also co-wrote. The song has since become Rhett’s signature song but his success story was just getting started. The following year he released Somebody New which produced another No. 1 hit, “Don’t Get Me Started.”

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Overall, Rhett has had an extremely impressive career. He’s not just been a successful solo artist, he’s also written chart toppers for some big names. Rhett has over 35 #1 singles (and counting), which is remarkable!  Some of them include Luke Bryan’s “I Don’t Want This Night to End and Huntin’ Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day,” Chris Young’s “I Can Take it From There,” Justin Moore’s “Point at You,”, Dustin Lynch’s “Mindreader” and Locash’s “I Know Somebody”.  Rhett’s also responsible for Blake Shelton’s “All About Tonight,” “Boys ‘Round Here” and “Honey Bee,” the latter of which spent a total of four weeks at No. 1. His Jason Aldean cuts include “When She Says Baby,” “Just Gettin’ Started” and “Tonight Looks Good on You.” He had another three-week No. 1 with Thomas Rhett’s “It Goes Like This.” He also wrote TR’s “Get Me Some of That” and “Star Of The Show” which was co-written with, Thomas Rhett and their first No. 1 together.  In 2017, John Pardi’s “Dirt On My Boots” went No.1 and later that year, Dustin Lynch’s “Small Town Boy” spent 4 weeks at #1 on Billboard. Rhett celebrated with Thomas Rhett and fellow co-writers his 29th number one, “Life Changes” in 2018 and his 30th #1 with in the summer of 2019, “Look What God Gave Her”.

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This impressive list hasn’t gone unnoticed in the music industry. Rhett has been the recipient of renowned awards and titles. In 2010, Rhett was named the No. 4 Billboard Country Songwriter. The following year, BMI named him Songwriter of the Year. He won it again in 2014. His song “Honey Bee” became the highest selling digital debut by a country male solo artist. His biggest accomplishment, though, may be winning the CMA Triple Play award a total of seven times! The award is presented to a songwriter who penned three No. 1 singles in 12 months, and he won it in October 2010, January 2012, February 2014, February 2015, February 2016, February 2017, and again in February 2018! In April 2018 Rhett was named Songwriter of the Year and in September 2019 names the first Songwriter of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music. In July 2021, Rhett was announced as a inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame class of 2021.

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Rhett Akins has already achieved so much as both an artist and a songwriter, but he’s not done yet.

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Jessi Alexander is an award-winning singer/songwriter, and writer of many chart-topping hits on country and pop radio. Alexander has penned ten #1’s including “I Drive Your Truck” recorded by Lee Brice which won Song of the Year from the 2013 CMA Awards, 2014 ACM Awards, and 2013 NSAI Awards. Other chart toppers include Blake Shelton’s “Mine Would Be You” and “Drink On It.” She most recently had back-to-back #1’s with “Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma” by Luke Combs from the Twister film soundtrack and “Chevrolet” by Dustin Lynch featuring Jelly Roll.

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Alexander’s career skyrocketed with her worldwide hit “The Climb”. Miley Cyrus recorded the song and it soon became the anthem for her box office hit “The Hannah Montana Movie” and won the 2009 MTV Movie Awards ‘Best Song From A Movie’.

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Born in Amarillo, Texas, Jon Nite is a CMA and ACM award winning singer/songwriter who has written 18 #1 songs and over twenty-five top 10 country hits. His many #1 hits include “Living” by Dierks Bentley, “I Hope” by Gabby Barrett, “We Were Us” by Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert, “Beachin” by Jake Owen, “Strip It Down” by Luke Bryan, “Break On Me” by Keith Urban, “Think A Little Less” by Michael Ray, “If I Told You” by Darius Rucker, and more.

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Jon co-wrote Cole Swindell’s single, “Break Up in the End,” earning a Grammy nomination and ACM nomination for 2019 Country Song of the Year. His songs have also been recorded by stars like Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Brett Young, Dan + Shay, Kenny Chesney, Chase Rice, Michael Ray, Chris Young, Adam Craig, Dustin Lynch, and many others.

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Brett James has had more than 800 of his songs recorded by some of the biggest  artists in the world.  His songs have appeared on albums with combined sales of over 110 million copies. He has had numerous hit singles including 27 #1's and won a Grammy in 2006 for "Jesus, Take the Wheel”.  He was named ASCAP's country songwriter of the year in 2006 and 2010 and Music Row Magazines’ Songwriter of the Year in 2015.  He has received more than 40 ASCAP hit song awards in country, pop, Latin and Christian genres.  In 2020 he was elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. As a producer his credits include Taylor Swift, Jessica Simpson, Danielle Bradberry and Kip Moore.

Brett served 18 years on the board of directors of the Country Music Association,  has served as a national trustee of The Recording Academy (Grammys) and he also serves on the board of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Additionally, Brett is the owner of Cornman Music, a successful boutique publishing  company, and Believer Artist Management.

The list of artists who have recorded Brett's songs includes:

Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban,  Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Meghan Trainor, Carrie Underwood, Nick Jonas, Miranda Lambert, Kip Moore, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Leona Lewis, Daughtry, The Fray, Dierks Bentley, Chris Young, Florida Georgie Line, Brantley Gilbert, Chicago, Backstreet Boys, Will i Am, Jake Owen, Rascal Flatts and  many more.

Awards

• Grammy: Won the 2006 Grammy for Best Country Song for "Jesus Take the Wheel", recorded by Carrie Underwood

• ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year: Named ASCAP's country songwriter of the year in 2006 and 2010

• Music Row Magazine's Songwriter of the Year: Named Music Row Magazine's Songwriter of the Year in 2015

• Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame: Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020

• CMA Triple Play Awards: Won two CMA Triple Play Awards in 2006 and a third in 2016

• ASCAP hit song awards: Received more than 40 ASCAP hit song awards in country, pop, Latin, and Christian genres

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A singer and songwriter of country-informed adult pop, Caitlyn Smith released her solo debut in 2001 when she was only 15 years old. She went on to a Billboard-charting solo career, hitting 24 on the Folk Albums chart with 2018's Starfire. At the same time, she established herself as a successful songwriter-for-hire along the way, penning songs for the likes of Meghan Trainor and John Legend, Garth Brooks, Miley Cyrus, Kenny Chesney, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, James Bay, and the TV series Nashville, among others. In 2020, she scored a Top 40 Country Airplay hit with "I Can't," featuring Old Dominion off Supernova, before returning with her third album, 2023's High & Low.

Raised in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, Smith started singing in church and playing piano at an early age and was writing songs with dedication by the time she was 12. She took up the guitar at 13. Two years later, she self-released her first album, 2001's Learning to Be. Another full-length, Silence, followed in 2004, around the time Smith relocated to Nashville. The folkier Face Over Heels arrived in 2007.

Over the next several years, in collaboration with a variety of other professional songwriters, Smith contributed songs to releases by artists such as Jason Aldean, Rascal Flatts, and James Bay. She also wrote multiple original songs for the music industry-based television show Nashville, which premiered on ABC in 2012. A duet with Dolly Parton, the title track of Kenny Rogers' 2013 LP You Can't Make Old Friends, was co-written by Smith. A year later, Skylark Records released her own Everything to You EP. Also in 2014, "Like I'm Gonna Lose You," a song she wrote with Meghan Trainor and Justin Weaver for Trainor and John Legend, became an international hit, reaching number eight on the U.S. Hot 100 and number one in Australia and New Zealand.

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Renowned songwriter and storyteller Tom Douglas is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Grammy-nominated songwriter. He’s written over 10 #1 hits, including: “I Run to You” (Lady A), “Southern Voice” (Tim McGraw) and “The House That Built Me” (Miranda Lambert). The Grammy Award-winning song “The House That Built Me” remained at number one on the Billboard charts for four weeks and earned ACM’s first ever Song of the Decade award. Douglas has also written songs for a wide range of artists including Keith Urban, P!nk, Luke Bryan, Celine Dion, Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line, Kenny Chesney, Kane Brown, George Strait, Chris Janson, and Collin Raye among others. Tom is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Grammy award winning songwriter Jordan Reynolds has eight #1 songs to his credit including several from country superstars Dan+Shay, a few of which also found crossover success on the Pop and AC charts. His songs have been recorded by Keith Urban, Lady A, Brett Eldredge, Camila Cabello, For King & Country, Lauren Alaina, Thomas Rhett, Carly Pearce, Needtobreathe, and many others.

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Grammy, CMA, and ACM award-winner, Jon Randall has done it all over his three-plus decades in the music business, working as a songwriter, guitarist, and producer with some of the biggest names in country, bluegrass, and Americana. He’s released his own solo records, produced for Dierks Bentley, Dwight Yoakam, Jack Ingram, Pat Green, among others, and has written songs for the likes of Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Little Big Town, Guy Clark, Kenny Chesney, and countless more, including #1 songs for Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, and Blake Shelton. In 2021 Randall released a critically acclaimed project called The Marfa Tapes with Miranda Lambert and Jack Ingram. In 2023 he became a member of the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame. 

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Matt Jenkins is an award-winning songwriter from Ft. Worth, Texas. He has earned nine #1 singles including “Buy Dirt” by Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan, which won the CMA Award for Song of the Year in 2022. He’s also had the #1 songs “Happy Anywhere” by Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani,“Do I Make You Wanna” by Billy Currington, “Song For Another Time” by Old Dominion, “Setting The World On Fire” by Kenny Chesney ft. Pink, “Tucson Too Late” by Jordan Davis, and his most recent #1 “Halfway To Hell” by Jelly Roll.

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He also wrote Florida Georgia Line's"Confession", Dustin Lynch's "Where It's At" and KeithUrban's hit single "Cop Car." Not only do his songs top charts butthey also set the mood for TV's biggest shows including his song “Fade Into You” placed in ABC’s show Nashville. Jenkins has also written songs for LittleBig Town, Sam Hunt, Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen, Randy Houser and many others.

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Josh Jenkins is a hit songwriter and lead singer of the band Green River Ordinance. Throughout his 15-year tenure as the lead singer of GRO, he has had several records top the Billboard Heatseakers Chart and many songs placed in TV/Film.

He co-wrote the viral, RIAA certified Platinum smash hit “Fancy Like” by Walker Hayes, which has spent more than 10 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, reached Top 5 on Billboard’s Hot 100, and ruled every country sales and streaming chart for several weeks. It has been used in a national Applebee’s campaign, featuring the TikTok dance that helped it reach viral status. A new version of “Fancy Like” was released featuring GRAMMY nominated pop star Kesha.

Jenkins is also a co-writer on the breakout Jordan Davis #1 single “Buy Dirt” featuring Luke Bryan which won 2022 CMA Song of the Year, which he wrote with his brother Matt. The two of them also teamed up on another #1 with the Jordan Davis single, “Tucson Too Late.”

Other songs written by Josh include “Church In A Chevy” and “Ruin My Weekend” by Jordan Davis, “Old Country Song” by Dustin Lynch, and “Dad’s Sailboat” by Walker Hayes. Jenkins has also begun releasing solo music, including singles, “Broken Record,” “Perfect Mess,” and “More Beautiful,” as well as music through his duo project, SAILR.

Josh has had other songs recorded by Randy Houser, Uncle Kracker, Brad Paisley, Josh Abbott Band, Kevin Costner, Sister Hazel, and many more.

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Casey Beathard began his music career in Nashville singing demos for Hall of Fame writer Don Schlitz, among others. After starting to concentrate more on his songwriting, he scored the title cut on Kenny Chesney’s album, “I Will Stand” and then the single “Right Where I Need To Be” by Gary Allan. Since then Casey’s had over 10 #1 songs from artists such as Eric Church, Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker, Justin Moore, Tracy Lawrence and more. He’s also written other big songs for Tim McGraw, George Strait, Billy Currington, Chris Stapleton, Scotty McCreery, Jake Owen and many others.

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Texas singer/songwriter Radney Foster first gained attention as half of the duo Foster & Lloyd and established himself as a solo artist in the early '90s with three critically acclaimed solo albums. His hits like “Nobody Wins,” “Crazy Over You,” “Texas In 1880” and “Just Call Me Lonesome,” continue to be played on radio and by bands around the world. While his own recordings have built a loyal following, he has also written hit songs for the likes of Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Randy Rogers Band, Pat Green, The Chicks, Luke Bryan, Collin Raye, Holly Dunn and many others.  

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Emerson Hart is a songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and producer. He is the lead singer and songwriter of the alternative rock band Tonic. Tonic’s first release, Lemon Parade, was a multi-platinum success, featuring the hit songs, "Open Up Your Eyes" and "If You Could Only See", the latter of which became top 10 most played rock in 1997. In 1999, Tonic returned with their second album and the mainstream rock hit, "You Wanted More". In 2002, Tonic released their third LP, Head On Straight. Emerson has also written songs for Ingram Hill, The Jayhawks, Sister Hazel, Honey Ryder, Green River Ordinance, and others.

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Nicolle Galyon is a Grammy nominated and CMA & ACM award-winning singer, songwriter and producer from Sterling, Kansas. Across her nearly 20-year career, Galyon has penned over 10 #1 hits including songs from Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay, Keith Urban, and Morgan Wallen. In 2022 she released her own debut album entitled “Firstborn”. Nicole also has cuts by Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, Camila Cabello, Lady A, Brett Young, and many others.

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Rodney Clawson is an award-winning songwriter with over 25 chart topping country radio singles from some of the biggest names in country music such as Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Lady A, George Strait, Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, and many others.  The Texas farmer turned songwriter has earned multiple nominations for Best Country Song at the Grammy Awards and multiple Song of the Year nominations at CMA Awards and ACM awards. Rodney won BMI and NSAI Songwriter of the Year in 2013 and 2015. He’s also had songs recorded by Keith Urban, Morgan Wallen, Kenny Loggins, Joe Diffie, John Mellencamp, 98 Degrees, Faith Hill, Jake Owen, and a slew of others.

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Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of fame member Allen Shamblin has positioned himself among the great storytellers who has given country music its legacy and continuous popularity. He’s written over 10 #1 songs from the likes of Randy Travis (“He Walked On Water”), Miranda Lambert (“The House That Built Me”), Mark Wills (“Don’t Laugh At Me”), Colin Raye (“In This Life”), Mike Reid (“Walk On Faith”),  Bonnie Raitt (“I Can’t Make You Love Me”), and more from Keith Urban, Randy Travis, John Michael Montgonery, and David Ball. He’s also had songs recorded by Lee Greenwood, Carrie Underwood, The Judds, Patty Loveless, Annoited, Steve Wariner, Garth Brooks, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Chesney, and many others. 

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Chris DeStefano is a Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. As a songwriter, he has over 15 #1 songs for artists including Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Brett Eldredge, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Dan and Shay, Rascal Flatts, Billy Currington, and more. He’s also written songs for Bon Jovi, Thomas Rhett, Jake Owen, Florida Georgia Line, Kelly Clarkson, Cole Swindell, Scotty McCreery, Lucy Hale, Eli Young Band, Big Time Rush, and more.

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Ross Copperman is a Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and producer who has written over 30 #1 songs including hits for Dierks Bentley, Brett Eldredge Billy Currington, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Jake Owen, Florida Georgia Line,  Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton and more. Copperman has also produced for several artists including Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Dierks Bentley, Eli Young Band, Darius Rucker, Jake Owen, and Gabby Barrett’s #1 “Hope”.

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Since his first #1 in 1983, Hall of Fame Songwriter Bob DiPiero has been responsible for an uninterrupted string of country music hits. One of Nashville’s most prolific and consistent songwriters, Bob has had over 1,000 songs recorded by other artists, countless hit singles, and an astounding 15 #1 songs by artists such as George Strait, Vince Gill, Shenandoah, Tim McGraw, Restless Heart, The Oak Ridge Boys, Brooks & Dunn, and so many others. In 2007, Bob was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Nashville’s Walk of Fame. 

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Grammy, ACM and CMA award winner Tim Nichols has nearly two dozen hits and over 10 #1’s including the smash “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw and other chart toppers from Alan Jackson, Cole Swindell, Chris Young, Keith Whitley, Reba McEntire, Trace Adkins, and more. He also has Top 10 songs by Dustin Lynch, Jana Kramer, JoDee Messina, Jason Aldean and many others. Tim was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017.

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Nashville native Parker Welling’s songs collectively have over 2 billion streams and she has been nominated for Song of the Year by the Academy of Country Music as well as GRAMMY Best Country Song.  She has written 6 multi-platinum #1 singles and has had songs recorded by Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Russell Dickerson, Lady A, Kelsea Ballerini, Tyler Hubbard, Lauren Alaina & Lainey Wilson, Zach Williams, NEEDTOBREATHE, Carrie Underwood, and many more.

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Deric Ruttan is a Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and a Canadian country recording artist. The writer of six #1 songs from Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, and more. He’s had over 70 songs recorded by other top artists, including Eric Church, Tim McGraw, Darius Rucker, Justin Moore, David Nail and many others. Deric is two time Canadian Country Music Association award winner and has headlined four of his own coast-to-coast tours in Canada, where he has had 11 Top 10 singles as an artist.

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Dave Barnes is a Grammy Nominated musician, singer, and songwriter. He has toured extensively over the past 15 years as an artist showcasing his extensive catalog of albums and opening for artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Taylor Swift, John Mayer, Lady A, Hanson, One Republic and many more. Apart from his artist career, Dave has written hits songs for artists like Blake Shelton (“God Gave Me You”), Lady A, Dan+Shay, Ingrid Michaelson, Thomas Rhett, Brothers Osborne and many more.

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Texas native Heather Morgan has written songs for such artists as Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Cole Swindell, Martina McBride, Dierks Bentley, Sara Evans, Randy Rodgers Band, and Maren Morris. She had her first #1 song for Brett Eldredge and won BMI’s Song of the Year in 2015. She followed up with two more #1 songs for Brett. In 2018 Morgan released her own album entitled “Borrowed Heart.” Heather is also the co-founder of Girls of Nashville, a singer-songwriter show that began in 2014 to highlight female talent in Nashville.

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Texas native Jim Beavers has had a long and varied Nashville career, from executive at Capitol Records to touring musician with Lee Ann Womack.  As a songwriter, he has co-written nine #1 country hits by such artists as Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Josh Turner, and Gary Allan. His compositions have received multiple CMA, ACM and BMI nominations and awards.  He’s also written songs for Faith Hill, Josh Turner, Easton Corbin, Hootie & The Blowfish, and many others.

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Travis Hill has lived and worked in the Nashville music community for two decades.  He was a cofounder of independent music publisher Carnival Music and writes songs under the pen name “Scooter Carusoe”.  Between the two he has 20 plus number one songs to his credit.  As a writer, he has five #1 songs by Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker, and Brett Eldredge. His works have also been recorded by Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Eric Church, Lady A, Uncle Kracker, Dierks Bentley, and many others.

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Sarah Buxton has been a signed recording artist on Lyric Street Records, is a popular guest background vocalist on several major artists projects and a hit songwriter for the likes of Keith Urban, Florida Georgia Line, Big & Rich, Gary Allan, Trisha Yearwood, Caitlyn Smith, Reba McEntire, Harry Connick Jr., Dan Tyminski, and more. Buxton has also contributed songs to hit TV series such as Nashville, for which she and co-writer Kate York earned an Emmy nomination.

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Kelly Archer is a hit songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. Her songs have been recorded by Jason Aldean, Dustin Lynch, Eli Young Band, Montgomery Gentry, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Cassadee Pope, and many more. Kelly has earned four #1 on the country charts with "Sleep Without You” by Brett Young and “Somebody Else Will” by Justin Moore, and “Wild As Her” by Corey Kent. She also has the new single “I’m Gonna Love You” from Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood which is quickly moving up the charts.

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In 2017, Kelly won the Rising Independent Songwriter of the Year at the AIMP Nashville Awards. She was also named a SOCAN [Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada] Award Recipient for her Top 10 Jess Moskaluke co-write “Take Me Home,” the same year.

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With his simple yet poignant way of capturing universal feelings, Cole Taylor has quickly become an in-demand country songwriter. Nine months after moving from Cuthbert, Georgia to Music City, Taylor signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Nashville in November 2013.
 
Since then, he’s written 80+ major label songs, and has scored three #1 songs; “You, Me, and Whiskey” by Justin Moore and Priscilla Block, “Sippin’ On Fire” by Florida Georgia Line and “Home Alone Tonight” by Luke Bryan featuring Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town. He’s also had the Top 20 songs, “Stay Downtown” by Cole Swindell, “Country’d Look Good On You” by Frank Ray, and Dylan Scott’s “Nothing To Do Town.”
 
Cole has other songs recorded by Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Jake Owen, Chase Rice & More.

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Lance is an ACM Award nominated singer/songwriter. As a solo artist he toured with Tim McGraw & Faith Hill. As a hit songwriter he is credited for the #1 country hits by Tim McGraw, Jerrod Niemann and Matt Stell. He’s also had songs recorded by Thomas Rhett, Luke Bryan, Faith Hill, Lee Brice, Justin Moore, Montgomery Gentry, Cody Johnson, Randy Travis, and many more.

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Allison Veltz Cruz is a multi-genre songwriter and recording artist.  Her hits include Tenille Arts’ #1 song “Somebody Like That,”, Matt Stell’s certified Platinum single “Prayed For You,” which spent 2 weeks at #1, and she also has had songs recorded by Carly Pearce, Ellie Holcomb, Ross Ellis, Madeline Merlo, Chris Bandi, and many others.  In 2020, Allison won the AIMP award for Rising Songwriter of the Year and was nominated for 2021 Music Row Songwriter of the Year.

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Homeless and performing on the streets of Nashville at night, Damien was discovered by country star John Rich who invited him to join the MuzikMafia through which Damien was able to secure a publishing deal and tour nationally with such artists as Dwight Yoakum, Kid Rock, and John Legend. 

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Damien released his first album "Somebody's Hero" produced by Big Kenny of Big & Rich. Outside of his solo career, Damien also formed the country-trio THE FARM which was signed to Warner Music Nashville. He now musically collaborates with Krista Marie and cohosts the television show, “The Song”. He also has an inspirational trio called “The Magi”. Damien splits his time between Nashville and Los Angeles speaking, singing, and acting. If not on stage he can be found in schools, prisons, and even Ted Talks sharing his message of hope.

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A Native Texan, Aaron began his musical career in a “Variety Band.” During the better part of two decades Aaron toured the U.S performing at many military bases as well as civilian events. Driving his bus from place to place he began playing with original melodies and lyrics hoping to create his own songs.  His first attempt, “Baby Blue” recorded by George Strait went number one in Billboard.

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Aaron began developing his own sound, and refining his original material in small clubs and cafes where he would play. One night after a long father and son talk, he wrote “Love Without End, Amen.” Believing this would be a song that he would play for his family, Barker decided to see what would happen if he sent it to George Strait. Strait recorded it and it stayed at the number one position in Billboard Magazine for five consecutive weeks.

After a recording deal with Atlantic Records, Aaron continued his writing again and landed two #1 singles in a row on George Strait’s “Easy Come, Easy Go” and “I’d Like To have That One Back.”  George Strait’s “I Know She Still Loves Me” and “I Can Still Make Cheyenne” also hit the #1 position.

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Aaron’s talent for capturing heartfelt music doesn’t just lie with Strait.  Doug Supernaw’s BNA debut album released “Not Enough Hours In The Night,” Clay Walker’s  “Watch This,” and “You’re Beginning To Get To Me,” Neal McCoy’s “Love Happens Like That,” Aaron Tippin’s “I’m Leavin,”  Lonestar’s single “What About Now” all added to his list of #1’s. Other cuts include artists such as Willie Nelson, Trace Adkins, Tracy Lawrence and many more.

Although not a recording artist himself, Aaron's voice is heard millions of time a year by millions of people as the writer and singer of many of the radio and television commercials for the Blue Bell Ice Cream Company. These include "Have Yourself A Blue Bell Country Day” and “The Good Ol’ Days”. The current "There's More Than Just Ice Cream in a Carton of Blue Bell" was also written and performed by Aaron.

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Aaron is a member of the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Wynn Varble had his first #1 song"Have You Forgotten" with Darryl Worley in 2003. The song was nominated for Song of the Year by the CMA. In 2008, “Waitin' on a Woman,” which was nominated by the CMA for Song of the Year. His most recent #1, “I'm a Little More Country” recorded by Easton Corbin, was also nominated by the ACM for Song of the Year. He's also had songs recorded by Garth Brooks, Jon Pardi, Kellie Pickler, Lee Ann Womack, Brad Paisley, Montgomery Gentry, Gary Allan, Tracy Byrd, Chris LeDoux, Mark Chesnutt and many others.

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Tried & true Texan, Music City hitmaker, frontman, and multi-instrumentalist, Terry McBride recorded 4 albums on MCA with McBride & The Ride racking up several top 5 hits, including the #1 single “Sacred Ground.” As a songwriter he’s had four #1 songs with Brooks & Dunn, as well as chart toppers with Easton Corbin, Josh Ward, and Kin Faux. He’s also had songs recorded by George Strait, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Cody Johnson, Jack Ingram, Ronnie Dunn, Cole Swindell, Trace Adkins, Rosie Flores, George Canyone, and many others.

Jimmy Yeary is the rarest of speakers. Because his content is filled with instantly recognizable moments, audiences are quickly taken to a high level of energy. For well over a decade, he has influenced millions of people – how they think and what they think about – on a daily basis. Jimmy Yeary is not only a highly sought-after speaker, he is also a hugely successful songwriter and his music is all around you.

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Yeary was writing songs long before becoming the lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning supergroup SHENANDOAH. These were years that saw Jimmy performing #1 hits like “Mama Knows,” “Somewhere In the Vicinity of the Heart,” and “Sunday in the South.”

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Jimmy has written more than two-thousand songs, many of which have been featured on albums selling millions of copies, Grammy winners, gold, and platinum awards among them. 14 of Jimmy's songs have been certified #1 hits by Billboard Magazine.

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Both the CMA and ACM awarded Yeary with Song of the Year for “I Drive Your Truck” – the inspiring song he wrote about the father of a fallen soldier and how he continues to remember his son. Jimmy's most recent #1’s were “Everything's Gonna Be Alright,” a song he wrote for Kenny Chesney and David Lee Murphy, and “I Called Mama,” a song he wrote for Tim McGraw.

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He has also been called "one of the most engaging speakers in the country". Jimmy takes the lessons he has learned and the experiences he has encountered in his music career and applies them to the process of creating results for businesses, organizations, and teams.

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Facilitating growth while creating and maintaining significant relationships has become Jimmy's trademark as a communicator. Emotional awareness, a greater understanding of other people, and the shared experiences that build an effective team herald the genius of Jimmy Yeary. Not only can he speak to who you are as an organization, he will put it to music!

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Immerse your audience in the heartbeat of creativity with a unique opportunity to delve into the world of award-winning and chart-topping hit songwriters. Our keynote package invites 2-4 exceptional artists who have not only survived but thrived in the ever-evolving music landscape.

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Customized Topics to Explore

• Unparalleled Insights: Join us as the industry's biggest and best hit songwriters take the stage together, sharing their personal journeys, experiences, and triumphs.

• Adaptation in Action: Explore how these artists have seamlessly adapted to new technologies, including the groundbreaking realm of AI, and discover the strategies they employ to stay at the forefront of innovation.

• Collaborative Excellence: Gain valuable insights into improving systems of creation and collaboration, unraveling the secrets that have propelled these songwriters to the pinnacle of success.

• Resilience and Triumph: Witness firsthand the stories of overcoming adversity, providing inspiration for all professionals, regardless of their company or business specialty.

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Why Choose a Songwriter Round Keynote Package?

• Relevant to All: These sessions are thoughtfully curated to resonate with every attendee, offering relatable content that transcends industries and specialties.

• Intriguing Perspectives: Dive deep into the intriguing minds of our featured songwriters, uncovering the unique perspectives that drive their creativity and success.

• Engaging Interaction: Foster a dynamic atmosphere with a dedicated Q&A portion, allowing your attendees to directly interact with our remarkable artists, posing questions and sparking insightful discussions.

• An unparalleled opportunity to infuse your event with the magic of Nashville. Book now to inspire, engage, and leave a lasting impression on your audience!

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“The songwriters put on a great experience for our keynote. It was both veryentertaining and inspiring. The down-to-earth stories about perseverance andpersistence in their craft translate well to a business audience. Very well done!” Scott Roehr - VP, Client Relations, ADP

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A musical exploration into how and why stories appeal to us and the crucial benefits of storytelling to the world of business.

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Stories have power. They can change attitudes, offer new perspectives, compel us to act, and inspire us to push through the challenges in our lives. Through “The Art (and Science) of Storytelling,” Rod and Brett examine the art of storytelling via the craft of songwriting, revealing the strategies and techniques used in the stories that move us. Along the way, they connect the craft of storytelling to successful communication in the fast paced and ever-changing world of business.

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Rod C. Taylor, Ph.D.
Rod Taylor is an award-winning educator, musician, author, and CEO of Performance Learning Concepts—a leadership training and development that works with a variety of Fortune 500 companies (Deloitte, Nissan, DCI-Artform, and more). As an educator, he’s taught at Stanford, Indiana University, and the Honors College at Tennessee State University. He’s also served as a Fellow at the Design School in Paris, France and as an Artist-in-Residence and educational consultant in the Commercial Music program at Lipscomb University in Nashville. As a musician, he’s played and/or recorded with artists like Krista Detor, Victor Wooten, Cindy Morgan, Jenee Fleenor, Chuck Rainey, and the Warren Brothers. He’s also a writer for Bass Player Magazine, Bass Magazine, and the author of Etunes, a textbook about music in the digital age.

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Brett Warren
Brett Warren is an award-winning artist and songwriter in Nashville, TN. He’s written #1 hits for Tim McGraw (“If You’re Reading This”, “Felt Good on My Lips”, “Highway Don’t Care”, “Thought About You”), Toby Keith (“Red Solo Cup”), Keith Urban (“Little Bit of Everything”), Faith Hill (“The Lucky One”), Martina McBride (“Anyway”, “Wrong Baby Wrong”), Dierks Bentley (“Feel That Fire”), Jerrod Niemann (“Drink To That All Night, Blake Shelton (“Every Time I Hear That Song”), and more. He and his brother Brad were CMA nominees for Duo of the Year for 6 straight years and were twice Grammy-nominated for “Song of the Year.” In 2013, they also won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Original Song for ‘Good Afternoon America,’ the theme song for the ABC program ‘Good Afternoon America’ which they co-wrote with Little Big Town.

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Since the duo of Claude Kelley and Chuck Harmony began writing and recording music, Louis York-named after a combination of their respective hometowns (Harmony from East St. Louis, Kelly from New York City)-has released an EP trilogy entitled ‘Masterpiece Theater: Act I, Act 11, Act Ill’. The projects earned praise from publications including Billboard and Los Angeles Times for their genre-bending sensibilities and creative aesthetic. In 2019, the pair unleashed their full- length debut, American Griots, which gained much attention with their bold, dynamic, sultry sound heard on lead singles ‘Don’t You Forget’ and ‘How Will I Feel’ which reached the top 15 on the US Urban Radio chart. The well received album produced appearances on 3rd Hour Today, PBS NewsHour, CNN, and several other major media outlets. In a relatively short amount of time, the pair has amassed millions of cumulative streams on Spotify; given a talk as part of the esteemed TEDx Nashville program; performed sold-out shows domestically and internationally, starred in award-winning feature films and have performed at the Grand Ole Opry many times.

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SONGS WRITTEN BY CHARLES KELLEY and/or CHUCK HARMONY

“Party In The U.S.A.” by Miley Cyrus

●  #1 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #2 US Billboard Hot 100

●  #9 US Dance/Mix Show Airplay

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“Grenade” by Bruno Mars

●  #1 US Billboard Hot 100

●  #1 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #1 US Rhythmic

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“My Life Would Suck Without You” by Kelly Clarkson

●  #1 US Billboard Hot 100

●  #3 US Adult Contemporary

●  #3 US Adult Top 40

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“Circus” by Britney Spears

●  #1 US Adult Top 40

●  #3 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #10 US Billboard Hot 100

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“Price Tag” by Jessie j

●  #9 US Dance Club Songs

●  #12 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #19 US Adult Top 40

●  #23 US Billboard Hot 100

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“Domino” by Jessie J

●  #1 US Dance Club Songs

●  #2 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #4 US Adult Top 40

●  #6 US Billboard Hot 100

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“Russian Roulette” by Rihanna

●  #1 US Dance Club Songs

●  #9 US Billboard Hot 100

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“In My Head” by Jason Derülo

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●  #1 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #5 US Billboard Hot 100

●  #5 US Rhythmic

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“International Love” feat. Chris Brown by Pitbull

●  #1 US Dance Club Songs

●  #4 US Dance/Mix Show Airplay

●  #4 US Latin Pop Airplay

●  #6 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #6 US Rhythmic

●  #9 US Hot Latin Songs

●  #9 US Latin Airplay

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“Take It Off” by Kesha

●  #6 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #8 US Billboard Hot 100

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“Hold My Hand” by Michael Jackson

“Pretty Girl Rock” by Keri Hilson

“Better Than I Know Myself” by Amber Lambert

“For Your Entertainment” by Adam Lambert

“Just a Fool” by Blake Shelton and Christina Aguilera

“Troublemaker” (feat. Flo Rida) by Olly Murs

“Bittersweet” by Fantasia

“Brokenhearted” by Karmin

“Kissin' U” by Miranda Cosgrove

“Epiphany” by Chrisette Michele

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Marv Green, a Southern California native, moved to Nashville in March of 1993. Within 6 months, Marv's songwriting caught the attention of producer Scott Hendricks, who signed Marv to a publishing deal with Big Tractor and Warner Chappell music. Marv captured his first #1 hit, “True”, by George Strait in 1998. The following year he scored his second #1 with “Amazed” by Lonestar, which spent a record breaking eight weeks at number one on Billboard and won ACM Song Of The Year, BMI Song of the Year, as well as earned a Grammy nomination. Green has written other #1 songs for Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, Chris Young, Tim McGraw, and George Strait. He also has Top 5 songs with Brooks & Dunn, Rodney Atkins, and Eric Church.

Other artists who have recorded Marv’s songs include Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Morgan Wallen, Dierks Bentley, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Bon Jovi, Jason Aldean, Dustin Lynch, Jewel, Jo Dee Messina, Lee Ann Womack, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Billy Currington, and more.

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A product of Waco, Texas, Trannie Anderson has a knack for painting poetic portraits of small-town living set to dynamic, heartfelt melodies in a fresh yet timeless way. The ability to artfully walk the line of deeply authentic story telling in a universal fashion has made her a key collaborator for many artists. She signed a publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing in 2018 and since then has had 60+ songs recorded by major label artists such as Lainey Wilson, Dan + Shay, Cole Swindell, Gabby Barrett, Nate Smith, Meghan Trainor, Pentatonix, Reba McEntire, Lauren Alaina, Anne Wilson, and others. Trannie co-wrote Lainey Wilson’s award-winning #1 hit single “Heart Like A Truck” as well as Wilson’s most recent #1 “Wildflowers & Wildhorses.” Anderson has also had songs placed in ads/tv shows with T-Mobile, Dodge Ram, Wranglers, Tractor Supply, Marshall’s, The CW, Netflix, and more.

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In the past several years, Montana has reached a whole new level of success. He has co-written numerous hits including Luke Combs' "Beer Never Broke My Heart' and 'Better Together', Parker McCollum's "Pretty Heart," "I Hope You're Happy Now" by Carly Pearce featuring Lee Brice, and Justin Moore's "When We Didn't Have Much."
 
Even with 6 number one songs under his belt, Montana is just getting started. Randy is a cowriter on several singles at country radio, including chart climbers "Where The Wild Things Are" recorded by Luke Combs, "Different Round Here" by Riley Green featuring Luke Combs, and "This Is My Dirt" by Justin Moore.
 
Montana, who has been signed with Warner Chappell Music Publishing since 2017, is a lifelong Nashville resident. His father, Billy Montana, is also a successful country artist & songwriter.

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Originally from New Jersey, Dylan Altman has been writing and performing his songs in Nashville since 1994. So far, Dylan has three #1 songs, which include Tim McGraw's "Watch The Wind Blow," Jake Owen's "Barefoot Blue Jean Night," and Jason Aldean's "Take a Little Ride," and he has Chase Bryant's top ten hit "Take It On Back." Dylan has also had songs recorded by artists Trace Adkins, Eli Young Band, Joe Nichols, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

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Beyond Dylan's songwriting, he is an avid supporter of Musicians on Call, an organization dedicated to providing live music for patients at area hospitals. Additionally, Dylan co-hosts an annual benefit concert for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

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Jimmy Robbins has penned over 200 cuts in multiple genres. He has earned 13 Top 10 hits including 10 #1 songs by Blake Shelton, Keith Urban & Miranda Lambert, David Nail, Jason Aldean, Michael Ray, Kelsea Ballerini & Kenny Chesney, Maren Morris and more. He's also written songs for Luke Bryan, Brian Kelley, Gabby Barrett, Kimberly Perry, Brett Young, Danielle Bradbery, Charles Kelley, Maddie & Tae, Dan + Shay, Morgan Evans, Carly Pearce, Waker Hayes, and many others.

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Jimmy was nominated for Best Country Song at the 2023 Grammy Awards for co-writing "Circles Around This Town" for Maren Morris. He’s a CMA Triple Play Award winner for penning three #1 songs in a 12-month period and has won ASCAP Song Of The Year twice.

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His production credits include the #1 song for “Love You Like That” by Canaan Smith, “Half Of My Hometown” by Kenny Chesney and Kelsea Ballerini, and RaeLynn’s critically acclaimed album ‘Wildhorse,’ which reached #1 on Billboard.

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The Warren Brothers are Grammy nominated and Emmy Award songwriters and artists with nine #1 songs to their credit. They have written hits for Tim McGraw (“If You’re Reading This”, “Felt Good on My Lips”, “Highway Don’t Care”), Toby Keith (“Red Solo Cup”), Keith Urban (“Little Bit of Everything”), Faith Hill (“The Lucky One”), Martina McBride (“Anyway”, “Wrong Baby Wrong”), Dierks Bentley (“Feel That Fire”), Jerrod Niemann (“Drink To That All Night”) and many others.

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Brett and Brad have also had their songs recorded by Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Little Big Town, Lady A, Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, Gary Allan, Tyler Farr, Billy Currington and many other A-list country artists. In addition, the brothers have also written songs for rock artists including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nickelback, Hinder, Joss Stone and Boys Like Girls.

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Grammy Award winner Natalie Hemby has become one of music’s defining songwriters with eight #1 singles including Lady Antebellum’s “Downtown,” Little Big Town’s “Pontoon” and “Tornado,” Miranda Lambert’s “White Liar” and “Automatic,” Justin Moore’s “You Look Like I Need A Drink,” and her most recent Jon Pardi’s “Heartache Medication.”  She’s also written songs for Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Sheryl Crow, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Maren Morris, Amy Grant, Eli Young Band, Rosi Golan, Toby Keith, Lee Ann Womack, Labrinth, Lucie Silvas, and many others.

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“Automatic” earned Hemby a Grammy for Best Country Song in 2015. The hit also took home ACM Song of the Year honors the same year, as well as a NSAI Song of the Year win and a CMA Song of the Year nomination in 2014. In 2017 she released her first solo project entitled Puxico and opened for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill on tour.

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In 2019 Natalie scored two songs on the #1 album soundtrack to “A Star Is Born,” including “Always Remember Us This Way,” which was nominated for a 2020 Grammy for overall Song of the Year and “I’ll Never Love Again,” which won the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.

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In 2019 Natalie joined with Maren Morris, Brandi Carlisle and Amanda Shires to form the supergroup The Highwomen and released several tracks including “Redesigning Women” and “Crowded Table,” both co-written by Hemby. The group continues to receive world-wide critical acclaim for their self-entitled album, which debuted #1 on the country charts.

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The culmination of her unparalleled journey is reflected on her brilliant sophomore record “Pins and Needles” released in 2021. The albums finds Hemby reaching the pinnacle of her career after decades of establishing an incredible and versatile presence in the music industry – now with the record label deal she had dreamed of as an aspiring artist in her early 20’s.

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Josh Kear has written 18 #1 songs and is the first songwriter in Grammy history to win Best Country Song three times (for Lady A’s “Need You Now” and Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” and “Blown Away”). He also won CMA, ACM, and ASCAP Song of the Year awards for “I Need You Now,” which spent 14 weeks at #1 on the AC chart and 5 weeks at #1 on the country charts.

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Some of his other #1 hits include Lainey Wilson “Watermelon Moosnshine”, Luke Bryan “Drunk On You” and “Most People Are Good”, Blake Shelton “Neon Light”, Dierks Bentley “Woman, Amen”, and Tim McGraw “Highway Don’t Care”.

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The long list of country and pop performers who have cut his songs also includes Frankie Ballard, Martina McBride, Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Charlie Puth, Jimmie Buffet, Labrinth, Chris Young, Tyler Farr, Darius Rucker and many others.

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Award-winning songwriter and 3-time Grammy nominee Lee Thomas Miller has scored 19 top 20 singles with 7 reaching #1 including songs from Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Joe Nichols, Trace Adkins and Terri Clark. Lee’s songs have reached radio play in excess of 25 million spins with streaming numbers reaching into the hundreds of millions. Lee has won both a CMA and an ACM award for Song of the Year with “In Color” recorded by Jamey Johnson. Trace Adkin’s “You’re Gonna Miss This” won Song of the Year at the NSAI awards and single of the year at the CMA awards.

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Miller has also written songs for Brothers Osborne, Chris Stapleton, Darius Rucker, Garth Brooks, Scotty McCreery, George Strait, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett, Brandon Heath, and countless others.

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Lee is President of the Nashville Songwriter’s Association International  (NSAI) and spends time in Washington D.C. representing and lobbying for the rights of the American songwriter.

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His songs have been at #1 for 25 weeks and they’ve sold over 60 million records and Wendell Mobley continues to create refreshing lyrics and melodies for the biggest acts and brightest newcomers. Since making his way from his hometown of Celina, OH, Wendell has had huge success with #1 hits such as “Take Me There” and “Fast Cars and Freedom” by Rascal Flatts, “How Forever Feels” and “There Goes My Life” by Kenny Chesney, “Tattoos In This Town” and “A Little More Summertime” by Jason Aldean, and “How Country Feels” by Randy Houser.

Mobley has had other songs recorded by Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Dustin Lynch, Rodney Atkins, Alabama, Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Edwin McCain and many others.

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Want to add some pop and rock to the mix? David Hodges is a multi-platinum, Grammy, and BMI award winning writer and producer. He was a founding member of Evanescence and has been penning hits with and for world-renowned artists for over a decade, selling over 65 million records. His #1 singles include "My Immortal" (Evanescence), "A Thousand Years" (Christina Perri for Twilight), "Because of You" (Kelly Clarkson), "See You Again" (Carrie Underwood), and most recently "Miss Me More" (Kelsea Ballerini) and “2Step” (Ed Sheeran).

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David has had other songs released by Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Lady A, 5 Seconds of Summer, Jason Mraz, Daughtry, Blink 182, Ben Rector, Switchfoot, and many others.

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David Lee Murphy is best recognized by his massive hit single “Dust On The Bottle,” but he is also known as one of Country Music’s best songwriters. He has written over a dozen #1 hits for artists like Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Justin Moore, Jake Owen, and Thompson Square. He’s also written songs for Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Thomas Rhett, Eric Church, Brooks & Dunn, Jewel, Hank Jr., Rhett Akins, and many others. Murphy was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2023.

Songwriter, artist,  and producer Shy Carter has reached all corners of the industry with credits that span pop, country, soul, and R&B including Kane Brown’s “Heaven” to Charlie Puth’s “One Call Away.” Carter is one of the most formidable up-and-coming talents in Nashville and beyond. He’s written #1 songs for Charlie Puth (“One Call Away”), Kane Brown (“Heaven”), Sugarland (“Stuck Like Glue”), Rob Thomas (“Someday”), and Billy Currington (“It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To”). 

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Named to Variety’s 2018 Hitmakers list, he has also worked with Tim McGraw, Jason Derulo, Meghan Trainor, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Lopez, Nelly and more. 

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Liz Rose is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, founder of a music publishing company, and most recently, 2023 Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee. Rose was born and raised in the Dallas, Texas area.  In the mid-1990’s she moved to Nashville and began writing songs at the age of 37. One of her first cuts was “Elisabeth” recorded by Billy Gilman in 2001. In 2003, Gary Allan took Rose's “Songs About Rain” into the country Top 10.

A frequent collaborator of Taylor Swift’s, Rose co-wrote over 20 songs with Swift, including the #1 crossover hits “Teardrops on My Guitar,” “You Belong With Me” (which won the 2010 BMI Award for Song of the Year), “Tim McGraw” and “White Horse” (which won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Country Song).

Rose was the recipient of the 2012 ACM Award for Song of the Year in honor of Eli Young Band’s “Crazy Girl.” In 2015, she won Song of the Year at the Country Music Association awards and won the Grammy for Best Country Song for co-writing “Girl Crush” by Little Big Town. “Girl Crush” was written with Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna, and collectively they call themselves The Love Junkies. She has also penned songs for many other artists including Tim McGraw, Dan and Shay, Alison Krauss, Blake Shelton, Lee Ann Womack, Chris Young, Bonnie Raitt, and more.  

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Rose is also a member of the Texas Heritage Songwriter Hall of Fame.

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JT Harding first moved from his native South Detroit to Los Angeles to pursue music; there, he worked as an assistant to the band Linkin Park, made a demo tape with prize money he won on the VH1 game show Rock & Roll Jeopardy! and was subsequently signed by EMI and Atlantic Records. After penning his first hit, Uncle Kracker’s single “Smile,” JT relocated to Nashville and joined the city’s songwriting community.

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Harding has since written 7 #1 songs including "Sangria" by Blake Shelton, "Somewhere With You" by Kenny Chesney, "Alone With You" by Jake Owen, “Different For Girls” by Dierks Bentley, "Somewhere In My Car" by Keith Urban and his latest chart topper, “Beer and Sunshine” by Darius Rucker. He’s had other cuts by Billy Currington, Goo Goo Dolls, Five For Fighting, Matt Nathanson, Rascal Flatts, and more.

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Harding is the biological son of actor and comedian Jay Thomas, who put him up for adoption at an early age. His adoptive parents, Larry and Kendra Harding, moved from Nashville to Grosse Pointe, MI when Harding was young. His adoptive father worked at a rock radio station in Detroit.  

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JT is known for his hilarious, fun-filled stories, and he’s sharing some of them in a new memoir and songwriting how-to, Party Like A Rockstar: The Crazy, Coincidental, Hard-Luck, and Harmonious Life of a Songwriter, which was released in February 2022 from Twelve Books.

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JT brings unsurpassed energy and fun to every event.

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Rhett found his way to a professional music career when Decca Records (which had been reactivated then) heard one of his demos. He dropped his first album, A Thousand Memories, in 1995. The record was critically acclaimed and produced four chart singles including his first No. 1 hit, “That Ain’t My Truck,” which he also co-wrote. The song has since become Rhett’s signature song but his success story was just getting started. The following year he released Somebody New which produced another No. 1 hit, “Don’t Get Me Started.”

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Overall, Rhett has had an extremely impressive career. He’s not just been a successful solo artist, he’s also written chart toppers for some big names. Rhett has over 35 #1 singles (and counting), which is remarkable!  Some of them include Luke Bryan’s “I Don’t Want This Night to End and Huntin’ Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day,” Chris Young’s “I Can Take it From There,” Justin Moore’s “Point at You,”, Dustin Lynch’s “Mindreader” and Locash’s “I Know Somebody”.  Rhett’s also responsible for Blake Shelton’s “All About Tonight,” “Boys ‘Round Here” and “Honey Bee,” the latter of which spent a total of four weeks at No. 1. His Jason Aldean cuts include “When She Says Baby,” “Just Gettin’ Started” and “Tonight Looks Good on You.” He had another three-week No. 1 with Thomas Rhett’s “It Goes Like This.” He also wrote TR’s “Get Me Some of That” and “Star Of The Show” which was co-written with, Thomas Rhett and their first No. 1 together.  In 2017, John Pardi’s “Dirt On My Boots” went No.1 and later that year, Dustin Lynch’s “Small Town Boy” spent 4 weeks at #1 on Billboard. Rhett celebrated with Thomas Rhett and fellow co-writers his 29th number one, “Life Changes” in 2018 and his 30th #1 with in the summer of 2019, “Look What God Gave Her”.

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This impressive list hasn’t gone unnoticed in the music industry. Rhett has been the recipient of renowned awards and titles. In 2010, Rhett was named the No. 4 Billboard Country Songwriter. The following year, BMI named him Songwriter of the Year. He won it again in 2014. His song “Honey Bee” became the highest selling digital debut by a country male solo artist. His biggest accomplishment, though, may be winning the CMA Triple Play award a total of seven times! The award is presented to a songwriter who penned three No. 1 singles in 12 months, and he won it in October 2010, January 2012, February 2014, February 2015, February 2016, February 2017, and again in February 2018! In April 2018 Rhett was named Songwriter of the Year and in September 2019 names the first Songwriter of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music. In July 2021, Rhett was announced as a inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame class of 2021.

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Rhett Akins has already achieved so much as both an artist and a songwriter, but he’s not done yet.

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Jessi Alexander is an award-winning singer/songwriter, and writer of many chart-topping hits on country and pop radio. Alexander has penned ten #1’s including “I Drive Your Truck” recorded by Lee Brice which won Song of the Year from the 2013 CMA Awards, 2014 ACM Awards, and 2013 NSAI Awards. Other chart toppers include Blake Shelton’s “Mine Would Be You” and “Drink On It.” She most recently had back-to-back #1’s with “Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma” by Luke Combs from the Twister film soundtrack and “Chevrolet” by Dustin Lynch featuring Jelly Roll.

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Alexander’s career skyrocketed with her worldwide hit “The Climb”. Miley Cyrus recorded the song and it soon became the anthem for her box office hit “The Hannah Montana Movie” and won the 2009 MTV Movie Awards ‘Best Song From A Movie’.

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Born in Amarillo, Texas, Jon Nite is a CMA and ACM award winning singer/songwriter who has written 18 #1 songs and over twenty-five top 10 country hits. His many #1 hits include “Living” by Dierks Bentley, “I Hope” by Gabby Barrett, “We Were Us” by Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert, “Beachin” by Jake Owen, “Strip It Down” by Luke Bryan, “Break On Me” by Keith Urban, “Think A Little Less” by Michael Ray, “If I Told You” by Darius Rucker, and more.

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Jon co-wrote Cole Swindell’s single, “Break Up in the End,” earning a Grammy nomination and ACM nomination for 2019 Country Song of the Year. His songs have also been recorded by stars like Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Brett Young, Dan + Shay, Kenny Chesney, Chase Rice, Michael Ray, Chris Young, Adam Craig, Dustin Lynch, and many others.

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Brett James has had more than 800 of his songs recorded by some of the biggest  artists in the world.  His songs have appeared on albums with combined sales of over 110 million copies. He has had numerous hit singles including 27 #1's and won a Grammy in 2006 for "Jesus, Take the Wheel”.  He was named ASCAP's country songwriter of the year in 2006 and 2010 and Music Row Magazines’ Songwriter of the Year in 2015.  He has received more than 40 ASCAP hit song awards in country, pop, Latin and Christian genres.  In 2020 he was elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. As a producer his credits include Taylor Swift, Jessica Simpson, Danielle Bradberry and Kip Moore.

Brett served 18 years on the board of directors of the Country Music Association,  has served as a national trustee of The Recording Academy (Grammys) and he also serves on the board of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Additionally, Brett is the owner of Cornman Music, a successful boutique publishing  company, and Believer Artist Management.

The list of artists who have recorded Brett's songs includes:

Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban,  Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Meghan Trainor, Carrie Underwood, Nick Jonas, Miranda Lambert, Kip Moore, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Leona Lewis, Daughtry, The Fray, Dierks Bentley, Chris Young, Florida Georgie Line, Brantley Gilbert, Chicago, Backstreet Boys, Will i Am, Jake Owen, Rascal Flatts and  many more.

Awards

• Grammy: Won the 2006 Grammy for Best Country Song for "Jesus Take the Wheel", recorded by Carrie Underwood

• ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year: Named ASCAP's country songwriter of the year in 2006 and 2010

• Music Row Magazine's Songwriter of the Year: Named Music Row Magazine's Songwriter of the Year in 2015

• Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame: Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020

• CMA Triple Play Awards: Won two CMA Triple Play Awards in 2006 and a third in 2016

• ASCAP hit song awards: Received more than 40 ASCAP hit song awards in country, pop, Latin, and Christian genres

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A singer and songwriter of country-informed adult pop, Caitlyn Smith released her solo debut in 2001 when she was only 15 years old. She went on to a Billboard-charting solo career, hitting 24 on the Folk Albums chart with 2018's Starfire. At the same time, she established herself as a successful songwriter-for-hire along the way, penning songs for the likes of Meghan Trainor and John Legend, Garth Brooks, Miley Cyrus, Kenny Chesney, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, James Bay, and the TV series Nashville, among others. In 2020, she scored a Top 40 Country Airplay hit with "I Can't," featuring Old Dominion off Supernova, before returning with her third album, 2023's High & Low.

Raised in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, Smith started singing in church and playing piano at an early age and was writing songs with dedication by the time she was 12. She took up the guitar at 13. Two years later, she self-released her first album, 2001's Learning to Be. Another full-length, Silence, followed in 2004, around the time Smith relocated to Nashville. The folkier Face Over Heels arrived in 2007.

Over the next several years, in collaboration with a variety of other professional songwriters, Smith contributed songs to releases by artists such as Jason Aldean, Rascal Flatts, and James Bay. She also wrote multiple original songs for the music industry-based television show Nashville, which premiered on ABC in 2012. A duet with Dolly Parton, the title track of Kenny Rogers' 2013 LP You Can't Make Old Friends, was co-written by Smith. A year later, Skylark Records released her own Everything to You EP. Also in 2014, "Like I'm Gonna Lose You," a song she wrote with Meghan Trainor and Justin Weaver for Trainor and John Legend, became an international hit, reaching number eight on the U.S. Hot 100 and number one in Australia and New Zealand.

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Renowned songwriter and storyteller Tom Douglas is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Grammy-nominated songwriter. He’s written over 10 #1 hits, including: “I Run to You” (Lady A), “Southern Voice” (Tim McGraw) and “The House That Built Me” (Miranda Lambert). The Grammy Award-winning song “The House That Built Me” remained at number one on the Billboard charts for four weeks and earned ACM’s first ever Song of the Decade award. Douglas has also written songs for a wide range of artists including Keith Urban, P!nk, Luke Bryan, Celine Dion, Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line, Kenny Chesney, Kane Brown, George Strait, Chris Janson, and Collin Raye among others. Tom is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Grammy award winning songwriter Jordan Reynolds has eight #1 songs to his credit including several from country superstars Dan+Shay, a few of which also found crossover success on the Pop and AC charts. His songs have been recorded by Keith Urban, Lady A, Brett Eldredge, Camila Cabello, For King & Country, Lauren Alaina, Thomas Rhett, Carly Pearce, Needtobreathe, and many others.

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Grammy, CMA, and ACM award-winner, Jon Randall has done it all over his three-plus decades in the music business, working as a songwriter, guitarist, and producer with some of the biggest names in country, bluegrass, and Americana. He’s released his own solo records, produced for Dierks Bentley, Dwight Yoakam, Jack Ingram, Pat Green, among others, and has written songs for the likes of Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Little Big Town, Guy Clark, Kenny Chesney, and countless more, including #1 songs for Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, and Blake Shelton. In 2021 Randall released a critically acclaimed project called The Marfa Tapes with Miranda Lambert and Jack Ingram. In 2023 he became a member of the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame. 

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Matt Jenkins is an award-winning songwriter from Ft. Worth, Texas. He has earned nine #1 singles including “Buy Dirt” by Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan, which won the CMA Award for Song of the Year in 2022. He’s also had the #1 songs “Happy Anywhere” by Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani,“Do I Make You Wanna” by Billy Currington, “Song For Another Time” by Old Dominion, “Setting The World On Fire” by Kenny Chesney ft. Pink, “Tucson Too Late” by Jordan Davis, and his most recent #1 “Halfway To Hell” by Jelly Roll.

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He also wrote Florida Georgia Line's"Confession", Dustin Lynch's "Where It's At" and KeithUrban's hit single "Cop Car." Not only do his songs top charts butthey also set the mood for TV's biggest shows including his song “Fade Into You” placed in ABC’s show Nashville. Jenkins has also written songs for LittleBig Town, Sam Hunt, Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen, Randy Houser and many others.

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Josh Jenkins is a hit songwriter and lead singer of the band Green River Ordinance. Throughout his 15-year tenure as the lead singer of GRO, he has had several records top the Billboard Heatseakers Chart and many songs placed in TV/Film.

He co-wrote the viral, RIAA certified Platinum smash hit “Fancy Like” by Walker Hayes, which has spent more than 10 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, reached Top 5 on Billboard’s Hot 100, and ruled every country sales and streaming chart for several weeks. It has been used in a national Applebee’s campaign, featuring the TikTok dance that helped it reach viral status. A new version of “Fancy Like” was released featuring GRAMMY nominated pop star Kesha.

Jenkins is also a co-writer on the breakout Jordan Davis #1 single “Buy Dirt” featuring Luke Bryan which won 2022 CMA Song of the Year, which he wrote with his brother Matt. The two of them also teamed up on another #1 with the Jordan Davis single, “Tucson Too Late.”

Other songs written by Josh include “Church In A Chevy” and “Ruin My Weekend” by Jordan Davis, “Old Country Song” by Dustin Lynch, and “Dad’s Sailboat” by Walker Hayes. Jenkins has also begun releasing solo music, including singles, “Broken Record,” “Perfect Mess,” and “More Beautiful,” as well as music through his duo project, SAILR.

Josh has had other songs recorded by Randy Houser, Uncle Kracker, Brad Paisley, Josh Abbott Band, Kevin Costner, Sister Hazel, and many more.

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Casey Beathard began his music career in Nashville singing demos for Hall of Fame writer Don Schlitz, among others. After starting to concentrate more on his songwriting, he scored the title cut on Kenny Chesney’s album, “I Will Stand” and then the single “Right Where I Need To Be” by Gary Allan. Since then Casey’s had over 10 #1 songs from artists such as Eric Church, Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker, Justin Moore, Tracy Lawrence and more. He’s also written other big songs for Tim McGraw, George Strait, Billy Currington, Chris Stapleton, Scotty McCreery, Jake Owen and many others.

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Texas singer/songwriter Radney Foster first gained attention as half of the duo Foster & Lloyd and established himself as a solo artist in the early '90s with three critically acclaimed solo albums. His hits like “Nobody Wins,” “Crazy Over You,” “Texas In 1880” and “Just Call Me Lonesome,” continue to be played on radio and by bands around the world. While his own recordings have built a loyal following, he has also written hit songs for the likes of Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Randy Rogers Band, Pat Green, The Chicks, Luke Bryan, Collin Raye, Holly Dunn and many others.  

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Emerson Hart is a songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and producer. He is the lead singer and songwriter of the alternative rock band Tonic. Tonic’s first release, Lemon Parade, was a multi-platinum success, featuring the hit songs, "Open Up Your Eyes" and "If You Could Only See", the latter of which became top 10 most played rock in 1997. In 1999, Tonic returned with their second album and the mainstream rock hit, "You Wanted More". In 2002, Tonic released their third LP, Head On Straight. Emerson has also written songs for Ingram Hill, The Jayhawks, Sister Hazel, Honey Ryder, Green River Ordinance, and others.

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Nicolle Galyon is a Grammy nominated and CMA & ACM award-winning singer, songwriter and producer from Sterling, Kansas. Across her nearly 20-year career, Galyon has penned over 10 #1 hits including songs from Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay, Keith Urban, and Morgan Wallen. In 2022 she released her own debut album entitled “Firstborn”. Nicole also has cuts by Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, Camila Cabello, Lady A, Brett Young, and many others.

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Rodney Clawson is an award-winning songwriter with over 25 chart topping country radio singles from some of the biggest names in country music such as Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Lady A, George Strait, Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, and many others.  The Texas farmer turned songwriter has earned multiple nominations for Best Country Song at the Grammy Awards and multiple Song of the Year nominations at CMA Awards and ACM awards. Rodney won BMI and NSAI Songwriter of the Year in 2013 and 2015. He’s also had songs recorded by Keith Urban, Morgan Wallen, Kenny Loggins, Joe Diffie, John Mellencamp, 98 Degrees, Faith Hill, Jake Owen, and a slew of others.

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Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of fame member Allen Shamblin has positioned himself among the great storytellers who has given country music its legacy and continuous popularity. He’s written over 10 #1 songs from the likes of Randy Travis (“He Walked On Water”), Miranda Lambert (“The House That Built Me”), Mark Wills (“Don’t Laugh At Me”), Colin Raye (“In This Life”), Mike Reid (“Walk On Faith”),  Bonnie Raitt (“I Can’t Make You Love Me”), and more from Keith Urban, Randy Travis, John Michael Montgonery, and David Ball. He’s also had songs recorded by Lee Greenwood, Carrie Underwood, The Judds, Patty Loveless, Annoited, Steve Wariner, Garth Brooks, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Chesney, and many others. 

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Chris DeStefano is a Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. As a songwriter, he has over 15 #1 songs for artists including Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Brett Eldredge, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Dan and Shay, Rascal Flatts, Billy Currington, and more. He’s also written songs for Bon Jovi, Thomas Rhett, Jake Owen, Florida Georgia Line, Kelly Clarkson, Cole Swindell, Scotty McCreery, Lucy Hale, Eli Young Band, Big Time Rush, and more.

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Ross Copperman is a Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and producer who has written over 30 #1 songs including hits for Dierks Bentley, Brett Eldredge Billy Currington, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Jake Owen, Florida Georgia Line,  Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton and more. Copperman has also produced for several artists including Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Dierks Bentley, Eli Young Band, Darius Rucker, Jake Owen, and Gabby Barrett’s #1 “Hope”.

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Since his first #1 in 1983, Hall of Fame Songwriter Bob DiPiero has been responsible for an uninterrupted string of country music hits. One of Nashville’s most prolific and consistent songwriters, Bob has had over 1,000 songs recorded by other artists, countless hit singles, and an astounding 15 #1 songs by artists such as George Strait, Vince Gill, Shenandoah, Tim McGraw, Restless Heart, The Oak Ridge Boys, Brooks & Dunn, and so many others. In 2007, Bob was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Nashville’s Walk of Fame. 

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Grammy, ACM and CMA award winner Tim Nichols has nearly two dozen hits and over 10 #1’s including the smash “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw and other chart toppers from Alan Jackson, Cole Swindell, Chris Young, Keith Whitley, Reba McEntire, Trace Adkins, and more. He also has Top 10 songs by Dustin Lynch, Jana Kramer, JoDee Messina, Jason Aldean and many others. Tim was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017.

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Nashville native Parker Welling’s songs collectively have over 2 billion streams and she has been nominated for Song of the Year by the Academy of Country Music as well as GRAMMY Best Country Song.  She has written 6 multi-platinum #1 singles and has had songs recorded by Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Russell Dickerson, Lady A, Kelsea Ballerini, Tyler Hubbard, Lauren Alaina & Lainey Wilson, Zach Williams, NEEDTOBREATHE, Carrie Underwood, and many more.

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Deric Ruttan is a Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and a Canadian country recording artist. The writer of six #1 songs from Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, and more. He’s had over 70 songs recorded by other top artists, including Eric Church, Tim McGraw, Darius Rucker, Justin Moore, David Nail and many others. Deric is two time Canadian Country Music Association award winner and has headlined four of his own coast-to-coast tours in Canada, where he has had 11 Top 10 singles as an artist.

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Dave Barnes is a Grammy Nominated musician, singer, and songwriter. He has toured extensively over the past 15 years as an artist showcasing his extensive catalog of albums and opening for artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Taylor Swift, John Mayer, Lady A, Hanson, One Republic and many more. Apart from his artist career, Dave has written hits songs for artists like Blake Shelton (“God Gave Me You”), Lady A, Dan+Shay, Ingrid Michaelson, Thomas Rhett, Brothers Osborne and many more.

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Texas native Heather Morgan has written songs for such artists as Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Cole Swindell, Martina McBride, Dierks Bentley, Sara Evans, Randy Rodgers Band, and Maren Morris. She had her first #1 song for Brett Eldredge and won BMI’s Song of the Year in 2015. She followed up with two more #1 songs for Brett. In 2018 Morgan released her own album entitled “Borrowed Heart.” Heather is also the co-founder of Girls of Nashville, a singer-songwriter show that began in 2014 to highlight female talent in Nashville.

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Texas native Jim Beavers has had a long and varied Nashville career, from executive at Capitol Records to touring musician with Lee Ann Womack.  As a songwriter, he has co-written nine #1 country hits by such artists as Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Josh Turner, and Gary Allan. His compositions have received multiple CMA, ACM and BMI nominations and awards.  He’s also written songs for Faith Hill, Josh Turner, Easton Corbin, Hootie & The Blowfish, and many others.

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Travis Hill has lived and worked in the Nashville music community for two decades.  He was a cofounder of independent music publisher Carnival Music and writes songs under the pen name “Scooter Carusoe”.  Between the two he has 20 plus number one songs to his credit.  As a writer, he has five #1 songs by Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker, and Brett Eldredge. His works have also been recorded by Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Eric Church, Lady A, Uncle Kracker, Dierks Bentley, and many others.

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Sarah Buxton has been a signed recording artist on Lyric Street Records, is a popular guest background vocalist on several major artists projects and a hit songwriter for the likes of Keith Urban, Florida Georgia Line, Big & Rich, Gary Allan, Trisha Yearwood, Caitlyn Smith, Reba McEntire, Harry Connick Jr., Dan Tyminski, and more. Buxton has also contributed songs to hit TV series such as Nashville, for which she and co-writer Kate York earned an Emmy nomination.

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Kelly Archer is a hit songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. Her songs have been recorded by Jason Aldean, Dustin Lynch, Eli Young Band, Montgomery Gentry, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Cassadee Pope, and many more. Kelly has earned four #1 on the country charts with "Sleep Without You” by Brett Young and “Somebody Else Will” by Justin Moore, and “Wild As Her” by Corey Kent. She also has the new single “I’m Gonna Love You” from Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood which is quickly moving up the charts.

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In 2017, Kelly won the Rising Independent Songwriter of the Year at the AIMP Nashville Awards. She was also named a SOCAN [Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada] Award Recipient for her Top 10 Jess Moskaluke co-write “Take Me Home,” the same year.

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With his simple yet poignant way of capturing universal feelings, Cole Taylor has quickly become an in-demand country songwriter. Nine months after moving from Cuthbert, Georgia to Music City, Taylor signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Nashville in November 2013.
 
Since then, he’s written 80+ major label songs, and has scored three #1 songs; “You, Me, and Whiskey” by Justin Moore and Priscilla Block, “Sippin’ On Fire” by Florida Georgia Line and “Home Alone Tonight” by Luke Bryan featuring Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town. He’s also had the Top 20 songs, “Stay Downtown” by Cole Swindell, “Country’d Look Good On You” by Frank Ray, and Dylan Scott’s “Nothing To Do Town.”
 
Cole has other songs recorded by Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Jake Owen, Chase Rice & More.

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Lance is an ACM Award nominated singer/songwriter. As a solo artist he toured with Tim McGraw & Faith Hill. As a hit songwriter he is credited for the #1 country hits by Tim McGraw, Jerrod Niemann and Matt Stell. He’s also had songs recorded by Thomas Rhett, Luke Bryan, Faith Hill, Lee Brice, Justin Moore, Montgomery Gentry, Cody Johnson, Randy Travis, and many more.

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Allison Veltz Cruz is a multi-genre songwriter and recording artist.  Her hits include Tenille Arts’ #1 song “Somebody Like That,”, Matt Stell’s certified Platinum single “Prayed For You,” which spent 2 weeks at #1, and she also has had songs recorded by Carly Pearce, Ellie Holcomb, Ross Ellis, Madeline Merlo, Chris Bandi, and many others.  In 2020, Allison won the AIMP award for Rising Songwriter of the Year and was nominated for 2021 Music Row Songwriter of the Year.

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Homeless and performing on the streets of Nashville at night, Damien was discovered by country star John Rich who invited him to join the MuzikMafia through which Damien was able to secure a publishing deal and tour nationally with such artists as Dwight Yoakum, Kid Rock, and John Legend. 

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Damien released his first album "Somebody's Hero" produced by Big Kenny of Big & Rich. Outside of his solo career, Damien also formed the country-trio THE FARM which was signed to Warner Music Nashville. He now musically collaborates with Krista Marie and cohosts the television show, “The Song”. He also has an inspirational trio called “The Magi”. Damien splits his time between Nashville and Los Angeles speaking, singing, and acting. If not on stage he can be found in schools, prisons, and even Ted Talks sharing his message of hope.

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A Native Texan, Aaron began his musical career in a “Variety Band.” During the better part of two decades Aaron toured the U.S performing at many military bases as well as civilian events. Driving his bus from place to place he began playing with original melodies and lyrics hoping to create his own songs.  His first attempt, “Baby Blue” recorded by George Strait went number one in Billboard.

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Aaron began developing his own sound, and refining his original material in small clubs and cafes where he would play. One night after a long father and son talk, he wrote “Love Without End, Amen.” Believing this would be a song that he would play for his family, Barker decided to see what would happen if he sent it to George Strait. Strait recorded it and it stayed at the number one position in Billboard Magazine for five consecutive weeks.

After a recording deal with Atlantic Records, Aaron continued his writing again and landed two #1 singles in a row on George Strait’s “Easy Come, Easy Go” and “I’d Like To have That One Back.”  George Strait’s “I Know She Still Loves Me” and “I Can Still Make Cheyenne” also hit the #1 position.

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Aaron’s talent for capturing heartfelt music doesn’t just lie with Strait.  Doug Supernaw’s BNA debut album released “Not Enough Hours In The Night,” Clay Walker’s  “Watch This,” and “You’re Beginning To Get To Me,” Neal McCoy’s “Love Happens Like That,” Aaron Tippin’s “I’m Leavin,”  Lonestar’s single “What About Now” all added to his list of #1’s. Other cuts include artists such as Willie Nelson, Trace Adkins, Tracy Lawrence and many more.

Although not a recording artist himself, Aaron's voice is heard millions of time a year by millions of people as the writer and singer of many of the radio and television commercials for the Blue Bell Ice Cream Company. These include "Have Yourself A Blue Bell Country Day” and “The Good Ol’ Days”. The current "There's More Than Just Ice Cream in a Carton of Blue Bell" was also written and performed by Aaron.

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Aaron is a member of the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Wynn Varble had his first #1 song"Have You Forgotten" with Darryl Worley in 2003. The song was nominated for Song of the Year by the CMA. In 2008, “Waitin' on a Woman,” which was nominated by the CMA for Song of the Year. His most recent #1, “I'm a Little More Country” recorded by Easton Corbin, was also nominated by the ACM for Song of the Year. He's also had songs recorded by Garth Brooks, Jon Pardi, Kellie Pickler, Lee Ann Womack, Brad Paisley, Montgomery Gentry, Gary Allan, Tracy Byrd, Chris LeDoux, Mark Chesnutt and many others.

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Tried & true Texan, Music City hitmaker, frontman, and multi-instrumentalist, Terry McBride recorded 4 albums on MCA with McBride & The Ride racking up several top 5 hits, including the #1 single “Sacred Ground.” As a songwriter he’s had four #1 songs with Brooks & Dunn, as well as chart toppers with Easton Corbin, Josh Ward, and Kin Faux. He’s also had songs recorded by George Strait, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Cody Johnson, Jack Ingram, Ronnie Dunn, Cole Swindell, Trace Adkins, Rosie Flores, George Canyone, and many others.

Jimmy Yeary is the rarest of speakers. Because his content is filled with instantly recognizable moments, audiences are quickly taken to a high level of energy. For well over a decade, he has influenced millions of people – how they think and what they think about – on a daily basis. Jimmy Yeary is not only a highly sought-after speaker, he is also a hugely successful songwriter and his music is all around you.

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Yeary was writing songs long before becoming the lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning supergroup SHENANDOAH. These were years that saw Jimmy performing #1 hits like “Mama Knows,” “Somewhere In the Vicinity of the Heart,” and “Sunday in the South.”

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Jimmy has written more than two-thousand songs, many of which have been featured on albums selling millions of copies, Grammy winners, gold, and platinum awards among them. 14 of Jimmy's songs have been certified #1 hits by Billboard Magazine.

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Both the CMA and ACM awarded Yeary with Song of the Year for “I Drive Your Truck” – the inspiring song he wrote about the father of a fallen soldier and how he continues to remember his son. Jimmy's most recent #1’s were “Everything's Gonna Be Alright,” a song he wrote for Kenny Chesney and David Lee Murphy, and “I Called Mama,” a song he wrote for Tim McGraw.

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He has also been called "one of the most engaging speakers in the country". Jimmy takes the lessons he has learned and the experiences he has encountered in his music career and applies them to the process of creating results for businesses, organizations, and teams.

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Facilitating growth while creating and maintaining significant relationships has become Jimmy's trademark as a communicator. Emotional awareness, a greater understanding of other people, and the shared experiences that build an effective team herald the genius of Jimmy Yeary. Not only can he speak to who you are as an organization, he will put it to music!

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Immerse your audience in the heartbeat of creativity with a unique opportunity to delve into the world of award-winning and chart-topping hit songwriters. Our keynote package invites 2-4 exceptional artists who have not only survived but thrived in the ever-evolving music landscape.

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• Intriguing Perspectives: Dive deep into the intriguing minds of our featured songwriters, uncovering the unique perspectives that drive their creativity and success.

• Engaging Interaction: Foster a dynamic atmosphere with a dedicated Q&A portion, allowing your attendees to directly interact with our remarkable artists, posing questions and sparking insightful discussions.

• An unparalleled opportunity to infuse your event with the magic of Nashville. Book now to inspire, engage, and leave a lasting impression on your audience!

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“The songwriters put on a great experience for our keynote. It was both veryentertaining and inspiring. The down-to-earth stories about perseverance andpersistence in their craft translate well to a business audience. Very well done!” Scott Roehr - VP, Client Relations, ADP

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A musical exploration into how and why stories appeal to us and the crucial benefits of storytelling to the world of business.

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Stories have power. They can change attitudes, offer new perspectives, compel us to act, and inspire us to push through the challenges in our lives. Through “The Art (and Science) of Storytelling,” Rod and Brett examine the art of storytelling via the craft of songwriting, revealing the strategies and techniques used in the stories that move us. Along the way, they connect the craft of storytelling to successful communication in the fast paced and ever-changing world of business.

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Rod C. Taylor, Ph.D.
Rod Taylor is an award-winning educator, musician, author, and CEO of Performance Learning Concepts—a leadership training and development that works with a variety of Fortune 500 companies (Deloitte, Nissan, DCI-Artform, and more). As an educator, he’s taught at Stanford, Indiana University, and the Honors College at Tennessee State University. He’s also served as a Fellow at the Design School in Paris, France and as an Artist-in-Residence and educational consultant in the Commercial Music program at Lipscomb University in Nashville. As a musician, he’s played and/or recorded with artists like Krista Detor, Victor Wooten, Cindy Morgan, Jenee Fleenor, Chuck Rainey, and the Warren Brothers. He’s also a writer for Bass Player Magazine, Bass Magazine, and the author of Etunes, a textbook about music in the digital age.

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Brett Warren
Brett Warren is an award-winning artist and songwriter in Nashville, TN. He’s written #1 hits for Tim McGraw (“If You’re Reading This”, “Felt Good on My Lips”, “Highway Don’t Care”, “Thought About You”), Toby Keith (“Red Solo Cup”), Keith Urban (“Little Bit of Everything”), Faith Hill (“The Lucky One”), Martina McBride (“Anyway”, “Wrong Baby Wrong”), Dierks Bentley (“Feel That Fire”), Jerrod Niemann (“Drink To That All Night, Blake Shelton (“Every Time I Hear That Song”), and more. He and his brother Brad were CMA nominees for Duo of the Year for 6 straight years and were twice Grammy-nominated for “Song of the Year.” In 2013, they also won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Original Song for ‘Good Afternoon America,’ the theme song for the ABC program ‘Good Afternoon America’ which they co-wrote with Little Big Town.

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Since the duo of Claude Kelley and Chuck Harmony began writing and recording music, Louis York-named after a combination of their respective hometowns (Harmony from East St. Louis, Kelly from New York City)-has released an EP trilogy entitled ‘Masterpiece Theater: Act I, Act 11, Act Ill’. The projects earned praise from publications including Billboard and Los Angeles Times for their genre-bending sensibilities and creative aesthetic. In 2019, the pair unleashed their full- length debut, American Griots, which gained much attention with their bold, dynamic, sultry sound heard on lead singles ‘Don’t You Forget’ and ‘How Will I Feel’ which reached the top 15 on the US Urban Radio chart. The well received album produced appearances on 3rd Hour Today, PBS NewsHour, CNN, and several other major media outlets. In a relatively short amount of time, the pair has amassed millions of cumulative streams on Spotify; given a talk as part of the esteemed TEDx Nashville program; performed sold-out shows domestically and internationally, starred in award-winning feature films and have performed at the Grand Ole Opry many times.

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SONGS WRITTEN BY CHARLES KELLEY and/or CHUCK HARMONY

“Party In The U.S.A.” by Miley Cyrus

●  #1 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #2 US Billboard Hot 100

●  #9 US Dance/Mix Show Airplay

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“Grenade” by Bruno Mars

●  #1 US Billboard Hot 100

●  #1 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #1 US Rhythmic

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“My Life Would Suck Without You” by Kelly Clarkson

●  #1 US Billboard Hot 100

●  #3 US Adult Contemporary

●  #3 US Adult Top 40

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“Circus” by Britney Spears

●  #1 US Adult Top 40

●  #3 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #10 US Billboard Hot 100

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“Price Tag” by Jessie j

●  #9 US Dance Club Songs

●  #12 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #19 US Adult Top 40

●  #23 US Billboard Hot 100

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“Domino” by Jessie J

●  #1 US Dance Club Songs

●  #2 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #4 US Adult Top 40

●  #6 US Billboard Hot 100

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“Russian Roulette” by Rihanna

●  #1 US Dance Club Songs

●  #9 US Billboard Hot 100

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“In My Head” by Jason Derülo

Billboard

●  #1 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #5 US Billboard Hot 100

●  #5 US Rhythmic

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“International Love” feat. Chris Brown by Pitbull

●  #1 US Dance Club Songs

●  #4 US Dance/Mix Show Airplay

●  #4 US Latin Pop Airplay

●  #6 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #6 US Rhythmic

●  #9 US Hot Latin Songs

●  #9 US Latin Airplay

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“Take It Off” by Kesha

●  #6 US Mainstream Top 40

●  #8 US Billboard Hot 100

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“Hold My Hand” by Michael Jackson

“Pretty Girl Rock” by Keri Hilson

“Better Than I Know Myself” by Amber Lambert

“For Your Entertainment” by Adam Lambert

“Just a Fool” by Blake Shelton and Christina Aguilera

“Troublemaker” (feat. Flo Rida) by Olly Murs

“Bittersweet” by Fantasia

“Brokenhearted” by Karmin

“Kissin' U” by Miranda Cosgrove

“Epiphany” by Chrisette Michele

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Marv Green, a Southern California native, moved to Nashville in March of 1993. Within 6 months, Marv's songwriting caught the attention of producer Scott Hendricks, who signed Marv to a publishing deal with Big Tractor and Warner Chappell music. Marv captured his first #1 hit, “True”, by George Strait in 1998. The following year he scored his second #1 with “Amazed” by Lonestar, which spent a record breaking eight weeks at number one on Billboard and won ACM Song Of The Year, BMI Song of the Year, as well as earned a Grammy nomination. Green has written other #1 songs for Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, Chris Young, Tim McGraw, and George Strait. He also has Top 5 songs with Brooks & Dunn, Rodney Atkins, and Eric Church.

Other artists who have recorded Marv’s songs include Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Morgan Wallen, Dierks Bentley, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Bon Jovi, Jason Aldean, Dustin Lynch, Jewel, Jo Dee Messina, Lee Ann Womack, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Billy Currington, and more.

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A product of Waco, Texas, Trannie Anderson has a knack for painting poetic portraits of small-town living set to dynamic, heartfelt melodies in a fresh yet timeless way. The ability to artfully walk the line of deeply authentic story telling in a universal fashion has made her a key collaborator for many artists. She signed a publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing in 2018 and since then has had 60+ songs recorded by major label artists such as Lainey Wilson, Dan + Shay, Cole Swindell, Gabby Barrett, Nate Smith, Meghan Trainor, Pentatonix, Reba McEntire, Lauren Alaina, Anne Wilson, and others. Trannie co-wrote Lainey Wilson’s award-winning #1 hit single “Heart Like A Truck” as well as Wilson’s most recent #1 “Wildflowers & Wildhorses.” Anderson has also had songs placed in ads/tv shows with T-Mobile, Dodge Ram, Wranglers, Tractor Supply, Marshall’s, The CW, Netflix, and more.

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In the past several years, Montana has reached a whole new level of success. He has co-written numerous hits including Luke Combs' "Beer Never Broke My Heart' and 'Better Together', Parker McCollum's "Pretty Heart," "I Hope You're Happy Now" by Carly Pearce featuring Lee Brice, and Justin Moore's "When We Didn't Have Much."
 
Even with 6 number one songs under his belt, Montana is just getting started. Randy is a cowriter on several singles at country radio, including chart climbers "Where The Wild Things Are" recorded by Luke Combs, "Different Round Here" by Riley Green featuring Luke Combs, and "This Is My Dirt" by Justin Moore.
 
Montana, who has been signed with Warner Chappell Music Publishing since 2017, is a lifelong Nashville resident. His father, Billy Montana, is also a successful country artist & songwriter.

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Originally from New Jersey, Dylan Altman has been writing and performing his songs in Nashville since 1994. So far, Dylan has three #1 songs, which include Tim McGraw's "Watch The Wind Blow," Jake Owen's "Barefoot Blue Jean Night," and Jason Aldean's "Take a Little Ride," and he has Chase Bryant's top ten hit "Take It On Back." Dylan has also had songs recorded by artists Trace Adkins, Eli Young Band, Joe Nichols, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

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Beyond Dylan's songwriting, he is an avid supporter of Musicians on Call, an organization dedicated to providing live music for patients at area hospitals. Additionally, Dylan co-hosts an annual benefit concert for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

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Jimmy Robbins has penned over 200 cuts in multiple genres. He has earned 13 Top 10 hits including 10 #1 songs by Blake Shelton, Keith Urban & Miranda Lambert, David Nail, Jason Aldean, Michael Ray, Kelsea Ballerini & Kenny Chesney, Maren Morris and more. He's also written songs for Luke Bryan, Brian Kelley, Gabby Barrett, Kimberly Perry, Brett Young, Danielle Bradbery, Charles Kelley, Maddie & Tae, Dan + Shay, Morgan Evans, Carly Pearce, Waker Hayes, and many others.

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Jimmy was nominated for Best Country Song at the 2023 Grammy Awards for co-writing "Circles Around This Town" for Maren Morris. He’s a CMA Triple Play Award winner for penning three #1 songs in a 12-month period and has won ASCAP Song Of The Year twice.

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His production credits include the #1 song for “Love You Like That” by Canaan Smith, “Half Of My Hometown” by Kenny Chesney and Kelsea Ballerini, and RaeLynn’s critically acclaimed album ‘Wildhorse,’ which reached #1 on Billboard.

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