Although James' first career aspiration was to become a medical professional, Brett James has become one of Nashville’s most successful songwriters. With over 450 songs cut, 25 #1 hits, and Grammy award-winning song, “Jesus Take the Wheel”, James continues to be a prolific force in the music industry. Writing with various artists from Carrie Underwood to Kenny Chesney and Bon Jovi to the Backstreet Boys.

In early 2012, Chris DeStefano charted his first country single with Jana Kramer’s “Why You Wanna” which peaked at #3 on the Billboard chart. Right on the heels of this success, DeStefano achieved his first Country chart topper with the song “Good Girl” recorded by Country superstar Carrie Underwood. He’s continued on to write No. 1s for country music’s most notable stars, from Dan + Shay’s “From the Ground Up” to Miranda Lambert’s “Somethin’ Bad” and numerous others.

Tennessee native Jessi Alexander has held the pen to some of radio’s biggest hits. It was the lyrics to “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus that launched Alexander’s career. Number one hits also include Blake Shelton’s “Drink On It” and “Mine Would Be You” and the hit single, “I Drive Your Truck” by Lee Brice, winning the CMA, ACM, and NSAI Song of the Year Award.

Songwriter Hillary Lindsey is a true wordsmith, crafting works for artists across all genres. Her lyrics can be found in the repertoire from artists like Keith Urban, Faith Hill, and Jason Aldean, to Shakira, Steven Tyler, and Lady Gaga. With over 15 #1 hits, and two Grammy wins for “Girl Crush” by Little Big Town, and “Jesus, Take the Wheel” by Carrie Underwood (co-written with fellow Music City Hit-Makers Brett James, and Gordie Sampson), Lindsey continues to be one of the most sought after songwriters in the music industry.

While writing for the various mediums of theater and film, Marcus Hummon is most notable for being the lyricist behind some of Country Music radio’s most iconic songs. Hits include, “Cowboy, Take Me Away” by The Dixie Chicks, “Born to Fly” by Sara Evans, and Grammy award-winning song, “Bless the Broken Road” by Rascal Flatts.

Having grown up in the heart of Memphis, Rivers Rutherford came out of the gates swinging. He landed his first cut with The Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson). With additional cuts by Tim McGraw, Brooks & Dunn, and Brad Paisley, Rutherford also has eight #1 hits, CMA and ACM nominations, and over 20 ASCAP Awards.

Gordie Sampson is a musical whirlwind, perpetually creating. A brilliant writer, an innovative producer, and a dynamic performer—from his national debut in the early 90's to his presence today in Nashville’s songwriting scene. His writing has been recorded by Faith Hill ‘Paris,’ George Canyon ‘My Name,’ Keith Urban ‘The Hard Way’ and ‘You (or Somebody Like You)’ and the Billboard #1 songs recorded by country music mega-star Carrie Underwood: ‘Jesus Take the Wheel’ and ‘Just A Dream.’

Tom Douglas is an accomplished country music songwriter. “I view myself as a ‘songwriter/singer’ rather than a ‘singer/songwriter’ because I fell in love with the song first... So out of my love for the song comes the singing.” After enjoying a 13-year career in commercial real estate, Douglas emerged in the country music world at the age of 41 following the success of his first co-written single, “Little Rock,” recorded by Collin Raye. He’s written hits for artists such as Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, and Tim McGraw.

Born in Amarillo, Texas, Jon Nite is a CMA and ACM award winning singer/songwriter who has written over a dozen top ten country hits. Jon's songs have been recorded by stars like Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, David Nail, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Phillip Phillips, Chase Rice, Jake Owen, Michael Ray, Chris Young, Adam Craig, Darius Rucker, Dustin Lynch, and more.

Troy Verges’s songs can be heard on albums by such multi-platinum artists as Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Faith Hill, Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban and many more. Other recordings include artists as diverse as the Celine Dion, Il Divo, The Backstreet Boys and Paulina Rubio. 2013 was another banner year for Verges, scoring two more #1 Country singles with the songs “Beer Money” recorded by CMA New Artist of the Year Nominee Kip Moore co-written with Moore and long time friend Blair Daly and “I Want Crazy” his second #1 recorded by and co-written with Hunter Hayes.

Good chance you’ve heard Wendell Mobley’s songs, but if you’ve not heard him sing and play them, you’re missing out! Here are a few: Randy Houser (ASCAP Song Of The Year “How Country Feels”), Rascal Flatts (“Take Me There”, “Fast Cars and Freedom”, “I Melt”, “Banjo”, “Changed.”)

Lee Thomas Miller has charted 15 years worth of chart singles with, to date, 7 of them reaching #1. These songs have recorded radio plays in excess of 10 million spins. Most recently he co-wrote the Brother’s Osborne single “It Aint My Fault” which reached the top 10 and earned the Brother’s a Grammy for their performance as well as the Brother’s current top 30 single “Shoot Me Straight.”

Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Billy Montana’s talent for tapping into powerful emotions in the songs he writes has led to a string of hits and awards for him and some of country music’s biggest stars. Montana’s "Number 1" credits include Garth Brooks’ record-breaking single “More Than A Memory,” Sara Evans’ smash “Suds in the Bucket,” the Grammy-nominated “Bring On the Rain,” recorded by Jo Dee Messina with Tim McGraw, and his most recent chart topper "Hard To Love," the title cut from Curb recording artist Lee Brice's 2012 CD.

In 2007, Kyle Jacobs co-wrote the Garth Brooks smash “More Than A Memory” which became the first single ever to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Kyle also co-wrote Tim McGraw’s Top 10 record “Still” and has scored two #1 songs as producer for Lee Brice, “Hard To Love” and “I Drive Your Truck.”

Josh is a multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award winning songwriter based in Nashville, TN who has notched 18 No. 1s on the Country charts and is the reigning Music Row Top Country Songwriter of the Year. Since his first Platinum selling hit, Kenny Chesney’s “Come Over,” Osborne has received countless cuts by Country’s hottest artists including Sam Hunt, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and more.

The Warren Brothers are a country duo who wrote "Feel That Fire" recorded by Dierks Bentley and "Highway Don't Care" recorded by Tim McGraw. McGraw has recorded over 20 of The Warren Brothers's songs, and they've also written songs recorded by Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Lady Antebellum, and Thomas Rhett, in addition to releasing 3 studio albums of their own.