Johnny & Brent go deeper on the difference between exposure and repetition and the weight that an artist should give each one.

Brent & Johnny discuss ancient principles and wisdom to guide your songwriting success!

O...M...G...There are SO MANY VALUE BOMBS in this episode!!! Brent and Johnny welcome hit songwriter, Scott Sean White to the show ("God Bless The Boy").

Brent & Johnny discuss how important appropriate amounts of sleep are to being a good songwriter

Johnny and Brent discuss how, miraculously, Johnny is batting 1000 on all his music industry predictions for the last 6 years! Johnny offers up some new predictions. You're not going to want to miss this one.

Brent & Johnny welcome Songwriting Hall Of Famer (7 #1's!), Kent Blazy ("If Tomorrow Never Comes", "Ain't Goin' Down Till The Sun Comes Up", "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)" to the show!

Johnny and Brent welcome hit songwriter, Trick Savage, who wrote the hit "Bible and a .44" with Ashley McBryde. This is another interview from the Nashville Nights International Songwriting Festival 2021.

Johnny & Brent discuss different indie artist budget strategies that Johnny is currently using with the indie artist campaign for Rick Monroe!

It's time for an INTERVENTION, y'all! A bunch of CLIMBers have been sending in "song titles" that are decidedly NOT song titles. Brent & Johnny felt it was time to share what makes a good song title, what exactly isn't a song title, and some useful tools to help you improve on your song titles.

Brent & Johnny welcome hit songwriter and artist, Dan Smalley, ("If I'm Being Honest") to the show for another Nashville Nights International Songwriting Festival interview.

Johnny & Brent interview hit songwriter and artist, Bridgette Tatum ("She's Country" Jason Aldean) from the 2021 Nashville Nights International Songwriting Festival.

Brent & Johnny welcome hit songwriter AND O.G. CLIMBer, Mason Douglas ("We The People" - Kid Rock) to STC to brainstorm on the song title, "Playing Hurt".

Interview with hit songwriter and artist, Tyler Reeve, ("In Case You Didn't Know" (Brett Young), "Whiskey On My Breath" (Love & Theft), and "I Got Away With You" (Luke Combs) from the 2021 Nashville Nights International Songwriting Festival in Odense, Denmark.

Interview with hit songwriter and artist, Eric Paslay ("Barefoot Blue Jean Night" (Jake Owen), "Rewind" (Rascal Flatts), "Wild Hearts" (Keith Urban), "Love Is Your Name" (Steven Tyler) from the 2021 Nashville Nights International Songwriting Festival in Odense, Denmark.

Brent & Johnny welcome hit country artist, Craig Campbell, to the show to brainstorm on the song title, "Sunshine In The Middle".

Interview with American Idol Runner-Up, Huntergirl, from the 2021 Nashville Nights International Songwriting Festival in Odense, Denmark.

Interview with hit songwriter, Tim Nichols ("Live Like You Were Dying", "Heads Carolina, Tails California") from the 2021 Nashville Nights International Songwriting Festival in Odense, Denmark.

Brent & Johnny welcome hit songwriter/producer/artist Brett Boyett to the show and they cook up some angles for the song title, "Blue Collar Dues".

Learn how a lyricist can sink a good song if they're not paying attention to these specific things...

Guess what? You already possess the gift and skills you need to break your career wide open. In this episode, we talk about how to apply what you know to a basic promotional framework that will move the needle.

Brent & Johnny welcome MEGA hit songwriter, Chris Lindsey to STC where they obsess over the song title, "Break Us Up"

Brent & Johnny unpack some serious wisdom from Steven Pressfield's book, The War Of Art, that will help you look at professionalism through a different lens.

Brent coins the phrase, "Singing Like A Panther" in this episode. That's worth the price of admission alone. Seriously, Johnny and Brent unpack a recent Billboard article interviewing 5 different digital marketing agencies and their frustrations with the record industry's approach to promotion.

Brent and Johnny welcome the voice of The C.L.I.M.B. Show Podcast theme song, Troy Johnson to the show where they flesh out a boatload of different conceptual angles to writing the song title, "Sticky Dimes & Nickels".

You have it. Brent & Johnny have it. ALL artists have it; The Resistance. The question is, how do you fight it? Find out in this episode!