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Who is Brent Baxter?

Brent is an award-winning songwriter with songs recorded by Alan Jackson (the top 5 Country hit "Monday Morning Church"), Randy Travis, Lady A, Joe Nichols, Ray Stevens, Steve Cropper, Andy Griggs, Buddy Jewell, Lonestar, Gord Bamford (the #1 hit and CCMA Single Of The Year "When Your Lips Are So Close"), The Sound (the #1 hit and Dove-nominated Southern Gospel Song Of The Year "Can I Get A Witness"), Wilburn & Wilburn (#1 hit "Hallelujah Homecoming"), The LeFevre Quartet, Brian Free & Assurance and more!

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CLIMBer, I'm sure you hear a lot about the importance of making the move to Nashville, New York, or L.A. if you want to make it as a songwriter. And while that is a big help, there are advantages to NOT living in a major music city. Today we're gonna reveal a few of them. So, if you're an out-of-towner, this episode is definitely for you!

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Johnny and Brent welcome long-time CLIMBer, NBC's The Voice finalist, and killer singer, songwriter, producer, and engineer, WILKES, to Song Title Challenge! Together, they hash out 5-6 different conceptual angles to writing the song titled, "Grass Stains," sent in by CLIMBer, Johnny Matt!

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CLIMBers! What does it mean to break an artist? Will the industry definition of "breaking" change from artists hitting grand slams to artists hitting singles and doubles? Today Johnny unpacks a Billboard article that he referenced in his previous episode. And you won't believe what the label executives are saying!

Here's a link to the Billboard article: https://www.billboard.com/pro/record-labels-adjust-expectations-pop-stars/

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Songwriting Pro Membership allows you to connect to the real music business- no matter where you live and even if you don't "know anybody." Get all the details at the link below... and take the next big step in your songwriting career!

https://SongwritingPro.com

Who is Brent Baxter?

Brent is an award-winning songwriter with songs recorded by Alan Jackson (the top 5 Country hit "Monday Morning Church"), Randy Travis, Lady A, Joe Nichols, Ray Stevens, Steve Cropper, Andy Griggs, Buddy Jewell, Lonestar, Gord Bamford (the #1 hit and CCMA Single Of The Year "When Your Lips Are So Close"), The Sound (the #1 hit and Dove-nominated Southern Gospel Song Of The Year "Can I Get A Witness"), Wilburn & Wilburn (#1 hit "Hallelujah Homecoming"), The LeFevre Quartet, Brian Free & Assurance and more!

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CLIMBers! Today we're going to break down a hit song by Maddie & Tae called "Heart They Didn't Break". We're gonna talk about lessons you can learn from this outside cut. That's right, Maddie & Tae did not write this themselves, just like you were probably not in the room with them. We'll talk about how you can possibly get your song cut by a major artist!

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Johnny & Brent welcome hit songwriter, Tim McGraw's touring guitar player, and the guy who tracked almost every guitar for Jason Aldean's records, has played guitar on over 500 songs, and 45 #1 songs, Adam Shoenfeld to STC where they cook up 5-6 different conceptual angles for writing a song titled, "If Jesus Had A Tattoo".

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CLIMBers! For all intents and purposes, it's true, that terrestrial radio is dead. I'm about to prove it to you. Like with any crisis, there's danger and opportunity. In this case, the opportunity is for an indie artist like you. Today, we're going to unpack a recent Bob Lefsetz blog entitled The Death Of Radio? which tackles the phenomenon of Oliver Anthony and "Rich Men North of Richmond". You're gonna want to stick around and listen to this. There's so much going on in this article!

Here's a link to the Lefsetz blog article: https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2023/08/30/the-death-of-radio/

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Songwriting Pro Membership allows you to connect to the real music business- no matter where you live and even if you don't "know anybody." Get all the details at the link below... and take the next big step in your songwriting career!

https://SongwritingPro.com

Who is Brent Baxter?

Brent is an award-winning songwriter with songs recorded by Alan Jackson (the top 5 Country hit "Monday Morning Church"), Randy Travis, Lady A, Joe Nichols, Ray Stevens, Steve Cropper, Andy Griggs, Buddy Jewell, Lonestar, Gord Bamford (the #1 hit and CCMA Single Of The Year "When Your Lips Are So Close"), The Sound (the #1 hit and Dove-nominated Southern Gospel Song Of The Year "Can I Get A Witness"), Wilburn & Wilburn (#1 hit "Hallelujah Homecoming"), The LeFevre Quartet, Brian Free & Assurance and more!

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CLIMBer, if you want to turn pro you will fail if you don't have enough of these 2 key ingredients. What are they? We're going to reveal that today on The CLIMB!

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