biography
CRISSY WIX - SONGWRITING BACKGROUND:
ASCAP Songwriter with a catalog of various genres of music, writing songs for 17 years
Currently participating in Nashville State Technical College Music/Art program, in pursuit of an Associate of Fine Arts Degree. Classes included songwriting and advanced songwriting with Tricia Walker and Publishing, Advanced Publishing with Bob Dellaposta, and Music business with Alie Campbell
Former NSAI member for six years, attending many seminars and symposiums
Jason Blume BMI workshops
ASCAP Gary Burr (It Matters to Me, When I Think About Elvis )Pop workshop & others
Private lessons with Jon Ims (She’s In Love with The Boy).
Proprietor of ASCAP/BMI publishing companies
Former member of TAXI with songs advanced
SONG ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
"Waiting For The Music to Start" (Wix/Albert/Stephens) & In "The Night Time" (Wix/Costo) on New Zealand/England Artist David Broadley, CD Aotearroa. Four songs from Blue Magnolia Publishing Company (including "La Cabana Café", "Somebody Stop Me", "All That I Can Be" (All Steve Blythin) and "Show Me" (Larsen/Addisson). Release this year.
Contemporary song “Queen of My Castle” (Wix/Costo/Adams) included on compilation CD representing “Best Of the Fest” sponsored by The Nashville Songwriters Festival, on Amazon.com.
“This Side Of The Mississippi” and “Any Day But Yesterday” (Wix/Costo/Adams) signed with Next Number 1 Music Group, Nashville, March of 2005.
R&B/ pop songs “Eyes of Love" (Hall/Parks/Wix) & “Sacred Place” (Wix/Parks) on Candace Parks’ “Some Things” CD TBR in 2005 by Sound Knowledge Records.
R&B “Sacred Place” (Wix/Parks) on complication CD released to European Radio 2004 through Sound Knowledge Records of MN/Earthwide Music of Nashville, recorded by Candace Parks, also featured on web under artists and Candace.
Pop version of “Your Life Is Your Song” (Wix/Thomas/Sumpner), on a Save The Music Project in LA, June 2004, performed by Lisa Torres.
Children songs featured at 2004 CMA Music Fest in the Family Zone, performed by artists, Allie Jo Thomas and Darianne Bee.
Eight songs on 4 CD collection and CD in two children’s storybooks Moose On The Loose, by Jill Larsen and Elvie The Elf by Senator Mack Wadkins, for sale on Amazon.com, and CD Baby, Boardmor Resorts and Hotels & Davis Kidd Booksellers, Nashville and Russo’s Bookstores in LA, performed by Allie Jo Thomas and Darianne Bee, by Chase West Productions, Kids, Critters and Country out of Plano TX. “Peek-A-Boo Mr. Man In The Moon”, “My Teddy Bear”, “Playing Outside”, “Teddy and Me”, “Oh I Wish”, “Reindeer On The Roof”, “Your Life Is Your Song”, and “A Lullaby”.
Lullabies, “Sleep”, “If You Ever See a Rainbow”, and “Dancing In Dreamland” on A Collection of Original Lullabies, by Chelsea Music, Nashville, TN TBR (2002).
Christmas songs, “Christmas Every Day” & “Something’s Missing This Christmas” (Wix/Hughes) on From Our House to Yours, recorded by Ronny Hughes, 2002.
Four single song contracts with Brave New Girls Music and Hughes Music Publishing, Nashville, TN 2001.
JINGLE WRITING HISTORY:
First place in slogan contest with “At The Heart of It” for St. James Hospital, IL.
Co-developed jingle “My Reeboks Make Me Rock” (Wix/costo) and advertising campaign proposal for Reebok International, featured on Reebok Atlanta’s voice mail and considered by corporate.
Co-wrote jingle/commercial “We’re Here For You” (Wix/Albert) for St. James Hospital, Chicago.
Former Seamstress/costume tech with Nashville Ballet & Tennessee Repertory Players, Nashville
Summer of ’98 Marketing research project Indiana Region for Lorrie Morgan Inc.
Clerk, crew worker, driver and star security 87’89’ for Jay Kempton Productions, Chicago