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New Songs for 2025
December 2024

We are always looking for new songs plus ways to increase awareness of our songs among new and established recording artists.

We pitch a lot of songs on a personal, one song to one artist basis. This is a most effective way to get new songs heard but very time consuming.

There are many new country artists becoming popular these days, so it can be a daunting task just to keep track of them all, when they are recording, and who is producing the recordings. We have a team that gathers up personal email addresses of the artists and their producers.

In an effort to increase awareness among particularly new artists, we have put together a booklet that tells the story of Diamond Garden Music and showcases some of our most successful songs to date plus some of our newest future hits. It is called Greatest Hits of Our Songwriters Past and Future.

The booklet has a CD which contains 19 songs, 15 of which were some of the biggest hits for our songwriters, recorded by the likes of George Jones, George Strait, Tim McGraw, Charley Pride, Ronnie Milsap and others, and the other 4 are new songs, yet to be discovered by artists. The booklet and CD are sent as a gift and reminder of the caliber of songs we represent.

We are getting the ball rolling early and we want to encourage you to email us more of your new song ideas, words only, or words and music for the new year 2025. If we accept a new song of yours, and you become one of our writers, we will send you a copy of the Booklet and CD as a gift. We may even be able to include your songs on future versions of the CD.

Thank you. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

The Hits Keep On Coming!
November 2024

George Strait has recorded a new song written by Marty Brown and Steve Clark entitled TO THE MOON. The new song is on Strait's latest album COWBOYS AND DREAMERS released on September 6, 2024.

Marty Brown is one of our favorite collaborators. We have two songs co-written by Marty in our catalog, MARGARITA MARGARITA with Troy Martin, one of our longtime songwriters, and MILES FROM HERE written with Derik Schumacher, also one of our songwriters. MARGARITA MARGARITA and MILES FROM HERE were recorded and published by our team at Diamond Garden Music.

Otherwise known as the Maceo Misfit, Marty has been writing songs from his home in Kentucky for more than 30 years so this latest mainstream commercial recording is quite a feather in his cap.

To use the word persevering when referring to Marty would almost be an understatement. Marty has kept writing and finally been rewarded with a coveted George Strait "cut".

Congratulations to Marty and all our songwriters for sticking to their guns.

Back to the Beginning
November 2023

We are joining with other Nashville songwriters and publishers to take country music back to its beginnings.

The reason country music is so popular is because of songs like HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY by George Jones, FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN by Randy Travis, FIGHTIN' SIDE OF ME by Merle Haggard, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER by Loretta Lynn, among so many other country standards.

While we cannot replace George, Loretta, and Merle and the others, we can create music that honors them and the many other great singers and songwriters that made Nashville and country music famous worldwide.

We have a crack crew of professional singers and musicians who, in their hearts, love genuine country music. If you have songs that you feel would benefit from their talents, words and music or words only, please send them to us.

Compliments We Have Received!
April 2023

Tim McGraw: Bring me another Hit Song!

Thanks for being there for me when nobody else was. Craig J. Martin, hit songwriter

I love the uniqueness of your songs; keep up the good work! Luke Lewis, head of Universal Music

You are one of the rare publishing houses that understands songwriters because you are also great songwriters! Thank you for caring. Wayne Kemp, hit songwriter

You guys were and always will be trailblazers. David Chamberlain, hit songwriter

You kept me alive as a songwriter. Larry W. Johnson, hit songwriter

I think that your singer did a superb job on my song, as did all who were involved with the recording.

I like your vocalist a lot. The musical composition works; it compliments my lyrics. I felt something powerful going through me as I listened.


Pandemic
April 2021

People are always asking me whether the covid virus has affected our recording or pitching songs.  I tell them, yes some of our musicians got very sick due to their close proximity in the studio setting.  Thankfully everyone has recovered now.

Regarding pitching songs, the virus has actually allowed us to increase pitching to singers and producers because everybody is home.  With the artists not doing concerts, they are stuck at home, which gives them little to do but listen to more songs in hopes of finding the right one to catapult them back to the top of the charts.

Nashville and the music industry have historically been immune to economic down turns, but this time I think it effected everybody in some way.

We're still rolling along, writing songs, recording songs, and pitching songs.

Something Positive
May 2020

We have been getting emails asking how the virus is affecting the music business. We are here to report that there have been some good effects and some bad effects.

Obviously, live performers have taken a beating. Many artists and their bands rely on ticket sales from live concerts and the sale of merchandise at their shows to earn their livings.

Curiously enough though, the virus has had a positive effect on songwriters. Being stuck at home, they are forced to write more songs. Music publishers are reporting an increase in new songs coming in and they are good, honest, and heartfelt songs at that!

Songwriters are practicing social distancing as well because their new songs are being delivered to publishers and singers by email.

Every singer wants to record the best songs he or she can find, and singers are stuck at home too, so more than ever these days they are listening to lots of new songs. A well-written hit song can make a career. The virus has strangely enough reminded singers of the importance of professional songwriters in their careers.

Studio musicians are working as well, especially creating demo recordings of all of the new songs. They are practicing social distancing by doing much of the preproduction work at home and wearing masks in the studio.

Ultimately, more new and better songs are being created and heard, so when the virus is over, we expect a lot of great new music to be heard on radio and in concerts, raising quality and earnings for all.

We are hard at work towards that goal.

~ Eric Zanetis


Some Recent Compliments from Our Songwriters
January 2020

"What you did is absolutely wonderful. Fantastic creation with beautiful music. Thanks heaps to everybody involved." ~ Thomas A.

"Love your style and great singing. Thumbs up and start pitching. It's got my approval. Many thanks everybody." ~ Dwight L.

"I am addicted to our recording. The interpretation and presentation of the concept/lyric via music, the singing performance and arrangement/production are second to none. I love what the guitars and piano are doing, wow. I am elated with it." ~ Carl C.

"I like the sound of what you and the team did. As always I'm well pleased. Will be sending another song soon." ~ Elliot J.

"I just reviewed our five songs. What a treat. I'm excited about 2020. We've had a great year writing and recording and I wanted to take this time to thank all of you for the great effort you are giving this project. Exciting times are ahead of us." ~ Chris B.

"Thank You For The Great Work You Did On Ours Songs. Absolutely fantastic. Wow. I am so impressed. Great beat and timing, the words fit perfectly. The job your team did is a ten. Let's keep the ball rolling for 2020!" ~ Mel T.

"I simply love what yawl do! I'm honored that u all enjoy workin with me. So looking forward to completing the next song." ~ Yvonne C.

"Thanks for recording my new song. The singer sings with feelings and passion like he may have experienced it or is living it and the music backs him up. The average audience listener will feel this and think of a time when they experienced this feeling, too. While my heart and brain is on a high, I've started work on next year's songs." ~ Maggie M.



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E-mail: newsongs@diamondgardenmusic.com

Diamond Garden Music
116 Alexander Crossing Drive
Church Hill, TN 37642
(a suburb of Bristol, TN, the home of Country Music)

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