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INGRID ANDRESS

 Ingrid Andress is a 4x GRAMMY nominated singer-songwriter who’s LP, ‘Good Person’, all co-produced and co-written by Andress, and was selected as one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Albums of the Year and 25 Best Country & Americana Albums of 2022. Her 2020 debut album ‘Lady Like’ was named “one of the year’s strongest albums” by Associated Press and featured multi-platinum #1 single “More Hearts Than Mine,” the NSAI 2020 ‘Song of the Year’!

DAVID HODGES

DAVID HODGES, ORIGINALLY FROM LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, IS A MULTI-PLATINUM, GRAMMY, AND BMI AWARD-WINNING SONGWRITER AND RECORD PRODUCER. HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF EVANESCENCE AND HAS BEEN PENNING HITS WITH AND FOR RENOWNED ARTISTS FOR OVER TWO DECADES. HAVING SOLD MORE THAN 100 MILLION RECORDS, HIS HIT SINGLES INCLUDE “BRING ME TO LIFE” AND “MY IMMORTAL” (EVANESCENCE), “A THOUSAND YEARS” (CHRISTINA PERRI FOR TWILIGHT), “BECAUSE OF YOU” (KELLY CLARKSON), “DEAR HATE” (MAREN MORRIS AND VINCE GILL), "SEE YOU AGAIN" (CARRIE UNDERWOOD), “MISS ME MORE” (KELSEA BALLERINI), “ATLAS FALLS” (SHINEDOWN), AND “AFTERGLOW” & “2STEP” (ED SHEERAN). DAVID IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER MULTI-GENRE SONGWRITERS IN THE WORLD, WITH RELEASES BY KEITH URBAN, BLINK 182, WEEZER, DAN + SHAY, AVRIL LAVIGNE, JASON MRAZ, AND MORE. HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS ED SHEERAN, 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER, JAMES BAY, JEREMY ZUCKERAND CARRIE UNDERWOOD.