Songwriters
Each week you'll meet a featured
recording artist on zoom and
target write for their project.
Co-Write
The featured artists
will choose a winning song-start to
complete with the submitting writers.
SongTown Presents:
Write For Recording Artists CrashCourse
3-Week Online Course / Replays On-Demand!
Starts March 10, 2025
How It Works
Meet online with a recording artist in our live Zoom classroom each week!
• Find out what type of songs artists are looking for in a live Q&A.
• Get your writing assignment for the week.
• Hitmakers Clay Mills & Marty Dodson give detailed instructions on how to approach your assignments.
Submit a “Song Start” to the artist later in the week.
• After learning about the artist, you will submit a "song start" to the artist.
• Song starts can be a written chorus... lyric, music, or both!
Each artist chooses a winning "song start" and schedules a co-writing session online with the writer.
• The artists will choose their favorite "song start" from the class .
• Each week the artists explain why they chose their winning "song start."
• All 3 artists will schedule a co-writing session with the writer who submitted the chosen "song starts!"
• Meet potential collaborators in this songwriting CrashCourse!
Meet The Artists
Curb Records Recording Artist Kelsey Hart
Kentucky native Kelsey Hart has quickly secured his place among the best and brightest in the songwriting community, penning songs for hitmakers such as Jake Owen, Dylan Scott, and Trace Adkins. In addition to his songwriting prowess, Kelsey’s own artistry — which has amassed 67 million streams — is making an impact as the launch of his new radio single, “Life With You,” has garnered 53M global streams, over 287M TikTok views, 467K TikTok Creates, debuted in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Country Digital Songs Chart, and reached #1 on the Hot 30 Weekend Countdown on SiriusXM The Highway. Hart’s previously-released debut EP, Give You Mine, marked Hart’s official foray into the artist spotlight, a place he’s dreamed of being since his childhood days of belting gospel music from the passenger seat in his dad’s truck.
Reviver Entertainment Group Recording Artist Ian Flanigan
Ian Flanigan has been touring the United States for over a decade before settling in his current residence in Nashville TN. Three years of that decade were spent living full time out of a 24’ winnebago. Originally from Saugerties NY, Ian has a background in country, Americana, and folk. A true troubadour. He is a multi instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter with Reviver Publishing and was the third-place finalist on The Voice as a member of Team Blake. Ian is now beginning his second full length album with Reviver Entertainment Group while working closely with producer Jon Stone to create a unique lane in country music.
Black Irish Entertainment Devin O'Bannon
Devin O'Bannon is a Grammy-nominated music producer, artist, and founder of Black Irish Entertainment LLC, a leading creative hub for musicians and artists. With studios in Los Angeles and Bermuda, Devin's vision is to inspire artists in crafting musical masterpieces while pivoting creativity into the sync industry, producing music for film, television, video games, brands, and ads. His work resonates internationally, reaching audiences in the U.S., Bermuda, Japan, Europe, Germany, and beyond, fostering an expansive global community of creatives through Black Irish Entertainment.
Attend From Anywhere On Any Device!
Replays Available for all classes.
Classes are once a week (March 10, 17, 24)
Location: SongTown’s Online Video Classroom (Zoom)
Additional Details & Pricing For This Songwriting CrashCourse
• Classes are easy to view and participate in from your computer, laptop, or smartphone.
• All classes are available to watch on replay if you miss it live. We keep the video up for 3 weeks after your class to review at your leisure.
• Post your assignments in the SongTown.com forum and discuss with your classmates.
• Course includes one free month of SongTown membership for non-members.
Class Schedule
• First class: Monday, March 10, 2025
• Individual Class Dates: March 10, 17, 24
• Class Time: 7pm- 8pm (CDT)
Location: Online on your computer or smart device
Price:
• Members $225
• Non-Members: $249 (Includes a month of SongTown full-access membership!)
• Diamond Members can use one of their Free CrashCourse Credits!
**Tuition is non-refundable once class sells out or begins.
Train With Multi-Hit Songwriters…
Clay Mills
Multi #1 Writer/Publisher
Mississippi Delta native Clay Mills’ list of accolades is quite impressive. 12-time ASCAP award winning songwriter/producer, penning #1 hits for Darius Rucker (“Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It”), Diamond Rio (“Beautiful Mess”), and Kimberley Locke (“Fall”). Along the way he collected Grammy Nominations for “Beautiful Mess” and Trisha Yearwood’s “Heaven Heartache and the Power of Love”. Clay has had over 150 songs recorded by major recording artists and is co-author of the best-selling book Mastering Melody Writing.
Marty Dodson
Multi #1 Writer/Publisher
Marty (born in Apple Valley, California) is an American singer-songwriter/producer. He has had songs recorded by artists such as Carrie Underwood, The Plain White T’s, Kenny Chesney, George Strait, The Oak Ridge Boys, Saving Jane, Lonestar, Billy Currington, and Craig Morgan. He’s celebrated 10 number one songs and counting throughout his career! Marty is also the co-author of the acclaimed book Song Building.
SongTown Success Stories
Not Another Video Course
Unlike most online masterclasses these days, you’re NOT getting a bunch of recorded videos and left to figure it out yourself. These are live zoom classrooms with hit artists and songwriters. You'll get training and Q&A sessions each week with Clay & Marty. This is your chance for full interaction and hands on training from hit songwriters.
Let's Do This!
FAST FORWARD YOUR WRITING
Make major progress in a very short time.
ST CrashCourses will change your songwriting for life!
HANDS-ON COACHING
Live Q&A with hit songwriters & artists. Weekly assignments to write for artists.
MEET POTENTIAL CO-WRITERS
Many ST students have met & become collaborators through SongTown.
Including the artist Gayle & writer Sara Davis who went on to write the world-wide smash "abcdefu"!
VIDEO REPLAYS AVAILABE
If you can't make a class time, we've got you covered.
With video replays, you won't miss a thing.
SERIOUS FUN!
We believe in enjoying learning time.
No boring theory, just real-world techniques.
JOIN IN FROM ANY DEVICE
Join your weekly class experience from a computer or smart device.