Meet The SongU.com Team
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is on the Faculty at SongU.com?
Who are the SongU.com Coaches?
The SongU.com Faculty The SongU.com faculty boasts dozens of #1 hit singles and millions of records sold. They have been nominated for, or won, CMA, Dove, Grammy, Tony, Emmy and Academy Awards not to mention authoring some of the best known books on the craft of songwriting. | ||||||
 Danny Arena Tony Award nominated songwriter whose credits include original songs for Urban Cowboy: The Musical... |  Dave Berg Guest Speaker Former ASCAP Songwriter of the Year with multiple #1 hit songs... |  Craig Bickhardt Song Feedback & Mentoring Hit songwriter and the recipient of nine ASCAP Popular Song Awards, including three #1 songs... |  Steve Bloch Song Feedback & Mentoring Successful independent publisher who has secured hits with many major label artists... |  Gina Boe Song Feedback & Mentoring Dove-Award winning songwriter and staffwriter for Brentwood-Benson Music, whose credits include "Once Upon a Cross"... |  John Braheny Guest Speaker Author of the best-selling songwriter's book, "The Craft and Business of Songwriting"... |  Galen Breen Producer and owner of Gator Hole Studios whose demos have been used in Films and on TV... |
 Barbara Cloyd Guest Speaker Songwriter of the #1 hit song "I Guess You Had to Be There" ... |  Kim Copeland Record producer and staff songwriter, her songs have been recorded by many artists... |  Helen Darling Song Feedback & Mentoring Grammy nominated songwriter and former major label recording artist whose credits include "Bring On The Rain"... |  Sheila Davis Faculty Emeritus Songwriter, gold-record lyricist and author of "The Craft Of Lyric Writing"... |  Bob Dellaposta Business Feedback & Mentoring B.S. in Music Education with over twenty years teaching experience and numerous songs recorded... |  Andre Deyo Song Feedback & Mentoring Hit Urban Songwriter and Producer whose credits include "Jenny From The Block" by Jennifer Lopez... |  Penny Dionne Guest Speaker |
 Kevin Doherty Legal Feedback & Mentoring Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Kevin represents artists, publishers, and songwriters... |  Gary Earl Song Feedback & Mentoring Grammy nominated producer with over 100 songs recorded in 12 different genres including 20 films... |  Producer Fett Demo Feedback & Mentoring Record Producer, owner of Azlea Studios and former Technology Editor for Performing Songwriter Magazine... |  Robin Frederick Song Feedback & Mentoring Former Director of A&R for Rhino Records and Executive Producer of over 60 albums... |  Gracie Hollombe Founder of Sunlight of the Spirit Music and co-author of the music business book "Your First Cut"... |  Irene Jackson Canadian performing songwriter and guitar instructor who has written music for television... |  Kacey Jones Guest Speaker |
 Jai Josefs Song Feedback & Mentoring Successful songwriter and author whose songs have been used in TV shows on every major network... |  Dan Kimpel Guest Speaker Author of "Networking Strategies For The New Music Business"... |  Randy Klein Song Feedback & Mentoring Emmy-Award winning songwriter, record producer and President of the Grammy winning Jazzheads Record Label... |  Jack Knight Hit Urban songwriter and producer whose credits include #1 hits for P. Didddy, Carl Thomas, Usher and others... |  Kat Korac Christian songwriter whose Inspirational and Southern Gospel songs have been recorded by many artists... |  Jodi Krangle Performing songwriter, singer and proprietress of the Muses Muse website... |  Sara Light Song Feedback & Mentoring Award winning songwriter whose songs have been on the top of the charts as well as on Broadway... |
 Pat and Pete Luboff Song Feedback & Mentoring Songwriters and authors whose songs have been recorded by Patti Labelle and Snoop Dogg among others... |  Kirsti Manna Award-winning songwriter with cuts by artists such as Blake Shelton, Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson and more... |  Norman Matthew Guest Speaker |  Clay Mills Guest Speaker |  Nancy Moran Successful independent recording artist, Kerrville New Folk Finalist and member of the Four Bitching Babes... |  Ralph Murphy Faculty Emeritus Award winning hit songwriter and Assistant Vice President for ASCAP... |  Pamela Oland Author and Grammy-Award nominated songwriter with credits in Country, R&B, Pop, TV & Film... |
 Lisa Palas Mentoring & Songwriters Support An award-winning songwriter with several number one hits to her credit... |  Alan Roy Scott Song Feedback & Mentoring Songwriter and music producer with cuts by Celine Dion, Luther Vandross, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan and others in addition to numerous TV/Film credits... |  Sue Smith Song Feedback & Mentoring Dove Award winning songwriter with four #1 songs and cuts by Avalon, The Crabb Family and many others... |  Jack Sundrud Award winning songwriter and former Columbia recording artist who currently writes and performs with Poco... |  Alex Torrez Former Head of A&R at Sony Records, who has been instrumental in the careers of several major label acts... |  Susan Tucker Professional songwriter, music publisher, and author of "The Soul of A Writer," "The Secrets of Songwriting," and more... |  Jerry Vandiver Hit songwriter and author with over 12 million records sold, including Tim McGraw's "For A Little While"... |
 Michele Vice-Maslin Feedback and Mentoring Emmy-Award winning hit songwriter and producer whose credits include Avalon, Nick Carter, Ugly Betty and more... |  Darcie Wicknick Performing songwriter and co-founder and Managing Director for the Boston Hip-Hop alliance... |  Cole Wright Song Feedback & Mentoring One of the top songpluggers in Nashville, has worked in A&R and served as Creative Director at major publishing companies... |  Stuart Ziff Guest Speaker | |||
The SongU.com Coaches The SongU.com coaches have experience and credits in every genre making it easy for you to find the right coach to make your songs the best they can be before investing money in a custom project or demo for pitching. | |||
| Coach #168 Hit songwriter whose songs have been recorded by numerous major label artists in several genres, Specializes in evaluating Country, Pop and Independent Singer Songwriters... | Coach #506 Creative Director with over 15 years experience in the music industry including publishing, promotion, publishing and A&R. Specializes in evaluating Country and CCM... | Coach #814 Songwriter with credits on several major label artists, including Aaron Neville, Restless Heart and Kenny Rogers. Specializes in evaluating Country and Adult Contemporary songs... | Coach #1230 Two-time Grammy winning songwriter of children's music with credits in the Country and Christian markets. Specializes in Country, Christian and Children's genres... |
| Coach #1318 Winner of 4 Emmy Awards for Children's songs and Film scores as well as two Gold Records for songs written for R&B legend, Millie Jackson. Comfortable evaluating in all musical genres... | Coach #1663 Award-winning songwriter and producer with over a hundred cuts to their credit in Country, Rock and CCM. Specializes in evaluating Country, CCM, and Adult Comtemporary songs... | Coach #1666 Former head of A&R and current Creative Director at a publishing company, this coach has been responsible for finding many hit country songs. Specializes in commercial Country, Pop or CCM... | Coach #1667 Grammy-nominated producer who continues to produce several major label acts that have garnered multi-platinum status as well as several hit songs. Specializes in Country, Pop and Rock... |
| Coach #1683 Multiple hit songwriter with credits in country, R&B, Rock, Inspirational and musical theatre. Specializes in Country, Inspirational and Career Guidance... | Coach #2062 Grammy nominated producer and songwriter with extensive Film and TV credits. Specializes in Pop, Country, Hip-Hop, Rock, World, Remixing and Dance... | Coach #2537 Hit songwriter and Song of The Year recipient whose credits include Alan Jackson, George Strait, Dierks Bentley and more. Specializes in Traditional and Contemporary Country and Bluegrass... | Coach #3002 Hit songwriter with songs recorded by major pop, country, R&B and folk music acts. Specializes in Country, Pop, Rock and Independent Singer Songwriters... |
| Coach #3012 Hit songwriter and music publisher has had singles with artists on Universal, MCA, Giant, & Curb records including 2 Grammy winners. Specializes in Country, Singer Songwriters and Pop songs... | Coach #3321 Dove-Award winning songwriter and a successful independent artist. Specializes in evaluating Southern Gospel, Christian, Children's Music and Musicals... | Coach #3762 Songs recorded by artists such as, Celine Dion, Notorious B.I.G, Gloria Estefan, Luther Vandross as well as Film/TV. Specializes in Film/TV, Pop/Hot AC, R&B, Urban, World Music, Singer/Songwriters and Rock... | Coach #4644 Songplugger and former A&R who has placed numerous songs with major artists in addition to helping to discover several platinum and gold selling artists. Specializes in evaluating Pop and Rock, Alternative, Christian and Country.... |
The Founders of SongU.com Meet the three people who back in 2001 had a crazy idea to build a website to help educate songwriters and connect them to the music industry...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. | |||||||||||||||
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