Nashville, Tennessee
35 Years Old
Producer, Songwriter

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BIOGRAPHY

In my heart and mind I will always be an artist/songwriter however most of my time these days is split between producing, writing, engineering, and mixing here in Nashville, TN. My two passions are writing songs and artist development through the production process (although mixing is now a very strong 3rd). My love for these elements of music making have grown deeper than ever in the last few years. I find myself enjoying music way more than I ever have and the competition of this business way less. I utilize my own studio, contacts with various Nashville tracking/mix rooms, and healthy relationships with A-list session players. I get to make music with a lot of great people. I love what I do and thank God everyday for the chance to make my living as a musician. It is very rewarding to make my own art and help others make theirs.

GENRES

Pop, Rock , Singer/Songwriter

PUBLISHING COMPANY

Invertigo Publishing, independent publishing company

Contact

Management: Dryve Artist Managment-- dmccollum@dryve.us
Label: invertigo@stephengause.com

P.R.O.

ASCAP

INSTRUMENTS

acoustic guitar / electric guitar

INFLUENCES

THE SHORT ANSWER------- WRITING, PRODUCING, ENGINEERING, & MIXING: Jeff Buckley, Martin Sexton, U2, Radiohead, Neil Finn, Rich Mullins, David Mead, David Gray, Daniel Lanois, Bob Clearmountain, Tom and Chris Lord Alge, Sir George Martin, Rick Rubin, Brendan O'brien, Jimmy Jernigan, etc.etc.etc.etc. LIFE & SONG WRITING FUEL: Jesus Christ, My wife Kara, My parents, John Piper, Brennan Manning, Francis Schaeffer, C.S. Lewis, Donald Miller, other amazing song writers, bad song writers, inspiring films of all sorts, stupid films of all sorts, and all the great artists and players that I get to work with.

DAY JOB

Depending on the day I'm producing, writing songs, engineering, or mixing. This fact is a blessing

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing online
in co writing in person
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

experience >

SONG CUTS

I've been honored to write with many of the artists that I've produced as well as on my own and with felllow writers. They are listed at the ASCAP.com ACE search.

OTHER SONG OR ALBUM CREDITS

I have been fortunate to have produced, engineered, mixed, or written songs for (or some combination of these) over 70 projects.

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Cadillac Sky

Cadillac Sky should be a lot more tired. It’s early Saturday afternoon at MerleFest and the band–Bryan Simpson, Matt Menefree, Andrew Moritz, Ross Holmes and newest addition David Mayfield–has already logged two performances on the day....

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Sessions: David Bazan

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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Sessions: Vetiver

“It’s always slightly confounding to me whenever Vetiver is depicted with the same tropes that people have read off of press sheets,” says Andy Cabic. “The same sort of milestones get mentioned but then no one really digs to find out that there are those other things going on.”

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Behind The Song: “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing”

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell sang, it has been remarked, like lovers, although they weren’t. Similarly, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, the team behind one of Marvin and Tammi’s most enduring hits, “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” wrote as if under the influence of amatory forces; even if, in the spring of 1968,