It was my great privilege to attend the 25th annual Frank Brown International Songwriting Festival this weekend held at various venues along the Alabama/Florida gulf coast. Frank Brown was a night watchman at the popular “Flora-Bama” club, and his love for songwriters gave him the urge to get his favorite writers together to perform every year.
It started out as a stage for a few of his friends to play, and 25 years later, it has blossomed into a hugely successful showcase of songwriters from all over the country. Although Mr. Brown passed away in 1996, his legacy has lived on and is now eternal within the community of writers at the festival.
The lineup was full of Nashville hit songwriters from today and years past, including some of ADN previous writers. It’s a community that embraces all the visitors for the 10 days in late November, and an awesome place to learn about songwriting. Every writer is accessible before and after his or her performances, so it would be a perfect learning experience for any writer looking to pick up tips straight from the source themselves.
This festival is one of the many reasons that Artist Development Network expresses the importance of songwriting. It was a wonderful opportunity and I would go back again in a heartbeat, and encourage any writer, young or old, to make the trip for next year’s Frank Brown International Songwriting Festival!
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