Music Business Miracle: From Lyric Contest Victory to Billboard No. 1
Having a single on national radio as a writer or an artist, much less being able to claim a No. 1 song on the Billboard
August 10, 2015
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Past Lyric Contest Winner Matthew Francis Andersen Offers Update
Matthew Francis Andersen won the September/October 2012 Lyric Contest with his song “Blue Line” which led to a “Dream Write” with Hayes Carll and then
April 25, 2020
Matt Hoggatt Reflects On His Jimmy Buffett Experience
It all started with an email from American Songwriter magazine about winning the song-lyric contest, which led to an email from Jimmy Buffett who read
February 5, 2015
American Songwriter Lyric Contest Winner Co-Writes With Rodney Crowell
photo by Rachel Briggs Quinten Collier, the grand-prize lyric contest winner for 2009, flew into Nashville this past week to lay claim to his coveted
March 12, 2010
Caroline Spence Looks Back on Her Lyric Contest Grand Prize Co-Write
Caroline Spence 2013 Grand Prize Winner Co-write with Lee Brice Looking back, I’d say winning the 2013 Lyric Contest was one of the first major
February 13, 2015
2019 Lyric Contest Winner Mike Guiney Has “Dream Co-Write” With Brent Cobb, Records Demo at OmniSound Studios
In January, Gananoque, Ontario’s Mike Guiney scored the Grand Prize for the 2019 American Songwriter Lyric Contest. The winning lyric, “Changing (While Staying The Same),”
March 4, 2020
Caroline Spence’s Rounder Records Debut Set for May Release
The songwriter teases album with the songs “Long Haul” and the title track.
January 18, 2019
Matthew Francis Andersen Preps New Album with Single “The Devil Lives In Kansas”
“The Devil Lives in Kansas” is off Andersen’s forthcoming record Slow, the Summer Burned.
August 24, 2017
Watch 2014 Lyric Contest Winner Blair Bodine Discuss Her Co-Write with Ashley Monroe
Ashley Monroe showed up with quite a nugget of inspiration for her co-write with Blair Bodine.
April 25, 2016
