Artist Develpment Network Presents Courtney Yovich
Meet young 14 year old Courtney Yovich! She’s the kind of girl who lights up a room with her cheerful personality and sweet disposition. Plus, this young teen has a ton of talents from playing guitar and piano to writing her own songs and singing her own unique style: Country/Pop with some Jazz.
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Karen Staley’s FEMA parody to the song “Fever”
Hello friends, Karen Staley is one of my favorite songwriters here in Nashville. She has written so many awesome songs for clients with the Artist Development Network. With the terrible rain storms we experienced in Nashville a few weeks ago, many homes were destroyed. Karen’s home is one that was flooded, and we’d like to [...]
The Key West Songwriter’s Festival
The 2010 Key West Songwriters Festival just wrapped up last week in Key West, Florida, and I was lucky enough to attend it this year. What an incredible environment for soaking up some songwriting knowledge, and a few rays! Randy Houser kicked off the festival with a bang, performing a string of hits with his [...]
Johnny Cash, Taylor Swift And You
If I were to ask you why you want to be a recording artist or a singer/songwriter … what would your answer be? I would really love to hear these answers in our blog, by the way! For most of us, I’d say the dream begins early on. For myself, I decided I would be [...]
Country’s Night At The Grammy Awards
I hope you all had your TV’s tuned in to the 52nd annual Grammy Awards this past Sunday night. If not, you missed out on one of Country music’s biggest nights at the awards in years! With Taylor Swift and the Zac Brown Band taking home two huge awards, it was truly a wonderful night [...]
ADN Artist Danika Kary Promotes Music with New Video!
The Artist Development Network artist, Danika Kary, is a 14-year-old future super star! We are so proud of her! She’s become quite a talented songwriter, and she’s an example of what it takes to make it in this competitive market….SELF-PROMOTING! Danika is getting music videos produced in her home town, to help promote her music. The major [...]
ADN Presents Singer/Songwriter Courtney Yovich in the song “Happy To Be Here”
We are so excited and honored to present the young and beautiful Miss Courtney Yovich! It’s hard to believe she’s only 13 years old! Japanese/German background, this talented guitarist and singer/songwriter also plays bass and piano. The song “Happy To Be Here” which Courtney is singing in this home-spun video produced by her dad Matt Yovich, [...]
Milking the Demographics in Country Music
Country music has taken on a new direction over the last decade. I’m sure you’ve noticed. It’s rock. Get the right guitar tones mixed in with hard hittin’ drummers and you’ve got a great start on a modern day “country” song. I’m no traditionalist. I’m all for it. Crank it the $%^& up! I love [...]
Fast Food and Songwriting
I’ve noticed a new trend lately in American fast food restaurants. Value Meals are creeping up everywhere! Maybe it’s the recession. Maybe it’s just time. I guess we got tired of super-sizing and now we’ve moved on to anything under a buck.
God help us.
Lately my life has been so “in the office” that I’ve actually [...]
Professional Techniques for Singers and Songwriters
“Audiences are so visual in their orientation that an artist’s visual connection with an audience has incredible power. Think about it. Your perception of everything around you is influenced by how it looks. So many artists are mistaken by thinking that people are only there to listen and that the music is everything. But they [...]