About Sara Light
Sara Light has been writing professionally in Nashville since 1996 and had served as a staff songwriter for Zamalama Music and Curb Magnatone Music Publishing. Her credits include the John Michael Montgomery title track and the hit single “Home To You” which received an ASCAP airplay award in addition to being named SESAC song of the year for having garnered 2 million spins on radio. She also composed songs for the musical "Urban Cowboy" which opened on Broadway in March 2003 and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score." Crossing genres from Country to Broadway to Hip-Hop, she co-authored a handbook geared toward urban youth, “The Art of Writing a Hit Song: The Urban Experience” with hit songwriter Jack Knight (Bad Boy Records) that has been endorsed by Lil’ Kim, Mario Winans and Diddy among others. Sara has always combined her teaching background with her love of songwriting and has given countless songwriting seminars throughout the U.S. and Canada. In 2001 years ago she co-founded, along with her husband Danny Arena, the online educational website www.SongU.com which offers over 70 online courses, coaching, co-writing and industry connections to a wonderful community of songwriters from around the world. A "Power Quotes" interview with Sara was highlighted in the 2009 Entertainment Power Players Directory: Edition 4.