Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer & 2x Grammy nominee Beth Nielsen Chapman is leading a global songwriting collaboration at Hookist.com!
In this video, she gives songwriting tips and insights into what she is looking for in the next set of winning lines! Check it out and then help us write a song!
Beth will choose the 2nd winning set of lines on Monday 4/22!
Many of Beth's beautiful & beloved songs have charted around the globe, and she co-wrote the hookiest of hooky, happy, magical songs, Faith Hill's monster hit, This Kiss, which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Song!
Beth has also written hits for Bette Midler, Willie Nelson, Martina McBride, Trisha Yearwood, Waylon Jennings, and many more top artists!
The best of the best, including Bonnie Raitt, Vince Gill, John Prine, Michael MacDonald and more, have performed with Beth on her own records, and none other than Elton John performed her song, Sand & Water, on his 1997 world tour to honor the late Princess Diana. Beth wrote Sand & Water following the death of her husband, Ernest Chapman.
Beth is also a breast cancer survivor and, in 2016, joined her close friend, Olivia Newton-John and Canadian artist Amy Sky, in creating LIV ON, an album of hope and compassion offering comfort to those facing grief and other challenges.
Welcome to Hookist, Beth!
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