Leland, the Belmont University student turned hit songwriter, joins Chris Lindsey’s Pitch List podcast for a conversation about the ups and downs of making it in L.A. The artist also discusses writing with artists like Selena Gomez, Troye Sivan, and Ava Max, and how being queer has impacted his career. In a nutshell, Leland’s career More
Justin Gray, veteran songwriter, producer, and music executive joins Songcraft to share his insight on the music industry. Topics that he weighs in on include dealing with success and where he finds value in his career now. Working with massive talents like Mariah Carey, Avril Lavigne, Joss Stone, Glen Campbell, and Luis Fonsi, Gray has More
Differing from the usual Q&A format of most podcasts, hosts Johnny Dwinell and Brent Baxter are doing another round of the “Song Title Challenge,” but this time with a special guest. After 99 episodes, The C.L.I.M.B. podcast finally welcomes their third guest, one of Nashville’s most sought-after songwriters, Chris Wallin. The concept of the challenge More
Named “the future of the next 10 years of Nashville,” by Apple Music host Ward Guenther, Carter Faith embodies the new wave of artists on the block. A full-time student and a full-time artist, Faith explains on The Zak Kuhn Show how she’s able to do it all and do it well. Growing up in More
International pop star Katie Melua wrote a song in response to a poem by bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates in the new episode of SongWriter. Below is an edited version of our conversation about songwriting, artistic sustainability, and Katie’s song “Forever Sunlit.” Ben Arthur: Katie, you’ve always been a big reader—how do literature and poetry More
In this episode of The C.L.I.M.B., Johnny Dwinell and Brent Baxter share how they were able to get 400 people to come out to a live show for an artist that had never played in that market before. Boiling down broader topics like promotion, targeting adjacent audiences, copywriting and other techniques, the two give applicable More
Joshua Radin, a tremendously successful songwriter, joins Michael Franti’s Stay Human podcast for an in-depth conversation on Radin’s career, achievements, and newest album The Ghost and the Wall. Looking back on Radin’s relationship with music, he explains that becoming a songwriter wasn’t necessarily something he expected. Writing songs didn’t come naturally to Radin until he More
Landing a hit is an artist and songwriter’s ultimate moving target, a lifeline of sorts in the industry. From her major cut “Cheers (Drink to That)” in 2010 to her international hit “Lost on You” in 2017, LP has been able to keep up with the times and consistently end up on top. In her More
2020 Vision, Martin Sexton’s newly released EP, explores the world today through both macro and microlenses. The EP includes songs like “Hold On,” which was inspired by a treehouse Sexton finally built with his son over quarantine, to “Calling on America,” a topical song that reaches much farther than his backyard. In his conversation with More
