Below you will find a Showcase of our Talented Artists:
Brittany Blaire & Jim Huish
I met Brittany and Jim when we held our first Nashville Ear Songwriter Stage show on Oct 2nd of 2010. I knew from the audition tape that they were good, but never did I imagine how good they actually were till I heard and saw their live show.
Their personal warmth ,charm and professionalism was apparent from the first moment they took the stage. Right from their first song till their last, the crowd was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. It was apparent they had rehearsed each song to perfection.
Every song was better than the one before. They were so good that they were asked to perform an extra set at the end of the show. Most groups do a set of 3 or 4 songs, Brittany and Jim did a total of 8 songs. They were also asked back to appear for the show on the following month. Take a moment and listen to some of the songs that they did at that first show.
I have linked a few of their songs that were put up on our Youtube channel below:
Dancing With You
Mason Jarre
Ormond Beach, Florida
YouTube video of "Elegy -Words Unsaid"
YouTube video of "We Were Giants"
YouTube video of "Wish We Had Known "
A sign hangs above my desk:
“I Make Stuff Up.”
It sums up the process of writing for me. People constantly assume that my songs are reflections of my life and experience, but they are not.
First of all, I've never sat down to try to write. Ideas come to me, and I just put them into the shape of a song. That's why there's no pattern dictating what I create. I used to wonder why I was a conduit for music, but now I just enjoy being part of the process.
I began songwriting in 2007, and now I have about eighty under copyright.
Whether or not I achieve commercial success, having people tell me they were deeply affected by something I wrote is a reward in itself.
Mike Mitchell
I was born in Kingsport, Tennessee, about 20 miles to the west of Bristol Tennessee/Virginia, the “Birthplace of Country Music”. The Carter Family made their first recordings in Bristol.
I wrote my first song when I was 14. I wasn’t playing the guitar at the time but I could write the lyrics and sing the melody. The song was called “Saturday Night”. The singer proposes marriage to his sweetheart, who promises she will let him know her decision on “Saturday Night”. I don’t know if they got together, the song doesn’t say.
I bought my first guitar, a Sears Silvertone from a friend, for five dollars and an old Cream album, Wheels of Fire. I recorded my first record with my partner Danny Redwine when I was 17. A year later I made my first trip to Nashville as a songwriter where I discovered that publishers wouldn’t allow writers to play songs live in the publisher’s office. The following year Danny and I returned to the Music City with a tape of new songs in hand. We were able to publish some songs but we had to get our parents to co-sign the contracts because we were so young. Danny and I played and wrote songs together for many years as an acoustic duo and in rock bands, occasionally getting songs published. BMI informed us that one of these songs was recently recorded in Belgium. When our last band split I stopped playing shows but I continued to write songs. I later decided I no longer had ambitions to be a professional singer and musician and that I would concentrate on writing songs.
In 2009, I wrote and sang 10 new songs for a record I released that year called North Carolina – named for the State in which it was recorded. The featured musicians were living and playing music in the area. Work brought me back to Nashville where I discovered the Writer’s Night/Open Mic venues. I began playing for whoever would have me. It’s been a rewarding experience. I’ve met many great songwriters and have made many new friends in Nashville. I enjoy peddling my songs, whether on stage or pitching them for someone else to sing.
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