Hi, Rory Bourke here, songwriter and music publisher in Nashville. Welcome to my site. I'm here all the time.

Recently I started thinking about the art of songplugging and who better to interview than two stellar pluggers like Matt Lindsey and Scott Paschall. After our session, I realized this video would have to go up in two parts. So here is part 1 of a very interesting point-of-view. Hope you enjoy. – Rory

Last Saturday night, I was thrilled to play in a round to help raise funds for the John Jarrard Foundation. As some of you may know, John Jarrard was a well-known and loved songwriter with eleven number one hits. The Bluebird was sold out and rockin’.

One of my personal favorites among the songs I’ve written is “I Wouldn’t Be A Man,” which was recently recorded by Josh Turner for his new CD. I was fortunate enough to write this song with fellow Hall-of-Famer and mega-hit songwriter Mike Reid. I am totally knocked out with Josh’s version, which shows the complete range of his expressive voice. Frank Rogers produced a killer track. When I first heard it I thought, “It doesn’t get any better than this.” I invite you to take a little listen and see if you don’t agree. Keep writing. – Rory

It’s snowing in Nashville today. One of those rare, dire forecasts of 3 to 5 inches seems to be coming true. For some unknown reason, I’ve been thinking about songwriter rounds and my experiences in them. Early on, I discovered that my fellow writers could sing and play in rounds much better than me. Performing out was hard for me and continues to be so today.

Last night on American Idol’s second day of the Boston auditions, Nigerian-born Bosa Mora sang “You Look So Good In Love” and catapulted himself into the Hollywood final auditions. It seems to me that this song wants to be sung in other genres, namely Smooth Jazz/R&B. Jamie Foxx started it when he did a soulful version on the George Strait Special. It always gets me thinking of that day back in L.A. when Kerry Chater, Glen Ballard, and I unknowingly sat down and wrote a masterpiece. When people ask me about songs like that my only thought is “I sure am glad I wrote that day.” It’s in the air my friends, you just have to be there to pull it in. Write especially if you don’t feel like it. Click read more to see the video.