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Lee Brice
Born and raised in Sumter, South Carolina, Lee began writing his own songs when he was about ten or, as he puts it, "when I could start picking them out on the piano." In 2001, on a trip to Nashville, Lee met Lisa Johnson, wife of record producer Doug Johnson. She scheduled a fifteen minute meeting for him with Doug that ended up lasting four hours. When Doug became head of A&R for Curb's Asylum label, he offered Lee a publishing contract and, ultimately, a record deal.
Lee has quickly gained a solid reputation in the Nashville songwriting community and has had cuts by several artists including Jason Aldean, Cowboy Crush and Keith Gattis. He's even stretched beyond Music Row with "Beautiful High" written for the rock group Sister Hazel, with Stan Lynch of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers and Hazel's own Drew Copeland as his co-writers.
His sound is as true and unique as his musical heroes who range from Garth and Hank Jr. to Coldplay and John Mayer. Lee Brice's goal is to make a positive impact on the music industry and chances are, he will. His current single, “She Ain’t Right” is currently climbing the carts.
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Stephony Smith
Stephony Smith, BMI’s 1998 Songwriter of the Year, began her professional songwriting career in Memphis, Tennessee writing commercial jingles for a major advertising agency.
To date, Stephony has had cuts by a number of award-winning artists including The Dixie Chicks, Shania Twain, Barbra Streisand, SHeDAISY, Deana Carter, Montgomery Gentry, Terri Clark, Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney and Reba McEntire. Tim McGraw’s performance with his wife Faith Hill, of “It’s Your Love,” written solely by Stephony, stayed at #1 on the singles chart for six weeks, and was the most played single of 1997. Shortly after, Reba McEntire took “How Was I To Know” all the way to #1. Trisha Yearwood spent two weeks on the charts with “Perfect Love,” and Chad Brock brought “Yes” to the top for three weeks. Kenny Chesney took “Big Star” to the #2 slot in 2004 and Tim McGraw blistered up the charts to #1 with “Back When” in early 2005.
Stephony is also a popular background vocalist on master recording sessions for various artists, demo sessions and live performances.
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Wynn Varble
Wynn picked up a guitar for the first time when he was 15 and taught himself to play. He remembers picking out his first original melodies soon after he mastered basic chord progressions. The creative sparks started flying, and Wynn formed a bluegrass band when he turned 16. After graduating high school, Wynn started on the path to musical success playing the club circuit. His talent playing bluegrass landed him gigs from Austin to Ft. Lauderdale. During this time he was perfecting his style, not only as a country artist but also as a songwriter.
In 1982, Wynn visited some friends in Nashville. He spent several months writing with an up-and-coming singer/songwriter named Dave Gibson. It was this collaboration that proved to be Wynn’s ticket out of the club scene and into the Nashville music community.
Wynn had his first #1 song "Have You Forgotten" with Darryl Worley in 2003. The song was nominated for Song Of The Year by the CMA Awards.
Wynn’s songs have been cut by a range of great artists, including Garth Brooks, Lee Ann Womack, Brad Paisley, Darryl Worley, Montgomery Gentry, Jason Sellers, Gary Allan, Trace Adkins, Clint Daniels, Kevin Denney, Tracy Byrd, The Kinleys, Chris LeDoux, Danni Leigh, Mark Chesnutt and Sammy Kershaw.
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Lee Thomas Miller
Lee Thomas Miller was born in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Since moving to Nashville in 1991, Lee has had #1 singles with Brad Paisley’s “The World,” Terri Clark’s “I Just Wanna Be Mad” and Joe Nichols’ “The Impossible” (2003 Grammy nomination for Country Song of the Year).
Lee also received Music Row magazine’s Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year in 2003. Lee’s other songwriting credits include cuts by Tim McGraw, Craig Morgan, Brad Paisley, Chris Young, Mark Wills, John Michael Montgomery, Andy Griggs, Joe Nichols, Terri Clark, Tracy Byrd, Tracy Lawrence, Randy Travis, Rhett Akins and Billy Currington. As a producer, Lee’s credits include Amy Dalley and Steve Holy, including the #1 hit, “Brand New Girlfriend.”
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