Nashville is packed with people who cater to songwriters. Check out some of our favorites! Tell them Bryan and Holly at The Writer's Room sent you!

NSAI - Nashville Songwriters Association International
"It all begins with a song."

Marc-Alan Barnette is one of the craziest, most energized songwriters in Nashville. MAB offers Songwriter Tours and you have your choice of small group tours or individual tours. You can improve your songwriting learning curve by 5 years. One and two day tours include song critiques, networking lunch, questions answered, performance tips, demo info it's a great investment on your songwriting journey. It's a laugh-and-learn proposition.

This is where great songwriting begins. Danny Arena and Sara Light have one of the most comprehensive songwriting courses ever offered online at SongU. Sign up today for this course so you can study and network at your own pace!

Jason Blume is one of Nashville's best songwriters! He is an excellent hit songwriter, author, and teacher. 

Barbara Cloyd has hosted Monday nights at The Bluebird Cafe since 1986. As a service to songwriters, she offers songwriting seminars with publishers and song critique services. She wrote the hit song,"Guess You Had To Be There." Her site has excellent songwriter articles and up-to-date writer's nights! 

Music Dish is a great read for songwriters and industry professionals. They also have a daily music digest e-zine that is full of music and songwriter news. 

Check out Dan and Sue Harr's Music News Nashville website which has the city’s newest information resources for songwriters. Find out who’s got cuts, who’s looking for deals, where to play out in Nashville, hot news from Music Row, and much more. 

Yes, The Bluebird Cafe is legendary, but it's very small so you'd better make reservations online if you want to sit down. 

If you're considering moving to Nashville, call Joyce Medlock. She's a songwriter who knows how to find you the right house in Music City.  

Pete and Pat Luboff's Monday night Sounding Board Workshop is a great place to meet Nashville songwriters, get creative help with your songs, and find out what's happening in Nashville.

Allison Kerr's ‘ Easy Right Hand Guitar Styles’
 
Do your great songs need a kick in the pants?
 
If you've been looking for a simple way to improve your musical repertoire by expanding your guitar strumming techniques, '8 Easy Right-Hand Guitar Styles' is what you need. You can make your songs stand out by making your strumming style fit the songs in your head. 
 
It's time to take your guitar playing to the next level and increase your guitar competence and confidence. With '8 Easy Right-Hand Guitar Styles', you will learn a variety of strumming styles such as Country, Latin, Folk-Rock, and more. This amazing book uses a variety of modalities for easy learning by including 2 play-along CDs and visual strumming diagrams.
 
Log on to www.allisonkerr.com for easy ordering as well as visual and auditory examples.
Your future as a successful songwriter is about to begin!

 

 
 
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