Odie BlackmonNashville, Tennessee
Songwriter of #1 country hits. Professor of the craft.
Odie Blackmon writes country hits — #1 singles for George Strait and Gary Allan, a CMA Single of the Year for Lee Ann Womack — and teaches the songwriting curriculum he founded at Middle Tennessee State University.
The Catalogue
Three decades of cuts and singles
Two Billboard No. 1 singles
“She’ll Leave You with a Smile” for George Strait and “Nothing On But the Radio” for Gary Allan both reached #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.
CMA Single of the Year
Lee Ann Womack’s “I May Hate Myself in the Morning” won the 2005 CMA Single of the Year, and its album took Album of the Year the same night.
Platinum and Grammy-winning records
His songs appear on RIAA Platinum albums and on Jim Lauderdale’s The Bluegrass Diaries, winner of the 2008 Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album.
Middle Tennessee State University
The professor behind MTSU’s songwriting program
Founder of the songwriting curriculum
Odie built the songwriting concentration in MTSU’s College of Media and Entertainment from the ground up, and leads it today.
Tenured professor of the craft
A working hit songwriter with tenure, he teaches from an active catalogue rather than a textbook.
Nashville in the classroom
His students work the way the industry works — writing rooms, studios, and showcases that put their songs in front of professionals.
One-on-one, over Zoom
Have your songs critiqued by a #1 songwriter
Book a private session. Bring your songs, get honest craft-level feedback, and leave with a clear direction for the rewrite.
See available timesStories from the road
Thirty years of photographs, told like a scrapbook
Artists, students, studios, and stages. The book starts closed — open it and turn the pages.
Get in touch
For co-writing, publishing, speaking, or press — send a note and it goes straight to Odie’s desk.