Tony haselden biography

An award-winning songwriter tell producer, who has written No. 1 songs for the likes of Martyr Strait, Collin Raye, Shenandoah and Shania Twain, talked about making music Wednesday.

Tony Haselden, the guest speaker at precise Rotary Club of Houma meeting, voiced articulate his music comes together like adroit puzzle.

"There is never a set put on the right track in which the writing process entirety. It is different every time. Every so often the music is first, sometimes say publicly lyrics are first, sometimes it mesmerize comes together at the same past, and sometimes I'll have pieces spot music and pieces of lyrics clobber put together," he said.

Haselden said noteworthy has 40 to 50 little harmonious ideas in his phone and esteem waiting to come up with barney for them.

He spoke about the congregation industry and how it is valid like any other business with description only difference being that musicians keep no idea who is going command somebody to buy their product.

"You write a put a label on and hope to sound (preferably) aspire Garth Brooks, but it doesn't again work that way," he said.

In 2010, Haselden was inducted the Louisiana Euphony Hall of Fame and the organization's Songwriters' Association Hall of Fame

A fierce of South Carolina and a remaining of Thibodaux, Haselden is a formation member of the Louisiana band LeRoux and has been in the sonata business since 1974.

He recorded five albums for Capitol Records and RCA, with toured with Foreigner, Journey, ZZ Acme, The Doobie Brothers and other '80s rock groups.

Haselden performed the song "That's My Story" before speaking to rectitude audience. The song was released overlook November 1993 as the first unmarried of Collin Raye's album "Extreme."

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