Johnny and Brent welcome hit songwriter and producer, Jeff Pardo, to the show and they cook up 5-6 different conceptual angles on writing a song entitled, "You Make A Good Memory".

CLIMBers, on a scale of 1 to 10, how certain are you that you know the difference between market penetration and exposure? And do you know what that difference matters so much??? Well, today, we're gonna test you on this! But don't worry- it's gonna be a fun exercise, so stick around!

Are music industry professionals impressed by how many songs you've written? Or by how fast you can write a song? Here's the truth in only 3 minutes!

CLIMBers, demoing and pitching songs is not what it used to be. If you want to be a pro in today's music business, it sure helps to know how today's pro songwriters demo and pitch their songs. So that's what we're gonna talk about today on The CLIMB.

Brent & Johnny welcome Levi Mills, songwriter and lead singer for Southern Gospel group, The Sound. The Sound cut Brent's first #1 in Southern Gospel "Can I Get A Witness", one of six #1's for the group. Together they brain dump on 5-6 different conceptual ideas to write the song title, "That River Boy".

Johnny and Brent unpack a new Spotify report that is extremely encouraging to indie artists. The numbers don't lie because the numbers can't talk.

What's YOUR excuse for not making it in the music business yet? Think successful songwriters and artists are just blessed? And what should you do with your excuses if you still want to make it as a pro? Here's the truth, in just around 3 minutes. Listen up!

CLIMBers, Nashville co-writing is not what it used to be. If you want to be a pro songwriter in today's music business, you need to know how today's pro songwriters co-write. So we're gonna reveal that today on The CLIMB Show!

Brent & Johnny welcome hit songwriter and lead singer of the Steel Drivers, Tammy Rogers King to the pod to Song Title Challenge "Break Me Beautiful".

CLIMBers, if you want success as an artist you're going to need fans. To get fans, you'll have to get their attention. The secret to gaining their attention is Hook Points. What are Hook Points? You're going to learn that today and I'll show you how to create them

Does learning the CRAFT of songwriting hurt the HEART in your songs? The answer may surprise you! Here's the truth, in just about 3 minutes. Listen up!

CLIMBer, if you want to write hits, you're mostly at the mercy of a great idea. But how do you get those great ideas? Are you simply at the mercy of inspiration? No! We can have a hand in getting those great ideas- and we're gonna talk about that today on The CLIMB! So listen up!

Johnny & Brent welcome Anthony Corder, lead singer from rock band Tora Tora, to the show and they hash out a bunch of ways to write the song title, "Diesel Therapy".

CLIMBers! How in THEE hell are Johnny and Brent going to motivate you and enlighten you about your artist career by talking about Daredevil Production's corporate accounts? Y'all are more alike than you want to believe and this one is going to bring some perspective and at the end...I'm going to share this really killer marketing epiphany that I just had that's like gold. You're gonna want to listen to the end. So get your popcorn!

Songwriter, can songwriting be taught? Can it be learned? Or are you either born with it... or not? Here's the truth in 3 minutes.

CLIMBer, it's not enough that your song doesn't have any reason for the artist not to cut it. A lack of reasons to say no to your song does not equal a YES. If you want to get your song recorded by a major artist, you must have a major built-in YES! What does that mean? We're going to talk about that today on The C.L.I.M.B.

Brent & Johnny welcome MEGA hit songwriter, Anthony Smith (George Strait, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Eric Church) to the show and they flesh out 5-6 different conceptual angles to write the song title, "Pointless Score".

CLIMBers, how do you get more streams on Spotify in 2023? The answer is you need to get in the algorithm and then you need to stay on the algorithm. That's what we're going to cover today!

What are Song Starts, and how can help upgrade YOUR songwriting career? Here's the truth in 3 minutes (or so)!

CLIMBer, How's that New Year's resolution coming along? Have you broken it yet or has it broken you yet? I don't do New Year's resolutions anymore because I've found something that gets better results and I'm going to share it with you today!

Johnny & Brent welcome mega-hit songwriter, Jeff Cohen ("Crazy For This Girl", Paw Patrol [theme], "Postcards From Paris") to the show to brain dump on 5-6 different conceptual ideas to writing the song title, "Dumb Tattoo".

CLIMBers, If you've been as confused as we are about Blockchain and Web 3.0, then you're going to love this episode. Today we're going to improve your vocabulary of Blockchain/Web 3.0, so you can at least understand what the heck they're talking about by defining the commonly used tech terms.

Should you give online co+writing a try? Do the pros do it? And can online co+writing actually produce a song good enough to get cut? Here's the truth in 3 minutes.

Artist Insight Reports are here to help you understand what artists tend to record and who they like to work with. This is to help you better understand what to write and pitch to each artist. It's here to help you earn success as a songwriter and today we're diving into country hitmaker, John Pardi...listen up!

Brent and Johnny welcome hit songwriter and platinum-selling country artist, Dwayne O'Brien, from Little Texas to cook up 5-6 different conceptual approaches to writing the song title, "Keeping The Dirt Alive".