Paul began playing music in New Orleans at the age of fifteen, on Jackson Square and in bars around the French Quarter. He lived in New York in the 80s and learned the art of songwriting as part of the Anti-Folk scene in the East Village. Paul spent the 90s and early 2000s making 11 albums and touring with New Orleans rockers, Cowboy Mouth. Still, after losing his home and possessions in the aftermath of Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans, he left the band he had helped form in 1992 and went home to New Orleans to rebuild his life. Sanchez has 22 solo releases, beginning with Jet Black and Jealous in 1992. His 22nd release, Mercy, My Sweet, was released in the summer of 2025.

Johnny Indovina is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the founder and creative force behind the alternative rock and gothic rock band Human Drama. Originally from New Orleans, Indovina began his music career in the early 1980s with a band called The Models before relocating to Los Angeles in 1985, where the group evolved into Human Drama.

Jim McCormick is a 5x Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling songwriter who has had three #1 songs on the Billboard Country Charts: Jason Aldean's "Take A Little Ride," which spent 3 weeks in the #1 position; Brantley Gilbert's "You Don't Know Her Like I Do," and, most recently, Gabby Barett's "The Good Ones."  Current releases written by McCormick include Kelly Clarkson's "Minute," Gabby Barett's "The Good Ones," Luke Bryan's "All My Dreaming There," Jason Aldean's "Lights Go Out," Harry Connick Jr's "I Do Like We Do," Jon Pardi's "Lucky Tonight," Charlie Pride's "Standing In My Way," Shenandoah's "Noise," Trace Adkins' "Jesus and Jones," and four songs on the new Samantha Fish record. His songs also have been recorded by Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Trisha Yearwood, Randy Travis, Ronnie Milsap, Jamey Johnson, Smash Mouth, Tyler Farr, Cody Johnson, Emily Reid, Balsam Range, Sister Hazel, Kristin Chenowith, Josh Abbott and many others. He has served as board governor and vice-president for the Recording Academy and on the board of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. He is also an alumnus of Nashville's Leadership Music. McCormick is a faculty member at Loyola University in New Orleans where he teaches the craft and business of songwriting. He has lectured extensively on songwriting at Berklee College of Music, Georgetown University, Vanderbilt University, and Tulane University, as well as at GrammyPro and NSAI events.  He holds a Bachelor's degree in English from Georgetown University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from the University of New Orleans. A native New Orleansian and graduate of Jesuit High School, he divides his time between Nashville and New Orleans, where he lives with his three sons.