by lashibes | Mar 2, 2020 | Business
How to get started pitching songs is a question I often get from songwriters. It usually sounds something like this: “I have a demo and a lyric sheet for every song, but I don’t have any experience pitching songs. What is my next step?” Here are a few...
by lashibes | Aug 29, 2015 | Song Craft
Ever wonder where great songs come from? How do take a real life event and create a compelling story that never happened? Dolly Parton shows you how. Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” was a combination of a flirty bank teller, her husband making too many runs...
by lashibes | Aug 14, 2015 | Song Craft
Story Behind The Song What’s the story behind Blake Shelton’s #1 hit (2009) “She Wouldn’t Be Gone”? I’ve compiled several interviews into a single mashup that includes how the idea got started, how it got cut, and how the two even met for a...
by lashibes | Aug 6, 2015 | Song Craft
Ever wonder how songs get started? Who comes up with the idea, and what was the song supposed to mean? Hear about the songs he’s recorded over the years and how they got started. It’s conversations and playing on stage with some of Nashville’s best...
by lashibes | Jul 24, 2015 | Pro Tips
I was recently in Nashville recording a demo at The 515 Studio, and got to know Chip Hardy, a long-time music industry producer and songwriter. Chip’s been a producer or composer on albums for Loretta Lynn, Reba McEntire, Conway Twitty, T.G. Sheppard, Lee...