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

One of my best amigos and co-writers is Mr. Charlie Black, lately of Mexico Beach, Florida. He lives there with his also hit songwriter wife Dana. Charlie and Dana reside at their virtual home on charlieanddanahuntblack.com.

On a dark rainy night, Charlie and I met up at Calhouns here in Nashville for dinner. Later on the spur of the moment, he agreed to let me interview him on several aspects of our songs together. This particular video is Charlie’s take on the Anne Murray hit “A Little Good News,” also recorded this past year by The Dove Brothers, a well-known Southern Gospel group.

One truly amazing thing about our collaborations is that we never wrote anything down while we were writing. We committed it to paper only after we were done. I hope you enjoy a little time with not only a great writer, but a greater person. Click read more to see the video.

When I first left my promotion job with Mercury Records to be a songwriter, I mostly wrote alone. The first time the I networked for songs was when I signed with Chappell Music (now Warner-Chappell). I met a fabulous writer named Johnny Wilson, and the two of us wrote some songs that were recorded. I knew Johnny wrote regularly with another terrific writer Gene Dobbins, and they had some songs recorded as well. Since we wrote so well in pairs, I wondered if the three of us could write together with any success.

For sometime I’ve been collecting books that fall in the areas of songwriting, songwriters, and music in general. These are five of my books that always invite me to take from the shelf and read a random chapter or two. Click read more to see the video.

It’s always a thrill to attend the NSAI Songwriters Hall of Fame Dinner in mid-October and watch the latest inductees be ushered into the prestigious Hall of Fame. This year, Kye Fleming, Mark D. Sanders, and the great Tammy Wynette were voted in.

Since I’ve known him, I’ve been impressed by Doak’s energy and dedication to helping songwriters find their way. Being a songwriter himself, he knows a lot about the rough spots in the road. He graciously agreed to sit down and talk about The Muse and the ever popular Guitar-B-Q. Click read more to see the video.