bio of Karen E. Reynolds

          Karen E. Reynolds is an award winning singer songwriter and has shared the stage with some of the industry's finest. The media heralds her with comparisons to Cheryl Wheeler, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, James Taylor, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt and others. She has received national recognition for her songwriting and is a critically acclaimed performer and vocalist. Karen owns and operates SoundAdvice, an artist services agency providing consultation and career coaching to artists wishing to further their careers; taught songwriting and music business for the University Of Tennessee; is an Instructor/Board Member for ProMusicU, a Nashville based music education organization made up of industry professionals; is a Mentor/Instructor for the Country Music Hall of Fame's prestigious 'Words and Music in Schools' program, and has national credits to her name as a producer, publicist, and promoter. She is also host and program director of 'Writer's Block', a radio program broadcast worldwide showcasing independent artists and recently served as the Director of Education on the Board of Directors for We R Indie, a non-profit organization providing education, opportunity and visibility for the independent artist, where she still serves on the advisory board. Karen has served on the faculty of the Tennessee Mountain Writers Conference, as well as, the Young Writers Institute at University of Tennessee, is a frequent speaker at music industry events and regularly teaches workshops for a variety of conferences, festivals and songwriting associations in the Eastern and Southern United States.

 

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