John Cowell is a songwriter from Victoria, BC Canada. He married with one 23 year old son. John bought his first guitar, for $20, at age 14 and wrote his first song 16.
Some of the people John has co-written songs with are: #1 country songwriter Tom Shepherd, Grammy Nominated Dan Demay, Juno winner Daryl Burgess, Steve Dean, Greg Crowe, Gary Loyd, Mike Willis, Mickey Kelley, Glen Mitchell, Scott Harter, AJ Masters, Ken Johnson, Andy Zack, Roots Juno winner Ken Whiteley, Martyn Joseph and also with Lisa Aschmann and Lowry Olafson (Pier 21, Stronger Than You'll Ever Know and I'm losing What's Left Of My Mind, all three are published and recorded by Lowry Olafson).
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Bio
John Cowell is a songwriter from Victoria, BC Canada. He is 57 years old, married with one 21 year old son. John bought his first guitar, for $20, at age 14 and wrote his first song 16. He writes mostly in the country and folk genres. John has co-written songs with Roots Juno winner Ken Whiteley and also with Lisa Aschmann and Lowry Olafson www.lowryolafson.com (Pier 21, and Stronger Than You'll Ever Know, both published and recorded by Lowry Olafson). John is a member of Song Writers Association of Canada (SAC) www.songwriters.ca Socan, Music Creators and Publishers www.socan.ca Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) www.nashvillesongwriters.com and SongWriters Guild Of America www.songwritersguild.com
He has taken song writing workshops at:
Song camps at REO Rafting www.reorafting.com
Online courses from Berklee College of Music www.berkleemusic.com
Online courses from SongU www.songu.com
Kerrville Folk Festival www.kerrville-music.com
The Americana Song Academy www.sistersfolkfestival.com/songacademy.html
Hornby Island Blues camp www.hornby-blues.bc.ca
Sorrento Bluegrass Music www.sorrento-centre.bc.ca/c-bluegrass.html
TAXI conventions www.taxi.com
Song Writers Association of Canada (SAC) www.songwriters.ca
Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) www.nashvillesongwriters.com
John has studied with the best:
Pat Pattison www.members.aol.com/ptpattison/lyricpages/
Jason Blume www.jasonblume.com
Steve Seskin www.steveseskin.com
Kathy Mattea www.mattea.com
Jon Vesner
Rick Beresford www.rickberesford.com
Gail Davies www.gaildavies.com
Eric Schwartz www.ericschwartz.com
Dick Goodwin www.goodwinmusics.com
Sonjia www.soniadf.com/home.php
Ralph Murphy www.ascap.com/nashville/murphy.html
Kim Copeland www.kimcopelandproductions.com
Danny Arena www.songu.com
Sara Light www.songu.com
Ken Whiteley www.kenwhiteley.com
Rick Fines www.rickfines.com
Chuck Pyle www.chuckpyle.com
Eliza Gilkyson www.elizagilkyson.com
Jai Josefs www.jaijomusic.com
Susan Tucker, Sage House Music Nashville