At that point, you probably had no idea he would get as popular as he has gotten. I’d like to think so. You start pushing them a little bit. And I said, “Hey, I’m actually one of the writers in that song. 100 Years of Radio – 100 Years of Hit Makers special podcast series is produced in partnership with Beasley Media Group, XPERI (HD Radio), and BMI in celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the first commercial radio broadcast. MV2 Entertainment Signs Thomas Archer to Songwriter Roster MV2 Entertainment has signed Thomas Archer to their roster of accomplished songwriters. It was in 2017 and Luke had just gotten his first artist bus. That was definitely a rare day. 3.. And I went down and they said, “You wanna write a song?” This is probably about one in the morning. A native of Georgia, he discovered his love for music when he was growing up. So you guys do a session saying, “We know Jason Aldean is working on a record. 100 Years of Radio – 100 Years of Hit Makers special podcast series is produced in partnership with Beasley Media Group, XPERI (HD Radio), and BMI in celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the first commercial radio broadcast. His buildings are important as the only ones by an English Baroque architect to show evidence of study of contemporary continental, namely Italian, architecture. I’m guessing at some point you’re like, “We’re out here for a reason. I love his voice. Do they pay you for the time to be out there? Writing “Hurricane,” I was tuning the guitar, I played the intro to “Hurricane” and Luke said, “What is that?” I said, “I don’t know.” He said, “Let’s write to that.” And then I said, “Well, what are we gonna write?” He said, “I have a title: ‘Hurricane.'”. Can you write with him?” How does it work? I have more irons in the fire. McBryde began writing songs at age 12, however she didn’t fully embrace her voice until college. The song behind this was [Brett Young’s] “In Case You Didn’t Know.” We were in the middle of two monster songs… And then Luke Facetimed and said, “Hey, buddy, we’re going number one this week.” And that I was in Georgia at my family’s farm. Oh, no. Jamie O’Neal/Sometimes/BFD/Audium It’s Detroit’s Best Oldies Uninterrupted – Listen Now! The youngest of six, she grew up in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, a little shy yet always watching. Thomas Archer Reaches Top Five On MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart, Dan Wise Named ‘American Songwriter’ Chief Operating Officer, Weekly Register: Morgan Wallen Dominates Country Albums, Streaming Charts, Luke Combs Is The Only Country Artist To Reach No. In this episode of 100 Years of Radio -100 Years of Hit Makers, we sit down with  songwriter Thomas Archer to hear stories behind the lyrics and songs he helps create. Thomas Archer is quietly becoming one of Nashville’s hottest writers. Have you had the experience of finding yourself in a bar or restaurant or a supermarket where somebody is listening to Luke Combs song that you co-wrote, and they have no idea they’re standing next to the guy who wrote it or co-wrote it? Creature Comfort/Home Team/Independent Listen to "Hurricane" now on Luke Combs' deluxe album, 'This One's For You Too': Spotify: http://smarturl.it/LCDLX/spotify?IQid=youtube Apple Music: http://s... How is it presented to you? And every single time we go to Atlanta, we hit traffic. Thank you for loving it.”, Well, first off, he called me a liar and then he said, you got to be s—ing me. It depends on who you’re going out with. And there’s about ten of us. You always want to have more irons in the fire, but we haven’t written the most songs. A native of Georgia, he discovered his love for music when he was growing up. It’s the weirdest song I’ve ever written, [because of] where I wrote it. for King & Country/A Drummer Boy Christmas/Curb|Word. Thomas Archer is quietly becoming one of Nashville’s hottest writers. Right. Or is it just like, “If we get a song, we get a song. Songwriter Thomas Archer: The Stories Behind The Hits Skip to Search Skip to Live Player Skip to Content Skip to Footer I knew we were close [to having a number one], but the song at the top of the charts at the time was [Sam Hunt’s] “Body Like a Back Road.” And that was a monster song. A lot of times you chip away at a song and chip away, chip away. We were just all just a bunch of people, writing. And I said, “Sure.” And kicked my shoes off, jumped over on the boat and a storm came up, but it wasn’t lightning, it was just a storm. The Warner Music Nashville artist learned how to sing sad songs in a biker bar off a rural Arkansas highway. The first time I was able to be around him was the first day in the writing room. This unique and exclusive addition to the MusicRow portfolio is the only songwriter chart of its kind. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! And we had written maybe three songs that we thought Jason would do, and they sent us an email saying “He’s cutting ‘Got What I Got. Thomas Archer enters the top five on this week’s MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart, with co-writer credit on Jason Aldean’s “Got What I Got” and the Luke Combs track “Lovin’ On You.”. He didn’t have the biggest artist career going on at the time. And he would have never known. I mean, as a writer in the music business, I feel like you’re pretty numb to “uncomfortable.” It’s just another day at the office and it’s just another roll of the dice. I mean, obviously, his main concern is playing their shows every night. I was like, “All right. I’m not sure if I remember how it goes, nor do I have a lyric.”. 2 and Matt Dragstrem at No. And it felt like you were being, you know, told you had to do something at a certain time. And I noticed Mitchell sitting down by the lake with Dallas Wilson. Each episode will focus on one writer: sometimes, they’ll just talk about one song, other times, they’ll talk about a number of hits. I did that an Uber one time, my Uber driver was singing one of our songs. 1, HARDY at No. And do you remember the first time hearing it on the radio? Bottom Row (l-r): Thomas Archer, Leslie Roberts (BMI) Nashville – MV2 Entertainment has signed Thomas Archer to their roster of accomplished songwriters. Trying to get cuts on some of these young guys’ [records] that are coming to town and just, you know, try to beat last year. And we just kind of sit around, toss some ideas and wait on when they want to write. So it feels like we’re hanging out and we’re investing our time into something that we love and that we think that everyone else will love as well.