Misty Rae Carson
Misty Rae, a Belmont University 2013 grad, cut her chops in Nashville performing at writers' nights at iconic venues such as The Bluebird Café, The Commodore Lounge, Ford Theatre in the Country Music Hall of Fame and The Listening Room. From there, she started co-writing with top writers like Rick Giles, Georgia Middleman, Robert Ellis Orrall and Dean Sams. The former student from Renee Grant-Williams vocal school works hard to give back to the community that has given her so much. Carson teaches voice lessons at the vocal school and for the past five years, she has participated in Country Music Hall of Fame’s Words and Music Night, a philanthropic and educational endeavor to help grade school students learn how to write music.
While Carson writes most of her own material, where she truly shines is on the stage. She says, "I love writing, but I definitely have the most fun performing. At the end of the day, my favorite thing to do is sing. I love the opportunity to connect with an audience – to see their faces change with the emotions of a song or to see them let loose and dance all night. When I perform, I leave it all on the stage. I sing with everything I’ve got and it is when I feel the most alive."
