This American country music singer-songwriter has reached No. 1 on the Country Airplay charts with his debut single, "Kiss You in the Morning". Take a look at how he started.
Record Producer RedOne on Songwriting RedOne has produced everyone from Lady Gaga, over Enrique Iglesias and Jennifer Lopez to Pitull. Nadir Khayat – better known as RedOne – is a Moroccan record producers who paid his dues and truly deserved the success he achieved. Before he got his truly big break with Lady Gaga, RedOne struggled for…
Review of Music Tip Sheet myHitOnline by David Goldstein With dozens of different music tip sheets – also known as song tipsheets – out there, it’s not easy to figure out to which one to subscribe. See, there are two types of tip sheets out there: solicited and unsolicited. Song tipsheets that offer solicited tip sheets,…
Writing songs in the jungles of Ubud on Bali, Indonesia Producer/writer/publisher Ricky Rick sent us this one to remind us that sometimes your environment can make all the difference to your inspiration. Lost in the jungles of beautiful Ubud on the Indonesian island of Bali, Ricky writes “a week on Bali is more productive and inspirational…
Scott Storch as a Dance Music Producer? What would you do if were are already at the top of the music industry? Multi-platinum winning record producer Scott Storch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Storch) is one of the top 10 record producers in the Urban world, producing the likes of 50 Cent, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and many others. As he got…
Watch record producer 'DarkChild' Rodney Jerkins with recording artist Lady Gaga Rodney Jerkins, also known as Darkchild, is one of the world’s top Urban record producers. In this very special video, we have the 37-year old multi-instrumentalist jam with Lady Gaga as they put the finishing touches on what was to become the huge international…
Jason Blume is one of the few songwriters to ever achieve the distinction of having his songs on Billboard’s Pop, R&B, and Country charts – all at the same time. With his songs recorded by Pop superstars Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, and Jesse McCartney as well as Country stars including Collin Raye, the Oak…
Grammy Award Winner Kandi Grammy Award winner Kandi took the time to speak to us about her career and her future plans and what it takes to succeed in the industry, how important it is to clear publishing splits before you complete a song and how she pitches music to some of the biggest acts…
Hit Songwriter Gordon Pogoda Gordon Pogoda has successfully placed his music not only in an Academy Award winning motion picture, but also in over 40 TV shows (including world-wide syndicated shows like "Sex and the City", "Hannah Montana", "CSI: Miami", "ER", "Will and Grace", and "King of the Hill” and many more). His songs…
Multi-platinum Record Production Team Banana Toons We recently interviewed Sean Hosein, who owns and operates Banana Toons with songwriting partner Dane DeViller. The duo has crafted and/or produced hits for: Jessica Simpson, Kelly Rowland, Amy Grant, Stacie Orrico, 98 Degrees, The Corrs, Gloria Gaynor, as well as Laura Pausini. Hosein and DeViller’s works have earned numerous worldwide Gold and Platinum awards and have amassed…