ClayManiacs

Three distinguished music writers collaborated together to pen the Clay Aiken hit, “I Survived You.”  This piece of music was a huge hit when it was performed live by Clay.  We saw a bit of the thespian when he sang this particular song.

Ty Lacy attended USC on a Vocal Opera scholarship.  After graduation, he moved to Nashville at the advice of industry professionals.

In 1992 Ty signed with Starsong Music, now EMI Christian Music. It was during this time that he penned over 200 songs sought after by Christian artists. More than 20 of them were number one hits on the CCM charts. Recently, Ty made the move into the Pop/R&B culture.

Jess Cates is a Los Angeles based songwriter who has co-written many multi-platinum selling songs.  Jess is well liked by the American Idol franchise.  He has written songs for over ten different Idols.  His most popular Idol song is David Archuleta’s debut single, “Crush.”