Colm Gavin is a Dublin based Irish singer/songwriter currently signed to  BEO Records home to The First Lady of Celtic Music Moya Brennan. Colm's first two solo releases (Your Endless Slumber, A Voice For The Urban  Darlings) both reached number 1 in the Irish Charts, and his most recent  EP release “The 1992 Tapes” reached #1 in the Irish Singer/Songwriter  Charts, #4 in the Pop Charts,  #56 in the Billboard 100 in the United States & #81 in the Italian Pop Charts. Colin shares the tip of songwriting by performing a couple of his intimate songs and give a great tip for upcoming songwriters. Follow him on: https://www.instagram.com/colmgavin

Shah Brielle is an American singer, songwriter and director. Since her debut in 2010, she has garnished over 75,000 views on YouTube, is hailed as 2020’s  “Verge Artist of the Year” by the Las Vegas Black Music Awards, and has reached over 11 thousand followers on Instagram. In this interview, she shares her songwriting process of her hit "Come Home", More info about Shah Brielle: https://www.shahbrielle.com/about

SONGWRITERS ROOM spotlights songwriters of all walks of life. Willard Morgan is a Jewish singer songwriter, producer, musician, actor, comedian, and prolific creator of comedy music and videos in New York City. More info: http://willardmorgan.com

Guitar virtuoso Ron Jackson shares the key to increasing his social  media presence, and demonstrates his original tune "Australian Love  Affair".  More info: http://ronjacksonmusic.com

Moneystone is a versatile pianist, singer songwriter, and producer.  Moneystone has worked with the likes of Rick James Stone city band, Kid  Rock, Martha Reeves, P funk, and Cameo. Currently working as a part of  the production team Cameo Nation led by Larry Blackmon of Cameo, he's  produced for Flavor Flav, Avis Ellis, Wild Bill Young, and more. More info: http://cameonation.com

Ron Kobayashi is a world class jazz pianist, composer, producer and  educator.  Ron has played with Mel Torme, Margaret Whiting, Peter Frampton, Peter  White, Tom Scott and Kenny Burrell, among many others. His albums have  received airplay around the world. Ron’s trio was voted Best Jazz Group  in Orange County by readers of the OC Weekly in 1996 , AND nominated for  Best Jazz at the Orange County Music Awards in 2012. They also played  for President Bill Clinton in 1992. He demonstrates how to compose a jazz instrumental tune.

Josie Aiello is an award-winning singer, BMI songwriter, two-time winner  of USA Songwriting Competition, and worship leader with 3 self-titled  album releases. Josie was signed to Quest Records by Quincy Jones. Most recently Josie recorded background vocals for Jennifer Hudson in the new  Aretha Franklin Bio Film RESPECT. Josie shares her music journey and demonstrates how she wrote her song  "Heavy Heart",  and gives her best songwriting advice! More about Josie Aiello: www.josieaiello.com

ITSMRJLUV, a dancehall reggae artist from Belize, talks about his new album produced by Father MC, how he met him and working with him have helped him grow. He demonstrates how he wrote his first single from the album "Who Want Some".

Contact: IG@ITSMRJLUV.

Nyisha LaFaye is a soulful singer songwriter, musician, and super mom of 4 boys! She reminds me of young India Arie. Nyisha shares how the story behind her writing the song of women empowerment "Relentless". More about Nyisha LaFaye: https://www.nyishalafaye.com You can also watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kutJLg0ITmY​

THE Netsky Twins, Steve Netsky and Ron Netsky are accomplished versatile songwriters, writing together since 1970s. Some of the songs recorded  and performed are: Love Don’t Hurt People” recorded by Cissy Houston, with Whitney Houston on background vocals, “Only Love Can Make It  Right,” recorded by Jet Brown. 

Steve Netsky wrote the Celtic instrumental “The Green Hills” and the country-blues instrumental “The Patchwork Quilt” for albums by  storyteller Sharon Kennedy and was nominated for a Grammy for the production of her album The Patchwork Quilt And Other Stories From Around The World in 1998. He also co-wrote the song “Standing In The  Doorway” with legendary folksinger Mary McCaslin on her 2006 album  Better Late Than Never. Steve toured the world as a member of the  Klezmer Conservatory Band, as a production manager at Rounder Records, and currently at Ed Keane Associates, a management and booking company,  where he works with artists like Take 6, The Manhattan Transfer, Nnenna  Freelon. He has taught Music Business at University of Massachusetts  Lowell, and currently the coach of the Songwriting Ensemble at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. 

Ron Netsky is one of the writers about music for the NY magazine “My  City Paper” He’s also a Professor of Art at NazarethCollege in Rochester  NY. If you’re an artist looking for songs to record, please check their  YouTube channel “Songs by the Netsky Twins” where you can hear many of  their unrecorded songs. If you find any song you’d like to record,  contact me through my website: tomokomusic.com