This Nashville Life

Warning: this episode doesn't resolve, which is why we named it the Jazz Episode. With our co-producer out on his honeymoon, we hand the reigns over to Nada Taha of the Bobby Bones Show who turns the microphone on Kelleigh. It's a casual, unscripted conversation that touches on topics like road life, band dynamics, humility, and the importance of having champions. Follow Nada @nadameansnothin (Insta, FB, Twitter) Follow Kelleigh @kelleighbannen (Insta, FB, Twitter) Hear Kelleigh's music here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6C7VkLRszFSbRkKNhEvBST Follow the show @thisnashvillelife (Insta, FB) and @thisnashlife (Twitter) www.thisnashvillelife.com

A look at fan culture through the eyes of a Taylor Swift fan turned influencer and social media guru.

A vulnerable look at beauty and image as it relates to artists and entertainers, especially women. Guest: Joanna Carter, VP Creative Services/Video Production for UMG Nashville. Get the music and watch the videos referenced here: All Good Things: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-good-things/id1121802677?i=1121802812 Long Trip Alone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUrtrJdTOTM&list=RDqUrtrJdTOTM https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/long-trip-alone/id1117051725?i=1117052072 Pontoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0O0nzkESTI https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pontoon/id721216949?i=721216982

A look at why we love to hate. Why are we so defensive about what is and isn’t “country?” Guest: hit songwriter/producer Shane McAnally (Sam Hunt, Kenny Chesney, Brandy Clark, Luke Bryan, Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert) Keep in touch with us at ThisNashvilleLife.com Purchase songs featured in this episode here: All Good Things by Kelleigh Bannen https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-good-things/id1121802677?i=1121802812 Follow Your Arrow by Kacey Musgraves https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/follow-your-arrow/id604129427?i=604129902 Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/take-me-home-country-roads/id216424764?i=216424915 Break Up In A Small Town by Sam Hunt https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/break-up-in-a-small-town/id923457599?i=923457608 Once Upon A by Kelleigh Bannen https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/once-upon-a/id1121802677?i=1121802808

How does someone “get discovered?” A&R executive Autumn House Tallant sheds some light on the process of how to get signed to a record deal and how not to. She recalls some of the best, and the “best of the worst” artist pitches she’s witnessed while at a major label. Autumn also shares the signing stories of some her most famous artists: Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, and Eric Church.

Demystifying the Nashville phenomenon of “co-writing” (i.e. how songs get written on Music Row. 

Guest: hit songwriter Laura Veltz (songs by Maren Morris, Reba McEntire, Eli Young Band, Chris Young.)

How a song makes its way from one of a handful of streets on Music Row in Nashville to the top of the charts nationwide. Guest: JoJamie Hahr of Broken Bow Records.