Leslie Bowe

Kicked off 2022 with a SongTown Most Wanted selection! Thanks Clay & Marty!

So blessed to have been invited by publisher Nancy Deckant to be part of a small group of select writers pitching our songs through Nancy's exclusive group "Row Call". Row Call works directly with Nashville Songplugger Shar'n Clark. We've had our first meeting and I've already had two songs chosen by Shar'n to pitch!! Yes!! Can't wait to pith the catalog of songs I've written over the past 4 years! Thanks, Nancy and Shar'n!!!  

Our song, "BEEN" was the winner of the first ever NSAI Member Awards in the Evaluator Song of the Year category. So honored to have written this song with co-writer friends Jayne Sachs & Bobby Evans. This award is so special because it was chosen by NSAI staff from the many songs Recommended and Chosen for the Publisher Luncheon throughout the year and then voted on by NSAI members. I was blessed to have 2 songs nominated in this category.. the other song was "Can't Put Into Words" co-written with friends Kelly McKay & Brad McKinney. "BEEN" won, but what an incredible honor to have 2 songs nominated and one actually winning. 

THANK YOU to the NSAI staff and all the NSAI Members that voted for our song, "BEEN". Now it just needs to find a home with an artist to take it to the charts!!  

Wow! Extremely excited to have been selected again as 1 of 16 writers to participate in Barbara Cloyd's Play For Publisher Event February 28-March 2, 2019. I attended back in 2017, and led to me meeting Mr. Woody Bomar. Woody liked one of my songs from that event (co-written by Jeff Roe & Sandy Zeleznik), which allowed me to present other songs for his consideration- two of which he is presently pitching at the moment. This wouldn't have happened without Barbara's workshop. So glad I'll see Woody again at this year's event!  

Barbara's workshop is over 3 intense days of publisher feedback. The list of publishers include:  

Chris Oglesby – BMG 
Rusty Gaston – THIS Music 
Bobby Rymer – Writer’s Den 
Janine Appleton Ebach – Curb Word 
Woody Bomar – Green Hills Music Publishing 
Ciara Shortridge – Disney Publishing

From the last event, I began co-writing and friendships with Jayne Sachs & Todd Dickinson!

I'd like to thank all my co-writers for their friendship & talent in the creation of songs that allowed me to be selected to Barbara's event: Jeff Roe, Jayne Sachs, Kelly McKay, Todd Dickinson, Brad McKinney, and Bobby Evans. I love yinz guyz (Pittsburgheze for ya'll rock)!!

Click here for more information about Barbara Cloyd and her Play For Publishers event

What a great way to kick-off 2019 by making SongTown's Most Wanted list for January 2019! Congratualations to all the other Outlaws in Town!! 

BACK AGAIN!! Thanks to Sheyenne, my good friend Jared Greece and I are coming back to play another set of all original songs @ Sheyegirl Coffee Co. on Saturday, November 17. The show starts @ 2:00pm. It's in the afternoon, so c'mon grab some coffee & listen to some music early!

Co-writer Brad McKinney released a song I co-wrote with Kelly McKay & him called, "I''m On It" to ALL media platforms. Download a copy!!!!

Go Brad!!

Looking forward to hearing friends & talented writers Renfree Isaacs & James Donnelly this Thursday @ 7pm!!! Honored to be a part of their show! ❤️?Stop on out if you're in town.

Playing a set of all original songs with my good friend, Jared Greece @ Sheyegirl Coffee Co. on St. Patty's Day - Saturday, March 17. The show starts @ 2:00pm with an opener, then we hit the stage from 3-4pm. I'm gonna play some Acoustic Soul songs from my days as an artist to my newer songs as I pursue commercial songwriting. It's in the afternoon, so c'mon grab some coffee & listen to some music early!!

Super blessed and excited to be a part of the first ever SongTown Staff Writer Club! The 20 writers will work together with songplugger, Ronna Reeves, hoping to get some industry activity with our songs. It's a super challenge, but I'm ready to take on this big step writing some new songs with some great co-writing friends! Thank you to Ronna Reeves, Clay Mills & Marty Dodson for this incredible opportunity. I'm nervous but excited!!!!

Here are the 20 Staff Writers selected:

Ronna's Picks.... 

Joey Ebach 
Ryland Fisher
Kyle Jackson-Rachky 
Amanda Cooksey 
Elias James Edlund 
Khiana Noel Meyer 
Isaac Slutzky
Kelly McKay 
PJ Ju 
Todd Dickinson 
Kevin Rowe
Josh Byrd 
Leslie Bowe 
Brad McKinney 
Mark Glinski 
Graham Cossick 
Billy Marino 
Brandon Wind 
North Easton
James Hoppe