Does the good ole boy network REALLY keep you out of the music business?

What are publishing deals really all about?

Do songwriters really SELL songs? Here's the truth!

CLIMBer, if you're a songwriter and want to make hay in the music business, you need more than just good songs. You need more than great songs. If you really want to level up and make songs that last generationally, you need super songs. What are super songs? We're going to talk about him today on The C.L.I.M.B.!

Brent & Johnny welcome LEGENDARY songwriter, Billy Montana ("Bring On The Rain", "Suds In A Bucket", "More Than A Memory", "Night Shift") to Song Title Challenge where they cook up 5-6 different conceptual angles for writing lyrics to song titles submitted by listeners. Today's title is "Church Pews and Rearviews".

CLIMBers! We all know that one of your biggest cash registers as an indie artist is merch sales at a live show. If merch is your biggest moneymaker but your merch game isn't on point, you're losing money. Period. So today, we're going to discuss 15 merch table tips that will make you more money!

The best way to get your song recorded is to write it with the artist...and here's your chance!Zane and Donna King are hit Southern Gospel artists on StowTown Records. He's currently writing songs for their next album, and they're willing to write with YOU - if your verse and chorus knock them out.Zane and Donna have charted several songs on Southern Gospel radio, and their career has really hit a new level since signing with StowTown Records. If YOU have a hit song-start, they want to hear it and write it with you!

Ever wonder and worry if you belong in the music business? And does it matter if other people think you belong- or DON'T belong? Here's the truth in only 3 minutes!

CLIMBer, should you move to Nashville and should you decide to move to Nashville what should you do when you get there? We're going to talk about that today on The CLIMB. So listen up!

Brent & Johnny welcome Grammy Nominated and multiple Dove Award-winning hit songwriter, Michael Farren to the show. They flesh out 5-6 different conceptual ideas for writing the song title, "Genius Mode".

CLIMBers, have you heard the urban legend about the Kidney Harvester...you know the one with the guy getting roofied and waking up in a hotel in a bathtub full of ice and a telephone by him...or the urban legend about the razor blades in the apples at Halloween? Well, there are certain urban legends about social media too. Today we're going to debunk 10 social media myths that are hurting your artist business

Think radio sucks? Can how you think about radio HELP or HURT your chances of songwriting success? Here's the truth in only 3 minutes!

CLIMBer, songwriter contracts and Nashville are not the way they used to be. The industry has changed and if you want to keep up with it, If you want to be a pro in today's industry, it helps to know what's going on, what are the pros up to, and what are contracts like today. That's what we're gonna talk about today on The CLIMB. So buckle up!

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.