Congratulations to our newest “Play For Publisher” Top Ten songs and songwriters!

First of all, thank you to each of you who took a chance, took positive action, and submitted one or more songs to the “Play For Publisher” event with Joe Dan Cornett of Daywind Music.  Ya’ll are just plain awesome.

Out of about 230 songs, it took a while to whittle it down to just 10.  We have country & gospel songs, male songs, female songs, solo writes and co-writes!

There were a lot of worthy songs sent in, and I felt bad about leaving so many out.  If your song wasn’t chosen this time doesn’t mean that it isn’t a good song.

You know, one time I turned a song in to my publisher, and they didn’t know what to do with it, so they didn’t want to do anything with it.  My cowriters wanted to demo it, and the publisher said they wouldn’t pay for a demo.

The song was called, “Crickets,” and we got it cut by Joe Nichols.  It’s the title track to one of his recent albums.

That’s right.  The song my publisher wouldn’t even pay to demo got cut anyway.  (My cowriters did an out-of-pocket guitar/vocal, and we pitched it ourselves.)

Welcome to Nashville.  So while I listened to each and every song and did my best to pick the ones that have the best chance of catching Joe Dan’s ear… I could be wrong.  That’s just the way the music biz works.  So if your song wasn’t selected, it doesn’t mean you should give up on it.

Okay, here are the Top Ten (in no particular order):

“Mad Woman” by Chelsey Stallings, Brett Turner

“Never Good At Math” by Brad McKinney, Kelley McKay, Kyle Jackson-Rachky

“Old Camp Meeting” by Kristi Fitzwater, Dixie Phillips, Bev Herrema 

“Washed By The Water” by Topher King, Russ Parrish

“Endless Love” by Zebb Rogers, Ceri Usmar

“Tuned Into You” by Dylan Todhunter 

“Liquid Courage” by Selby Copeland, Chelsey Satterlee

“Wait, Oh Children” by Stacy Clearman

“Love Is A Teenager” by Lucy LeBlanc, Joanne Stacey, Molly Brown

“Go Get Her” by Jason Goolesby, Eric Harper 

If you want to hear the top 10 songs, you can do that with a CLICK HERE.

Congratulations!  Joe Dan and I look forward to hanging out with you on June 18.  (In the days before the event, I’ll email the winners the instructions about the online meeting.)

Like I said, the 10 songs above aren’t the only good ones I had the pleasure of hearing.  There are several more that were put “on hold” for the top 10 songs.  This list could be quite a bit longer, but I’d like to spotlight a few of them, too.  (Ya’ll feel free to link up your songs in the comments, too!)

“ON HOLD” songs…

“Song That Takes You Home”  by Steve Smentek, Kelly McKay, Ceri Earle

“Never Doing This Again Morning” by Larry Palaszynski, Luther Lewis

“Good Kid” by Chelsey Stallings, Brett Turner

“Right Side Of Wrong” by Marla Rubenstein, Don Hall, Les Hauge

“To The Moon And Back” by Mark Dolin, Kay Mott

“I Put My Foot Down” by Ralston Wells, Kyle Sturrock

“Living On The Edge” by Robert Easley

“Wisdom” by Sandra Lyerly

“Love Lust And Drunk” by Alexsi Mallory

“Slaying It” by Doug Folkins, Jack Williams, Bill DiLuigi

“The Man That Prays For Me” by Ashley Taylor, Sara Davis

“Windows” by Trevor Peverley, Marshal Herridge

These songs, along with others, were in there battling it out with the top 10, so be encouraged!

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God Bless and Enjoy the Journey,

Brent

Brent Baxter is a hit songwriter with cuts by Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Lady Antebellum, Joe Nichols, Gord Bamford, Ruthie Collins, Ray Stevens, and more. He’s written a top 5 hit in the US, a top 10 in Texas, and a #1 in Canada… so far. He also hosts a top-rated songwriting and music business podcast called, “The C.L.I.M.B.” which can be found on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.