Hit Songwriters Round with Mark Ham, Greg Wilson, Scott Barrier & Aaron Bucks- 5.3.24
Mark Ham
Mark hails from the small town of Rising Sun, Maryland. Along the way he made stops in Indiana, Missouri and Arkansas before arriving in Nashville, TN in 2009. Mark had made previous trips to Nashville prior to his moving here to record songs he had written and by chance one of his songs was pitched to a movie and chosen, the movie is The Texas Killing Fields starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Sam Worthington and Marks demo was used in the movie as well. Mark has done numerous commercials over the years in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas and was the voice for an animated character for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Arkansas. Mark has also been a member for the past 8 years with The Ham Family Band who have enjoyed success on a regional basis with their home grown sound of Americana/Bluegrass music playing many festivals, private shows and house concerts all over TN. Ask Mark what his greatest joy is and he would say making music with his sons and being able to create songs with many great songwriters in the greater Nashville area.
Greg Wilson
Greg began singing on stage with bands his father played lead guitar for at the age of 5. His love of music stayed with him throughout his formative years and really blossomed when he discovered songwriting after graduating college. While balancing a career as a teacher, football coach and school administrator, Greg spent the next several years traveling from Louisville, Kentucky to Nashville to play in the various writer venues in Music City. In 2018, his song Music was the winning entry in the Nashville Songwriters Association International Top 40 contest. In 2020, Greg won song of the year in the Publisher's category of the NSAI Members Awards for his song When I'm A Memory. Greg has placed songs in Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Justified, Heartland, Angel and the movie Wieners. In 2019, Greg and his wife Michele decided to make the permanent move to Nashville to pursue a career in songwriting. He has quickly become a regular at many of the songwriter venues in Nashville and is also a heavily sought-after collaborator for many of the other writers in town.
Scott Barrier
Scott Barrier, a professional commercial songwriter from Nashville, TN, writes with up and coming artists and songwriters, and other pro-writers. Scott continually pitches his songs and his efforts have resulted in over 60 of his songs being recorded by artists, including the following singles:
1, “My Kinda People” (2021)- Meagan Allen, AJ Raggs
2. “Falling” (2021) - Camden West
3. “Long Shadow” (2021) - Meagan Allen
4. “Making Babies” (2021) - Alayna
5. “Best Friend” (2020) - Allie Colleen
6. “Hunting Season” (2020) - Dallas Remington
7. “O Night Divine” (2019) - Briana Domenica
8. “Let It Ring” (2019) - Meg Williams (Nola Blue Records)
9. “Go Together” (2019) - Reed Foley
10. “This Is The Day” (2019) - Zach Grace
11. “Chemical Imbalances” (2019) Alayna Carroll
12. “My Seat” - (2018) Rick Knowles (Canadian Release)
As well as film and tv sync placements:
1. “The Gift Of Christmas” - Movie: “Shoelaces For Christmas”
2. “The Gift Of Christmas” - Movie: “The Santa Box”
3. “Merry Christmas With You” - Prime Time TV: “Moody’s Christmas on FOX”
Aaron Bucks
Aaron Bucks has established a reputation as a vocalist and a writer, with songs he’s written charting on Billboard, played on Terrestrial and Satellite Radio stations like No Shoes Radio, with performances around Nashville at venues like the legendary Bluebird Café, Listening Room Cafe, Pucketts, Kimbros Pickn’ Parlor and various studios as a session vocalist.
Along with winning the John Lennon, Unsigned Only and International Songwriting Contests. Songs from Bucks have also received recognition from others like, Indie International, Unsigned Only, ISC, JLSC and more.
His style has been described as Country Soul, it is representative of Bucks himself: laid back, positive, and full of life. Away from music, Bucks can be found spending time with his wife and two children. He is an advocate for the Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee (DSAMT) in memory of his youngest son Tobias.
Show at 8:00 pm, no cover charge, call 615-794-5527 for show and dinner reservations.