For the past 20 years, Bob DiPiero has helped define the best that is Music Row. A legendarily funny and compelling performer, he is one of a handful setting the bar for present-day songwriter/entertainers.

As a raconteur, he may have no equal among his peers, and as a musical ambassador and bridge-builder, he has helped make Nashville a port of call for legendary performers from all genres, writing with Neil Diamond, Carole King, Johnny Van Zant and Delbert McClinton, among many others.

He is one of Nashville's most consistent and prolific writers of hits, and he remains at the top of his profession more than two decades after hitting #1 on the charts for the first time in 1983. His long string
of hits includes the Oak Ridge Boys' "American Made," Montgomery Gentry's "If You Ever Stop Loving Me," Vince Gill's "Worlds Apart," Shenandoah's "The Church On Cumberland Road," Ricochet's "Daddy's Money," George Strait "Blue Clear Sky," Brooks & Dunn's "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out Of the
Girl," and Martina McBride's "There You Are."

DiPiero has received three dozen BMI Country and Million-Air honors; CMA's Triple Play Award in 1995 and 1996, "Song of the Year" for "Worlds Apart" at the Country Radio Music Awards in 1997, and Songwriter of the Year awards in 1998 at the Nashville Music Awards and in 2000 from Sony/ATV Nashville.

Kristian Bush, one half of international super-duo Sugarland, has been leaving his mark on music for the past 22 years.

Bush is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist who started his career with folk rock duo Billy Pilgrim in the early '90s. He and partner Andrew Hyra released a much-lauded pair of albums for Atlantic Records (their 1994 self-titled debut and 1995's Bloom), earning multiple Top 5 singles on the AAA charts, rotation on VH1 and a reputation as dynamic live performers who traveled from the tiny stage of Eddie's Attic in Decatur, Georgia, to a worldwide tour supporting Melissa Etheridge in 1995.

Bush began recording with partner Jennifer Nettles in 2002; in 2004, Sugarland exploded onto the music scene and haven’t stopped since. They have surpassed sales of over 22 million albums worldwide, achieved eight No. 1 singles and won numerous awards, including trophies from the Grammys, AMAs, ACM Awards, CMT Music Awards and CMA Awards. This fall, they will be inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

To date, Bush has won six BMI Awards for his songwriting abilities, and in 2011 founded the music publishing company and songwriting collective Songs of the Architect. Recent producing/songwriting collaborations include Laura Bell Bundy, Matt Nathanson, the dB’s, Martin Johnson of Boys Like Girls, Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale, and up-and-comers including Canaan Smith, Lauren Alaina, Jaida Dreyer and Alana Springsteen.

He is a frequent panelist and speaker at events for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and was recently honored as a distinguished alumni by his high school alma mater, Avon Old Farms. Bush is a graduate of Emory University in Atlanta, where he still resides.

CMA New Artist of the Year nominee Brantley Gilbert has already earned an striking set of “notches” on his industry belt, including #1 singles, impressive sales and multiple award show nominations at the CMA, ACM and CMT Music Awards as well as a fiery performance on the 2012 ACMs. His sophomore project, the GOLD-certified HALFWAY TO HEAVEN DELUXE, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and has since produced two GOLD-certified, #1 singles – “Country Must Be Country Wide” and “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do.” As a celebrated songwriter, he has also penned four #1 hits – “My Kinda Party,” “Dirt Road Anthem,” “Country Must Be Country Wide,” and “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do.” In 2011, he garnered the prestigious honor of being the only new artist to have a #1 hit at Country radio.

Over the past few years Brett James has had more than two hundred of his songs recorded by major label artists and enjoyed multiple hits singles including "The Truth" by Jason Aldean, "Cowboy Casanova" by Carrie Underwood, "Out Last Night" by Kenny Chesney, "Who I Am" by Jessica Andrews (#1 for four weeks), "Blessed" by Martina McBride (#1 for two weeks), "When the Sun Goes Down" by Kenny Chesney (#1 for six weeks), two #1 pop songs in Europe and the worldwide top five Latin pop hit "Todo Mi Amor" recorded by Paulina Rubio. In 2005 alone, Brett had five more top ten country singles including the six week #1 "Jesus, Take the Wheel" for which he won a Grammy. He was also
named ASCAP songwriter of the year for 2006 and 2010. A native of Oklahoma where he spent three years in medical school, Brett moved to Nashville in 1992 to pursue a recording career and was signed to Arista records in 1993 and again in 2000.

Artist that have recorded Brett's songs include: Leona Lewis, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Bon Jovi, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Backstreet Boys, Chicago, Martina McBride, Jewel, Rascal Flatts, Wynonna, Sara Evans, Josh Gracin, Paulina Rubio, Pat Green, Lonestar, Jason Aldean, Leann Womack, Jo Dee Messina, Billy Currington, Jessica Andrews, Mark Wills, Jake Owen, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lorrie Morgan, Boris, Marco Borsato, Engelbert Humperdinck and others.