Meet Derek Wells. 2nd generation session musician. Former band leader for Josh Turner. Producer. Foodie. 2016 ACM Guitar Player of the Year. Teller of the best Dolly Parton impersonator story EVER.

Find Derek Wells here: @d_weezee (insta)

Hear Kelleigh's music here:
open.spotify.com/artist/6C7VkLRszFSbRkKNhEvBST

Follow Kelleigh @kelleighbannen (Insta, FB, Twitter)
Follow the show @thisnashvillelife (Insta, FB) and @thisnashlife (Twitter)
www.thisnashvillelife.com

Season 2 Episode 5: Weekly Walmart Trip

Season 2 Episode 6: The Red Line

Meet Chip Petree. The un-lawyerly lawyer Wanna know what a first time publishing deal looks like in 2017? Wanna know the current status of “360 deals?” Wanna know what Chris Stapleton’s attorney drinks? Well, he drinks Four Roses even though we had to leave that part of the convo on the cutting room floor. Entertainment attorney Chip Petree has represented the likes of Florida Georgia Line, Brothers Osborne and he’s gonna give us some really great *free* legal advice, and tells us what it means for him to live This Nashville Life. 

Follow Chip @chippetree on Twitter.

Hear Kelleigh's music here:

open.spotify.com/artist/6C7VkLRszFSbRkKNhEvBST

Follow Kelleigh @kelleighbannen (Insta, FB, Twitter)
Follow the show @thisnashvillelife (Insta, FB) and @thisnashlife (Twitter)
www.thisnashvillelife.com

Season 2 Episode 6: The Red Line

10 time GRAMMY winning engineer F Reid Shippen has mixed records for people like Eric Church, Little Big Town, and Kenny Rogers. And the key to his success? Well, I’d say it’s passion…but he might say it’s risk. We sat down in Reid’s studio (Robot Lemon) and drank rye whiskey and talked about how a Tom Selleck movie changed his career path forever.  Come with us as we try to figure out what it means to live This Nashville Life. 
Follow Reid @robotlemon.

Season 2 Episode 7: Love It Or Hate It

From a kid in a so-called “no-where town” to one of the most prominent writers in country music. Ashley Gorely talks about DJing dances in middle school to moving to Nashville and falling in love with publishing. 

For the songwriters out there we’ve got a lot of process talk: what he does in the writing room…and how he likes to come into a room and “crash” it. He calls himself a chameleon, and really, he’d have to be to have hits on so many different artists. 

Come with us as we meet Ashley Gorely…

Season 2 Episode 8: 32 #1s and counting...

Welcome to the last episode of Season 2! So many of you have asked us to cover artist management, and today we’re bringing you an interview with Sandbox Entertainment’s Jason Owen. He manages acts like Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Kacey Musgraves, and Little Big Town. Jason will share some great insight into the artists’ careers that he’s worked with and offer some practical inspiration for both artists, marketers, and managers. And a warning: he’s got a word or two for those millennials out there. Come with us as we try to figure out what it means to live This Nashville Life.

Follow Sandbox Entertainment @sandboxent (www.sandboxmgmt.com)

Season 2 Episode 9: Aren’t You From F-ing Arkansas?

Welcome to This Nashville Life with Kelleigh Bannen: the story of how Music City makes its biggest export.
The who, the how, the why, and the why not of country music. Part love letter, part hate mail, part how to guide….Come with us as we try to figure out what it means to live This Nashville Life.
The show is engineered by Kevin Sokolnicki, and co-produced by Kelleigh and Kevin.

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