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(Nashville, Tennessee...) -- November 2, 2010 -- The Songwriter Agency, a new company booking hit songwriters into a variety of mainstream venues - festivals, performing arts centers, theaters, casinos and fairs - worldwide, opened its doors this week. Conceived and created by music industry veterans Paul Compton, Randy Harrell and Rod Parkin, the Nashville-based agency has established a roster of over 30 of country, pop and rock music's most prolific songwriters. The roster includes such hit tunesmiths such as Regie Hamm, who wrote the 16-week #1 single "Time of My Life" For 2008American Idol winner David Cook; two-time CMA Song of the Year nominee Wynn Varble; hit producer/songwriter Buddy Cannon, who co-wrote ACM Song of the Year "Give It Away" for George Strait; Deanna Bryant, who co-wrote the Grammy-nominated "Stupid Boy" for Keith Urban; and Phillip White, whose credits include the ACM Song of The Year "I'm Moving On" recorded by Rascal Flatts and Reba McEntire's "I'm A Survivor," the theme song for her WB sitcom, Reba. "We created The Songwriter Agency as an outlet for some of the most talented and gifted composers and creators of award-winning music to get out and perform their songs," said Compton, President/co-founder of the company. "Music fans know the songs, now they'll get a chance to listen to the creators of songs that are literally woven in the fabric of our lives." While some of the performers will be booked as solo artists, the majority of dates will include multiple songwriters billed as a package, acoustically or with a band. Audiences will delight in hearing fascinating stories behind the songs and enjoy the writers performing those hits exactly as they were originally written. "I think The Songwriter Agency concept is forward thinking and very innovative," said Roger Murrah, Sr. Vice President, Bug Music, Inc., Chairman of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation and writer of such smash hits as Al Jarreau's "We're In This Love Together," Alan Jackson's "Don't Rock The Jukebox" and several hits for Alabama. "I'm surprised that booking performing songwriters hasn't been approached so professionally sooner!" For the agency roster, tour dates, writer biographies or more information on the company, please visitwww.thesongwriteragency.com.