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American Songwriter

Nashville, Tennessee
Songwriter, Singer-Songwriter
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"All tracks on our music player are part of the series SESSIONS: LIVE AT AMERICAN SONGWRITER"
BIOGRAPHY
In its 24th year, the mission of American Songwriter Magazine is:

To publish interviews and stories of unparalleled inspiration to the masses of passionate music fans and songwriters alike.

Through insightful, everyday language, building the best media outlet in the world covering the creation process of music and the stories behind the artists whose livelihood is "The Craft of Music."
LEVEL
professional
Contact
Management: We don't have one of them.
Publishing: Not yet!
Label: Not Signed.
Booking: Please contact us for booking by our Myspace!
Administrative: A Song
P.R.O.
BMI
INFLUENCES
Anyone who has ever written a song.
DAY JOB
Working at the greatest songwriting magazine on Earth -American Songwriter
I WRITE:
For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
for myself

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music
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Legends: Bobby Braddock

In Nashville, most successful songwriters have a fairly short run. On hit, one year, two years, five years. Occasionally, we get one whose career approaches the length of a real career or, more often, one who has a few years success, then slips into oblivion, only to emerge again for another brief era of hit-making.

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Legends: Rickie Lee Jones

She speaks softly, not unlike the way she sings --soft, soulful passages, almost like secrets to the closest of friends --punctuated by bursts of exaltation. It's much like the span of emotion in her work, and in her new record, Balm in Gilead, which veers from the pure, naked heartbreak of "Bonfires" to the elation of "Old Enough," to the beautiful "Wild Girl," which celebrates the 21st birthday of her daughter, while simultaneously reflecting on the unchained fervor of her own wild days.

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Legends: Robert Earl Keen

As singer/songwriters go, Robert Earl Keen doesn't seem like the kind of artist who could honestly be accused of sloth. But despite a catalog choked with characters and conversations pulled from a colorful life, he makes that very claim on "Something That I Do," a track where he brags of his ability to not let work get in the way of an otherwise pleasant afternoon.

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Townes Van Zandt: Facets, Faults & Fractures

It's 10 o'clock at night on an abandoned Music Row. The year is 1985. In a third-floor office in an old house that serves as the offices for the Oak Ridge Boys' Silverline/Goldline Music Publishing, Steve Earle brings the chair he's leaning back in down hard, flipping his hair out of his eyes for emphasis.

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Cheers for a very slick and professional looking site which has a great audio quality that myspace don't..
P.Ash
08/14/2009 06:14 PM
This idea is great. Love browsing around and checking out other people's tunes from the aspiring to the professional.
07/20/2009 05:08 PM
Thanks for the site...it's cool. You all stop by and say hi when you get a chance. -- Joe
06/27/2009 09:27 PM
Thank you for this fantastic service that you are providing!

Cheers,
Dave
06/13/2009 01:19 PM
Fantastic site you have here. Just finished making my profile and look forward to checking out some of the amazing artists on here! It is nice to see a place with Will Oldham AND Vic Chestnut articles as the first things I see!
06/02/2009 02:14 PM
love the magazine and the talent from nashville. I am doing some dates with butterfly boucher. love everything about this site.
-d
05/26/2009 10:55 PM
American Songwriter is my favorite magazine and now American Songspace is my favorite site. It provides something that Myspace just doesn't and that is the ability to connect with other people in the business.

I have already connected with some wonderfully encouraging people. Thank you so much for this site. It is truly spectacular.
03/14/2009 07:15 PM
Love the mag! Thanks to all who put countless hours ever month to get the issues out to the readers! Songs From The Road Band's new album "As The Crow Flies" is now available at cdbaby.com and Apple itunes! I'd love to get a review in American Songwriter hint hint thanks for everything Charles R Humphrey III and SFTRB
01/22/2009 08:54 PM
Hiya,
Thanks for this site:))looking forward to make new freinds and music collegues,
Shawn
01/21/2009 08:33 AM
Thank you for opening this awesome sight for all of us songwriter's!! I am giving you all a technical high five!

Thanks again!

Em West
12/13/2008 08:59 PM
American Songwriter Mag:
Thank you for the site and networking opportunity. I buy American Songwriter Magazine at Borders my favorite coffee shop/bookstore all the time. I love to sit in there and get pumped up on caffeine with my mag in my lap and dream about gracing one of the pages along side of one of my favorite artists. Sometimes I get lost and forget that I have hard work to do to get closer to these dreams; both are things I'm working on.
Again, thank you.
David Kirkland.
10/27/2008 05:58 PM
Musical Nazis can't handle my Genius. Master will be angry.
09/23/2008 11:21 PM
American Songspace for songwriters. What a concept! Keep plugging away...
09/11/2008 07:20 PM
A whole site dedicated to songwriters, aficionados, and those involved with music; is write on!

08/31/2008 05:21 PM
Thank you for the heads up on the contest! I entered 5 songs today.
Thanks again and take care,
jeff
08/16/2008 11:13 AM
thanks for making a killer site. we love american songwriter magazine!
07/01/2008 11:08 AM