Loyola Songwriting Instructor Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
His song 鈥淭he Good Ones,鈥 recorded by Gabby Barrett, hit 叠颈濒濒产辞补谤诲鈥檚 Country Top 40 this month and has been dubbed 鈥淭he Wedding Song of 2020.鈥
黑料社区 鈥淐raft and Business of Songwriting" instructor Jim McCormick receives a and serves as keynote speaker at the Cutting Edge CE industry conference in October.
A multi-Grammy nominated songwriter based in Nashville and New Orleans, McCormick has penned songs recorded by Kelly Clarkson, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Harry Connick, Jr., Trisha Yearwood, Randy Travis, Ronnie Milsap, Jamey Johnson, Radney Foster, Luke Bryan, Smash Mouth, and many more. In 2012, he wrote two No. 1 Billboard country chart songs, recorded by country superstars Jason Aldean and Brantley Gilbert.
His song 鈥淭he Good Ones,鈥 recorded by Gabby Barrett, and co-written with Barrett, Zach Kale, and Emily Landis, hit 叠颈濒濒产辞补谤诲鈥檚 Country Top 40 this month and has been dubbed 鈥淭he .鈥
Currently signed to a publishing deal with Eclipse Music Group, McCormick, a lifelong New Orleanian, has served as board governor and vice-president for the Recording Academy and on the Nashville Songwriters Association International board.聽