Matt Alderman grew up in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from University of Miami in Florida. In 2012, he made the big move to Nashville to pursue his career in songwriting, and in 2013 he signed his first publishing deal with Curb Music Publishing. Since then, Alderman has been putting in overtime developing his talents as a writer and music producer.

Mark Irwin co-wrote Alan Jackson's first number one hit "Here in the Real World", two-time CMA Song of the Year nominee and winner of the Music City News' Award for Song of the Year in 1990. Apart from having cuts on Alan Jackson's CD Here in the Real Word, Garth Brooks' The Lost Sessions, and Jimmy Buffett's Take the Weather with You. Mark co-wrote the single "That's How They Do It in Dixie", recorded by Hank Williams Jr, and the No.

Sweet as honey, cool and crisp, St. Augustine, Florida's Kimberly Underwood, formerly Kim Brown, is an enchanting performer combining pop, rock, soul, folk, and rhythm and blues with her original music as well as her cover song selections. As daring and as darling as they come, Kimberly is a small-town girl with a big-city point of view.

Born and raised in South Detroit, JT Harding spent countless hours watching MTV and listening to music and then moved to Los Angeles to start his music career. 

In Los Angeles, JT wrote songs, played music wherever he could, and recorded his first demo with the prize money he won on the game-show, VH1 Rock N' Roll Jeopardy.

None of that seems like the beginning of a prolific career as a country music songwriter. However, his catchy melodies and lyrics caught the attention of Nashville music executives, and JT relocated to Nashville.

Josh Melton is a preacher's boy from a town in Northwest Ohio name Findlay. His greatest influences growing up were Frank Sinatra, Thomas Rhett, Eric Church, and Billy Currington. Since discovering his love music, he moved to Nashville to join the country music scene and continue his career as a singer and songwriter.

A Jacksonville, Florida native and the youngest of five sisters, Jolie has made a name for herself in North Florida. Jolie first started developing her musical skills when she learned how to play the piano at the age of 10, and soon she discovered she had a passion for singing. In her teenage years, Jolie competed in local competitions and talent shows, before signing a short-term recording contract in her high school years. She recorded three songs that are available on Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play Music.

Joel Shewmake grew up in Cookeville, Tennessee, where he discovered his musical talents around the age of fourteen. In 2001, Joel made the decision to move to Nashville to pursue his career in music, and at the end of the year he signed his first publishing deal with BMG. Since then he has been writing music for a variety of record labels such as Warner Chapel, Amylase Entertainment, and BMG/Chrysalis.

Jason Duke is from Hendersonville, Tennessee, and after his high school athletics career ended he found his true calling. Once he graduated, he enrolled himself at Middle Tennessee State University where he battled with cancer, changed his major, and was rejected from songwriting class. After six years he received his B.S. in Recording Industry Management. Jason started getting his feet wet in the publishing industry and spent some time as a plugger and a creative director, which helped him gain some insight and experience in the field.

Jared Mullins was much of a chameleon growing up, originally from Maryland, the singer/songwriter has a history of being a baseball player, a Sony Records artist, a FEMA manager, bartender, blender salesman, and now he is a successful songwriter working at Big Deal Music. As a songwriter, he's had multiple songs recorded by artists such as Jake Owens, Justine Moore, Parmalee, Dylan Scott, and more. Additionally, he has garnered more than 50 holds including Chris Young, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, Lee Brice, Michael Ray, and many others.

Chad Warrix and David Tolliver formed their band and started playing regularly in Nashville clubs. Their shows created a buzz for their name, and soon enough they caught the attention of producer Byron Gallimore and Tim McGraw. Once they saw the band's potential they steered them into a studio to produce some music. Shortly after, they released a self-titled album and started opening for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill on the Soul to Soul II Tour, and over the years they started opening for Jason Aldean as well as other artists.