Seven #1s!

We are honored that music recorded at Beaird Music Group has reached #1 status for the 7th time on Billboard charts! Joey and Rory’s “Hymns” album debuted at #1 on March 5th and has returned to the top spot for the March 26th chart!

Here are the albums from newest (Joey+Rory) to oldest (Luke Bryan).

Top Country Albums - #1

Mar 5th - (Debuted at #1)

Mar 12th - #2

Mar 19th - #2

Mar 26th - #1 again!

Top Christian Albums - #1

Mar 5th - (Debuted at #1)

Mar 12th - #1

Mar 19th - #1

Mar 26th - still #1!

Music Video Sales - #1

Mar 5th - (Debuted at #1)

Mar 12th - #1

Mar 19th - #1

Mar 26th - still #1!

Top Country Albums - #1

Two music tracks for the album were recorded at Beaird Music Group as demos and then upgraded to master status.

The album debuted at #1!

Music Video Sales - #1

Also, Joey and Rory’s performance of “If I Needed You” garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance!

Billboard 200 - #1 (all genres)

Our "demo" (track 15) was upgraded to master and released on the album.

Top Country Albums - #1

Our track also reached #49 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Thanks for recording at Beaird Music Group!

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Aaron Beaird.

Songwriter Minute - Stay A Little Longer

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Larry Beaird, with Nashville recording studio Beaird Music Group, breaks down the hit song "Stay A Little Longer" by Brothers Osborne.

Written by John Osborne, J.T. Osborne, Shane McAnally.

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Aaron Beaird.

Songwriter Minute - Break Up In A Small Town

Downloadable PDF of charts

Larry Beaird, with Nashville recording studio Beaird Music Group, breaks down the hit song "Break Up In A Small Town" by Sam Hunt.

"Break Up In A Small Town" was written by Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, and Shane McAnally.

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Posted on February 17, 2016 by Aaron Beaird.

Songwriter Minute - Burning House

Larry Beaird, with Nashville recording studio Beaird Music Group, breaks down the hit song "Burning House" by Cam.

"Burning House" written by Cam, Jeff Bhasker, Tyler Johnson

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Aaron Beaird.

Songwriter Minute - Die A Happy Man

Larry Beaird, with Nashville recording studio Beaird Music Group, breaks down the hit song "Die A Happy Man" by Thomas Rhett.

"Die A Happy Man" written by Thomas Rhett, Sean Douglas, Joe Spargur

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Aaron Beaird.

The #1 Thing Aspiring Songwriters Need To Know

Larry Beaird, with Nashville recording studio Beaird Music Group, has charted and researched every #1 song of 2014 and 2015 (from Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart). From Larry's research, you can learn how your song compares to the #1 songs.

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Aaron Beaird.

Introducing Studio D at Beaird Music Group!

We are excited to announce the addition of our 4th recording room! This studio will be used mainly for track programming.

It features:

ProTools 12
Logic Pro X
Maschine 2

Tracks can be programmed for use with full tracking sessions (before or after the session), or songs can be created entirely through programming (and we provide the programmers).

In addition, Studio D can be used for editing, tuning, and creating worktapes for writers, etc.

Additional instruments like strings, percussion, electronic loops, (and many others) can be added to existing tracks or programmed tracks.

Upgrades to Studio A:

We've also upgraded Studio A (our tracking room) to ProTools 12 HDX. Combined with the latest Mac Pro, it's fast as greased lightning and it sounds SO good!

As always, thanks so much for trusting us with your music!

Larry Beaird

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Aaron Beaird.

Arranging the Hit - Top Trends for Verses

Songwriters, did you know that EVERY #1 song of 2015 has only two verses? In fact, the current #1 song, "Strip It Down" by Luke Bryan only has one and a half! It's a real art for songwriters to be able to condense everything they need to say into just 2 verses. The current #1 songs prove that it definitely works!

Also, no verse of the #1 songs of 2015 uses more than 4 chords. In the Luke Bryan example, the song is in the key of A, and there are only 3 chords in the verse: Bm, D, and A. In fact Bm, D, and A are the only chords in the entire song! Every section (verse, chorus AND bridge) use this pattern: Bm Bm D D A A A A.

Girl Crush by Little Big Town (#1 for 13 weeks!) uses just 4 chords for the verse: C Em F G.

Take Your Time by Sam Hunt (#1 for 11 weeks!) is in the key of B and uses only 2 chords in the verse: G#m and C#m.

Don't get me wrong - there are many hit songs that have more than 2 verses (some are favorites of mine). I'm just supplying facts about the current #1 songs.

I'm not implying that writers need to rewrite songs they've already completed, but I think it's a great idea for writers to have songs in their catalog that fit this pattern .

According to the #1 songs of 2015, writing songs that have no more than 2 verses (with no more than 4 chords in each verse) is an extremely commercial way to write songs.

All the best with your music!

- Larry Beaird

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Aaron Beaird.