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OUR SONGWRITERS
LEE THOMAS MILLER
Lee Thomas Miller is a songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. He earned a BA in Music Theory/ Composition from Eastern Kentucky University where, along with classical composing and arranging, he studied classical violin, guitar, piano and voice. He was inducted into the EKU “Hall of Distinguished Alumni” in 2010. Lee moved to Nashville in 1991, signed his first publishing deal in 1996 and has been on the radio virtually ever since. To date, he has had 18 top 20 singles with 7 reaching #1 and has earned 13 BMI radio performance awards. His songs have reached radio play in excess of 20 million spins with streaming numbers reaching into the hundreds of thousands. His accomplishments include 3 Grammy nominations, a teen choice award, and 4 titles being nominated for ‘Song of the Year’ at major industry events. He won both a CMA and an ACM award for Song of the Year with “In Color” as recorded by Jamey Johnson. “You’re Gonna Miss This” won Song of the Year at both the ASCAP and NSAI awards and single of the year at the CMA awards. Miller has also been given 4 “Songs I Wish I Had Written” trophies as voted on by the professional membership of NSAI (the Nashville Songwriter’s Association). Lee served as President of NSAI for 5 years and is still currently on their Legislative committee traveling to Washington D.C. representing and lobbying for the rights of the American songwriter. He has testified before both houses of the U.S. congress as well as spending countless hours with bureaucrats reaching from the department of justice to cabinet level officials to federal judges. In 2015 he was presented with BMI’s inaugural “Champions Award” for these legislative efforts. Ultimately, all of this led to the passing of the federal Music Modernization Act changing the criteria for which songwriters are paid in the digital era. Lee was present in the West Wing with the President when he signed it into law. Miller has had success also as a record producer producing a pair of top 20 hits on recording artist Steve Holy including his #1 record “Brand New Girlfriend” On a personal note, in 2010 he was awarded the Fatherhood Award from Washington D.C.’s National Fatherhood Initiative and he and his wife Jana received the Congressional “Angels in Adoption” award on Capitol hill in 2015 having adopted 3 of their 4 children. Lee and Jana have been married 29 years and live in Brentwood, Tennessee with their 4 kids.
KELLY ARCHER
Kelly Archer hails from the beautiful Pacific Northwest of Canada and has been a signed writer in Nashville for the past 20+years. Kelly's songs have been recorded by Jason Aldean, Brett Young, Justin Moore, Travis Denning, Reba, Tricia Yearwood, Bailey Zimmerman, Cody Johnson, Eli Young Band, Dustin Lynch, Jo Dee Messina, Montgomery Gentry, Cassadee Pope, Lindsay Ell, Natalie Hemby, Chris Lane, Spencer Crandall and many more, including several #1’s in Canadian Country. Kelly has had songs place in the series “Nashville” and she received the AIMP "Rising Songwriter of the year" award for 2017. Kelly celebrated her first number one song with Brett Young's "Sleep without you,” her second number one with Justin Moore's "Somebody Else will," her 3rd #1 with Travis Denning's "After a few,” and most recently hit #1 with her song “Wild as Her”, performed by Corey Kent. Her current released to radio is “I’m gonna love you” by Cody Johnson featuring Carrie UnderwooD.
TIM NICHOLS
With over two dozen smash hits, a Grammy, a CMA Award, and two ACM awards for Song of the Year, as well as being a member of the Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame, Tim Nichols has earned his place among Nashville’s most elite and respected tunesmiths. In 2004, along with Craig Wiseman, Nichols wrote Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying,” the multiple-week #1 smash that won every major song award that is presented for country music. Other Nichols hits, “Heads Carolina, Tails California,” and “Cowboys and Angels” helped launch the careers of Jo Dee Messina and Dustin Lynch. Sony Music artist Chris Young stayed at the top of the charts for three weeks with the Nichols/Brett James composition “The Man I Want To Be.” More recently, Cole Swindell put a new twist on the Jo Dee Messina, "Heads Carolina" classic by staying at the top of the country charts for 5 weeks and winning the 2023 Academy of Country Music Song of the Year Award with “She Had Me At Heads Carolina.” Feeling the importance of giving back to the community and the music industry, Nichols is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Country Music Association and a current member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International Board of Directors. In addition, Nichols participates in The Warburton and The Rahm, two annual events that benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. When not on Music Row pursuing his next hit or entertaining crowds with his songs and stories, Tim can be found on keynote stages across the country, sharing what chart-topping songwriters know about creativity, collaboration, and teamwork so that companies, corporations, and businesses can be at the top of the charts in their own industries.
