Jason's credentials are endless! He is one of those rare individuals to ever achieve the distinction of having songs on the Country, Pop, and R&B charts- all at the same time. His songs are on albums that have sold more than 50 million! His songs have been recorded by artists including Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, John Berry, Steve Azar, Jesse McCartney (just certified Platinum), J'Son, Collin Raye, the Oak Ridge Boys, and on and on. He is one of the nation's most respected songwriting teachers and is the author of the critically acclaimed "6 Steps to Songwriting Success: The Comprehensive Guide to Writing and Marketing Hit Songs, (Billboard Books), which is the nation's #1 best selling songwriting book. Jason has also had his songs featured on the soundtrack of Disney's hit film, "First Kid", starring Sinbad, as well as the animated "Barbie on Swan Lake". On television, his songs have been heard on shows including the "Miss America Pageant", "The Guiding Light", "Dangerous Minds", "Fame", "Entertainment Tonight", and more. more info at jasonblume.com...

John Braheny is one of the most recognized and respected names in the music industry, and more specifically, in the songwriting community. His song "December Dream", recorded by Linda Rondstadt and Fred Neil, as well as his own solo album, were just preludes to his ground-breaking talent-development and songwriter-development efforts. He co-founded the legendary Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase, which provided exposure and encouragement to an impressive list of later-to-be-successful writers and artists in all genres including Stevie Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham, Janis Ian, Warren Zevon, Karla Bonoff, Stephen Bishop, Wendy Waldman and the world's most successful contemporary songwriter, Diane Warren, for whom John and co-founder Len Chandler personnally critiqued over 150 songs when she was only 15! John is an accomplished author having written the highly acclaimed Writer's Digest Book, The Craft and Business of Songwriting. John has been in high demand to conduct songwriting/music business seminars, including classes at UCLA, Grove School of Music and the Trebas Institute. His accomplsihments go on and on...
more info at johnbraheny.com...

Jo Ann owned her own consulting and music publishing company berfore meeting her husband John. She moved to Los Angeles and continued to broaden her musical experience in the entertainment industry, including stints with Billboard Magazine, CBS Records, Arista Records, Warner Bros Records and Pictures, ATV Music Publishing, Island Music, ABC-TV, NBC-TV, Dick Clark Productions, The Burbank Studios, the Playboy Mansion and various entertainment law firms. She worked 5 years at Rogers and Cowan, the world's largest entertainment public relations firm, whose music clients included Olivia Newton-John, the Bee Gees, Paul McCartney, Barry Manilow, B.B. King, the Beach Boys, Ann Murray, Bette Midler, and many others. Jo Ann has conducted seminars and workshops on music industry publicity and/or the creative process for songwriter/music organizations in St. Louis, Kansas City, Nashville, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Rochester N.Y., Phoenix and Honolulu to name a few.
more info at johnbraheny.com...

 


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