About

 Full time songwriter & producer at Big Yellow Dog, Zarni deVette graduated from the Berklee College of Music as the Scott Benson Scholarship recipient, the highest award given for songwriting. Though her roots take her all the way back to South Africa, the piano songstress toured relentlessly in the states for many years, residing in Boston, Seattle, Austin and now Music City. On the road she built a devoted following and got true insight into what it takes to be a touring artist before turning her eyes to Nashville and to her true love; songwriting. Her second love turned out to be helping the touring artists that she has come to respect so much say the things they have always wanted to say.

deVette’s work is pop at its core but it has been challenged to take those soaring pop melodies and marry them with well crafted, story-telling lyrics. In her diverse writing, her music talks about our ever familiar emotions of joy,sadness, fear, and desire, with a refreshing intimacy. In 2021, “Somebody Does” (written with and recorded by Country Duo, Tigirlily) penned the #1 spot on the Itunes All Genre chart. Her songs have been cut by several other artists including Elise Hayes, Julia Cole, Eric Dodd, Bradford Loomis, britty,Chris Bullard, Charlie Oxford, Sarah Clanton, The Gibbonses, and she has also had several placements on Spiketv, the Foodnetwork, Youtube Redbull, mistresses (hulu) and the late late show with James Corden. She also produced “Same Moon” the Acoustic version recorded by Riverhouse Artist, Zach Seabaugh.

In her years of touring –playing more than 200 shows a year - Zarni shared the stage with Mary Lambert, Anberlin, the Presidents of the United States of America, Jillette Johnson, Ari Hest, Liz Longley, Seth Glier, and Jenn Grinels. Her fans helped her fund two projects via Kickstarter; her self titled EP and her EP Honest Company) and those same dedicated fans even pooled their money together one summer and surprised her with her dream keyboard; the nord electro stage 3.

In 2016 devette caught the attention of Grammy-winning songwriter Steve Leslie. Leslie offered her her first Publishing Deal at Sng music (Marty Dodson, Mark Nesler,Lee Starr, Oran Thornton, Carson Chamberlain and Wyatt McCubbin) and she was there until 2021 when she inked a deal with Big Yellow Dog music where she currently continues to work hard to write the songs that artists will want to sing for years to come

Big Yellow Dog Music is an independent music publishing and artist development company based in Nashville, Tennessee. Over our 20 years of experience our artist-writers have won 10 GRAMMYs (including Best New Artist and all-genre Song of the Year “Need You Now”) and received an additional 17 GRAMMY nominations. Other accolades include 40 number one songs, four Song of the Year awards (ACM, BMI, and two ASCAP), an ASCAP Global Award, five ASCAP/BMI Pop awards, and many more. Our catalog includes songs performed by Meghan Trainor, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Lady Antebellum, Demi Lovato, Rascal Flatts, Luke Bryan, Charlie Puth, Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Lane, Jason Derulo, Florida Georgia Line, DJ Khaled, Dierks Bentley, Cole Swindell, Fifth Harmony, Martina McBride, Michael Buble, Josh Turner, and more. Our film, television and brand division has procured numerous syncs, including uses in: Grey's Anatomy, Target, Apple, Pepsi, Station 19, Valspar Paint, Patron, XBOX, and many more.

For booking and press inquiries, please contact zarnidewet@gmail.com