Burns, Tennessee
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"I hope you dance"

BIOGRAPHY

Hometown: Nashville, TN.
Country: United States of America
Genre: Country

Jay Buchanan

Jay graduated from Nashville State Community College in 1998 in Industrial Electrical Maintenance and has worked at Shiloh Industries since April 1994 as an Industrial Electrician. He has also graduated from the School of Audio Engineering (SAE) Nashville in April 2007. He has worked with Verge Recording Studio since 2006 and Mix It Up Studios with Jim Lightman since 2007. Jay has been writing since the early nineties. He currently writes with Johnny Spears and Kyle Garton. Jay has been married for 18 years and has two daughters MacKenzie (6) and Makayla (2). Jay enjoys playing guitar, writing and recording music, and spending time with his girls.

LEVEL

aspiring

GENRES

Country, Blues, Rock

Contact

Administrative: Jay Buchanan

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

acoustic guitar / electric guitar

INFLUENCES

All the writers that have made their dreams come true.

DAY JOB

Industrial Electrician

I AM INTERESTED IN

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

I WRITE:

When I have time

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

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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