Mark Simos

Up until now, Asheville Music Publishing has concentrated most of their energy towards the Gospel music market, achieving great success for their writers in that realm. But now, in another sign of the vitality of bluegrass in the music business,

During the IBMA's World of Bluegrass convention in late September, David Morris sat down with Berklee College of Music professor of songwriting, Mark Simos to discuss his new book, Songwriting Strategies: A 360 Degree Approach.   We'll have a complete review of

On Monday, July 1, we posted part one of the story behind the song Three Days in July. In the course of compiling the feature Mark Simos, one of the co-writers, mentioned that he had spoken in some detail about the

On the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg – July 1st, 2nd and 3rd 1863 – it is timely to look at the story behind Three Days in July, written by Mark Simos and Jon Weisberger. The song was recorded

In the first part of our interview with Sierra Hull earlier this month, she discussed her current studies at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. One instructor she mentioned was Mark Simos, with whom she is studying lyric writing

Berklee Today, the quarterly alumni magazine of The Berklee College Of Music, has a feature on the school's embrace of country, bluegrass and Americana music as part of their instructional program. Written by Christopher John Treacy, and entitled Out Of The