Our Songwriters

Don Cook
Don Cook has garnered many years of music success by writing some of the biggest country songs ever to come out of Nashville, including  "Only In America," "It's Getting Better All The Time," "Brand New Man," "My Next Broken Heart," "That Ain't No Way To Go," "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" and "She Used To Be Mine" by Brooks & Dunn, "Even The Man In The Moon Is Crying" and "Born To Love You" by Mark Collie, "What I Meant To Say" and "On A Good Night" by Wade Hayes, "Now I Know" by Lari White and "Small Town Girl" by Steve Wariner.  In addition, Cook also had cuts by Conway Twitty, George Strait, Keith Whitley, Vince Gill, Alabama, Waylon Jennings and a host of others.

   
 

Cook's career turned legendary in 1991 when he co-produced thirteen Brooks & Dunn number one singles and served as producer on successful albums for The Mavericks, Olivia Newton-John, Shenandoah, Lonestar, Tracy Lawrence, Joe Diffie, David Ball, Rick Trevino and more.
 
In 1994, Cook was named Senior Vice-President at SONY/ATV Tree, and four years later he received the title of Chief Creative Officer.  Cook retired from the business side of publishing in 2004 to focus on his family and songwriting.

Michael Davey
Michael Davey grew up in East Tennessee and got his start in the music industry working at a small recording studio in his hometown. Playing and recording music for karaoke tracks taught him most of what he knows about music today and allowed him to hone his studio engineering/production skills.

He moved to Nashville in 1999 and began recording and producing demos for singers and songwriters all across Music City.  Today he has expanded his career from musician, engineer and producer to include his first love, songwriting.  His first hit single, Ride, was released by Martina McBride in November of 2008.  Always a musician at heart, he still records many of his own demos and is currently writing with and developing many young artists.  It’s also not unusual to find Michael playing at live music venues with other artists or with his own band.

Courtney Dashe

As a child, Courtney had her “home” in a number of locations across the United States (Deleware, California, Colorado, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, to name a few), but Nashville is where her heart truly belongs.  She arrived in Music City in 1999 and, after graduating from Vanderbilt University, she dove head-strong into the music industry and has been an avid songwriter ever since.

Before signing her publishing deal, Courtney worked for various Music Row establishments including Big Loud Shirt and Mercury/MCA Records.  She spent her evenings and any other chances she had writing songs, and in 2007, she signed a joint publishing venture with Skyline Music and country superstar Martina McBride’s company, Curvebender.  In 2008 she earned her first cut and single, and in 2009 she released her first 6-song EP, Paper Airplane.

Jeremy Easley
Jeremy Easley was born in Rusk, TX, and from the time he was only a few months old, he was on the road with his family’s gospel group.  He grew up traveling from church to church, all over the country, forty-two weeks a year, singing with his brother, parents, and grandparents. 

He attended the University of North Alabama in Muscle Shoals, AL, and was working in a local pawn shop when he was discovered by songwriter Billy Lawson (Learning As You Go, I Left Something Turned On At Home).  Lawson was blown away by Easley’s high-tenor voice and immediately called Nashville publisher/producer/songwriter Wally Wilson of Skyline Music, who brought Easley to Nashville and gave him a publishing deal.  For the last four years, Easley has toured the country as the singer in THE SHOALS, who recorded their debut release with Grammy-winning producer Paul Worley in the spring of 2008.

Jon Stone 
Jon Stone picked up his first guitar at age 12 and has been fortunate to be around a positive environment of dream catchers his entire life. His dad, a 12-year major league baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies, and his uncle, an accomplished songwriter and musician, helped Jon to see that dreams really do come true.

His passion and tenacity for music landed Jon a gig playing lead guitar for country singer Mark McGuinn, and this afforded Jon the opportunity to hone his songwriting and performance skills on a professional level.  Eventually, Warner Chappell offered Jon a publishing deal, and in 2007, Jon signed an exclusive deal with Skyline. 

Jon has penned songs for artists such as Rhett Akins, Andy Griggs, Crossin Dixon, and many others, and has written a number of chart-ranking hits.  In 2006, he co-wrote the #2 single for the #1 country album, Me and My Gang, recorded by Rascal Flatts.  Sales of this album recently hit the 5 million mark.  Most recently, Kenny Chesney announced that he will be recorded Jon’s Seven Times A Thousand Days on his upcoming album.

Today, Jon continues to be both a successful writer and recording artist, and he can frequently be found playing live music at a variety of Nashville venues.  When not working in the music industry, he enjoys working out, fishing, scuba diving, and acting.

Alexis Ebert
Alexis Ebert was born in Albany, Oregon and has been performing since she was six years old. She wrote her first song when she was seven and landed a coveted Los Angeles publishing deal at the tender age of eleven. She then signed a record deal with Warner Brothers Records, and at just 14, she had one of her songs, The Real Me, featured in the film and soundtrack of Disney’s Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.

Alexis has written and recorded with the likes of Glen Ballard, Holly Knight, and Charlie Midnight, and in 2008, she signed a co-venture deal with Skyline and Sony Tree ATV.  She currently splits her time between the Pacific Northwest and Nashville, TN.

Billy Lee

Born and raised in the Country Music capital of the United States - Brooklyn, NY, Lee was co-writer of  the mega hit "THE ONE" recorded by Gary Allan.
He is currently producing Scott McClatchy's new album, which is to be released soon.
Working as a producer, writer and guitarist on numerous albums and projects both in Nashville and NY, he has written and sung on numerous jingles.
Lee has also produced, engineered and written in the Heavy Metal, Pop, Country, Rock, Hip-Hop and Folk/Rock genres.