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    A profile of popular country music songwriter Luke Laird

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    A profile of popular country music songwriter Luke Laird

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    65 views2 pages

    Hello Songwriter: Luke Laird

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    Andrea Bailey Willits
    A profile of popular country music songwriter Luke Laird

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    A Hulk Hogan action figure grins at him fiom a corner, candles Bicker and afew eclectic pillows lean up against a black futon. Taking one last sip, Luke hits “record’ on GarageBand and picks up his guitar, improvs- ing a melody to go along witha snippet of a song idea he recorded on his BlackBerry the day before I juse free Row until I and on cool word or phrase, and then I start building around thas,” he explains This modes morning ritual is how many of Laind’s hic songs begin. The unassum: ing 32-year-old behind Car rie Underwood hit singles Last Name” and “So Small,” Blake Sheltons “Hillbilly Bone,” Tim McGraws "Put Your Lovin’ On Me,” Rascal Flats’ “Help Me Remem: bet” and many others, Laid uses these quiet mornings to spark his creativity for co ‘writing sessions wih wricers ‘or artists late in the da. ‘You may get the opportunity ro write with abi sion may not ead o another co-write, 40 you have to re ally come prepared,” he sys, Prepping in the a.m. seems to payoff: When he's not co-writing with Un: derwood o catching a ight to Miami to write with Ne-Yo, Lard keeps 4 rigorous daily schedule of writing in his studio and either recording

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