Jason Blume's Interview

Jason Blume’s songs are on Grammy-nominated albums and have sold more than 50 million copies. One of only a few writers to ever have songs on the pop, country, and R&B charts, all at the same time--his songs have been recorded by diverse artists including Britney Spears, the Gipsy Kings, Jesse McCartney, the Backstreet Boys, the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, and country stars including the Oak Ridge Boys, Collin Raye (5 cuts), and John Berry (“Change My Mind,” a top 5 single that earned a BMI “Million-Aire” Award for garnering more than one million airplays). In addition, his songs have been included in major films and television shows including “Scrubs,” “Friday Night Lights,” Disney’s “Kim Possible” and “First Kid,” “Barbie of Swan Lake,” “Dangerous Minds,” “Kickin’ it Old Skool,” “Fame,” “The Guiding Light,” “The Miss America Pageant,” and many more. Blume is the best-selling author of 6 Steps to Songwriting Success: The Comprehensive Guide to Writing and Marketing Hit Songs, Inside Songwriting: Getting to the Heart of Creativity, and This Business of Songwriting, (all published by Billboard Books). Acknowledged as one of the nation’s top songwriting instructors, Blume teaches workshops for BMI and the Nashville Songwriters Association and at colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and internationally. For additional information visit http://jasonblume.com