VIDEO:The Song Idea ft. David Hodges

In this video, GRAMMY Award winning songwriter/producer and artist David Hodges talks about how to build a story from a song idea when writing for an artist and how to stay engaged throughout the whole process.

Hodges was a founding member of Evanescence and has been penning hits with and for artists for over a decade. Selling over 70 million records, his #1 singles include "My Immortal" (Evanescence), "A Thousand Years" (Christina Perri for Twilight), "Because of You" (Kelly Clarkson), “Dear Hate” (Maren Morris and Vince Gill) and "See You Again" (Carrie Underwood). David has recently had songs released by Keith Urban, Blink 182, 5 Seconds of Summer, Ben Rector, Kelsea Ballerini, Jason Mraz, and many more.