PRODUCER / SONGWRITER / ARTIST / You can email me at either ohouchins@hotmail.com or oscar.houchins@yahoo.com. You can call me at either (512) 326-5258 or (512) 964-7851.
Oscar Houchins has over 38 years of experience in the entertainment business. As a writer, artist, musician, music and television producer, publisher, manager, and event producer, Oscar has worked out of all three major music business centers, New York, L.A., and Nashville. As a writer, Oscar was signed out of Los Angeles to be ABC/Dunhill’s first staff writer in Nashville. He also was staff writer with Loretta Lynn’s, Coal Miner’s Music for thirteen years. Oscar has enjoyed having songs of his being recorded from the likes of Rita Coolidge to the Grammy Award winning band Wilco. As an artist, he found his first success with a band produced by Tommy James and the Shondells, known as The Clique. The Clique had success on White Whale Records, including the 2 million selling record and smash hit, “Sugar On Sunday”, that went to Number One in many of the U.S. major markets and in Europe. The CD, “The Clique”, was re-released in Europe by Rivola, UK. The Clique was inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame in the Museum of the Gulf Coast, located in Port Arthur, Texas in January of 2008. Oscar was also signed as a solo artist to Monument Records in Nashville, and released his version of the popular Ronnie Lane/Faces hit single, “How Come”. As a musician, Oscar has enjoyed performing both on tour, in the studio, and sharing the stage with numerous recording artists including Tommy James and the Shondells, Grand Funk Railroad, the Guess Who, Sonny James and the Southern Gentlemen, Loretta Lynn, and Tammy Wynette. As a producer, Oscar has produced and co-produced along side Jimmy Bowen, Buz Cason, Roger Murrah, and Bil VornDick. While serving as president of Steve Binder Productions out of Los Angeles, Oscar co-produced the “10th Anniversary Rolling Stone Television Special” with Jimmy Webb. Other television productions include the Songwriter’s Showcase shot at Rockefellers in Houston, Texas, and featured some of America’s top writers including Jeff Silbar, “Wind beneath my Wings” Oscar’s production company in Austin is called House of Houchins. In Event Productions and Marketing, Oscar orchestrated the “Entertainer Celebrity Golf Tour”, in Nashville Tennessee. Oscar has organized many music concerts and festivals through the years, again benefiting numerous charities and featuring major artists. Oscar is a voting member of the Grammy’s, member CMA, and BMI. Oscar has organized songwriting panels and seminars for BMI, ASCAP, and NSAI. As Executive Director for the Texas Songwriting Association, Oscar organized and chartered several local songwriting associations across the state of Texas under the auspices of the Nashville Songwriting Association International. As a faculty member of the Arts Institute of Houston, Oscar taught songwriting, music business marketing and copyright law.
Oscar Houchins considers himself to be a diverse songwriter due to the many musical influences and experiences over the years. He writes rock, gospel, folk and country. The sample songs represented here are an example of that. "I'm Country Music" is a song he co-wrote with Doug Summers while living in Nashville. Doug Summers is singing in this version that Oscar produced. Oscar wrote "Welcome to the Country" while sitting on an outdoor patio in Corpus Christi, Texas one day waiting for an appointment. This version is sung by Tim Raybon of the Raybon Brothers and was produced by Oscar. "Everybody Needs" was a collaboration. He was very fortunate to have this song recorded by Rita Coolidge on her "Thinkin' About You" CD. Oscar Houchins has written a lot of tunes and produced many songs for other artists and very much loves what he does.
You have had quite a successful career. This is my first attempt at writing and hopefully I will improve. I admire your accomplishments and appreciate you taking the time to listen to my tunes simple as they are and respond back to me.
Hi, Oscar...dropping by to say hello...love your sites new look. Have a wonderful day...we're getting some sweet rain here in Luling......your friend, GayLynn
