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About Us

Who We Are, and What We Do.

Our unique, musical team building programs focus on the challenges facing your organization, or industry.  Whether you’re seeking a breakout for 10 people, or an interactive keynote for 800, We’ll write a song together reinforcing your teams’ mission, or conference theme.  We’ll collaborate on this song just as it’s done in Nashville, New York or LA. The narrative this song will tell is up to you, and your audience. Your facilitators are Award-Winning Hit Songwriters whose songs have been recorded by the Josh Groban, Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, Jaci Valesquez, Shania Twain, Rascal Flatts, Blake Shelton, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton and many more.

Listen, We truly focus on your pain points. Our Nashville-style,  musical team building programs are tailored to best fit your needs and goals.  All the programs focus on collaboration, creativity, problem solving, communication, innovation, and bringing ideas to life.  They are fast-paced, disruptive and highly interactive.   At the end of the day, a grand performance will occur of this new creation, with members of your audience as key participants! (No musical ability required).

Our Team-Building, Songwriter Facilitators

Sherrie Austin

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After being discovered at age 14 as Johnny Cash’s opening act Sherrie moved to Hollywood to join the cast of the hit series ‘The Facts Of Life’. Soon after that, she signed a recording contract with…

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Sherrie Austin

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After being discovered at age 14 as Johnny Cash’s opening act Sherrie moved to Hollywood to join the cast of the hit series ‘The Facts Of Life’. Soon after that, she signed a recording contract with Arista Nashville in 97’ releasing two albums and charting several singles including ‘Lucky In Love’, ’One Solitary Tear’ and ‘Never Been Kissed’. In 2005 she received critical acclaim in the NY Times for her portrayal of Bonnie Parker in the off Broadway ‘The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde’, and followed that on Broadway joining the cast of ‘Ring Of Fire’. Since then, her songs have been recorded by Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, George Strait and Dolly Parton to name a few.

Jeff Jacob

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TEDx Speaker,  #1 Songwriter, Fortune 500 Marketing Specialist, Bridge-Builder, Animal Rescuer… that’s Jeff. Having worked on projects with notables including Bryan Adams David, Rascal Flatts,  Anderson Cooper, Harry Connick, Jr., and Loretta Lynn to name a few… Jeff understands…

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Jeff Jacob

TEDx Speaker, Songwriter, Fortune 500 Marketing Specialist, Bridge-Builder, Animal Rescuer... that’s Jeff. Having worked on projects with notables including Bryan Adams David, Rascal Flatts, Anderson Cooper, Harry Connick, Jr., and Loretta Lynn to name a few…Jeff understands what the best do to strive for perfection. His areas of expertise include employee training, organizational team-building, brand development, content creation, strategic alliances, and event programming. Jeff is a regular consultant to USA TODAY and Washington Post Best-Selling Business authors. On April 1, 2014 he took on the role of Director of Operations for the largest “No-Kill” dog rescue in Florida. Since taking the reins here, this organization has reached all time best metrics for a) lives saved in a year, b) reduction of LOS (length of stay) by 33%, c) shrinking employee turnover by 75%.

As a Writer, Jeff served as a Staff Songwriter for The Songs of Love Foundation. His song “Until That Day Comes” was the theme song on a TV show called “Rescue Ink”. In 2014 was commissioned to write the theme song for Red Cardinal Films release, “The Deadliest Vow.” His 6th CD, “7 Days,” is being used as a fund-raising tool for literacy groups and animal rescue organizations. Jeff’s column, “The Art & Science of Collaboration” can be seen in The Hollywood Gazette. He lives with his 2 dogs, splitting time between Hollywood, Florida and Nashville.

Jeff is now an "Artist in Residence" with Business for the Arts Broward. Jeff is excited to have recently taken on the role of Executive Director at Face The Music Foundation, where music helps those on the path to addiction recovery every day.

Scott Barrier

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Scott grew up a farm boy in Sparks, MD, taught himself how to play piano and guitar, and learned about melody and harmony arrangement singing in choir at Dulaney High School, and as an undergraduate at Towson University. Scott has played in many bands of different genres, including…

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Scott Barrier

Scott grew up a farm boy in Sparks, MD, taught himself how to play piano and guitar, and learned about melody and harmony arrangement singing in choir at Dulaney High School, and as an undergraduate at Towson University. Scott has played in many bands of different genres, including rock, pop, folk, and country which have all influenced his writing. Since moving to Nashville, his focus has been on his songwriting development and music business education. Scott writes solo as well as with up and coming artists, and pro-writers. "The Gift Of Christmas", which Scott just wrote with Donna DeSopo and Shantell Ogden, will be in the Hallmark movie "Shoelaces For Christmas", which will air during the 2018 holiday season. Some of Scott's cuts include:
  1. “A God Thing” - Gary Lear (Title Track) (#4 on Christian Music Weekly Country Charts: April 2016) (Writers: Barrier, Boone)
  2. “Life Is A Rodeo” - Blake Anderson (Title Track) (Selected as #5 out of top 15 independent country songs of 2016 (Writer: Scott Barrier)
  3. “Reason To Drink” - The Redwine Effect (Writers: Barrier, Barrier, Draeger, Brogunier, Redwine, Hall)
  4. “Having Fun In Heaven” - Kathy Redwine (Writers: Redwine, Kaydance Redwine, Barrier)
  5. “Long Way On Your Love” - Zach Grace (Writers: Barrier, Brogunier)

Will Rambeaux

On a chance visit to Tennessee in the 1980’s Will managed to get a tape to his boyhood idol, Roy Orbison. Mr. Orbison took note of his talent and offered to bring Will to Nashville where his career as a writer and producer exploded.

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Will Rambeaux

On a chance visit to Tennessee in the 1980's Will managed to get a tape to his boyhood idol, Roy Orbison. Mr. Orbison took note of his talent and offered to bring Will to Nashville where his career as a writer and producer exploded. Will fronted his own original roots-rock band for years, but really hit paydirt with his first cut as a songwriter in 1993. Recorded by Warner Brothers artist Faith Hill, "Wild One" took the country charts by storm staying at # 1 for four weeks and breaking all records for a new female artist. He then had a pair of back-to-back #1 songs for country crooner John Michael Montgomery, the first one, "How Was I To Know", followed by "Hold On To Me".  He has also had Top 10 singles, with Kathy Mattea, Patty Loveless, and Blake Shelton. His songs have been recorded by Dolly Parton, Hal Ketchum, Jo Dee Messina, Tammy Cochran, Trick Pony, Emily West, Lee Greenwood, Danielle Peck and Ronnie Milsap, while also garnering many BMI "Most Performed Songs of the Year" awards!

More recently, Will has been dividing his time between songwriting and record producing. He has recorded four CDs for singer/songwriter Sherrie' Austin, "Words", "Love In The Real World", "Following A Feeling" and "Streets Of Heaven" which have yielded many chart singles including "Lucky In Love", "Put Your Heart Into It" and "Never Been Kissed".

Alissa Moreno

Alissa Moreno was born on a Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico.[1] She began playing violin at the age of 2. As a teenager, she moved to Kona, Hawaii to live with her musician grandfather.[1]

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Alissa Moreno

Alissa Moreno was born on a Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico.[1] She began playing violin at the age of 2. As a teenager, she moved to Kona, Hawaii to live with her musician grandfather.[1]

In 2008, Moreno’s debut album, In Your Wake, was released on her label, Pi Records. Her first single, “Far From Here”[1] was the theme song for the Lifetime television series “Army Wives.”[2] Her song “Next Time” appeared on the soundtrack for the reality TV show, “Laguna Beach and she co-wrote the theme song for the TV Show, “Hope and Faith.”

Moreno co-wrote the song “Every Day” for Rascal Flatts.[3] She has collaborated with musicians Luke Laird, John Swihart, and David Baerwald and co-written songs with JoJo, Vertical Horizon, Fastball, Colbie Caillat, and Chuck Wicks.[1]

Moreno starred in the 2005 short film Super Chicks.[1] She also worked as vocal coach to Ben Affleck for the 2006 film Hollywoodland.[1] Moreno co-wrote the song "Better" which placed second at the 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards

Michael Hunter Ochs

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Michael’s music has been recorded in genres ranging from pop to country, gospel to South African Jazz, classical to rock.

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Michael Hunter Ochs

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Michael’s music has been recorded in genres ranging from pop to country, gospel to South African Jazz, classical to rock.

Recently, international superstar Josh Groban recorded his song, “In Her Eyes.” Michael’s music has been featured in many feature films and television shows including “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” “Aquamarine,” “The Simpsons,” “As The World Turns,” “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and the DreamWorks, Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks film, “The Terminal.” Michael’s song “One And Only” in the Uma Thurman romantic comedy “My Super Ex-Girlfriend.” Michael was awarded the prestigious Nashville Songwriters Association International award for Song Of The Year and The Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Song of the Year for the smash hit (14 weeks at number 1), “On My Knees.”

Jennifer Schott

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Jenn was destined to have a career in music. Her grandfather was the concert master violinist for the CBS orchestra including the Ed Sullivan show, her father was a university professor of woodwinds, and her mother is a flutist.

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Jennifer Schott

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Jenn was destined to have a career in music. Her grandfather was the concert master violinist for the CBS orchestra including the Ed Sullivan show, her father was a university professor of woodwinds, and her mother is a flutist. So it isn't a surprise that from a very young age, Jenn took interest in all things musical. After graduating with a journalism degree, Jenn moved to Nashville to pursue songwriting. Since then, Tim McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, Eden's Edge, Restless Heart, Lonestar, Gloriana, Billy Ray Cyrus, among others have recorded her songs." Jenn is a 2011 alum of Leadership Music and sits on the Board of Directors for Girls on the Run Nashville.

Melissa Pierce

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Melissa’s songs appear on albums that have collectively sold over 10,000,000 units. Recently none other than GARTH BROOKS included 2 of her songs on his comeback album! She’s also had songs recorded by…

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Melissa Pierce

Visit Melissa Pierce

Melissa's songs appear on albums that have collectively sold over 10,000,000 units. Recently none other than GARTH BROOKS included 2 of her songs on his comeback album! She’s also had songs recorded by Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes, Carrie Underwood, and John Paul White, among others. She has had 2 top ten singles and is a recipient of the 2004 ASCAP Country Music Award for writing the country single “I’m Gonna Take That Mountain” for Reba McEntire, one of the year’s most played songs as well as a number one video hit on CMT. David Nail's "Red Light" was a top ten song in 2009 and was the longest running single of the year.

Karen Taylor Good

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Karen gives beautifully effective keynote performances on the nurturing of caregivers, and the more people she touches the world over, the more they want her to be in 6 places at once! As a hit-songwriter…

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Karen Taylor Good

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Karen gives beautifully effective keynote performances on the nurturing of caregivers, and the more people she touches the world over, the more they want her to be in 6 places at once! As a hit-songwriter she also knows all about the art of team-work...collaboration. Karen is a Grammy-nominated, multi-award winning songwriter. If you ask me to work with you on an event, we should talk about what it would take to bring her along!

What a fun way to start off the week! Thank you for your thoughtfulness and for leading a session at the conference that was truly unique and which engaged our creativity.

Heather Perdue, M.A., CFRE The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University

Jeff and his team gave us exercises that allowed for critical team development. One of Jeff’s most valuable assets is his ability to empower others using songwriting as a tool. Our group was so lucky to spend an afternoon with Jeff and Michael.

Jamie Amaral, Senior Director Marketing & Sales – OIA, Inc.

Jeff’s process was fast-paced, fun and educational. It was highly interactive and it most certainly brought out the creative spirit in everyone. It was unlike any other team-building exercise that I’ve encountered. I would encourage any group wanting a unique and meaningful team-building experience to work with Jeff. It is time well spent.

Anita J. Day, Co-founder and Executive Director – Outrun the Sun, Inc.

Who knew that play-doh and music would go together! Outpatient Imaging Affiliates had a wonderful, fun time and we all learned how to work as a group and be creative. Thank you Jeff for helping us learn more about each other’s strengths and how to maximize them.

Janet Cheek, VP Operations – Outpatient Imaging Affiliates, LLC.

What an INCREDIBLE Team building program this was! Jeff, you managed to bring together a room full of people that are from all over the country and create one collaborative piece. You have a true gift that inspires all of us to reach beyond and see what was in front of us all along.

Kimberly Miller, Director of Sales & Marketing – Hilton Hotel Group

Jeff’s keynote and his team’s ensuing team-building workshops really touched the fabric of our employee culture. Write-A-Song-Build-A-Team accomplished all of our goals. You really hit a home run!

Brad Green, President – Listerhill Credit Union

Jeff Jacob and Sherrie Austin gave a wonderful program for our new Admissions Specialists Team. Their message and method really resonated, and they touched our organizational clay. Hope we can work with them again soon!

Ginger Priddy, Project Coordinator – DaVita

Jeff, our 2013 class loved you! Your program was phenomenal. I hope we get to work together on another project soon!

Kelly Alvarez Vitale, President – Broward Leadership Council Founder

Your team building program was awesome!  I’ve heard nothing but positive comments from our employees. Most are saying it was their favorite part of our event!  All writers on your team were outstanding, and your passion for helping teams improve will stay with us for a long time.

Linda Crawford, Training Director – Listerhill Credit Union

Jeff gave a wonderful workshop for our conference. It was insightful, inspiring and a ton of fun! He really made a difference for our attendees. Hope we can have him back for other events in the future.

Elizabeth Allington, Director of Creative Services – Indiana University School of Law

Jeff facilitated a highly productive, energetic team development session for our IT silo at FAU. Recently we’ve been tasked with consolidating operations and campuses and our teams have to learn to work more efficiently together. This program really helped move us in the right direction!

Alberto Fernández, Ph.D. – Director, Partner Campuses Technology Services – Office of Information Technology

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