Getting Started Pitching Songs

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...

Story Behind Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”

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...

Kenny Chesney: Stories Behind The Songs

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...

Pro Tip: Having A Songwriting Life

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...