Episode 84: What I learned from Grammy winners and number one hit song writers

Rock Your Voice Podcast

What A Weekend!

I've just returned from the 97 South Song Sessions, where a group of Rockit clients joined me in Penticton British Columbia for a Rockit Roadtrip!

In this episode I talk about the event as well as my biggest take aways from the Song To Stage workshop where we learned from 18x CCMA music publisher of the year and 4x Grammy winning music publisher, Robert Ott.

We were also joined by Tim Nichols, who has written hits for artists like Alan Jackson for whom he penned the top hit “That’d Be Alright”, Reba McEntire, Keith Whitley, LeeAnn Womack, Blake Shelton and Jason Aldean. He also penned Dustin Lynch’s charttopper, Cowboys and Angels. His #1 hits include JoDee Messina's"Heads Carolina, Tails California", Terri Clark’s “Girls Lie Too”,and homage to the aforementioned - “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” for Cole Swindell.

Rik Emmet also shared stories and songs at the Storyteller Icon session, which didn't get me feeling too emotional until I recorded this episode and reflected on how beautiful it was and how important it is to share your voice as a singer.

In this episode we dig into the importance of sharing your songs with the world, removing psychological blocks as a singer and allowing the joy to flow through you and your music. Why making connections and building a genuine community with great artists and industry professionals is so important. I share why this weekend was so important and impactful to me as a singer and songwriter and talk about the amazing music and stories we heard from Tim Nichols, Wendell Mobley, Jamie O'Neal Paul Brandt and Lee Thomas Miller on the "Spotlight on Nashville" stage.

Over on the Discovery stage we heard music from

Teigen Gayse

Dan Davidson

Cole Bradley

Sykamore

What an incredible weekend it was.

Thank you to the entire 97 South Songs team for making it so special.

This episode is in no way endorsed by 97 South Songs, I just love the event so much and will continue to share about it until everyone who deserves to know about it, has heard about how great it is!