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

Last Friday night we went to the Commodore Lounge to hear a little music from Tony Lopacinski, Mickey Kelley, & Loren Ellis, collectively known as Tailgate South. They knocked me and the audience outta the park. I think these guys are terrific and definitely there as writers and great singers. I have to say they are friends of mine. My fifth generation iPod has a cool little video camera. I thought you might enjoy hearing one of their very cool songs, “Redneck Radio. ” Enjoy and keep writing. – Rory

Here is part 2 of Songplugging with Matt Lindsey & Scott Paschall, two guys who do it well all the time. Keep writing. – Rory

One week ago on Tuesday night, MusicStartsHere.org, Doak Turner’s Nashville Muse, and World Music Nashville sponsored the first Songsmith Night for all songwriters, musicians, and interested parties who live the dream in Nashville. The event was a huge success.

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’.