Jordan Schmidt
Jordan Schmidt (born February 26, 1988) is a multi-platinum songwriter, music producer, engineer, and mixing engineer. He has co-written, produced, engineered or mixed songs for Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Granger Smith, Kane Brown, Chris Lane, One Ok Rock, Old Dominion, Hunter Hayes, Mitchell Tenpenny, Chris Lane, Nick Fradiani, The Swon Brothers, Motion City Soundtrack, All Time Low, Patent Pending, Forever in Your Mind, and many others. He resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Born | February 26, 1988 |
Origin | Duluth, Minnesota |
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. 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, where he recorded bands such as Motion City Soundtrack, Quietdrive,[2] Sing It Loud,[3] You, Me, and Everyone We Know, Jamestown Story, Paradise Fears, Take Cover, and The Role Call.[4] Schmidt also produced or co-wrote songs featured in popular TV shows, such as: Hart of Dixie, NCIS: New Orleans, Nashville, Catfish, Battle Creek, Jersey Shore, The Biggest Loser, Dr. Phil, One Tree Hill, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, The Real World, Snooki & JWoww, Teen Mom, 16 and Pregnant, True Life, The Challenge: Rivals, Bad Girls Club, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Life Unexpected, Are You the One?, Friendzone, 90210, The Challenge: Rivals II, I Used To Be Fat, and Life Unexpected.
In 2012, Schmidt moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he and his brother Dane Schmidt founded WeVolve Music, a music management, publishing and artist development company.[5] In April 2015, Jordan Schmidt became the first writer/producer signed to Tree Vibez Music, founded by Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line.[6] In July 2016, Jordan celebrated his first #1 song with Jason Aldean's "Lights Come On" and in October 2017 he secured his second #1 song with Kane Brown's "What Ifs." Schmidt landed his third #1 song with Jason Aldean's You Make It Easy in May 2018, then celebrated his fourth #1 song with Mitchell Tenpenny's "Drunk Me" in December 2018. Schmidt scored his fifth #1 song with Blake Shelton's "God's Country" in July 2019.
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 | Kane Brown | Worldwide Beautiful | Worldwide Beautiful | Kane Brown, Ryan Hurd, Shy Carter | #47 US Country Airplay |
2020 | Jimmie Allen | This Is Us | This Is Us | Tyler Hubbard, Ilsey Juber, Noah Cyrus | #57 US Country Airplay |
2020 | Chase Rice | Break. Up. Drunk. | The Album, Pt. 2 | Chase Rice, Hunter Phelps | |
2020 | Dustin Lynch | Country Star | Tullahoma - LP | Dustin Lynch, Brian Kelley, Corey Crowder | |
2020 | The Swon Brothers | Good To You | Good To You | Adam Hambrick, Jared Mullins | |
2019 | Jason Aldean | We Back | 9 - LP | Tyler Hubbard, Brad Warren, Brett Warren | #6 Country Airplay, #8 Billboard Hot Country Songs |
2019 | Lady Antebellum | Ocean - LP | You Can Do You | Charles Kelley, Corey Crowder, Dave Haywood | |
2019 | Kane Brown | Like A Rodeo | Like A Rodeo | Kane Brown, J-Kash, Derrick Southerland | Producer |
2019 | Blake Shelton | Fully Loaded: God's Country | 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, 2X Platinum |
2019 | HARDY | What They Make Backroads For | HARDY Hixtape Vol 1 | HARDY, Josh Thompson | Programming |
2019 | Noah Schnacky | I'll Be The One | I'll Be The One | Noah Schnacky, Seth Ennis | #64 US Country Airplay, Programming |
2019 | High Valley | Single Man | Single Man | Brad Rempel, Derrick Southerland | #62 US Country Airplay, #3 Canada Country Songs |
2019 | Ingrid Andress | Lady Like - EP | Both | Ingrid Andress, Derrick Southerland | Producer |
2019 | Mitchell Tenpenny | Anything She Says | Anything She Says | Tenpenny, Andy Albert, Mitchell Thompson, Tom Jordan | Producer, #48 Billboard Hot Country Songs, #61 US Country Airplay |
2019 | Florida Georgia Line | The Acoustic Sessions | Smooth | Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Nicolle Gaylon | |
2019 | Granger Smith | Heaven Bound Balloons | Heaven Bound Balloons | Smith, Andy Albert, Justin Wilson | Producer |
2019 | Jojo Mason | Single | Better On You | Mitchell Tenpenny, Andy Albert, Trent Harmon | #3 Canada Country Songs |
2019 | The Band CAMINO | Daphne Blue | Daphne Blue | Seth Ennis, The Band CAMINO | Producer |
2019 | Mason Ramsey | Twang | Twang - EP | 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, Michael Hardy | Programming | |||
Blessings | Hubbard, Kelley, Hardy, Tom Douglas, Jesse Frasure, Ernest K. Smith | #23 US Country Airplay, #26 Billboard Hot Country Songs, #32 Canada Country Songs | |||
2019 | LoCash | Brothers - LP | 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 | |
2019 | Renee Blair | Girlfriend | Girlfriend | Blair, Matt McGinn | |
2018 | HARDY | Where To Find Me - EP | Signed, Sober You | Michael Hardy, Ben Burgess | Programming, #1 Sirius XM's The Highway |
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 | Rednecker | Andy Albert, Michael Hardy | #23 US Country Airplay, Programming |
Throwback | Corey Crowder, Rodney Clawson, Hardy | 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, 2X 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 |
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, Gold Record |
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 | Self Titled - 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 | |
2017 | Sammy Arriaga | Meet in the Middle - EP | Expensive | Josh Miller, Kyle Fishman, Benjy Davis | |
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, Gold Record |
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 | Haley Georgia | Single | Shots | Haley Georgia | Producer |
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 | |
2016 | Tiffany Houghton | Single | I'm Gonna Love You | Tiffany Houghton, Jimmie Deeghan | Co-producer |
2015 | One OK Rock | 35xxxv | Memories | Takahiro Moriuchi | Producer |
Production Discography
Sources
- "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.
- WeVolve Music
- "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.