Vicksburg, Mississippi
Songwriter

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LEVEL

aspiring

GENRES

Country, Bluegrass

PUBLISHING COMPANY

LGN Publishing, BMI, I own my own publishing

Contact

Publishing: 601-638-5453 leave message
Administrative: Barbara Wilkinson

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

bass / acoustic guitar / keyboard / mandolin

INFLUENCES

EmmyLou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Jim Lauderdale

DAY JOB

Registered Nurse

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing online
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a publishing deal

I WRITE:

It's my second job

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

experience >

SONG CUTS

Billy Childers, William Michael Morgan, Marie Hodson, Raven Braud, B.Thomas(Norway), Quintana Biffert, Jamie Lynn Robinson

SONG PLACEMENTS

"Fire Like That" signed to Quest Music, a publishing and licensing library company in the U.K.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

2009 John Lennon Songwriting Contest Session I "BitterWeeds" top 3 Finalist Country Category 2008 16th Annual Billboard World Songwriting Contest 3rd Place Winner for "I Need A Day Like That" country category 2008 Songdoor International Songwriting Contest 3 Honorable Mentions for "When Angels Fall", "Cowboys Love Texas" and " I Need A Day Like That" 2008 10th Annual Great American Song Contest Top 5 Finalist for "I Need A Day Like That" Honorary Mention 2007 Billboard Songwriting Contest "When Angels Fall" Runner Up The John Lennon Songwriting Contest "Cowboys Love Texas"

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It was pretty slow. I mean, I played [the songs] on acoustic guitar for a long time, but I didn’t know how to transfer them to the other format. I didn’t want it to be a solo acoustic record. I wanted there to be bells and whistles and full band arrangements even if I didn’t want it necessarily to be electric guitar rock....

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On Track: Josh Turner

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