The Man Event | April 9

Wild Game Dinner at 5:30pm. $20 per person. 
Come enjoy wild-game food like deer, wild boar, alligator, and more. There will also be some incredible door-prizes.
Only 400 tickets are available for the dinner. So sign up soon.

Then, after the dinner, we will have a conversation and songwriter’s round:

Songwriter’s Round at 6:45pm (FREE)
We will then have a panel discussion and a songwriter’s round.

Songwriter’s Round Lineup

John Bohlinger

John Bohlinger is a Nashville multi-instrumentalist best known for his work in television:

• Band Leader for 

  • The last 12 years of The CMT Music Awards, 

  • All 6 seasons of NBC's hit program "Nashville Star”, 

  • “Real Country” with Shania Twain, 

  • The “CMT Larry the Cable Guy Christmas Special”, 

  • GAC Network's "Next GAC Star", 

  • CMT’s “Artist of The Year”, and 

  • Several PBS specials including 

    • "The Outlaw Trail" and 

    • "Legends and Lyrics".

The consummate Nashville sideman, John has accompanied a long list of A-list and industry music greats including: Sheryl Crow, Lee Brice, Miranda Lambert, Joe Walsh, Little Big Town, Jordin Sparks, Bret Michaels of Poison, Sara Evans, Leann Rimes, Kasey Musgraves, Chris Young, Tanya Tucker, Trace Adkins, Hank Williams Jr, Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys, Alabama, Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues and many others. 

John's musical compositions can also be heard in several major motion pictures and over two hundred television spots.

Guitar nerds know John as Premiere Guitar's on-line host for “Rig Rundown”, “Axes & Artifacts”, “Review Demos” and his lesson series “What Bohlinger Plays”. John also writes a monthly column for Premier Guitar entitled "Last Call" and is also a contributor and co-editor of “A Guitar and a Pen” and “Stories by Country Music’s Greatest Songwriters” published by Center Street, a division of Hachette book group. 

For more information, read Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bohlinger_(musician)

Dan Demay

Dan Demay is a Grammy-nominated songwriter who hails from North Carolina. 

Dan came to Nashville in 1988 after 11 years serving in the US Air Force and living in England for 5 years. The return to Nashville was a “coming home” of sorts given the long-time music industry connections his family has had over the years. Dan’s mother (Shirley Webb) was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and the Louisiana Hay Ride show of which is Grandfather was the MC and owned the ponies and the chuck wagon used on the show. Dan’s mother dated Elvis Presley during that time as well. Dan’s uncle, Buddy Killen, was a bass player for the Grand Ole Opry and later became a record producer and music publisher who started and owned Tree Publishing, the largest country music publishing companies in the industry until he sold it to CBS records in 1989. 

Dan signed his first songwriter publishing deal in 2001 with EMI then went on to work and write for other publishers including Atlantic Bridge Music, Mosaic and Stage Three. 

His long list of musical and songwriting accomplishments over his 35+ year career includes over 500 original songs and includes cuts by numerous country music superstars including: Tracy Byrd (Crazy Every Time), Darryl Worley (If Something Should Happen), Tracy Lawrence (You Can’t Hide Red Neck), Martina McBride (Everybody Does), Bobby Pinson (The Right To Be Wrong), Joey & Rory (Heart Of The Wood), John Michael Montgomery (All In A Day) and Cledus T. Judd (Illegals).

Dan’s been married to the same woman for 44 years, has two children and 6 grandchildren. He is also an ordained minister. 

Wil Nance

Wil Nance is a multi-platinum, chart topping songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. Initially from House Springs, Missouri, Will has called Music City home for over 20 years. Known for his sharp and reliable southern lyrics, Wil Nance is one of Nashville’s most genuine treasures. 

Wil earned his first number one song at country radio with George Strait’s “Round About Way.” “Round About Way” was a single off of Strait’s multi-platinum, CMA Album of the Year, Carrying Your Love With Me. He has had multiple songs recorded by George Strait and has been part of over 10 million records sold; some of these songs include “Where Have I been All of My Life” and “If Heartaches Were Horses.” 

Wil hit the top of country charts for the second time in 2007 with his number one hit for Brad Paisley “She’s Everything,” off of yet another multi-platinum, CMA Album of the year. 

Wil’s songs have been recorded by artists like: Tracy Lawrence, John Michael Montgomery, Joe Nichols, Craig Morgan, Diamond Rio, The Oakridge Boys, Easton Corbin, and Mo Pitney. 

Travis Ryan

Travis Ryan is an American Christian musician, singer and songwriter. He released a studio album in 2012, “Fearless”, with Integrity Music. 

He is most known for co-writing "We Believe" with Richie Fike and Matt Hooper. The song was recorded and further popularized by the Christian band Newsboys.

Travis was born in San Clemente, California to a songwriter and worship leader father. In the early years of Travis’s career, he was an associate producer for Maranatha! Music. He later became a worship leader at Saddleback Church prior to moving to the Nashville area to take over as the lead Worship Pastor at LifePoint Church in Smyrna.

Over the years, Travis has produced 2 albums, “Travis Ryan” and “You Hold It All”, 1 live album “Until My Voice is Gone”, and 3 Eps “Travis Ryan” (2008), “You Hold It” (2015), and “Heartbeat” (2016).