Chris Wallin

Chris Wallin has experienced active chart success and numerous cuts. Most recently, he had top-5 hit singles with Trace Adkins ("I'm Tryin") and Montgomery Gentry ("Speed"). Chris also had a top-20 hit on Brian McComas ("You're In My Head"). Other artists who have cut Chris's songs include Lorrie Morgan, Montgomery Gentry, Sammy Kershaw, Tommy Shane Steiner, Trace Adkins, Michael Peterson, Jeffrey Steele, Confederate Railroad, Neal McCoy, Brian McComas, Brad Paisley, Joe Diffie, Diamond Rio and many more. Chris was raised in the small town of White Pine, Tennessee. He began playing the guitar at the age of eight and wrote his first song four years later. His first taste of Nashville was at the age of 9, when his mother moved there and made a record pursuing her own musical career. They soon returned to East Tennessee, where Chris continued to hone his musical talents, influenced by the likes of Jim Croce, James Taylor, and Merle Haggard. After spending a few years playing in bands at local bars and solo acts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Chris made the trek back to Nashville. He soon landed his first songwriting deal at King Lizard Music that began his professional songwriting career. He is currently with Corlew Music Group and has been since 2000.

Dale Watson

Watson began writing songs at the age of 12, honed his skills in road houses and honky tonks and was a member of the legendary Palomino Club’s house band. His current record, From the Cradle To The Grave, on Hyena Records, was recorded in a Tennessee mountain cabin that used to belong to Johnny Cash. American Songwriter stated: "Dale Watson combines Bakersfield filigree and basic country stomp for a record of terse, elegant fatalism." Popmatters.com wrote: "When Dale Watson sings something, it stays sung...it's kinda difficult to argue with a man who sounds like God." Dale’s won the British Country Music Awards “Best International Artist on an Independent Label. He’s a member of the Austin Music Hall of Fame, and has won The Austin Music Awards “Best Country” band three times, even beating out Willie Nelson. The Texas State Musician for 2007, he makes his home in the Lone Star State.

Jimmy Wayne

Chart-topping Country artist Jimmy Wayne has a musical track record that includes a Top 10 self-titled album which garnered a string of hits on the Billboard Country chart including “Stay Gone” (#3); “I Love You This Much” (#6); “Paper Angels” and “You Are” (both #18), all co-written by Wayne. Wayne’s new single, “Do You Believe Me Now?” is a Billboard Hot Shot Debut, impacting Country radio in late March. His new album is scheduled for release in 2008 on Big Machine Records’ sister label, The Valory Music Co.

Jim Weatherly

Jim, a native of Pontotoc, Mississippi, began writing songs when he was only thirteen years old. Jim had songs which not only became pop standards, but also crossed over to R&B, country, gospel and jazz. "Neither One Of Us Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye" was a number one pop/soul hit and won a Grammy for Gladys Knight & The Pips. The next year it became a country hit for the late Bob Luman. "The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" was #1 R&B and a pop hit for Gladys Knight and The Pips, and later became a #1 country hit for Ray Price. "Midnight Train To Georgia" was also a #1 Pop/R&B hit and helped Gladys Knight & The Pips win another Grammy. Jim was nominated for a Grammy as songwriter in the R&B category. Jim's songs have earned him more than thirty ASCAP writer awards, but he's also recorded seven albums of his own as an artist. "The Need To Be" reached #6 on the pop charts during the mid-seventies.

Danny Wells

Wells is recognized for the #1 hit These Days recorded by Rascal Flatts, and has written other hit songs including Check Yes or No , This Everyday Love , While You Loved Me , Couldn't Last a Moment , Hello L-O-V-E , and Little Bit of Life . Originally from Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina he earned his A.A. music degree from Southwestern College in Oklahoma City. He then headed to Music City in August of 1980 where he attended Belmont University and graduated with a B.M. in commercial music. He has also had cuts by numerous other artists including JoDee Messina, Sara Evans, Tracy Byrd, James Bonamy, Chris Young, Julie Roberts, Wade Hayes, and Confederate Railroad.

matt Wertz

There's nothing like the feel of a favorite old t-shirt paired with a worn-in pair of jeans. Some of the best things in life move into their prime as they age, making them more enjoyable, more valuable. And so it is with the music of Matt Wertz, a handsome Missouri-born soulful rocker who has been splitting time between his home in Nashville and hundreds of stages around the world for the past six years. His latest offering, Everything In Between , displays a patina that prompts an even deeper appreciation of his music than initially seemed possible. Wertz is proficient at turning life's lessons into a beautiful soundtrack, but he has a natural way of moving through those serious moments to a place where he can relax in the simplicity of life.   Everything In Between is full of vivid snapshots from every landmark along a two-year journey of love, questions, pain, and healing.

Emily West

Capitol Records Nashville already has one of the hottest artist rosters in the entire country music format, and its about to start heating up even more with the addition of their newest star - Emily West. When Emily takes the stage it's nothing short of fireworks. Her own appreciation for artists such as Linda Ronstandt, Patsy Cline and Bette Midler have led her to cultivate her talent as an entertainer - not just a singer.

Matthew West

Sparrow Records recording artist, Matthew West, is known for his music that connects with the whole family.Having catapulted onto the Christian music scene in 2003 with his debut single, "More”—the most played Christian AC song of 2004—the multi-Dove Award nominee and sought-after songwriter had enjoyed two critically-acclaimed studio recordings, Happy (2003) and History (2005); been a mainstay at Christian radio with memorable hits like “Only Grace,” “History” and “Next Thing You Know”; and toured with such artists as tobyMac and BarlowGirl. In addition to Matthew’s artistry he has penned songs that have graced projects by Mandisa, Natalie Grant, Point of Grace, Mark Schultz, as well as Rascal Flatts’ multi-platinum release Feels Like today. His new record Something To Say (2008) is a soundtrack for life, a powerful reminder that God
is speaking every day out of the broken places and pieces of
our lives. 

Adam Wheeler

Adam Wheeler has been a staff writer for Noble Vision Music Group for six years. He wrote “A Few Questions” which was a top ten single for Clay Walker in 2004. He also wrote “Rats Don’t Race” released by Ray Scott on Warner Bros. in 2006. He has written singles released by Tyler Dean on Curb Records and Susie Luchsinger on New Haven Records, as well.

Brian White

Brian has written for such artist as Avalon, 4 Him, Point of Grace, Brian Littrell, Selah, The Crabb Family, All Star United, Greg Long, Larnelle Harris, Jaci Velasquez, Cliff Richard and many others. His writing has earned him eleven #1 songs as well as two Dove Awards. Delighted with the success that other artist were having with his songs, Brian nonetheless felt a call to do more, which led to the formation of Brian White and Justice. After recording 5 albums and spending 14 years on the road in full time touring and ministry he came off the road to spend more time writing and ministering on a local level. He currently records and tours as a solo artist, singing and speaking at youth conferences, camps, retreats across the country and is a staff writer for BMG/Brentwood Benson Music Publishing in Nashville. Recently Brian expanded his writing into the country market and has found success there as well with songs being recorded by country super star Trace Adkins as well as Neal McCoy, Rodney Atkins and Blackhawk.

Bryan White

Oklahoma native Bryan White burst on the Country music scene in the mid-`90s as the artist on a string of six #1 singles – hits like Someone Else's Star," "Rebecca Lynn" and "I'm Not Supposed To Love You Anymore."  He received the CMA's Horizon award and the Academy of Country Music's Top New Male Vocalist award and was named CMT Rising Star and Male Video Artist of the Year, TNN/Music City News Star of Tomorrow and SRO Touring Artist of the Year.  Professionally, Bryan continued to stretch himself on a number of fronts.  He played drums on musical mentor Steve Wariner's Grammy-nominated instrumental album No More Mr. Nice Guy and embarked on the wildly popular Something To Talk About tour with LeAnn Rimes.  He also proved himself a top songwriter, penning hits for himself ("So Much For Pretending"), as well as Sawyer Brown (the Top 5 "I Don't Believe In Goodbye") and Diamond Rio's (the Top 3 "Imagine That"), plus cuts for artists like Wynonna, Joe Diffie and Lila McCann.  After taking time off in 2000 to get away and start a family, Bryan began writing songs with some of Nashville's best tunesmiths.  He also began recording again, just completing his first studio album in three years titled Out Of The Storm.  As his journey continues, Bryan White is bringing the lessons of a stellar past to create a future rich with promise.

Lari White

Lari made her critically-acclaimed Broadway debut last spring in “Ring Of Fire,” setting off a chain reaction of appearances that shows no sign of stopping. She received rave reviews for her performance in the Marilyn and Alan Bergman Tribute with Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall and returned to perform for the Bergman’s in their Lincoln Center tribute in February. Broadway By The Year audiences have enjoyed her in both the Jerome Kern Tribute and Broadway Originals shows, as well as editions 1978 and 1928. She recently debuted at the Algonquin Oak Room with a week-long run. As a recording artist, Lari has earned three Grammy’s for best Southern Gospel (The Apostle soundtrack and Amazing Grace 1 and 2: A Country Tribute), and a Gold Album (Wishes on RCA Records). She recently made music history as the first female producer of a male superstar by producing Toby Keith’s platinum album White Trash with Money. Her last studio album, the R&B flavored Green Eyed Soul was hailed by the London Times as “…the best soul album this year.” Her film credits include Cast Away with Tom Hanks (as the notable “Girl at the Crossroads” in the final scene) and the Lifetime Television Movie No Regrets with Kate Jackson and Janine Turner.

D. Vincent Williams

Starting with Ty Herndon's "Hands Of A Workin' Man" in 1997 D. has had songs recorded by artist such as: John Michael Montgomery, Neal McCoy, Billy Gillman, Mark Wills, Kenny Rogers, Steve Wariner, Ricky Skaggs, Randy Travis, Reba McEntire, John Berry, The Kinleys, Jimmy Wayne, Michael Bolton, Diamond Rio, Ronnie Milsap, Jason Aldean, Craig Morgan, Chris Cagle, Steve Holy, and Lee Ann Womack just to name a few. D. Vincent currently has the new hit single "Just Got Started Loving You", recorded by James Otto, screaming up the radio charts. In 2002, D. Vincent won the prestigious Academy Of Country Music "Song Of The Year" award for his song "I'm Movin' On" recorded by Rascal Flatts. D. Vincent has also just launched his new publishing company.

Kim Williams

Kim Williams began his career as a songwriter after recovering from an accident in his first career, (“I was an electrician but I got burned out on that job”). He began his career as a songwriter in 1984. He landed his first professional songwriting job with Tree Publishing in 1988 and had his first #1 hit in 1989 with “If The Devil Danced In Empty Pockets” by Joe Diffie. Kim begins his 20 th year as a professional songwriter this year. He spent 18 of those years with Tree (now owned by Sony Music) and after two years with a smaller company is “back home” with Sony Tree writing for his long time friend Troy Tomlinson. After 25 years of writing Kim’s songs have been on 134 million RIAA certified units. He has had 12 #1’s and 25 top 10 songs. Kim was the ASCAP Writer Of The Year in 1994 and is now a member of SESAC. He is now watching the progress of his daughter Amanda, a graduate of Berklee School of Music, as a songwriter and artist. “She is”, he says proudly, “a block off the old chip”.

Mentor Williams

Mentor Williams is an internationally-acclaimed songwriter and producer of Hit Records. He recently received an award from ASCAP honoring his 30 year commitment to his craft and owns 17 writer awards. His compositions have earned dozens of gold and platinum awards for millions of sales by such outstanding artists as Dobie Gray & Rod Stewart. George Jones & Michael Bolton, Alabama & the Rolling Stones. Waylon Jennings & Ringo Starr, Randy Travis & Uncle Kracker for starters. Nashville has been his musical home for nearly 35 years.               "Drift Away" resurfaced in 2007 by Uncle Kracker who wisely emulated Mentor's original production and utilized Dobie Gray's unmistakable voice.   The record held the Number 1 spot on Billboard's AC Charts for a record-setting 38 weeks. It remained in the TOP TEN for 70 weeks.

Steve Williams

A native of St. Louis, Mo. moved to Nashville in 1995 and toured with such acts as Kenny Chesney, Tanya Tucker Buddy Jewell, Deborah Allen and Sherrie' Austin playing guitar, piano and adding vocals. As a songwriter now with SESAC, he has been signed with EMI Publishing, Malaco, Wilburns Music and has recently sign a co publishing deal with Woody Bomar at Greenhills Music Group.   His songs have been recorded by artists Craig Morgan, Steve Holy, Buddy Jewell, Blake Shelton, Blue County, Trick Pony and more.   Steve recently celebrated his first #1 on the R&R charts with the song, Redneck Yacht Club, recorded by Craig Morgan.   ASCAP called the song, " The summer song of 2005."

Zane Williams

Zane Williams honed his songwriting and performing skills on the road, playing as a coffeehouse artist at over 400 colleges and universities nationwide. After winning several major song contests (John Lennon "Song of the Year", CMT/NSAI grand prize, and two categories of the Merlefest Christ Austin song contest), Zane signed his first publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music in the summer of 2007 and is already establishing himself as one of Music Row's brightest new talents. www.ZaneWilliamsMusic.com

Kip Winger

A former bassist of Alice Cooper’s band during the mid-'80s, Kip Winger went on to form Winger together with guitarist Reb Beach, keyboard/guitarist Paul Taylor and drummer Rod Morgenstein (formerly of Dixie Dregs). Taking the name from its leader, Winger specialized in winning melodic metal formula, with strong influences from bands like Van Halen, AC/DC and Whitesnake. The band’s eponymous debut in 1988 sold over a million copies on the strength of singles like "Seventeen" and the ballad "Headed For A Heartbreak.” Winger’s second album, 1990’s In The Heart Of The Young, was slightly more melodic and showed a more mature and technical approach to the songs. It reached an equal success, selling over a million copies and featuring the hit power-ballad "Miles Away." Unfortunately the band didn’t outlast the post-alternative Pop-Metal backlash and the group faded away after the release of the critically acclaimed 1993 album Pull. After Winger went their separate ways, Kip decided to pursue a solo career. He started writing his own songs in a different style than to his previous band and his first album Thisconversationseemslikeadream was released in 1997, reflecting his new approach to songwriting with a style more akin to Peter Gabriel’s music rather than to '80s Hard Rock. Winger followed with his second studio solo album, 2000’s Songs From The Ocean Floor, labelled as “masterpiece” by several music critics around the world. After another acoustic solo tour, Kip started to become involved in several new projects including writing music for movies, singing for Alan Parsons and the Winger reunion that materialized in 2006 with the release of IV and the subsequent world tour. Now Kip Winger is back with his new solo album From The Moon To The Sun: a true career defining statement and, once again, another CD which witnesses the creative evolution of the American composer.

Craig Wiseman

Presently Craig has had 16 number 1 songs, over 300 cuts and 100 singles.   Craig has had songs recorded by country's biggest acts including Diamond Rio, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Lonestar, Phil Vassar, Joe Diffie, Tracy Lawrence, Brooks & Dunn, LeAnn Rimes, Buddy Jewell, Deana Carter, Randy Travis, Aaron Tippin, Lee Roy Parnell, Tracy Byrd, and Trisha Yearwood, He has penned fifteen number one country singles, including "The Good Stuff"   and "Summertime" (Kenny Chesney), "The Cowboy In Me" and "Live Like You Were Dying" (Tim McGraw), and " Just Another Day In Paradise (Phil Vassar). In October 2003 Craig started his own independent publishing company, BIG LOUD SHIRT INDUSTRIES.    The first single from the new catalog was Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying" .   It topped the R&R Country Singles chart for an unprecedented 10 weeks and was named NSAI Song Of The Year, CMA Song of the Year, ACM Song of the Year, and won the Grammy award for Best Country Song Of The Year.   Craig and his co-writer, Tim Nichols, also wrote a book by the same title.   A companion book released later became a 12 week New York Times Bestseller.

Nicole Witt

Nicole Witt's artistry is indeed her heritage. Music is in her blood--a natural destiny--right down the line. Nicole has had songs published by EMI Music Publishing and Curb Publishing. She has had songs recorded by Diamond Rio ("The Box") Rodney Atkins ("Angel's Hands") Clay Walker ("It Ain't Pretty But It's Beautiful") Terri Clark ("She Didn't Have Time") and George Strait ("Brothers of the Highway") which will be coming out sometime in '08. Nicole is also getting ready to embark on an artist career. "Bourbon" is going to be the first single released on Curb Records. She has a strong passionate voice. She has been likened to Trisha Yearwood and Patty Loveless but also Sarah McLachlan and Sheryl Crow. She is a modern day storyteller who writes what she knows. Yamaha has just endorsed Nicole...look for her interview in the winter '08 edition of "All Access" magazine.

Tommy Womack

Alt.Country hero, failed Rock star, published author, podcaster and indelible live performer Tommy Womack is a two-time winner (2002 & 2007) of "Best Song" in the Nashville Scene's annual "Best of Nashville" poll. His current "There, I Said It!" CD, has been awarded "Best Of 2007" by several media outlets and bloggers, including No Depression Magazine's "Critics Poll" and "Readers Poll". His songs have been recorded by Jason Ringenberg, Will Kimbrough, Pat Haney, Warner Hodges & others.
http://www.tommywomack.com
http://www.myspace.com/tommywomack

Michelle Wright

Michelle Wright, http://michelle-wright.com , is one of Canada's most beloved entertainers. Her music and videos are enjoyed around the world. Her career has taken her across North America, and to every continent except Antarctica. Michelle has been honored with more than 30 major music industry awards in the United States and Canada . for her performances, her record sales and her songwriting.   She's been named America's Top New Female Vocalist by the Academy Of Country Music, and the fans of Canada have twice named her their Entertainer Of The Year.

Kate York

After working in Hollywood for a year, Kate York moved to Nashville in 1999 to pursue a career as a recording engineer. She landed a job working on Music Row but soon decided she liked writing songs better than recording them. After seeing York perform at 12th & Porter in Nashville, Neilson Hubbard (The Strays) produced York's songs, four of which were released by Paste Records for an EP that came out in November 2004. York is currently honing her craft and winning fans with opening slots for renowned artists such as Patty Griffin, Kathleen Edwards, Shawn Colvin, Mindy Smith, Matthew Ryan and Griffin House.

Jubal Lee Young

Jubal Lee Young is a musical force to watch for. Intrinsically talented, this Nashville native's newest, self-titled CD is seamlessly lined with his original writing, an exciting voice and a sound that instills a thrill to the adventure. Here is no complacent effort: you feel him stretch with a motivation instilled from the sheer joy of survival, berating the corrupt, bewildered by loss, yearning to love and to realize some exalted goal. His is a voice both commanding and free, attached to a decent conscience, a fierce mind, and set to the kind of melody that imbeds itself long after the song is heard.

www.juballeeyoung.com
www.myspace.com/juballee

Mike Younger

Following a soul-searching exodus into the deserts of the American Southwest, Mike made a decision reminiscent of one of his greatest idols, Bob Dylan, picking up an electric guitar for the first time and radically altering both his sound and his songwriting. Newly inspired, Mike returned to New York to reunite with old friend and pianist Bob Packwood to assemble a full four-piece band, adding Skip Ward on bass and Louis Appel on drums. After playing live together for nearly two solid years, Mike and his new band ventured to Nashville and - under the guidance of distinguished producer and engineer Rob Clark (Neil Young, Taj Mahal, CSNY) - laid down the basic tracks for Every Stone You Throw in just three days. A seamless combination of alt-country, singer-songwriter and pop-rock stylings, Every Stone You Throw is the result of a tightly-honed group of skilled musicians bringing a talented songwriter's compositions colorfully to life.