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(in other words...the Programming Team, Graphic Design Team, Website Design Team, Editorial and Proofreading Team, Management Team, Faculty Coordination Team and Anything-else-you-can-think-of Team...must get sleep).

Songwriter Sara Light Sara Light
Chief Operating Officer and President
(the real boss)
Education
M.Ed. Language Education, Rutgers University, BA Communication...
Teaching
Visiting Lecturer, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN...
Songwriting
Tony Award nominated songwriter, and ASCAP airplay award for hit single, "Home To You," SESAC song of the year...
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An award-winning hit songwriter whose songs have been on the top of the charts as well as on Broadway..
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Danny Arena
(Sara's hubby ;-)
Education
MS Computer Science, Rutgers University, BA Music Composition...
Teaching

Associate Professor, Volunteer State Community College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN...
Technical
Trailblazer Award from State of TN for exemplary distance education course development ...
Songwriting

Tony Award nominated composer...
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Danny Arena is a professional staff songwriter... 
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Songwriter Martin Bell Martin Bell
(music loving tech guy)
Education
MS Computer Information Systems, Mississippi State University, BS Music Education...
Teaching
Assistant Professor, Volunteer State Community College, Nashville TN...
Technical
Trailblazer Award from State of TN for exemplary distance education course development...
Musical Background
Ten years as a professional singer/songwriter...
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Martin's technical background as well as his love for music give him a good balance ...
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Songwriting Faculty

Danny Arena
Tony Award nominated songwriter whose  credits include original songs for Urban Cowboy, The Musical... 
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Craig Bickhardt
Recipient of nine ASCAP Popular Song Awards, including three #1 hits...

Barbara Cloyd
Guest Lecturer
Writer of the #1 hit single "I Guess You Had to Be There" ...
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Galen Breen
Producer and owner of Gator Hole Studios whose demos have been used on "The West Wing"...
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Kathy Korac
Songwriter and author of When Music Meets Ministry...
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Kim Copeland
Songwriter and author of The Writers Goal Book...

Helen Darling
Grammy-award nominated songwriter and major label recording artist whose credits include “Bring On The Rain”...
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Sheila Davis
Faculty Emeritus
Songwriter, gold-record lyricist and author of The Craft Of Lyric Writing...

Bob Dellaposta
Founding member of the swing band "Bada Bing Bada Boom"  and songwriter with over 700 songs recorded...
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Fett

Producer and Technical Editor for Performing Songwriter Magazine...

Dave Gibson
Founding member of the ACM Award winning Gibson/Miller Band in addition to the writer of several chart-topping songs...
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Irene Jackson
Canadian performing songwriter and guitar instructor who has written theme music for television...

Jai Josefs
Successful songwriter and author whose songs have been used in TV shows on every major network...
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Jack Knight
Award-winning hit Urban songwriter and producer whose credits include #1 hits for P. Didddy, Carl Thomas...
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Jodi Krangle
Performing songwriter and proprietress of the Muses Muse website...

Sara Light
Award winning songwriter whose songs have been on the top of the charts as well as on Broadway... 
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Pat & Pete Luboff
Songwriters and well-known authors with cuts by Patti Labelle and Snoop Dogg among others...
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Nancy Moran
Independent recording artist and Kerrville New Folk Finalist who has performed with the Four Bitching Babes...
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Ralph Murphy
Faculty Emeritus  
Award winning hit songwriter and Assistant Vice President for ASCAP...
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Pamela Phillips Oland
Author and Grammy-Award nominated songwriter with credits in Country, R&B, Pop, TV & Film...
Songwriting Author Diane Rapaport
Diane Rapaport
Author of How to Make and Sell Your Own Recording, which has sold more than 200,000 copies...
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Jim Reilley
Performing songwriter and co-founder of "The New Dylans" a group that toured with Shawn Colvin,  Ani Difranco, 10,000 maniacs...
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Jack Sundrud
Award winning songwriter and former Columbia recording artist  who currently writes and performs with Poco...
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Susan Tucker
Songwriter, artist manager and author of The Soul Of A Writer...

Darcie Wicknick
Co-founder and Managing Director for the Boston Hip-Hop alliance...
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Jerry Vandiver
Hit songwriter with over 12 million records sold, including Tim McGraw's "For A Little While"...
Hakim Young
Hakim Young
Part of the Grammy-nominated production and writing duo,"Pitch Black" with songs recorded by such artists as Carl Thomas, Amerie...
 
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