Born and raised in the small town of Monterey, Louisiana, Ross Ellis moved to Nashville after graduating college. The Sony Nashville recording artist has been writing songs since he arrived in Music City, having penned tracks for some of country music’s biggest acts, including country superstar Tim McGraw. To showcase his expansive catalog of songs and offer fans some at home entertainment while we shelter in place to fight COVID-19, he launched “Ross Writes” on April 9. Performing daily at 6 pm CT on Facebook and Instagram Live, Ellis shares a different song he’s written during each performance. To check out past episodes and watch new ones, visit @RossEllisMusic onInstagram or Facebook.
“This is something I’d been thinking about for a while, but when this coronavirus mess broke out, I thought it’d be a great way to connect with fans until we can all be together again,” shares the man The Boot calls an “artist to watch.” “I have written so many songs over the years since moving to Nashville. This is a great way to both showcase my ‘day job’ as a writer and highlight some of the incredible songwriters I go to work with every day.”
In the middle of recording his debut album for Sony Music Nashville when the “safer at home” order was released, the singer/songwriter has already notched 17 performances and shows no signs of stopping the daily sessions any time soon.
“I have enough songs to take us all the way through 2025 if we have to,” Ellis laughs. “These live sessions have been great though…seeing the comments. Getting feedback from fans in real time will definitely help us decided what makes this album and what doesn’t!”
“Ross Writes” To Date:
4/9/2020 — Ross Writes No. 1 “Shadows On The Wall”
4/11/2020 — Ross Writes No. 2 “2000 and You”
4/12/2020 — Ross Writes No. 3 “Forever to Me”
4/13/2020 — Ross Writes No. 4 “How Do You Sleep”
4/14/2020 — Ross Writes No. 5 “Love Blind,” “Without You,” “Barefoot Dancer,” “Other Side Of The Phone” & “Neon Church”
4/15/2020 — Ross Writes No. 6 “Wish You Would”
4/16/2020 — Ross Writes No. 7 “While It Lasted”
4/17/2020 — Ross Writes No. 8 “This Road” and “White Picket Plans”
4/18/2020 — Ross Writes No. 9 “Old Fashioned”
4/20/2020 — Ross Writes No. 10 “Doin’ Alright”
4/21/2020 — Ross Writes No. 11 “Let Me Let You Go”
4/22/2020 — Ross Writes No. 12 “Mess We Make”
4/23/2020 — Ross Writes No. 13 “Let It Be Me”
4/24/2020 — Ross Writes No. 14 “Made For”
4/25/2020 — Ross Writes No. 15 “Last Place I Had It”
4/26/2020 — Ross Writes No. 16 “Before And After You”
4/27/2020 — Ross Writes No. 17 “
The series follows a number of powerful songs released from Ellis since moving to Nashville including, breakthrough song “Buy and Buy” which hit No. 1 on SiriusXM The Highway’s Top 30 Countdown. The song has continued to receive a strong response from listeners reaching over 2 million in consumption to date and averaging almost 2000 in weekly sales with superstar Thomas Rhett telling Nash Country Daily “…it’s one of the freshest songs on the radio.”
Other releases include “Home for the Weekend” in 2017, followed by his hauntingly powerful song, “Ghosts,” in 2018 which Rolling Stone named a “top song of the week” and his most recent release the soulful and uplifting track, “Home to Me.”
For more information, watch “Who is Ross Ellis?” and visit rossellismusic.com or follow on social media @RossEllisMusic.