Nashville · Country songwriter
Brett Gillan
Former frontman of Brushville. Now writing songs in Nashville and helping veterans write theirs as Program Director at CreatiVets.
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- 120+Full-band shows a year with Brushville
- 60+Major label acts shared the stage with
- #1Billboard Heatseekers, 2014 album produced by 3x Grammy Award-winning producer Kyle Lehning
- 2×Songwriting competition finalist for “Lighthouse”
The catalogSongs
- Finalist
Lighthouse
w/ Matt Houston. Demo. Finalist, John Lennon Songwriting Contest 2018 (gospel/inspirational category) · Finalist, USA Songwriting Competition 2019.
Listen to Lighthouse → - Finalist
Nothing Between Us
w/ Matt Houston & Jessie Smith. Demo. Finalist, USA Songwriting Competition 2019.
Listen to Nothing Between Us → How Can I Not
w/ Madeline McDonald & Robbie Artress. Demo.
Listen to How Can I Not →Up For Anything
w/ Dan Couch & Chris Cavanaugh. Work tape.
Listen to Up For Anything →Wild Card
w/ Eric Burgett & Clayton Severson. Work tape.
Listen to Wild Card →Got It Goin’ On
w/ Rob Blackledge. Demo.
Listen to Got It Goin’ On →
On the roadShows
No shows booked right now. Past highlights
From code to countryThe story
Brett earned an Applied Computer Science degree and an M.B.A. from Illinois State University and was headed for a career building web applications at State Farm, until he changed course. In 2010 he became the frontman and a founding member of Brushville, an upbeat rockin’ country band that sold out 1,000-capacity venues as a headliner, played spring break with Luke Bryan for five straight years, and won the Battle for the Saddle at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon in 2012.
In 2017 he moved to Nashville to pursue songwriting.
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The competitorOff stage
Basketball
Division I basketball, Illinois State University
Jiu jitsu
Brown belt · IBJJF gold medalist, 2022
Marathon
First marathon, 2026
Music with a missionCreatiVets
As Program Director of CreatiVets, Brett helps combat veterans who suffer from unseen wounds of war, such as post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury, heal through conceptual art and songwriting.