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, and since he discovered his love music, he moved to Nashville to join the country music scene and continue his career as a singer and songwriter. Josh has been making strides in the music industry, opening for various artists such as Keith Urban, Jana Cramer, Rascal Flatts, Craig Morgan, Aaron Lewis, and many more.

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. 

Fiona Culley was born and raised in Litchfield, England, and although country is not widely listened to in the United Kingdom, Fiona became very attached to the genre. Inspired by the countryside of her hometown, she started writing and performing her own songs across Europe, and eventually landed a regular gig playing at the Troubadour in London.

Originally from the state of New Jersey, Dylan Altman has been writing and performing his songs in Nashville since 1994. So far, Dylan has three #1 songs, which include Tim McGraw's "Watch The Wind Blow," Jake Owen's "Barefoot Blue Jean Night," and Jason Aldean's "Take a Little Ride," and he has Chase Bryant's top ten hit "Take It On Back." Dylan has also had songs recorded by artists Trace Adkins, Eli Young Band, Joe Nichols, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

From Pascagoula, Mississippi, Danny Myrick grew up playing bass and singing in his family's gospel band, which recorded their first album when Danny was seven years old. Because his parents worked at the church, Danny got the opportunity to open for gospel quartets every weekend. He achieved his first No. 1 gospel song as a writer at 17 when the Dixie Melody Boys quartet recorded the song "Jesus Is The Light."