Jordan Schmidt
Jordan Schmidt (born February 26, 1988) is an American multi-platinum songwriter and music producer. He has co-written, produced, engineered or mixed songs for Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Kane Brown, Granger Smith, Chris Lane, One Ok Rock, The Band CAMINO, Old Dominion, Chase Rice, Dustin Lynch, Lady Antebellum, HARDY, Hunter Hayes, Mitchell Tenpenny, Jimmie Allen, Chris Lane, Ingrid Andress, Aaron Pritchett, Rodney Atkins, Mason Ramsey, All Time Low, and dozens more. He resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Born | Duluth, Minnesota, United States | February 26, 1988
Genres | Pop, rock, country, alternative, indie |
Occupation(s) | Songwriter, Music producer, engineer, mix engineer |
Years active | 2003–present |
Website | jordanmschmidt.com |
Early years and personal life
Schmidt was born in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. He was drawn to music at an early age, picking up the guitar when he was 10 years old, and began recording local artists at the age of 16. In 2006, Schmidt moved to College Park, Maryland, and took a job as Matt Squire's assistant.[1] After working with Matt, he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and started producing & engineering for acts like Motion City Soundtrack, Quietdrive,[2] Sing It Loud,[3] You, Me, and Everyone We Know, Jamestown Story, Paradise Fears, and The Role Call,[4] quickly becoming one of the Midwest's most sought after producers.
In 2012, Jordan moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he and his brother/manager Dane started their first business venture, WeVolve Music.[5] They spent the next few years racking up hundreds of syncs on shows like NCIS: New Orleans, Nashville, Catfish, Jersey Shore, The Biggest Loser, Dr. Phil, One Tree Hill, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, NBC Sunday Night Football, The Real World, Hart of Dixie, Snooki & JWoww, Teen Mom, Chesapeake Shores, 16 and Pregnant, The Challenge, True Life, Bad Girls Club, Party Down South, The Fosters, Are You the One?, Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons, Friendzone, Total Divas, Married at First Sight, Best Ink, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Fox & Friends, Ridiculousness, The Hallmark Channel, Life Unexpected, Battle Creek, Heartland, 90210, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The First Time, and ad partnerships with MasterCard, CBS, Wayfair, NBC, JetBlue, Adobe and Coca-Cola, which eventually lead the Schmidt brothers to focus on songwriting full-time.
In April 2015, Jordan Schmidt signed a publishing deal with Tree Vibez Music, founded by Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line,[6] and celebrated his first #1 song with Jason Aldean's "Lights Come On" on July 22, 2016. He secured his second #1 with Kane Brown's 5X Platinum hit "What Ifs" in October 2017, following that with Jason Aldean’s 4X Platinum, multi-week #1 "You Make It Easy", then Mitchell Tenpenny’s 2X Platinum, "Drunk Me". In July 2019, Schmidt was awarded his fifth #1 song with Blake Shelton’s "God’s Country", which went on to win the category of Single of the Year for the 53rd Annual Country Music Association Awards, and as well as earn a Grammy nomination for the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in the Best Country Solo Performance category.
Songwriting discography
Songs written or co-written by Schmidt.
Songwriting Discography | |||||
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Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-writers | Additional Credits/Info |
2020 | Florida Georgia Line | Long Time Comin' | Life Goes On | Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Canaan Smith | |
2020 | Nelly | Lil' Bit | Lil' Bit - Single | Cornell Haynes Jr, Tyler Hubbard, Blake Redferrin | Producer |
2020 | Mitchell Tenpenny | Naughty List | Neon Christmas - EP | Tenpenny, Andy Albert | Producer |
2020 | Keith Urban | Ain't It Like A Woman | The Speed Of Now: Part 1 | Jaren Johnston, Justin Ebach | Co-Producer |
2020 | Seaforth | Talk About | Talk About | Andy Albert, Mitch Thompson, Tom Jordan | Co-Producer |
2020 | Granger Smith | Country Things | Country Things: Vol. 1 | Brian Kelley, HARDY, Hunter Phelps, Ernest K. Smith | Co-Producer |
2020 | Kane Brown | Worldwide Beautiful | Worldwide Beautiful | Kane Brown, Ryan Hurd, Shy Carter | |
2020 | Granger Smith | Country Things: Vol 1 | Country Things | Michael Hardy, Brian Kelley, Hunter Phelps, Ernest K Smith | Producer |
2020 | Jimmie Allen | Bettie James - LP | This Is Us | Tyler Hubbard, Ilsey Juber, Noah Cyrus | #48 US Country Airplay |
2020 | FILMORE | Pictures On The Fridge | State I'm In | Tyler Filmore, Bob DiPiero | Co-Producer |
2020 | somegirlnamedanna | twenty one, twenty two | seriously just stop | somegirlnamedanna, laura veltz | Producer |
2020 | Billy Currington | Seaside | Seaside | Currington, Steven Lee Olsen | Producer |
2020 | Chase Rice | Break. Up. Drunk. | The Album, Pt. 2 | Chase Rice, Hunter Phelps | |
2020 | Dustin Lynch | Tullahoma | Country Star | Lynch, Brian Kelley, Corey Crowder | |
2020 | Noah Schnacky | Noah Schnacky - EP | I'll Be The One | Schnacky, Seth Ennis | #64 US Country Airplay, Programming |
Meet The Man | Schnacky, Jake Rose | Co-Producer | |||
2020 | Aaron Pritchett | Never Seen Me Like This | Never Seen Me Like This | Corey Crowder, Neil Mason, Cale Dodds | |
2020 | Walker County | Someone's Someone | Someone's Someone - EP | Matt Ramsey, Brad Tursi, Trevor Rosen | |
2020 | The Swon Brothers | Nashlahoma | Good To You | Adam Hambrick, Jared Mullins | |
Drink You Up | Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Charles Kelley, Corey Crowder | ||||
2020 | Mitchell Tenpenny | Here | Here | Tenpenny, Marc Beeson | |
2020 | Jojo Mason | Doin' It Right | Changes - EP | HARDY, Cale Dodds | |
2019 | Jason Aldean | 9 - LP | We Back | Tyler Hubbard, Brad Warren, Brett Warren | #6 Country Airplay, #8 Billboard Hot Country Songs |
2019 | Lady Antebellum | Ocean | You Can Do You | Charles Kelley, Corey Crowder, Dave Haywood | |
2019 | Kane Brown | Single | Like A Rodeo | Kane Brown, J-Kash, Derrick Southerland | Producer |
2019 | Blake Shelton | God's Country: Fully Loaded | God's Country | Michael Hardy, Devin Dawson | #1 US Country Airplay, #1 Billboard Hot Country Songs, #1 Canada Country Songs, 2019 CMA Single of the Year, 3X Platinum |
2019 | HARDY | Hixtape, Vol 1. | What They Make Backroads For | HARDY, Josh Thompson | Programming |
2019 | High Valley | Single Man | Single Man | Brad Rempel, Derrick Southerland | #3 Canada Country Songs |
2019 | Ingrid Andress | Lady Like - EP | Both | Ingrid Andress, Derrick Southerland | Producer |
2019 | Mitchell Tenpenny | Single | Anything She Says | Tenpenny, Andy Albert, Mitchell Thompson, Tom Jordan | Producer, #1 The Highway XM |
2019 | Florida Georgia Line | The Acoustic Sessions | Smooth | Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Nicolle Gaylon | |
2019 | Granger Smith | Single | Heaven Bound Balloons | Granger Smith, Andy Albert, Justin Wilson | Producer |
2019 | JoJo Mason | Chapter 2 - EP | Better On You | Mitchell Tenpenny, Andy Albert, Trent Harmon | #3 Canada Country Songs |
You Would Too | Drake White, John Pierce | ||||
2019 | The Band CAMINO | Daphne Blue | Daphne Blue | Seth Ennis, The Band CAMINO | Producer |
2019 | Mason Ramsey | Twang - EP | Twang | Brian Kelley, Ernest K Smith, Hunter Phelps | |
2019 | Mika Setzer | Shook | Shook | James McNair, Dewain Whitmore Jr, Dennis Bierbrodt, Guido Kramer, Jurgen Dohr, Stefan Dabruck | Co-producer |
2019 | Granger Smith | Holler | Holler | Smith, Andy Albert, Justin Wilson | Producer |
2019 | Florida Georgia Line | Can't Say I Ain't Country | Speed Of Love | Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley | Programming |
Small Town | Hubbard, Kelley, HARDY | Programming | |||
Blessings | Hubbard, Kelley, HARDY, Tom Douglas, Jesse Frasure, Ernest K. Smith | #23 US Country Airplay, #26 Billboard Hot Country Songs, Certified Gold | |||
2019 | LoCash | Brothers | God Thing | Tyler Hubbard, Russell Dickerson, Alex Smith | Producer |
Secret Weapon | Corey Crowder, Preston Brust, Chris Lucas | ||||
2019 | Caylee Hammack | Preciatcha | Preciatcha | Caylee Hammack, Laura Veltz | |
2018 | HARDY | Where To Find Me - EP | Signed, Sober You | HARDY, Ben Burgess | Programming, #1 The Highway XM |
2018 | King Calaway | Self Titled - EP | No Matter What | Andy Albert, Mitchell Tenpenny, Devin Dawson, Paul DiGiovanni | #67 US Country Airplay |
2018 | Granger Smith | They Were There: A Hero's Documentary (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | They Were There | Granger Smith, Andy Albert, Mitchell Tenpenny | |
I'm A Fan | Smith, Justin Wilson, Jamie Paulin | ||||
We Got It | Smith, Justin Wilson, Jamie Paulin | ||||
2018 | HARDY | This Ole Boy - EP | Rednecker | HARDY, Andy Albert | #23 US Country Airplay, Programming |
Throwback | HARDY, Rodney Clawson, Corey Crowder | Programming | |||
2018 | Andrew Hyatt | CAIN | Some Dust Don't Settle Down | Andy Albert, Mitchell Tenpenny | |
2018 | Axel Muniz | Single | Estas Con Alguien (feat. Eva Ruiz) | Calynn Green, Gabe Simon, Dahiu Rosenblatt | Producer |
2018 | Aaron Pritchett | Worth A Shot | Worth A Shot | Andy Albert, Clint Lagerberg | #6 Canada Country Songs |
2018 | Jason Aldean | Rearview Town | You Make It Easy | Brian Kelley, Tyler Hubbard, Morgan Wallen | #1 US Country Airplay, #1 US Hot Country Songs, 4X Platinum |
Love Me Or Don't | Hubbard, Wallen | ||||
2018 | Craig Campbell | See You Try - EP | See You Try | Tyler Hubbard, Bart Butler, James McNair | #35 US Country Airplay |
2018 | Rodney Atkins | Caught Up In The Country | Caught Up in the Country | Connie Harrington, Mike Walker | #21 US Country Airplay, #20 US Hot Country Songs, 1X Platinum |
2018 | Hunter Hayes | Love This Girl | Love This Girl | Hunter Hayes, Andy Albert, Jessie Jo Dillon | Co-Producer |
2018 | Mitchell Tenpenny | Mitchell Tenpenny - EP | Drunk Me | Tenpenny, Justin Wilson | #1 US Country Airplay, producer |
Truck I Drove In High School | Tenpenny, Andy Albert, Devin Dawson | Producer | |||
2018 | Shawn Austin | Single | Get Me There | Jon Nite, Jimmy Robbins | #22 Canada Country Songs |
2018 | Matt Lang | Matt Lang - EP | Love Me Some You | Andy Albert, Jessie Jo Dillon | |
2017 | Old Dominion | Happy Endings | New York at Night | Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi | |
2017 | Granger Smith | When The Good Guys Win | Happens Like That | Granger Smith, Andy Albert, Tyler Hubbard, Justin Wilson | #13 US Country Airplay, #18 US Hot Country Songs, RIAA Certified Gold |
Gimme Something | Wilson, Jared Mullins | ||||
Still Holds Up | Smith, Albert, Wilson | ||||
Stutter | Smith, Albert, Wilson | ||||
Never Too Old | Smith, Albert, Wilson | ||||
Reppin' My Roots | Smith, Josh Mirenda, Jaron Boyer | ||||
2017 | Chris Lane | Take Back Home - EP | One Girl | Andy Albert, Michael Hardy | |
2017 | Nashville (TV Series) | The Music Of Nashville: Season 5, Vol. 3 | Stand Up | Josh Thompson, Cary Barlowe | |
2017 | Shawn Austin | Single | Paradise Found | Andy Albert, Marc Beeson, Jon Mabe | #10 Canada Country Songs |
2017 | Mitchell Tenpenny | Mitchell Tenpenny - EP | Laid Back | Tenpenny, Andy Albert, Justin Richards, Sammy Arriaga | Producer |
2017 | One OK Rock | Skyfall - EP | Right By Your Side | Takahiro Moriuchi | Producer |
2017 | Cale Dodds | All Over | All Over | Cale Dodds, Corey Crowder | |
2016 | Backroad Anthem | Feel This Night - EP | Curfew | Dan Smyers, Devin Dawson, Andy Albert | |
Original | Seth Ennis, Albert | ||||
2016 | Florida Georgia Line | Dig Your Roots | Smooth | Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Nicolle Galyon | #14 US Country Airplay, #16 Billboard Hot Country Songs, RIAA Certified Gold |
Life is a Honeymoon | Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Cary Barlowe, David Marley | ||||
Island | Ryan Hurd, Matt McGinn | ||||
Lifer | Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley | Additional Programming | |||
Music is Healing | Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Craig Wiseman | Additional Programming | |||
While He's Still Around | Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Chase Rice, Jesse Rice, Craig Wiseman | ||||
Heatwave | Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Kyle Fishman, Brett Warren, Brad Warren | ||||
2016 | Jason Aldean | They Don't Know | Lights Come On | Brian Kelley, Tyler Hubbard, Jimmy Robbins, Brad Warren, Brett Warren | #1 Billboard US Country Airplay,[7] #3 Billboard US Hot Country Songs,[8] 1X Platinum |
2016 | Granger Smith | Remington | If the Boot Fits | Andy Albert, Mitchell Tenpenny | #6 Billboard US Country Airplay |
2016 | Nick Fradiani | Hurricane | Forget2ForgetU | Nick Fradiani, Joe Ragosta, Mitchell Tenpenny | Producer |
Nobody | Nick Fradiani, Calynn Green, Zach Lockwood | Producer | |||
All on You | Nick Fradiani, Mitchell Tenpenny, Andy Albert | Producer, #29 Billboard US Pop Songs[9] | |||
2016 | Kane Brown | Kane Brown | Ain't No Stopping Us Now | Kane Brown, Jamie Paulin | Drum Programming |
What Ifs | Kane Brown, Matt McGinn | #1 US Billboard Hot Country, #1 US Country Airplay, #26 US Billboard Hot 100, 3X Platinum | |||
2016 | Chris Lane | Girl Problems | All About You | Chris Lane, Andy Albert | |
2016 | Dylan Schneider | Wannabe EP | You Heard Wrong | Will Weatherly, Cole Taylor | |
2016 | Rajiv Dhall | Single | Tempo | Rajiv Dhall, Calynn Green, Blake | Co-producer |
2016 | Forever In Your Mind | FIYM EP | Whistle | Calynn Green, Steph Jones | Co-producer |
2016 | The Swon Brothers | Timeless EP | Just Another Girl | Cole Taylor, Zach Swon, Colton Swon | |
2015 | One OK Rock | 35xxxv | Memories | Takahiro Moriuchi | Producer |
Production discography
References
- "Industry Interview". The Sound Alarm. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- "Quietdrive Recording New EP". Absolute Punk. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- "Sing It Loud (Track by Track)". Alternative Press. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- "The Role Call". MTV. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- "Florida Georgia Line Members Launch Publishing Company". Music Row. 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- "Jason Aldean – Chart history". Billboard Country Airplay for Jason Aldean. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
- "Jason Aldean – Chart history". Billboard Hot Country Songs for Jason Aldean. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
- "Nick Fradiani – Chart history". Billboard Pop Songs Airplay for Nick Fradiani. Retrieved 2016-11-05.