We talk to Corey Lee Barker about music for film and much more!
About Corey:
Corey Lee Barker (AKA Christmas Corey) has had over 1,200 songs cut by artists or placed in tv shows since his 1998 arrival in Nashville. His music has been placed on ABC, CBS, Hallmark, Cinemax, Netflix, Pureflix, Entertainment Tonight, Animal Planet, Hulu, Lifetime, WB Network, CW Network, MLB Tonight, Amazing Race, UpTV, Smallville, The Messengers, Hope for Christmas, Last Chance Highway (Theme Song), FD TV, Tom’s Wild Life (Theme Song), Hoge Wild TV, Road to Christmas, Hashtag Blessed, Unperfect Christmas Wish, Sappy Holiday, A Christmas to Treasure, A Model Christmas, Christmas at the Amish Bakery, Christmas on The Ranch, A Perfect Christmas Pairing, The Holiday Exchange, TV Binge, Woman in the Maze, Fortis Femina, Vampire Academy, etc.
Artists who have recorded Corey’s music include, but aren’t limited to William Shatner, Vince Gill, Tracy Lawrence, Darryl Worley, Jamie O’neal, TG Sheppard, Neal McCoy, Claudette King (BB King’s daughter), Cledus T Judd, Buddy Jewell, T Graham Brown, Home Free, Daryl Singletary, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Bill Anderson, Jeff Bates, Johnny Lee, Pam Tillis, Jeff Carson, Jesse Keith Whitley, Jeff Cook (of Alabama), Jason Jones (Warner Brothers), Rhonda Vincent, Jeannie Seely, The Jordanaires, Larry Gatlin, Lucas Hoge, etc.
His songs have been on Grammy winning albums and #1 Billboard albums collectively in Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Polka. Corey has received nominations or wins for song or Songwriter of the year multiple times by the ICMA, The Josie Music Awards, The Tennessee Songwriters Association International, Texas Country Music Association, The World Songwriter Awards, GMA, KCMA and the NACMAI. Be sure to check out Corey’s 3 books: “Hit Happens” , “101 Ways to get your songs recorded” and "Songwriting for Sync”.
www.reverbnation.com/christmascorey (Christmas)www.reverbnation.com/coreyleebarker4/songs (TV/Film & Mainstream Country)www.reverbnation.com/coreyleebarker (Inspirational / Gospel)
www.reverbnation.com/coreycountry (Traditional / Texas Country)www.reverbnation.com/coreyleebarkermilitarysongs (Military)www.coreyleebarker.com
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