Songwriter Rounds

ARTISTS & EXPERTS: 
Aaron Benward
Travis Howard
Danny Myrick
Matt Warren

DAY & TIME:
Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023
8:00 - 9:30 PM

LOCATION:
Songwriter Stage

DETAILS:
Hear the stories behind the hit songs you know and love as award-winning songwriters share their inspiration and passion behind creating some of our favorite tunes.

Aaron Benward is an award-winning singer-songwriter and "Nashville Unplugged" creator and producer.

Travis Howard is a Georgia-born songwriter and producer. He started his career writing country hits with Miranda Lambert and ended up working with Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Waylon Payne, Brooks & Dunn and Reba. He's also written many film and TV cuts.

Danny Myrick is a Nashville singer-songwriter with numerous top 40 hits. He has had cuts on a diverse range of artists from Montgomery Gentry to Joe Cocker to Maddie & Tae and has celebrated many hits, such as Craig Morgan’s “International Harvester, Tim McGraw’s “Truck Yeah”, LoCash’s “I Love This Life” and 2009’s most played country smash, “She’s Country”.

Matt Warren in a Nashville native who's songs have been recorded by Gary Allan, Darius Rucker, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Andy Frasco & the UN, Bucky Covington, Americana music icon Jim Lauderdale, Pittsburgh blue-collar rock legend Joe Grushecky, The Voice season 17 winner Jake Hoot and many others. Matt currently has 4 songs on the latest Gary Allan record “Ruthless”. Some of his most-known songs include “Puttin’ Memories Away”, "Learning How to Bend", and “Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)", which was also nominated for the 2014 ACM song of the year.