Ashley Gorley has written a record 64 #1 singles and has had more than 400 songs recorded by artists such as Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Thomas Rhett, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Bon Jovi, Weezer, and more. His recent hits, “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” by Cole Swindell and “You Proof” by Morgan Wallen topped the Billboard Country Airplay charts for 14 combined weeks in 2022 - leading to a record-breaking 10-week number one for Wallen.
 
 Gorley has been honored as ASCAP Songwriter of the Year an unprecedented nine times. He is a six-time Billboard Top Country Songwriter, six-time NSAI Songwriter of the Year, and 2021 iHeart Radio All-Genre Songwriter of the Year, landing the nomination again in 2022. He has multiple Grammy, CMA, and ACM nominations. In 2022, he signed a global publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing and Domain Capital Group. 
 
Gorley attended Belmont University and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1999. Since graduating, he has continued to give back to the University through leading seminars and mentoring students, as well as serving as a professor of Music Publishing from 2006-2008. Ashley is a champion of the songwriting community. He has met with Senators and The Library of Congress to promote songwriters’ rights and bills such as the Music Modernization Act. In 2011, Gorley formed his own publishing and artist development company, Tape Room Music. Writers for Tape Room have already celebrated nearly 40 #1 songs, including 2018 ASCAP Country Song of the Year, “Body Like A Back Road” and 2021 ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC Country Song, “One Of Them Girls.”


 

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<description>&lt;p&gt;Ashley Gorley has written a record 64 #1 singles and has had more than 400 songs recorded by artists such as Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Thomas Rhett, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Bon Jovi, Weezer, and more. His recent hits, “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” by Cole Swindell and “You Proof” by Morgan Wallen topped the Billboard Country Airplay charts for 14 combined weeks in 2022 - leading to a record-breaking 10-week number one for Wallen.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; Gorley has been honored as ASCAP Songwriter of the Year an unprecedented nine times. He is a six-time Billboard Top Country Songwriter, six-time NSAI Songwriter of the Year, and 2021 iHeart Radio All-Genre Songwriter of the Year, landing the nomination again in 2022. He has multiple Grammy, CMA, and ACM nominations. In 2022, he signed a global publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing and Domain Capital Group. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Gorley attended Belmont University and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1999. Since graduating, he has continued to give back to the University through leading seminars and mentoring students, as well as serving as a professor of Music Publishing from 2006-2008. Ashley is a champion of the songwriting community. He has met with Senators and The Library of Congress to promote songwriters’ rights and bills such as the Music Modernization Act. In 2011, Gorley formed his own publishing and artist development company, Tape Room Music. Writers for Tape Room have already celebrated nearly 40 #1 songs, including 2018 ASCAP Country Song of the Year, “Body Like A Back Road” and 2021 ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC Country Song, “One Of Them Girls.”&lt;/p&gt;




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Ep 25: Ashely Gorley - Record Breaker

With multiple GRAMMYs under her belt, a 2007 SESAC Nashville Songwriter of the Year title, as well as her own publishing company (Liz Rose Music), Liz Rose is undeniably a songwriting powerhouse.
Born and raised in Texas, Rose moved to Nashville and began writing songs at the age of 37. She has since penned 16 songs with Taylor Swift, including the No. 1 crossover hits “Tim McGraw”, “Teardrops On My Guitar”, “You Belong With Me”, GRAMMY Award winning Best Country Song “White Horse”, and ACM Song of the Year “Crazy Girl”. More recently, she co-wrote Little Big Town’s double platinum smash hit, “Girl Crush”, which earned the GRAMMY for Best Country Song in 2016, and the Country Music Association’s Award for Song Of The Year in 2015. Rose has also written songs for many other artists including Alison Krauss, Blake Shelton, Bonnie Raitt, Carrie Underwood, Chris Young, Gary Allan, LeeAnn Womack, Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw. Together, her songs have sold more than 20 million copies.

<description>&lt;p style="font-weight:400;"&gt;With multiple GRAMMYs under her belt, a 2007 SESAC Nashville Songwriter of the Year title, as well as her own publishing company (Liz Rose Music), Liz Rose is undeniably a songwriting powerhouse.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Born and raised in Texas, Rose moved to Nashville and began writing songs at the age of 37. She has since penned 16 songs with Taylor Swift, including the No. 1 crossover hits “Tim McGraw”, “Teardrops On My Guitar”, “You Belong With Me”, GRAMMY Award winning Best Country Song “White Horse”, and ACM Song of the Year “Crazy Girl”. More recently, she co-wrote Little Big Town’s double platinum smash hit, “Girl Crush”, which earned the GRAMMY for Best Country Song in 2016, and the Country Music Association’s Award for Song Of The Year in 2015. Rose has also written songs for many other artists including Alison Krauss, Blake Shelton, Bonnie Raitt, Carrie Underwood, Chris Young, Gary Allan, LeeAnn Womack, Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw. Together, her songs have sold more than 20 million copies.&lt;/p&gt;
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Ep 24: Liz Rose - Songwriting Powerhouse

Ben Vaughn is one of the most accomplished Executives in the Nashville Music Industry.  In 2019, Vaughn was appointed President & CEO for Warner Chappell Nashville.  Previously, Vaughn had already become the youngest executive to head a major publisher in Nashville (EVP & GM, EMI Music Publishing) but now claims the rare distinction of having overseen two major Nashville publishers. Prior to his work at the majors, Vaughn ran an independent music publishing company at the age of 20.
Throughout Vaughn’s career, he’s worked with songwriters who have collectively won ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, or ACM Songwriter of the Year seventeen times and Song of the Year (across the CMAs, ACMs, PROs and Grammys) 29 times. Under Vaughn, Warner/Chappell has received the award for ASCAP Country Publisher of the Year eight years in a row and BMI Country Publisher of the Year the previous three years.  In 2019 Warner Chappell won the coveted Triple Crown for the 1st time sweeping the ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC Awards.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Ben Vaughn is one of the most accomplished Executives in the Nashville Music Industry.  In 2019, Vaughn was appointed President &amp; CEO for Warner Chappell Nashville.  Previously, Vaughn had already become the youngest executive to head a major publisher in Nashville (EVP &amp; GM, EMI Music Publishing) but now claims the rare distinction of having overseen two major Nashville publishers. Prior to his work at the majors, Vaughn ran an independent music publishing company at the age of 20.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Throughout Vaughn’s career, he’s worked with songwriters who have collectively won ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, or ACM Songwriter of the Year seventeen times and Song of the Year (across the CMAs, ACMs, PROs and Grammys) 29 times. Under Vaughn, Warner/Chappell has received the award for ASCAP Country Publisher of the Year eight years in a row and BMI Country Publisher of the Year the previous three years.  In 2019 Warner Chappell won the coveted Triple Crown for the 1st time sweeping the ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC Awards.&lt;/p&gt;
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Ep 23: Ben Vaughn - From Intern to President & CEO

Luke Laird is a GRAMMY and ACM award-winning songwriter and producer. Beginning in the early 2000’s, Laird has earned over 20 number one singles, including Little Big Town’s “Pontoon,” Jon Pardi’s “Head Over Boots” and Eric Church’s “Talladega.” He earned a GRAMMY award for Country Album of the Year, as well as ACM’s Album of the Year award, for producing Kacey Musgraves’ Same Trailer Different Park. In 2011, he and his wife Beth Laird co-founded Creative Nation, a music publishing and management company that is home to some of Nashville top songwriters, producers and artists. They are behind over 20 number one singles and over 60 radio singles, including Harry Styles’ number one pop song “Watermelon Sugar”.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Luke Laird is a GRAMMY and ACM award-winning songwriter and producer. Beginning in the early 2000’s, Laird has earned over 20 number one singles, including Little Big Town’s “Pontoon,” Jon Pardi’s “Head Over Boots” and Eric Church’s “Talladega.” He earned a GRAMMY award for Country Album of the Year, as well as ACM’s Album of the Year award, for producing Kacey Musgraves’ Same Trailer Different Park. In 2011, he and his wife Beth Laird co-founded Creative Nation, a music publishing and management company that is home to some of Nashville top songwriters, producers and artists. They are behind over 20 number one singles and over 60 radio singles, including Harry Styles’ number one pop song “Watermelon Sugar”.&lt;/p&gt;
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Ep 22: Luke Laird - Creative Nation

The multi-talented Nicolle Galyon is one of Nashville’s top songwriters, producers and label heads. Galyon earned an ACM Song of the Year award in both 2015 and 2019 for Miranda Lambert’s “Automatic” and Dan & Shay’s “Tequila.” Other notable cuts include “Consequences” (Camila Cabello), “All The Pretty Girls” (Kenny Chesney) and “Female” (Keith Urban). In 2019, she partnered with Big Loud Records to create a female-focused record label, Songs & Daughters, that provides a platform for the next generation to tell honest stories about real life. That same year, she was named Songwriter of the Year at BMI’s Country Music Awards.

<description>&lt;p&gt;The multi-talented Nicolle Galyon is one of Nashville’s top songwriters, producers and label heads. Galyon earned an ACM Song of the Year award in both 2015 and 2019 for Miranda Lambert’s “Automatic” and Dan &amp; Shay’s “Tequila.” Other notable cuts include “Consequences” (Camila Cabello), “All The Pretty Girls” (Kenny Chesney) and “Female” (Keith Urban). In 2019, she partnered with Big Loud Records to create a female-focused record label, Songs &amp; Daughters, that provides a platform for the next generation to tell honest stories about real life. That same year, she was named Songwriter of the Year at BMI’s Country Music Awards.&lt;/p&gt;
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Ep 21: Nicolle Galyon - Why Do People Like Tequila So Much?

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