CO-WRITERS: Michele Vice-Maslin (Nick Carter, Ke$ha), Jason Matthews (Billy Currington, Trace Adkins, Luke Bryan) Jessie McEntire (Sonny Burgess), William Kitchens (Daron Norwood), Steve Sulikowski (Selena Gomez), Joey Clement (Selena Gomez), JD Webb, Angela Lee Sloan, Keppie Coutts, John Shandra, and more....
ABOUT JODY
Praised by Shawn Mullins as having writing similar to "Ben Folds", "Camper Van Beethoven", and "Cracker",” Jody Aaron has been seen playing many venues around the U.S. He's claimed a spot on the infamous Indie Band site, Garageband.com’s “Song of the Day,” earning over 200,000 downloads for the single, “All I Wanted". Jody was a finalist in VH-1's "Song of the Year" and he was the Grand Prize Winner in CNN's Talent Search contest for writing and performing "The Prompter Song".
A southern-bred singer-songwriter with guitar stylings reminiscient of Dave Matthews, Jody was born and raised along the white sand beaches of Clearwater, Florida and has performed in front of packed audiences at venues and festivals such as B.B. King's House of Blues, The Tabernacle, The Knitting Factory, Orange County Fair, Cook's Corner, and many more.
In 2003, Jody won first place in CNN's International Talent Search, landing him high acclaim from viewers. This also led to being invited to CNN's Aaron Brown Newsnight to perform "The Prompter Song" in front of a national television audience. To kick off CNN Search 2004, Jody was brought in as the opening act for that years talent show where he sang and danced alongside actor/producer Emannuel Lewis and hip-hop artist "Klone" in what CNN dubbed "The Jody Friedman Experience".
In 2005, Jody composed a theme song for CNN HLN's Nancy Grace. Several of his songs have been featured on television and in films.
His first CD release as a solo artist was "est. 1980". The release found critical acclaim from listeners, magazines, websites, radio stations, and newspapers. Since then, Jody has been focusing on his songwriting and has been in several bands, "The Jody Aaron Method" (R.I.P 2007), "Innertune" (R.I.P. 2009), and Jetpack Armada (still going strong).
With in his first release, "est. 1980", Jody took his folk roots, and his love for pop melodies, and alternative music, and created his own unique sound which he self-branded as "Pop-Rock for your Soul". The songs on this album evoke universal emotions of love, hate, hurt, loneliness, and self-struggle while addressing today's world issues. The video for his single from est. 1980 “ All I Wanted ” can be seen HERE.
Moving to Los Angeles in 2006, Jody's company, HD Music Now, quicly became known in the licensing community as a go-to music licensing and supervision firm. He been focused on his bands, and more recently co-writing songs with other talented and charting songwriters such as Michele Vice-Maslin (Nick Carter, Kesha), Jason Matthews (Billy Currington, Trace Adkins, Luke Bryan) Jessie McEntire (Sonny Burgess), William Kitchens (Daron Norwood), Steve Sulikowski (Selena Gomez), Joey Clement (Selena Gomez), JD Webb, Angela Lee Sloan, Keppie Coutts, John Shandra, and more...
To learn more about HD Music Now, please see this website.
| ACCOLADES/AWARDS:
Cover of INDIE BIBLE (2008)
ASCAP Plus Award in Jazz and Popular Division (’07, ’08, '09, '10, '11)
2010 Hollywood In Music and Media Award Nomination
Billboard Intn’l Song Contest (Top 500)
CNN Search Intn’l Talent Contest (Grand Prize)
VH-1 Song of the Year (Finalist)
Garageband.com Track of the Day
Featured upcoming artist on Wikimusicguide.com
BandRadioLive.com (Top 10 for 10 weeks)
VENUES PLAYED (Partial List):
The Knitting Factory (New York)
B.B. King’s Blues Club (Los Angeles)
Coconuts (Orange County, CA)
King Neptune’s (Orange County, CA)
Escondido Street Fair (Orange County, CA)
The Blue Café (Orange County, CA)
The Baggott Inn (NYC)
The Tabernacle (ATL)
Arlene’s Grocery (NYC)
Parkside Lounge (NYC)
Sidewalk Café (NYC)
Kenny’s Castaways (NYC)
Eddie’s Attic (ATL)
Limerick Junction (ATL)
Smith’s Olde Bar (ATL)
Cowhaus (FL)
The Warehouse (FL)
New Jersey Folk Festival
Disneyland (CA)
Orange County Fair
House of Blues (CA)
Earth Day (San Diego)
Belly Up (San Diego)
Irvine Spectrum Center (CA) |
TELEVISION AIRPLAY:
Australian Idol
Project Everlasting
CBS' Today Show
BBC's The One Show
Extra (Australia)
BBC2’s Money Talks
NBC’s Championship Off Road Racing
MTV’s MADE
CNN’s Nancy Grace APB Theme
VISA
Oprah Winfrey
ALL ALBUMS AVAILABLE ON ITUNES AND CDBABY.com.
Discography
INNERTUNE Demo
Release Date: 8/1/08
Produced by Keith Taylor (Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues)
Mastered by: Michael Hateley (Sting, Madonna, My Chemical Romance)
PURCHASE "Innertune Demo": http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/innertune
Jody Aaron - "est. 1980" - Indie Release, 2005
Recorded in East Village, NY by Matt Chiaravalle (Jeffrey Gaines, Warren Zevon)
Receiving radio airplay worldwide.
Available on CD Baby, through Jody's site
Also released as "Jody Friedman"
PURCHASE "est. 1980":
Itunes Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jody-aaron/id151649182
CD Baby Link: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jfriedman
"Jody Aaron Friedman" - self-titled release, 2002
Recorded in Atlanta, GA at Pairadeez Productions
Features Band - Y.O.U.
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