Songwriter Trysts

In this episode Jason Davis opens up about his experience as a songwriter and how he got a #1 Billboard charting song before he even realised that it was something maybe he should look at.  Through a traumatic childhood and finding music as a way of expressing himself he is now passionate as a music manager helping develop artists into realising their full artistic potential. If you're looking for a record deal or management Jason gives some great advice for aspiring artists here. Jason Davis has spent his entire two decade career in the music industry and worked with many worldwide stars, including Boyz ll Men, Sugar Ray, P. Diddy, Alabama, Lonestar, Dolly Parton, among many others. Davis is an entertainment industry executive with a broad range of titles including award winning songwriter, award winning author, independent record label president, executive TV producer, entertainment consultant, former Senior VP of A&R for Dolly Parton's management company CTK management and a serial entrepreneur. He has also secured record deal offers with CEO's from the largest music companies in the world, including Capitol Records, Sony, Interscope, Island / Def Jam, Epic, Atlantic, RCA, and J Records. Traveling between New York, London, Los Angeles, Miami and Nashville, he built a reputation working with the top songwriters, producers, and recording artists in the entertainment industry on a global level.  Over the span of his career, he has not only pioneered new approaches to the signing and development of some of the world most successful recording artists and songwriters but he has consistently championed innovative business models and partnerships with a wide range of companies around the world. His career began as a songwriter when he was discovered by Grant Cunningham, the former VP of A&R for Sparrow Records. Davis went on to write a #1 Billboard hit, received several ASCAP songwriting and publishing awards, and was nominated for a Latin music award. Davis has also co-founded other cutting edge entertainment companies such as Radar Label Group (Jimmy Eat World, Plain White T's, Neon Trees, The Unlikely Candidates), One One 7, Noble Management, and Awaken Records. He is also co-president and partner of booking agency Higher Level Agency.  Connect with Jason:  Noble Management  One One 7 Higher Level Agency  Enjoying the podcast? buy Rae Leigh and the team a coffee and help keep the program going for future songwriters here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SongwriterTryst

Corey Pryor & Ariell Alexis are a father daughter special double episode as we hear how the teacher becomes the student and vice verser. Corey shares his success story with Grammy nominated Christina pop band The Newsboys in the 90's and Ariell talks about living in Nashville as a child and having entertainers as parents who inspired her own modern way of performing and producing. 

These two have so much to share and to give and its great to have this dynamic in a conversation around songwriting and the music industry from America and in Australia. 

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Celebrating episode 180 with a child meeting her hero, Colin shares his amazing journey with Rae as they discover his journey inspired her's and the creative circle of inspirations continues. 

Born in Dublin in 1964, Colin Buchanan is a storyteller to a generation. On the release of his 1991 debut album, Galahs In The Gidgee, the Sydney Morning Herald declared him, “...simply the best singer-songwriter to emerge on the Australian Country scene in the last decade.”

Three decades later, Buchanan has more than lived up to early expectations, building a diverse and successful career across the media. He is a nine times Golden Guitar winner, both as an artist in his own right and as collaborator with the cream of Australian country music, penning hit songs for the likes of Slim Dusty, Troy Cassar-Daley, Adam Harvey, Beccy Cole, Amber Lawrence and a host of others. Colin’s most substantial single contribution as co-writer remains his work with Lee Kernaghan. Colin has a remarkable 30 songwriting credits on Kernaghan’s 2022 Greatest Hits release, “Lee Kernaghan:3 Decades Of Hits.”

With a long-awaited country album set for release in 2022, Colin Buchanan returns to his roots with a collection of remarkable songs inspired by the people, places and stories of everyday Australia.

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Josh Simons is the CEO and co-founder of Vampr, the world’s largest and most active social-professional network for musicians (often dubbed the “LinkedIn for creatives”). Recognised by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2022, Vampr is home to over one million users, and active in every country on the planet. The music startup has helped fledgling musicians broker over 7 million connections worldwide. Vampr offers a free solution for young musicians, built by a sympathetic founding team of established musicians with Josh’s co-founder, Baz Palmer, best known as the lead guitarist for seminal hall-of-fame rock band, Hunters & Collectors.

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A week after playing at the Blue Bird cafe in Nashville Danielle Todd speaks with Rae Leigh on Songwriter Trysts about her new music, songwriting goals, inspirations and ambitions.

Over the last few years, Danielle has continued to hone her sound, resulting in a pop-country mix infused with undeniable Stevie Knicks-esque inspiration. With the pop sensibilities of the likes of Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, a touch of edginess, and a little bit of quirk that Danielle finds indicative of her sound, songs like her debut single, “Crazy,” came to be. Released in early 2019, “Crazy,” co-penned with Bobbi Holliday and Caitie Thompson, took Danielle to higher heights, achieving accolades like Ontario’s Artist of the Month in April 2019 and winning Country 104’s “Women in Country March Madness” with Carrie Underwood as the competition. The fresh, upbeat tune even went so far as to enjoy a spot at #80 on Canada’s TRAX Report, #28 on Sirius XM’s CBC Country, and #34 on Australia’s Top 50.

Her subsequent and most recent single, “Backburner,” was similarly high impact in both Canada and Australia, landing a spot at #23 on the Music Network Hottest Country Charts and introducing the “soft edge” that is indicative of Danielle’s sound.

After a quiet two years spent uncovering what is most important to her, Danielle makes her highly-anticipated return to the music scene with the Feb 11 release of her single, ‘Heat of the Moment.’ This energetic, pop country track chronicles a coming-of-age and the wisdom that comes with realizing how good you had it back when you were young and carefree.

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Renaissance women is what Rainee Blake describes her artist journey as a singer, songwriter, composer, actress and teacher. She wears many hats and promotes the balance of good work ethic, self love and consistency and driving steady in the things she loves. Born in Australia on the northern beaches of Sydney her American psychologist father and Australian actress mum guided her and helped her to really find the passion and love she has in the arts and continue to support her today.

She now lives in LA but has had roles in the popular Sydney TV show ‘Home & Away’ and more recently on the CMT TV show ‘Nashville’ playing singer songwriter Alannah.

With so much passion and experience there is some great wisdom and fun in this conversation in this episode of Songwriter Trysts.  Shows in Australia this week and European tour later this year connect with her now to find a show near you.

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Nathan Eggins is a Brisbane-based musician, songwriter and science communicator performing and releasing under the name Conspiracy of One. His mission is to encourage interest in science, promote critical thinking and give new perspectives through fun catchy music flavoured with his quirky sense of humour 

The Sound A Duck Makes:

We’re All Aliens Baby 

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Former 'The Voice' Star, Ricky Duran, Releases First Album Since National Debut

from 'Music City' Nashville Ricky Duran embarks on a new chapter of his life and career – a chapter of recollections and reflections in Space & Time. Ricky puts heart, soul and the components of real life into a dimensional album, encapsulating stories and feelings from different phases over the past 10 years. As each second passes in Space & Time, more of his life is revealed through intricate songwriting, timeless melodies and genre-bending songs. 

1. “Shine” (Ricky Duran, Eric Paslay)

2. “Star” (Duran)

3. “Selfish Love” (Duran)

4. “Waiting On You” (Duran)

5. “She’s Like Whiskey” (Duran)

6. “As The Sun Goes Down” (Duran)

7. “Circles” (Dakota Colby, Duran)

8. “She Closed Her Eyes” (Duran)

9. “A Woman Like Her (Live Acoustic)” (Charles Kelley, Paslay, Laura Jeanne Veltz)

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Rae chats with Caleb Shreve the founder and CEO of Killphonic Rights. Listen to the episode to learn more about publishing and royalties and the new players in this space.

We’ve made our powerful publishing administration technology available to independent songwriters and publishers through our platform, Killphonic Rights Direct. Collect your money around the globe through our direct registrations network to maximize your royalties and make sure you are collecting every micropenny you’re owed.

Our founding team is made up of producers, artist managers, songwriters, and tech specialists from JP Morgan Chase. Our own need to have a simple catalog management tool led us to build out a publishing administration company, Killphonic Rights, ultimately serving publishers and songwriters as private clients, most notably Sumerian Records. We decided to adapt our powerful technology into a platform available to all independent songwriters, and thus Killphonic Rights Direct was born. Our mission is to make royalty collection as easy as possible for all independents - songwriters, publishers, and labels alike - and continue to educate and advocate on publishing, royalties, and the value of publishing in the current music landscape.

Instagram: @killphonicrights

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killphonic-rights/

Caleb’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caleb-shreve-69b181133/

Russian born, Los Angeles based pop soul artist Cooper Phillip succeeds in capturing the undivided attention of listeners across the globe. With her intense drive, soaring vocals and passionate songwriting, Phillip is elevating herself to the top of her genre.

Phillip’s music features an underlying theme of strength, grace and empowerment. "I believe we underestimate ourselves often and our fear takes over. My goal is to show people that they are stronger and can do much more than they think they can”, she admits. Using true life stories, hardships and experiences, the songwriter emits authenticity and courage throughout her music. 

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