I’ve had the amazing opportunity to live in Nashville, Tennessee for close to eleven years. I moved here when I was sixteen years old, a bright-eyed dreamer. I remember my first trip to
I’ve had the amazing opportunity to live in Nashville, Tennessee for close to eleven years. I moved here when I was sixteen years old, a bright-eyed dreamer. I remember my first trip to Nashville, I was eleven years old. I was writing a few songs and singing back in my hometown of Newark, Ohio. My parents heard of a place called “Music City”. When Spring Break rolled around, we packed up our car and drove six hours south. Looking back on that first trip, I don’t think my parents were expecting this city to have the impact it did on me, but once I was bit by the bug, I had to come back. So much so, I graduated high school early, I focused on nothing but singing and writing songs and somehow convinced my parents to move two states away to follow this crazy dream. Three months after we moved to Nashville, I met my first publisher, Major Bob Music.
Music City has such a rich history there wouldn’t be enough space in a lifetime to talk about it all. As I began writing this article, I was reminded how special this town is. Music City has changed a lot in my decade here and if you were to talk to my songwriting friends who’ve been here a few decades, it’s reallychanged. But the one thing that hasn’t been lost with the times is the music. This is a songwriter’s town. These streets and buildings are filled with music and stories. As you read this, hit songs are being cranked out of Music City.
I want this journey to focus primarily on Music Row, the heart of Music City. This is the ‘Songwriters Paradise’. Music Row is two streets (16th Ave S and 17th Ave S) lined with 1920’s