For Your GRAMMY® Consideration
For Your GRAMMY® Consideration
For Your GRAMMY® Consideration
Featuring 5 submissions across multiple categories
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Rock Song
Let Go Away by Katy Tunbridge
An empowering pop/rock anthem driven by punchy guitars, driving drums and bold, emotive vocals.
Co-written with Jessica Sirls, it’s a fearless call to release fear, doubt, and whatever holds you back.
Sounds like: If P!nk went on tour with Paramore and stopped to write an empowerment anthem in a thunderstorm
Credits
Writers:
Katy Ruth Tunbridge (BMI)
Jessica Sirls (BMI)
Writers / Publishers:
Katy Ruth Tunbridge — Sounds Out Loud Publishing (BMI)
Jessica Sirls — Music Beacon (BMI)
Producers:
Nick Warner
Katy Tunbridge
Musicians:
Vocals: Katy Tunbridge
Bass Guitar: Nick Warner
Drums: Nick Warner, Lance Crane
Electric Guitar: Nick Warner
Engineers:
Recording Engineer: Nick Warner
Mixing Engineer: Nick Warner
Mastering Engineer: Nick Warner
Programming:
Nick Warner
Pop Solo Performance
Carried Away by Katy Tunbridge
A lush, layered pop/soft rock performance with 51 vocal tracks weaving into rich harmonies.
A sweeping reflection on love’s pull, it invites the listener to surrender to the moment “Here with nothing but now” and get completely carried away.
Sounds like: If Sade met Karen Carpenter and built a cathedral of harmonies.
Credits
Writers:
Katy Ruth Tunbridge (BMI)
Steven Mark Peckman (ASCAP)
Writers / Publishers:
Katy Ruth Tunbridge — Sounds Out Loud Publishing (BMI)
Steven Mark Peckman — SonarEclipsePublishing (ASCAP)
Producers:
Steve Peckman
Katy Tunbridge
Musicians:
Vocals: Katy Tunbridge
Keyboards & Flute: Steve Peckman
Bass Guitar: Vince Rivers
Drums: Hank Rivers
Guitars: Teddy Kumpel
Engineers:
Recording Engineer: Steve Peckman & Katy Tunbridge
Mixing Engineer: Nick Warner
Mastering Engineer: Nick Warner
Americana Performance
Get Back Up Again
by Katy Tunbridge
Opening with soft piano, guitars, and contemplative vocals, the song blooms into soaring synth strings and an anthemic chorus of resilience.
A triumphant Americana ballad about strength in the face of struggle, it carries the listener from quiet reflection to cathartic release—“I’ll get back up again, get back up again.
Sounds like: If Brandi Carlile sat at the piano with Emmylou Harris and channeled the timeless spirit of Let It Be.
Credits
Writers:
Katy Ruth Tunbridge (BMI)
Billy Lee Smiley (ASCAP)
Writers / Publishers:
Katy Ruth Tunbridge — Sounds Out Loud Publishing (BMI)
Billy Lee Smiley — Meet You Halfway Music (ASCAP)
Producers:
Billy Smiley
Katy Tunbridge
Musicians:
Vocals: Katy Tunbridge
Bass Guitar: Gary Lunn
Drums: Dan Needham
Acoustic Guitar: Katy Tunbridge
Electric Guitar: Jonathan Crone
Keyboard/Synth/Horns/Strings: Blair Masters
Backing Vocals: Katy Tunbridge, Billy Smiley
Engineers:
Recording Engineer: Jordan Reed, Billy Smiley
Mixing Engineer: Billy Whittington
Mastering Engineer: Billy Whittington
American Roots Song
Slow Motion
by Katy Tunbridge
A hypnotic, downbeat groove with a timeless roots-rock sensibility. Slow Motion blends steady rhythm and rich harmonies into a sweeping reflection on love’s inevitability.. Surrendering to presence, patience, and connection.
Sounds like: Fleetwood Mac meets Norah Jones in a dreamscape of slow-burning emotion.
Credits
Writers:
Katy Ruth Tunbridge (BMI) (Verses)
Billy Lee Smiley (ASCAP) (Chorus)
Jennifer Leigh Ricotta (ASCAP) (Chorus)
The verses were written to build a vivid, emotional story arc leading into the soaring chorus.
Writers / Publishers:
Katy Ruth Tunbridge — Sounds Out Loud Publishing (BMI)
Billy Lee Smiley — Meet You Halfway Music (ASCAP)
Jennifer Leigh Smestad — DREAMLINEMUSICPUBLISHING ASCAP
Producers:
Billy Smiley
Katy Tunbridge
Musicians:
Vocals: Katy Tunbridge
Bass Guitar: Matt Pierson
Drums: Jared Kneale
Electric Guitar: Brennan Smiley
Guitar Solo: Mike Payne
Keyboard/Pads/Strings: Blair Masters
Backing Vocals: Billy Smiley
Engineers:
Recording Engineer: Kyle Hershman
Mixing Engineer: Steven Williamson
Mastering Engineer: Billy Whittington
American Roots Performance
Skin Deep
by Katy Tunbridge
A raw Americana/roots ballad that blends aching vulnerability with soulful grit.
Driven by guitars and heartfelt vocals, Skin Deep cuts to the core of heartbreak and healing—“Cuts the heart skin deep, makes me feel so cheap.
Sounds like: If Bonnie Raitt and Sheryl Crow shared the mic on a late-night confession that turns pain into resilience.
Album Cover Art by Steve Rude
Credits
Writers:
Katy Ruth Tunbridge (BMI)
Billy Lee Smiley (ASCAP)
Writers / Publishers:
Katy Ruth Tunbridge — Sounds Out Loud Publishing (BMI)
Billy Lee Smiley — Meet You Halfway Music (ASCAP)
Producers:
Billy Smiley
Katy Tunbridge
Musicians:
Vocals: Katy Tunbridge
Bass Guitar: Gary Lunn
Drums: Dan Needham
Acoustic Guitar: Katy Tunbridge
Electric Guitar: Jonathan Crone
Keyboards: Jonathan Brown, Billy Smiley
Backing Vocals: Katy Tunbridge, Billy Smiley
Engineers:
Recording Engineer: Jordan Reed, Billy Smiley
Mixing Engineer: Billy Whittington
Mastering Engineer: Billy Whittington
WHO IS KATY TUNBRIDGE
With a voice that soars between intimacy and anthems, Katy Tunbridge is an award-winning Australian singer, songwriter, and producer whose work bridges pop, rock, Americana, soul, and reggae. Now based in Los Angeles, her songs carry both the heart of a storyteller and the power of an artist unafraid to stand tall.
Her music has landed in the Top 5 on the iTunes Charts, earned radio play in both Australia, U.S and across Europe, and received international recognition — including a World Entertainment Award for Grab the Wheel. She was also nominated for Best Newcomer, and her catalog features fan favorites like Lying Through Your Teeth (nominated for the Hollywood Independent Music Awards) and Superhero, which was nominated and performed live at the World Entertainment Awards show in Beverly Hills (January 2025)
Katy is the founder of Sounds Out Loud (label & publishing), a growing independent catalog dedicated to sync licensing, artist development, and distribution support. She continues to champion authenticity, artistry, and fair pay for creators.
She has collaborated with respected musicians including Bruce Watson (Foreigner), Willie Brown Jr. (Alicia Keys, Janelle Monáe, Patti LaBelle), Peewee Hill (Sly Stone, Billy Preston), Gary Lunn (Dolly Parton), Les King (Billy Joel), Ken Stacey (Elton John, Madonna), Dan Needham, Lance Crane, Grammy-nominated producer Billy Smiley, Nick Warner, and more.
Behind The Music
The People Who Made It Possible
Jessica Sirls
Jessica Sirls is a Nashville-based songwriter and a strong collaborator who loves to find the gold in others to produce rich music for the Kingdom. She’s most in her element when co-writing country, pop, CCM and worship music.
Jessica recently worked as the music director for the faith-based feature film ‘The Reason’ starring Academy Award Winner Louis Gossett Jr. and Tatyana Ali. She was also the music director and led worship for Bethesda Grace Church in New York City.
Always a storyteller, Jessica got her start as a small-town television news reporter before entering the music business. She’s co-written with songwriting greats like Krissy Nordhoff, Jess Cates, Benji Cowart, Tony Wood, Matt Armstrong, Chris Eaton and Josh Bronleewe.
Steve Peckman
Steve Peckman is a New Jersey-based composer and multi-instrumentalist who has scored two award-winning full-length feature films, which have been selected to film festivals worldwide, and has a bunch of Short Films and Documentary Films in various stages of production at the moment. To further broaden his horizons, Steve recently began collaborating with vocalists and lyricists to add some "songs with words" to his catalog, and is proud to have brought "Carried Away" to light with the multi-talented Katy Tunbridge.
Beyond that, Steve has also written & produced "music for visual media that he has not seen yet", in that he has also created music that is under contract with production music libraries to be used by production teams as well.
Nick Warner
Nick Warner is a successful recording studio owner in LA and a full-time songwriter, producer, mixer and entrepreneur with an MBA in Administration.
He has over 40 million streams to his music work and has worked for top artists including Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake and DJ Khalid during his time at Jungle City Studios.
Nick also composed music and edited audio for top brands such as Google, Heineken, Melitta Coffee, ALL Detergent, Amazon, Sennheiser and many more.
Billy Smiley
Billy Smiley is a producer, songwriter, and founding member of the Christian rock band White Heart.
With five Grammy nominations, 27 Dove Award nominations, and recognition as GMA Songwriter of the Year (1988), his career spans co-writing 27 #1 songs and producing projects with combined sales topping 10 million records.
White Heart was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2010, cementing the band’s legacy.
Gary Lunn
Gary Lunn is a veteran Nashville session bassist with over 25 years of experience. His recording credits span artists like Nicole Nordeman, DC Talk, Michael W. Smith, CeCe Winans, Billy Ray Cyrus, Toby Keith, and Montgomery Gentry.
He’s contributed as a bassist, arranger, producer, and programmer across major label projects, worship recordings, and indie releases—including work with Integrity Music, Morningstar Ministries, IHOP, and Paul Baloche.
Gary has appeared on national TV shows like The Today Show, Austin City Limits, The View, and Gaither Homecoming, and has performed live with artists such as Dolly Parton, Amy Grant, Michael McDonald, Vince Gill, Peter Cetera and Andre Crouch.
He was also an original member of the Grammy®-nominated group Whiteheart.
Dan Needham
Dan Needham is a powerhouse drummer, producer, and recording artist whose genre-spanning career includes work with icons like Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Amy Grant, The Neville Brothers, Nick Jonas, CeCe Winans, Garth Brooks, and Josh Groban. From gospel to jazz, pop to CCM, his session credits include Israel Houghton, Eric Benét, Francesca Battistelli, The Gaither Vocal Band, and Marc Broussard.
On stage, Dan has performed with legends such as Chaka Khan, Peter Cetera, Carole King, Al Green, Sara Bareilles, and James Ingram. As a producer, he’s worked with Paul Wilbur, Jump5, Everlife, and a host of independent artists. Renowned for his dynamic style and musical versatility, Dan remains one of the most sought-after talents in the industry.
Jennifer Hart
Jennifer Hart is an Arizona-raised, Nashville-based country singer and songwriter whose music blends honest storytelling with a gift for striking an emotional chord.
Her breakthrough came in 2020 with the viral father-daughter anthem, “Half the Man,” which has amassed over 54 million streams, 7.3 million YouTube views, and nearly a billion social media impressions, reaching #3 on the iTunes Country chart and #7 across all genres.
The song has since become a cherished wedding staple worldwide, as brides and fathers share their first dances to her deeply personal ballad.
As both an acclaimed artist and respected songwriter, Hart has also co-written songs for George Birge, RaeLynn, Mason & Julez, Nelly Joy, Dylan Wolfe, Sammy Arriaga and Katy Tunbridge, further establishing her as a multifaceted force in music.
Lance Crane
Lance Crane is a drummer and producer who began playing at age five in New York, studying under legendary drummers Gregg Bissonette and Zoro.
Over the years, he has performed with world-class musicians including Alex Acuña, Frank Gambale, and Eric Marienthal, establishing a reputation for versatility across rock, soul, and progressive music.
Lance placed 3rd in the Extreme Sports Fastest Drummer competition and is also an award-winning mix engineer, known for blending technical mastery with creative artistry both live and in the studio.
Hank Rivers
Hank “Hammer’n Hank” Rivers is a Christian Artist, Song Writer, Producer, Drums &
Electronic Percussionist, currently living in the South Florida.
As the Founder of
“Glorified Groove Productions”, Hank is heavily involved in leading young musicians
towards the next generation of Christan music.