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
We've lined up three recording artists for you to write for and
two multi #1 songwriters to guide you through the process...
3-Week Online Course / Replays On-Demand!
Starts November 25, 2024
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

Walk Off Entertainment/Virgin Records Recording Artist Abby Anderson
Blending new age tones and personal, heart-felt storytelling with catchy, overarching pop melodies, Abby Anderson’s authentic and genre-bending sound is one that was developed long before her move to Nashville at the age of 17.
Quickly hitting the Nashville grind, Abby’s hard work paid off in 2017 when she signed a record deal with Black River Entertainment. In 2019, she was recognized as a member of the Music Row Magazine’s “Next Big Thing”, Sounds Like Nashville’s list of “Country Artists to Watch” and “Bobby Bones Show Class Of 2019”.
In 2020 after her European tour was cut short due to Covid, Abby was forced to stop and sit with the thoughts and feelings she had been ignoring and suppressing as her career began to thrive. She gave herself permission to finally listen to her instincts and create her own identity rather than trying to fit into a mold. After meeting chart topping Executive Producer Marshall Altman, Abby began a new Journey in 2021. “Bad Posture”, the lead single off her forthcoming album, was just the beginning. “Writing ‘Bad Posture’ was a wake up call. It was everything I had been feeling the last three years of my career, and it felt so good to write my story freely.”
Anderson is releasing new music that embraces her past and her present with a sound that fully captures who she is as an artist and songwriter. With a new marriage, new music she loves, and a new outlook on life helping propel Abby into the future, she is full of joy and positivity, which is apparent in her new music.
Big Yellow Dog Music Recording Artist Brandon Davis
Brandon’s music career started in 2020 about a year after an almost fatal car wreck. Due to the pandemic, many people were spending more time at home and on social media which truly helped Brandon get his start as his wife began posting clips of him singing on TikTok and YouTube.
In November 2020, he released his first song, “God Made Angels” and followed that release with “Step By Step” which landed #1 on the iTunes Charts and #4 on Billboard. In 2021 Brandon was offered a publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music.
In 2022, Brandon was asked to go on a 6 week, 17 show tour with Tim McGraw, during that time he got his start into big time touring and learning the ropes. Over the past 4 years, he’s released over 60 songs which have gotten millions of streams and a few Albums. Brandon says, “my music is always meant to tell a story and connect with the listener in some way. As my daddy always told me if a song can touch one person, you’ve done your job.”


The Bus Music / Universal Music Publishing Recording Artist Samantha Tieger
Nashville-based artist Samantha Tieger combines multiple genres tied together by ethereal, dreamy vocals -- from dark cinematic pop to bold, modern pop.
At 15, she began writing, recording, and performing music in Cincinnati. While still pursuing her music, she went to Duke University where she studied romance languages. She signed an exclusive publishing deal with The Bus Music / Universal Music Publishing in 2022.
Her songs have been featured on CBS, the CW, HBO, MTV, NBC, and Ubisoft, multiple pop Spotify editorial playlists, and in American Songwriter, Earmilk, and Nashville Noise.
Attend From Anywhere On Any Device!
Replays Available for all classes.
Classes are once a week (Nov 25, Dec 2 & 9)
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, November 25, 2024
• Individual Class Dates: Nov 25, Dec 2 & 9
• 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.