Zane Williams - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Hey everybody! I’m a newly-signed staff writer at Big Yellow Dog Music in Nashville, and I’m having a blast writing songs for a living.
I grew up in Abilene TX, Lexington KY, Parkersburg WV, and Thousand Oaks CA. I went to Abilene Christian University for school and met my wife Jodi there. We’ve been happily married for almost 8 years now! We moved to Nashville in 1999 and I spent a year substitute teaching before getting on the college coffeehouse circuit, which paid our bills for six years. Jodi and I had a lot of fun traveling the country together and I made a lot of great fans performing at over 450 colleges. Over time, my priorities changed from wanting to "make it" as a recording artist to wanting a successful songwriting career. That’s how I ended up at Big Yellow Dog! (The short version, anyway.)
What you hear above are some of my latest songs, demoed up for the mainstream country market. If you’d like to hear my indie album, which is much more acoustic and rootsy, you can preview it and buy it at CD Baby . I’m very proud of that as well. I’m also working on putting together a web page where you can listen to all of my songs, old and new, all in one player.
That said, I am trying to spend more time on music and less time on the computer, so I can’t promise I’ll respond to every comment and message that I get. But I definitely read and appreciate them all!! I’m so thankful to do what I do, and thankful to you all for your support. I always write my songs with you in mind, hoping that you’ll be encouraged and entertained by what you hear. Peace,
Zane
For more info, visit www.ZaneWilliams.info

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/19/2005
Band Website: zanewilliams.info
Band Members:

"Hurry Home" features the musicianship of some of Nashville's finest acoustic players, including:

Bryan Sutton
Andrea Zonn
Charlie Chadwick
Andy Hubbard
John Catchings
Matt Raum
Bryn Bright
Steve Mason
and
Charlie Lowell

Influences: The Dixie Chicks
Tim O'Brien
Jim Croce
Dan Fogelberg
Garth Brooks
Roger Miller
Alan Jackson
Darrell Scott
Bruce Robison
Jim Croce
James Taylor
John Denver
John Mayer
David Wilcox
Chris Rice
Sting
Bonnie Raitt
Mac McAnally
Brad Paisley
Willie Nelson
Jars of Clay
Ray LaMontagne
Gretchen Peters
Dennis Linde
Rob Thomas
Alanis Morissette
Coldplay
Dave Matthews
Pearl Jam
Alison Krauss

Sounds Like: The Dixie Chicks, Tim O'Brien, Jim Croce, Dan Fogelberg, Garth Brooks, Roger Miller, Alan Jackson, Darrell Scott, Bruce Robison, Todd Snider, Allison Krauss, the Greencards, Adrienne Young
Record Label: Everyman Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

We Won!

You guys did it! You voted me through to the final round of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest!They updated the website today and there was my smiling mug in the "Country Category"...http://www.jlsc....
Posted by Zane Williams on Thu, 01 May 2008 02:40:00 PST

I Need Votes in the John Lennon Song Contest!

Hey everybody! How would you like to see this humble, hard-working friend of yours be the first person EVER to win the John Lennon Song Contest TWICE? (wait...can I be humble if I just c...
Posted by Zane Williams on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:25:00 PST

Celebrity Sightings, New Songs, and Good News

Hey folks! It’s been a good couple of months here in Nashville! The biggest news is that Jason Michael Carroll recorded "Hurry Home" in February, and was kind enough to let me stop b...
Posted by Zane Williams on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:19:00 PST

I Love Love

Hey folks! Got a new batch of songs for you to hear. I recorded these just before Thanksgiving, but am just now getting a chance to tell you about them: "I Love Love" is a song ab...
Posted by Zane Williams on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:50:00 PST

New Songs from October Demo Session!

Hey everybody! Just finished up my second demo session today, and it went great. We recorded at Station West in Nashville and we had some great players including Gordon ...
Posted by Zane Williams on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:32:00 PST

First Ever Demo Session---Have a Listen!!

Hey myspace friends! Just wrapped up my first ever demo session tonight, and I've posted the four new songs on my profile. (One of them is still "processing" as I write this.) ...
Posted by Zane Williams on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:01:00 PST

Writing Just Feels So Right

Hey everybody! I haven't written since April, and I apologize. I haven't forgotten about you, or stopped being grateful for the relationship that I'm lucky to have with ...
Posted by Zane Williams on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:10:00 PST

American Idol Song Contest!

Hey y'all! Lately I've come to a clear realization of who I am, musically speaking.I am a songwriter!Some of you who are familiar with my music may be thinking, "Duh." But I've always been...
Posted by Zane Williams on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:02:00 PST

Reflections from American Idol

Like, Oh my God! Have you all been watching American Idol? Jodi and I have. These early episodes are sort of like a train wreck---so painful to watch, yet you can't look away. ...
Posted by Zane Williams on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:59:00 PST

Happy New Zane

So we're down in Texas at the moment, at Jodi's parent's house. I'm sitting with my laptop on the bed in the room Jodi grew up in, being watched suspiciously by a crowd of Care Bears, Strawberry...
Posted by Zane Williams on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:50:00 PST