Singer-songwriter Jon McElroy has had twenty years of success as a writer in the Nashville market, but he brings his rock edge to the mix from his years as an artist in LA. Virtuoso guitar player and all-round great collaborator he has hits by Kenny Chesney, Patty Loveless, Phil Vassar, Neal McCoy, Chely Wright, The Kinleys, Little Texas. He currently has collaborated on half of newcomer Lee Brice's debut release for Curb and the single "Happy Endings" is headed up the Billboard chart.
Andrew Dorff
Andrew Dorff is a writer/artist currently based in Nashville. He had two albums released on Sony/Work and one on Lost Highway. He had a single out on Universal's Hot Apple Pie last year. Recently he has been focusing on writing for the Nashville market with young artists like Lee Brice (Curb), Nikki Williams and Billy Ryan (Sony/BMG), The Shoals (Warner Bros), Jessie Lee (Atlantic), Whitney Duncan (WB) and Michael Davey. He is also music supervising with his acclaimed composer father Steve Dorff on a soundtrack for the indie film "Jakes' Corner" slated for Sundance 2008.
Tom Leonard
Tom Leonard is an LA-based singer/songwriter with a killer voice and sense of melody...One of the most sought after session-singers in LA! As a writer he collaborates frequently with Lindy Robbins, Jess Cates, Dennis Matkosky, Robin Lerner, and Denny Weston, and makes frequent trips to NYC and Nashville. Most recently he has had cuts with Backstreet Boys, Jason Mraz, and several of the Australian and Hungarian Idols!
Robin Lerner
A native of New York, Robin graduated from NYU film school and began her songwriting and screenwriting careers creating animated musical features for Disney, Steven Spielberg at Amblin, and Warner Brothers. Eventually turning her focus entirely to music, Lerner found her first success in the pop world with Sheena Easton, Chaka Khan, Carly Simon, Patti LaBelle, Jermaine Jackson, Take 6, and Luther Vandross. In the past 10 years, Robin has penned 1 hits "Out Of My Bones" (Randy Travis, "She's My Kind Of Rain" (Tim McGraw) and 1999 ACM Single of the Year and ASCAP Song of the Year "This Kiss" (Faith Hill). "This Kiss" went on to be nominated for a Grammy and won CMA Song of the Year in 2000. Robin has collaborated with Nick Lachey, Jennifer Hanson, and UK artist Ben Montague, just to name a few. She also teamed with Tom Leonard for the Backstreet Boys song, "Safest Place To Hide."
Vince Melamed
Vince is an established songwriter and keyboardist who currently resides in Nashville. He is a five-time BMI Millionaire recipient with such songs as "Walkaway Joe" (Trisha Yearwood), "What Mattered Most" (Ty Herndon), "She'd Give Anything" (Boy Howdy) and "I'll Take That As A Yes" (Phil Vassar). He also formed the band Run C&W with Jim Photoglo, Russell Smith and former Eagles bandmember Bernie Leadon. As a musician, Vince has toured or recorded with such greats as The Eagles, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Don Henley, Dan Fogelberg, Jimmy Buffett, Roseanne Cash and many more.
Mighty Isis Music was begun in 2000 by me... Whitney Daane... because I was too afraid to get a real job... I had started out working for the legendary Lionel Conway at Maverick Music, won CMA Song Of The Year with Faith Hill's "This Kiss" and realized no matter how much success you have, a company can be sold in the blink of an eye! I never wanted to work that hard again and have no control over my future... I also wanted to create a company that could develop writers over the long-haul and allow them to write "outside the box"... I had help along the way from some groovy people that are now my "friends in high places": Autumn House (Capitol), Leslie Roberts (SonyBMG), Colin Cameron (Legal Eagle!) and Dylan Puryear (Entrepreneur Extraordinaire)... Currently, Jeff Skaggs and Kim Jones keep my boat afloat! In my opinion, great songs are great songs, and where they are written doesn't always define their genre or where they belong on the radio! Sometimes you get lucky and actually get a cut! Over the past seven years, Mighty Isis Music has been home to some incredible writers: Jon McElroy, Robin Lerner, Tom Leonard, Andrew Dorff, Vince Melamed, Pat Bunch, Don Henry, Stephen Allan Davis, Jamie Ferrugia, Arnie Roman and Sharon Vaughn... We've had cuts by Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Jodee Messina, Lee Ann Womack, Phil Vassar, Jennifer Hanson, Travis Tritt, Hal Ketchum, Maura O'Connell, Jimmy Buffett, the Backstreet Boys, Australian Idols, Hungarian Idols, Czechoslovakian rockstars and intergalactic hillbillies... the list goes on and on... but AT THIS MOMENT we are especially proud of our friend and new artist LEE BRICE on CURB RECORDS!! Check out his new single written with Jon McElroy: "Happy Endings"!! I also consult and run the Nashville operation for the world's greatest music publishing admin company KOBALT MUSIC! Check them out at www.myspace.com/kobalt music!!! Music is my life... working with songwriters is my passion... and great songs are like oxygen to me... In the words of my mentor Lionel, "It's a penny business," so for God's sake don't be in it to get rich quick! If you are an aspiring writer, my advice to you is keep writing... you never know when you will write "that song"... and it only takes one!
Hey Whit! Thanks for your card! IT was really sweet and thoughtful. HOpe you are doing well and taking care of yourself and yes, a trip to Cuco land would be a blast! xo, G
