Shelly Fairchild http://www.bmi.com/affiliate/rss/C298 This BMI RSS feed contains news articles, events, and musicworld articles for a specific affiliate or group. en affiliates@bmi.com Copyright 2008 2008-08-27T20:08:01-05:00 Amelia Island Songwriter Festival: Amelia Island, FL http://www.bmi.com/events/entry/537041 The Coppolas, Alexander, Jessi, Blume, Jason, Fairchild, Shelly, Jones, Chuck, Montana, Billy, Pinson, Bobby, Randall, Jon, Smith, Stephony, Wiggins, John, Country, Miami, Songwriter, Workshop The BMI-sponsored first annual Amelia Island Songwriter Festival offers a unique combination of workshops, showcasing and networking opportunities for aspiring songwriters of all levels. Led by songwriter and author Jason Blume, established Nashville hitmakers will mingle with music industry executives and ambitious up-and-comers include Bobby Pinson, Jon Randall, Stephony Smith, Billy Montana, John Wiggins, Chuck Jones, Woody Mullis, Mike Geiger, Jessi Alexander, and Shelly Fairchild, and CMT Can You Duet show standouts The Coppolas (Kate and Kasey).

In addition to BMI, sponsors include the Florida House Inn, WQIK-FM, Folio Weekly, WRJY the WAVE and Amelia Island Tourism Development Council.

For lodging, schedule, venues and ticket information, please visit www.songwriterfestival.org.

]]> 2008-08-27T19:08:01-05:00 First Annual Amelia Island Songwriter Festival Slated for August 27-31 http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/537048 The Coppolas, Alexander, Jessi, Blume, Jason, Diamond Rio, Evans, Sara, Fairchild, Shelly, Hill, Faith, Jones, Chuck, Krauss, Alison, McGraw, Tim, Montana, Billy, Pinson, Bobby, Randall, Jon, Smith, Stephony, Strait, George, Sugarland, Wiggins, John, Country, Singer-Songwriter The First Annual Amelia Island Songwriter Festival will drop anchor in Fernandina Beach, Florida, August 27-31. The BMI-sponsored event offers a unique combination of workshops, showcasing and networking opportunities for aspiring songwriters of all levels. Established Nashville hitmakers will also attend, performing their smashes at evening showcases on the island and offering invaluable insight during daily seminars led by songwriter and author Jason Blume. Favorite local venues throughout Fernandina Beach’s Amelia Island including Florida House Inn, Sandy Bottoms, Wicked Davey’s, O’Kanes Irish Pub, The Palace Saloon and Amelia Island Plantation will host the nightly entertainment. Numerous songwriting contests will also be staged with cash awards for first second and third places; the Grand Event held the final day of the festival will pit the winners of individual contests against each other for Song and Songwriter of the Year bragging rights, along with respective $1,000 prizes.

  • Jason Blume
  • Bobby Pinson
  • Jon Randall

Hit troubadours including Bobby Pinson (Sugarland’s “Want To,” his own “Don’t Ask Me How I Know”), Jon Randall (Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss’s “Whiskey Lullabye”), Stephony Smith (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill’s “It’s Your Love,” Kenny Chesney’s “Big Star,” Reba McEntire’s “How Was I To Know”), Billy Montana (Sara Evans’ “Suds In the Bucket,” Jo Dee Messina’s “Bring On the Rain,” Garth Brooks’ “More Than A Memory”), John Wiggins (Joe Nichols’ “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off”), and Chuck Jones (Diamond Rio’s “Love A Little Stronger,” Deana Carter’s “Count Me In,” John Berry’s “Your Love Amazes Me”), Woody Mullis and Mike Geiger (co-writers of George Strait’s “Adalida,” Sawyer Brown’s “This Missin’ You Heart of Mine,” and Neil McCoy’s “City Put The Country Back In Me”), along with smoldering singer/songwriters Jessi Alexander and Shelly Fairchild, and CMT Can You Duet show standouts The Coppolas (Kate and Kasey) will mingle with music industry executives and ambitious up-and-comers.

  • Stephony Smith
  • Billy Montana
  • Chuck Jones

In addition to BMI, sponsors include the Florida House Inn, WQIK-FM, Folio Weekly, WRJY the WAVE and Amelia Island Tourism Development Council. For lodging, schedule, venues and ticket information, please visit www.songwriterfestival.org.

  • Jessi Alexander
  • Shelly Fairchild
  • The Coppolas
]]> 2008-08-05T23:28:00-05:00 Nashville Divas Take Manhattan http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234407 Artists, Brock, Chad, Carver, Lisa, Cline, Patsy, Dixie Chicks, Fairchild, Shelly, Gentry, Montgomery, Hill, Faith, Kinky, Kristofferson, Kris, Lennon, John, Lonestar, Lynne, Shelby, McBride, Martina, McGraw, Tim, Nelson, Willie, Parton, Dolly, Roberts, Julie, Sackley, Kylie, Smith, Stephony, Tritt, Travis, Twain, Shania, Williams, Hank, Musical Styles, Blues, Country, Musicworld, Feature Kylie Sackley
Kylie Sackley, 22, currently resides in Nashville, more than 10,000 miles from her hometown in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia where she conquered the Aussie country music world, winning the 2002 Country Music Association of Australia's coveted "Best New Talent" Award. Shortly after the CMAA, the award-winning Sackley ventured to Nashville to further develop her talents as a songwriter and explore the possibility of breaking into the US market as a performing artist. She currently works in Nashville as a staff songwriter for Faith Hill producer Scott Hendricks' Big Tractor Music Publishing, where she is already making waves in Music City. Sackley co-wrote LeAnn Rimes first single "Nothin 'Bout Love Makes Sense" with Gary Burr and Joel Feeney off her new album This Woman, which was a top 5 single on Billboard and R&R. She has also secured a song written with Big and Rich's John Rich and Rodney Clawson to be released on the upcoming Faith Hill record.

Shelly Fairchild
Her voice conveys the blues of her Mississippi Delta home and the soulful power of a passionate woman who has been "singing with everything I've got" since she began performing as a child. Her edgy style conveys the confidence of a small-town girl from Clinton, Miss., bold enough to head out on her own and earn lead roles in major musicals and national theatrical tours, yet sensitive enough to write heart-tugging stories about love and family as well as steamy tales about desire and living life to the hilt. Her dynamic stage presence conveys the experience of a stage actress and the live-wire energy and hot-blooded emotion of a risk-taker who can open the throttle and roar or slow down to caress a lyric with intimate conviction. Her Columbia Records debut, Ride, is a one-of-a-kind introduction that suggests this country singer won't be held back by preconceptions about Nashville or contemporary country music. Shelly co-wrote four songs on her album, including "You Don't Lie Here Anymore." Her influences range from Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton to Hank Williams Jr. and Travis Tritt.

Stephony Smith
BMI Award-winning songwriter Stephony Smith's list of accolades is unparalleled. An eight-time BMI Million-Air Award winner, she was named both Songwriter of the Year and her Faith Hill and Tim McGraw #1 hit "It's Your Love" was named Song of the Year at the 1998 BMI Country Awards. The song also earned a ACM Award for Song of the Year, as well as a Grammy and CMA nomination. She was named NSAI's Songwriter of the Year and has four NSAI #1 awards. Her other #1 cuts include "Back When" (Tim McGraw), "Sin Wagon" (Dixie Chicks), "Perfect Love" (Tricia Yearwood), "Yes!" (Chad Brock), "Big Star" (Kenny Chesney) and "How Was I to Know" (Reba McEntire). Smith has also written over 100 songs for artists such as Shania Twain, Wynonna, She Daisy, Barbra Streisand, Martina McBride, Shelby Lynne, Diamond Rio, Lonestar, Montgomery Gentry, and many others.

Lisa Carver
Lisa carver is a native Charleston, South Carolina girl, who has been part of the Nashville underground music scene for years. She is a songwriter first and foremost, but has always enjoyed entertaining audiences worldwide with her eclectic, three-dimensional story songs. However, over the last few years, after becoming a grand prize winner in the John Lennon Songwriting Fest, she began getting her collection of audial art cut by today's country artists ranging from Tim McGraw, Shelly Fairchild, Julie Roberts and Jessica Andrews, to Willie Nelson. Her vocal style is pretty much school of Prine, while her writing style lies somewhere between Kinky Friedman and Kris Kristofferson. Her irreverence and originality are refreshing in today's white-washed, politically-correct country music climate, and she's grateful for the chance to be making her mark on Music Row.

]]> 2005-04-12T18:00:00-05:00 Nashville Divas http://www.bmi.com/events/entry/500010 Artists, Carver, Lisa, Fairchild, Shelly, Sackley, Kylie, Smith, Stephony, Awards, Musical Styles, Country, Singer-Songwriter, Regions, New York, Showcase, Showcase Templated


Kylie Sackley, Lisa Carver, Shelly Fairchild, & Stephony Smith



Kylie Sackley & Lisa Carver


Kylie Sackley, Lisa Carver, & Shelly Fairchild


Shelly Fairchild & Stephony Smith

 

 

 

photos by Dave Bills

]]> 2005-03-31T01:00:00-05:00 Shelly Fairchild Joins BMI http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233864 Artists, Fairchild, Shelly, McBride, Martina, Musical Styles, Country Shelly Fairchild recently signed affiliation papers with BMI. Claiming the vocal strength of Martina McBride and the spunk of Dixie Chick Natalie Maines, Fairchild will enter the studio in December to record her debut project.


Shelly Fairchild signs on the dotted line while BMI's David Preston looks on. Photo by Brian Tipton
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