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Jo Rankin

About Me

Jo is originally from New York, now in Nashville, TN. She is the organizer of the Nashville Songwriters Meetup - a group of over 250 singers, songwriters, producers and other music business professionals. To learn more about the Nashville Songwriters Meetup, please go to http://vocalists.meetup.com/164.Jo has focused on film/TV/Advertising music for the past 2 decades, but is now branching out into artist development and writing for the alternative music market. Her publishing company, The Nashville Jam Company, is a sister organization to the Nashville Songwriters Meetup - a natural outgrowth that seeks to get the music written by it's members into the marketplace."I hope that you enjoy what you hear! Hugs..... JO"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/01/2007
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The Nashville Songwriters Meetup Group!
Influences: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Woody Guthrie to name a few. More modern loves & likes...... Dido, Tori Amos, David Gray, Bruce Cockburn. Oh, and did I mention Bob Dylan?? :)
Sounds Like: I don't quite know if I sound like anyone else. My first CD "Rust Bucket" was compared to early Bob Dylan. I keep changing all the time - I enjoy the challenge of writing in a new style/genre and am always looking to learn something more. The most recent project, "Light Through My Window" was aimed at the Nashville Country market. The current project, working with artist Mandy Cook, is focused on modern jazz/pop. Onward & upward :)
Record Label: The Nashville Jam Company
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Artist of the Month!!

Lois was chosen out of 150 songwriters to compete in the Williamsburg Live Songwriting Contest in New York City. The song is called "Crazy Angel" a song that "came to me at about 4:30 am and pinched ...
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