Award-winning singer-songwriter, publisher, and music supervisor Jody Aaron  (Friedman) has paved his own road to success in music. He began playing guitar and writing songs in 1994 in his home in Safety Harbor, Florida. Later he and his band performed in venues in and around Georgia, New York, and California. Some of the highlights include The Tabernacle in Atlanta, The Knitting Factory in NYC, and B B King’s in Universal City.

By day the talented and dedicated artist works as a music publisher and music supervisor, having supervised several feature films.  Jody publishes a catalog of 20,000 + songs and regularly licenses music to networks, studios, ad agencies, and trailer houses.

Jody's released a couple of EP's including "Rivers (2013)" recorded with Grammy winning Multi-Platinum producer Scott Mathews (Beach Boys, Zac Brown, and Johnny Cash) & "Memory Box (2015)" recorded with Kenny Lamb (Ashley Monroe, Justin Timberlake).  His artistry is reminiscent of early Paul McCartney, Cat Stevens, Dave Matthews, and Nick Drake.

Jody's been honored with several awards for his songwriting, including winning first place at CNN International Talent Competition, which was televised on various CNN programs. 

His music has been heard on ABC, AMC, Animal Planet, NBC, Showtime, MTV, and Nickelodeon, to name a few.

"As a writer with others, I try to bring a sense of calmness and steadfast to the room, along with some lyrical ideas/topics & interesting melodies.  If I had to choose, I'd say melody is my strong suit in a co-write.  Because of the nature of my job as a music publisher & supervisor, I'm able to adapt to different writing styles from Pop to Rock to Country to Trailer Music.

Currently Jody is based in Orange County, California and travels to Nashville, TN annually to co-write with other accomplished songwriters. Some of his co-writers include Michele Vice-Maslin (Nick Carter, Ke$ha), Jason Mathews (Billy Currington, Trace Adkins, Luke Bryan), Phil Barton (Lee Brice), Steve Pasch (Lenny Kravitz), Elisha Hoffman (Faith Hill, “Country Strong” soundtrack), Rebecca Lynn Howard (Martina McBride), Steve Suliikowski and Joey Clement (Selena Gomez), and many other writers.

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