Steve Songwriter carries his tools (gitbox, laptop, etc.) into the office around 10 a.m., pours a cup of joe, spends the next 20 minutes munchin’ on gratis granola bars and shootin’ the bull with his compadres. A joke inspires good-ol’-boy guffaws and backslaps all around. Glory be! Time for Steve-O to get busy with his [...]

On an April afternoon, a serpentine cue stretched down the hall and coiled around the entire lower lobby of the Regal Green Hills 16 multiplex – home of The Nashville Film Festival. The event was a presentation by a panel of top music supervisors, imported from the left coast to share the ins and outs [...]

(Doak Turner) As competitive as the songwriting/music-publishing game is (and, it gets more so every day), Nashville remains a place where songwriters can find real community. While continuing to develop his or her song craft, every tunesmith’s next job is to make friends. Whether or not your songs climb the charts will eventually depend on [...]

In an era of slumping hard-copy sales, diminishing revenues, fewer available publishing deals, declining draws, and increased odds against getting cuts, I can’t fault any songwriter for exploring every avenue possible to keep the pantry stocked. However, not every alternative is on the up and up. I personally know and genuinely like several of the [...]