
Write You A Song Podcast
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Podcast Overview
<p>You know their words and melodies, but maybe not their names: Write You A Song features country music’s most successful songwriters talking about their craft with host Tom Mailey from Bonneville radio station New Country 105.1 KNCI in Sacramento. Tom is a country radio veteran with over 30 years of experience in Seattle and Sacramento, and has always been a song lyric junkie. He hopes this podcast will shine a spotlight on the talented men and women who, mostly behind the scenes, write the songs that become part of our lives. (Follow Tom on Twitter at @kncitom, Instagram at @tomailey or on Facebook at facebook.com/kncipatandtom)</p>
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9/26/2018
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September 15, 2023
Tony Arata: Because Kevin Did It
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW131984834 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW131984834 BCX0"><span class="TextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">Tracking down songwriters for this podcast</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">can be</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">challenging. Publishing companies </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">don’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> return your email</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">A </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">songw</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">riter </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW131984834 BCX0">doesn’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> return your</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> email</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">. </span> Publishing companies really don't return your emails. <span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW131984834 BCX0">But,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> just when you think </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">it’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> time to hang it up, the universe throws you a bone and you get a random email from a podcast listener named Keith, hooking you up with the writer of one of country music’s greatest songs of all time. And a few other hit</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">s too. Thanks, Keith!</span></span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW131984834 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW131984834 BCX0"><span class="TextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">The Dance is one of those rare songs that transcends its </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">era.</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">It</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> one of those songs that, even if </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">you’re</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> hearing it for the ten thousandth time, </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW131984834 BCX0">its</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> simple yet elegant production and lyrics still pack an emotional wallop</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">.</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">BUT...that song and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">Tony Arata</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">’s whole legendary career</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> –which includes being a member of the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">-might n</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">ever</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> have happened had it not been for the one single he released as a </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">brief country </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">solo artist in 1986. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">The song</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0">didn’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> even chart...but there was this new-to-Nashville guy named Garth who heard it. And liked it. And, well, T</span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW131984834 BCX0">ony</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> was</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW131984834 BCX0"> already in the middle of spinning the story when I remembered to hit record and he will take it from there. Enjoy!</span></span></p> </div>

August 10, 2023
Johnny Bulford: Musical Pharmacist
<p>If the name Johnny Bulford sounds vaguely familiar, then maybe you used to watch the Colgate Country showdown, a country music talent show sponsored by the toothpaste company. In 2008, he won it and was given a $100,000 check by the evening’s host, Leanne Rimes. </p> <p>But here's the thing: The Showdown was a singing competition...and as much as Johnny loves to sing- and is good at it – his real passion is in songwriting. A passion he got from listening to the songs of his country music idol, Garth Brooks. And his songs do have a certain “Garthiness” that he’ll explain. So, rather than pursue a singing career, Johnny went to Nashville and started his journey as a songwriter - thanks in no small part to the security a check for $100,000 will give a guy. The result? Radio smashes like Lonely Eyes for Chris Young and Woman Like You for Lee Brice, and keen insight into the creative process that he shares on this month's episode</p>

August 9, 2023
Sherri Austin: It's a Jobby, Not a Hobby
<p>When you think country music and Australia, the first person who comes to mind is that guy married to Nicole Kidman. But he wasn’t the first. He was beaten to the states by a then teenage girl, who arrived here in the 1980s with her parents. But her first job wasn’t singing, or writing. It was as a character on an iconic 1980s TV show.</p> <p>If you remember The Facts of Life, think back to the final season and a character named Pippa McKenna.</p> <p>Pippa was played by Sherri Austin...who would do a little more acting in LA before moving to Nashville in the mid 1990s. In 1997, she signed a recording deal and got some airplay on country radio, including a sad but beautiful ballad called Streets of Heaven that, in 2003, became her biggest hit. But her first love- more than acting, more than singing, was writing, which she continued to do even as she left Nashville for a time in 2005 to sing on the stage in New York city. Returning to Nashville in 2011, she released another album, Circus Girl, which displayed her full talent as a singer/songwriter. But, as Austin will explain, she was drawn more towards writing and performing, and since then has become one of country music’s most respected writers. </p>
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- What is Write You A Song Podcast?
<p>You know their words and melodies, but maybe not their names: Write You A Song features country music’s most successful songwriters talking about their craft with host Tom Mailey from Bonneville radio station New Country 105.1 KNCI in Sacramento. Tom is a country radio veteran with over 30 years of experience in Seattle and Sacramento, and has always been a song lyric junkie. He hopes this podcast will shine a spotlight on the talented men and women who, mostly behind the scenes, write the songs that become part of our lives. (Follow Tom on Twitter at @kncitom, Instagram at @tomailey or on Facebook at facebook.com/kncipatandtom)</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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