The C.L.I.M.B. with Johnny Dwinell and Brent Baxter

Johnny & Brent welcome Jim Brady, a Dove Award-winning gospel singer, songwriter, and recording artist, best known as one half of the acclaimed duo, Jim and Melissa Brady. Today on The Song Title Challenge, they dream up 5-6 different angles to write a song titled, "Character," sent in by CLIMBer, Kacey Baugh. With a career spanning over two decades, Jim Brady is celebrated for his heartfelt lyric...

CLIMBer, how do you know when your song is ready to play for a music industry professional? How do you know when your song is going to help your reputation instead of hurt your reputation? I'm going to help you figure that out today on The CLIMB. So, listen up. About the hosts: Brent Baxter is an award-winning hit songwriter with cuts by Alan Jackson (“Monday Morning Church”), Randy Travis, Lady A...

This is an excerpt from Songwriting Pro's "J.A.M. Session." (J.A.M. stands for "Just Ask Me," and it's our monthly members-only online Q&A Session.) If you'd like to watch the full J.A.M. Session, just log in to the Songwriting Pro Member Area. If you're not yet a Songwriting Pro member, NOW is a great time to start your 14-day FREE trial at SongwritingPro.com! The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated to...

CLIMBers, what if there was a pathway, a fan finder formula that would help you gain real fans, fans that would stick and help you be heard as an artist because they're repeatedly streaming your song, then saving your song to the extent that when the campaign ends, your monthly listeners on Spotify actually grow instead of shrink? Today we're gonna interview indie artist, Brent Michael Wood, and w...

Brent & Johnny welcome LEGENDARY hit songwriter, Bobby E. Boyd, (who wrote "Bless the Broken Road" which was a #1 song from Rascal Flatts for six weeks, nominated for CMA, ACM, and Grammys, including Song of the Year, and won Grammy Country Song of the Year) to The Challenge where they create 5-6 different conceptual angles to writing a song titled "Answers From The Ashes". Learn more about your a...

CLIMBers! Today we are talking with a legendary lyricist who had major cuts. You've heard his songs on TV, in movies, on radio, all that good stuff. He's been doing it for a long time. We get to talk to him today. One of the amazing things about him is he accomplished all this without ever moving out of his hometown in Mobile, Alabama. Y'all want to listen up to this one- it's going to be fun. The...

This is an excerpt from Songwriting Pro's "J.A.M. Session." (J.A.M. stands for "Just Ask Me," and it's our monthly members-only online Q&A Session.) If you'd like to watch the full J.A.M. Session, just log in to the Songwriting Pro Member Area. If you're not yet a Songwriting Pro member, NOW is a great time to start your 14-day FREE trial at SongwritingPro.com! The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated to...

Yancy is a Traveling Worship Leader, Published Songwriter, Author, Producer, Multi-Dove-Award-Winning Artist, Wife, and Mother of two boys. This interview is LOADED with value bombs! How did she: Switch from CCM to children's songs? Find success with children's songs? Balance her artist and family life, all while serving God at her highest and best level? Find out in this BRAND NEW episode! Connec...

Johnny & Brent welcome Nationally touring, award-winning singer-songwriter (with cuts by George Strait, Lee Brice, Rodney Atkins, Jana Kramer, Terri Clark, Lauren Alaina, and more), Nicole Witt, to the challenge where they create 5-6 different conceptual angles to writing a song titled, "Be Leavin'". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CLIMBers, does a blank-page bully ever beat you up when you sit down to write? Do you ever just lock up, like it has to be great...It has to be perfect or you just can't dig in? You're so busy trying to find the best angle, the best idea, the best groove that all you create is a headache? Well, that's called analysis paralysis and on today's episode, I'm going to reveal how I defeat it again and a...

This is an excerpt from Songwriting Pro's "J.A.M. Session." (J.A.M. stands for "Just Ask Me," and it's our monthly members-only online Q&A Session.) If you'd like to watch the full J.A.M. Session, just log in to the Songwriting Pro Member Area. If you're not yet a Songwriting Pro member, NOW is a great time to start your 14-day FREE trial at SongwritingPro.com! The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated to...

CLIMBers, this is so important, we wanted to share it again! Are you using the most effective strategy on Spotify today? We're going to deep dive on one of the most common Spotify artist strategies - that is a MISTAKE! We'll also put a few Spotify metrics under a microscope to give you a better understanding of what your analytics mean, and how to interpret them! The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated t...

Here's a CLIMB CLASSIC in case you missed it the first time. So good! Johnny & Brent welcome LEGENDARY hit songwriter, artist, and author, Radney Foster (Keith Urban, The Chicks, Brooks & Dunn, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Hootie & The Blowfish, Kenny Loggins, Los Lonely Boys, George Benson), to Song Title Challenge where they create 5-6 different conceptual angles for a song titled, "Taste Of Mercy,"...

In case you missed it the first time, here's a CLIMB CLASSIC for you! CLIMBer, it's not enough to get in the room with a co+writer. You want to get invited BACK into the room by your co+writer. And today, we're revealing what NOT TO DO. Yes- here is how YOU might be annoying your co+writers and shooting your career in the foot without even knowing it. Yeah. Buckle up. It's gonna be fun! The C.L.I....

This is an excerpt from Songwriting Pro's "J.A.M. Session." (J.A.M. stands for "Just Ask Me," and it's our monthly members-only online Q&A Session.) If you'd like to watch the full J.A.M. Session, just log in to the Songwriting Pro Member Area. If you're not yet a Songwriting Pro member, NOW is a great time to start your 14-day FREE trial at SongwritingPro.com! The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated to...

CLIMBers! This one is so helpful, it's worth another listen! Terrestrial radio wants a law that forces automakers to provide AM radio in all new vehicles moving forward. What does this mean exactly? That's what we're going to get into right now...I don't think it's good! Here's a link to the article. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/18/should-automakers-include-am-radio-new-cars/ The C.L.I...

This one is so good, we're dropping it on ya in case you missed it the first time! Johnny & Brent welcome LEGENDARY hitmaker, Tom Douglas, to the pod ("House That Built Me", "Southern Voice", "Little Rock", "The Gift", "Meanwhile Back At Mamas") where they work out 5-6 different angles to writing a song titled, "Sweet Southern Promise." The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated to helping singers, songwrit...

CLIMBers! This one is so good, we wanted to present it to you a 2nd time... After you've done the work to make a few connections in the music business, how do you stay in contact without wearing out your welcome? Or on the other hand, how do you keep from being totally forgotten? How do you show up consistently but also positively? In today's episode, we're going to reveal several ways to keep you...

This is an excerpt from Songwriting Pro's "J.A.M. Session." (J.A.M. stands for "Just Ask Me," and it's our monthly members-only online Q&A Session.) If you'd like to watch the full J.A.M. Session, just log in to the Songwriting Pro Member Area. If you're not yet a Songwriting Pro member, NOW is a great time to start your 14-day FREE trial at SongwritingPro.com! The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated to...

CLIMBers! Today we sit down with songwriter / producer of 40 #1 songs, 8-time Grammy Nominee, Multiple Dove Award Winner, and recipient of the NSAI Top-Ten-Songs-I-Wish-I'd-Written Award, Ben Glover. He's also a 5-time ASCAP Christian Songwriter of the Year! If you've ever listened to Lee Brice, For King and Country, Mercy Me, or Crowder, you've heard his work. So we get into some great stuff on t...

Brent & Johnny welcome Nashville Recording Artist and songwriter (with cuts by artists like Ashley McBryde and more), Dan Smalley, to the Challenge where they cook up 5-6 different angles to writing a song titled "Love Ain't Blind Enough," sent in by CLIMBer, Casey Haitus. The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated to helping singers, songwriters, indie artists and industry pros "Create Leverage In The Musi...

Brent & Johnny welcome, Starstruck Entertainment Artist Manager, Berkley Kriz (Blake Shelton, Carly Pierce), to The CLIMB to discuss what her day to day looks like and how indie artists can get ahead! You don't want to miss this one! Connect with Berkley here: https://www.starstruckentertainment.com/management Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is an excerpt from Songwriting Pro's "J.A.M. Session." (J.A.M. stands for "Just Ask Me," and it's our monthly members-only online Q&A Session.) If you'd like to watch the full J.A.M. Session, just log in to the Songwriting Pro Member Area. If you're not yet a Songwriting Pro member, NOW is a great time to start your 14-day FREE trial at SongwritingPro.com! The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated to...

CLIMBer, how does an award-winning multiple number-one singer-songwriter put together a new album? We're talking about that today with hit CCM artist, Brandon Heath. Understanding how he puts a record together might just help you land some of your songs on records. So listen up. The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated to helping singers, songwriters, indie artists and industry pros "Create Leverage In Th...

Johnny and Brent welcome Nashville-based singer-songwriter Adam Wheeler (with cuts by Clay Walker, Scotty McCreery, Megan Moroney, Tracy Lawrence, Tenille Arts, Buddy Jewell, Gord Bamford, and more) to the Challenge, where they cook up 5-6 different conceptual angles for writing a song titled "Would It Kill Ya," sent in by CLIMBer, Bo Harris. The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated to helping singers, so...