Host
Multi-award winning songwriter and hit-making producer Jeffrey Steele rounds out the panel of accredited celebrity judges/mentors for NBC's "Nashville Star." If you listen to the radio you've heard one of his songs; in fact, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) recently awarded the veteran songwriter for over 30 million airplays of his hit songs, recorded by artists such as Montgomery Gentry, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, LeAnn Rimes, Rascal Flatts, VanZant and many other top names in music.
Steele is a hit songwriter and producer with accolades including two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year and Nashville Songwriters Association International's (NSAI) writer of the year for three consecutive years. His country and adult contemporary number one song "What Hurts the Most," recorded by Rascal Flatts, was nominated for a Grammy for the best country song and also received a BMI pop award and was the BMI song of the year in 2007.
Steele is also credited for producing Montgomery Gentry's album "My Town" and "Some People Change" and most recently the Keith Anderson and John Waite projects. He's also hit the road, performing with such artists as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Keith Urban and Brad Paisley. His publishing company 3 Ring Circus Music has also churned out the hits, including "My Wish," "Brand New Girlfriend," "Help Somebody," "Everytime I Hear Your Name," and "Everyday You Saved My Life."
Steele currently lives in Nashville.
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Q & A
I think it's just a real lyric and a real story. It will always be that. Different music has influenced country's sound over the last 80 years but it's still about the words and how they relate to everyday life in America.
Ha! I don't know if I stand out, but I try to get into their heads to see their dream try to bring out something in their songs that will capture who they are, try to fill them with all I know and also try to stay out of their way and hopefully get them past the dream stage and see how far they can really take it if they work hard, believe, and did I say work hard!?
Same thing I was told by Kris Kristofferson "dont do it for the money" you lose your originality if you chase money and not music.
Yes they do! It's visually and mentally harder you have to come off as one entity, if one person misses it weakens the performance, where it might be overlooked when its just a solo singer. Ultimately you have 1 or 2 more personalities to deal with, everyone has to be on the same page all the time or it doesn't work. It requires more perfection and practice. Then there's egos – ones bad enough but if you get 3 wow! Look out. 2 or 3 people have to be in that same head space to pull it off every time, you cant just have your part down and get through it, so ya!, much tougher...
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