JT Daly explained

JT Daly
Birth Name:Justin Thomas Daly
Birth Date:2 January 1981
Origin:Wellington, Ohio U.S.
Genre:Alternative rock, indie rock
Years Active:2001–present
Occupation:Musician, producer, songwriter, visual artist, director
Associated Acts:Paper Route

Justin Thomas "JT" Daly (born January 2, 1981) is a Grammy-nominated[1] [2] American musician, producer, songwriter, visual artist, and former frontman of Nashville-based rock band Paper Route. His production and co-writing work include Benson Boone's Gold-certified single "Ghost Town",[3] and Bully's album "Lucky For You".[4]

Daly's film and television credits include composing the original score for the 30 for 30 documentaries "Chuck & Tito"[5] which premiered on ESPN,[6] and the original score for the Amazon Prime Video series "Coach Prime". He also co-wrote and produced "The Big Game" musical for The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz.[7]

Career

For All the Drifters (2000–2004)

Daly's career in music began in 2000 when he joined indie rock band, For All the Drifters,[8] while double majoring in Music Composition and Art at Greenville College. The band relocated to Nashville in 2001 and released three EPs: For All the Drifters (2001), We Can Make Mistakes EP (2003), and Drifter EP (2004). The group disbanded in 2004.

Visual artist (2004–present)

Daly began his career as a visual artist in 2004. He was employed at Teleprompt Records from 2004–2006 where he designed artwork for the company's roster, including Mutemath. Daly works as a visual artist for musicians including Wilco, Paramore, Sufjan Stevens[9] and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.[10]

In 2006, Daly began work on a multimedia project called SS Mechanics (sight and sound) alongside Daniel James, best known for indie/electronic/folktronica band Canon Blue. SS Mechanics built an installation for poet/radical, Bradley Hathaway, and released a print-only version of the SS Handbook. The book contains paintings and poetry by Daly and James. Later that year, Daly worked as a creator, director, and producer of the short film/music video for Edison Glass's "This House".[11] The clip was showcased at various film festivals including The Chicago International Film Festival, The Nashville Film Festival, and The Imagination Film Festival,[12] and went on to be nominated for a Dove Award (Short Form Music Video of the Year) in 2007.[13]

Other visual works include Bed Time Stories (2013), MonstersINairports (2012) (12), KIDZ (2010), The Body Is a Kingdom, The Kingdom Is Beautiful, and Architechnopoly.[14] He also designed a line of phone cases for Griffin Technology[15] and tour merchandise for the band Paramore in 2010. Paramore's logo still features Daly's handwriting.[16]

Paper Route (2006–2018)

In 2006, former member of For All the Drifters, Chad Howat, asked Daly to contribute vocals to several tracks that he had produced. They recruited another former bandmate, Andy Smith, to form Paper Route. In August 2006, the band released a self-titled EP, followed by the A Thrill of Hope EP in December of the same year.

Paper Route toured through 2007, garnering interest from a number of major labels. They signed with Universal Motown in December 2008[17] following the release of All We Are, the band's third EP.[18] Paper Route's full-length debut, Absence, was released in April 2009[19] [20] and reached No. 13 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. The band independently released their second full-length record, The Peace of Wild Things, on September 11, 2012[21] [22] after Universal Motown went under. The album reached No. 8 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.[23] Paper Route released their third full-length album, Real Emotion, on September 23, 2016,[24] which charted on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, reaching No. 12.[25] Daly served as Paper Route's art designer and shared recording, writing, and mixing duties with his bandmates.

In January 2019, Paper Route announced[26] their indefinite hiatus via Twitter. Daly began focusing on songwriting and production and signed a publishing deal with Prescription Music in January 2022.[27] [28]

Mad Wave (2018–present)

The indie psych-rock group Mad Wave (initially The Voodoo Children), consisting of Daly and Nikki Barber was established in 2018. Their first single release is "Tangerines & Daffodils", the video for which is notable for its use of over 1,100 hand-drawn images.[29] [30]

Side projects (2010–present)

Daly and his Paper Route bandmate Chad Howat contributed an instrumental track "The Music" to 2009's motion picture 500 Days of Summer.[31] Daly released his debut solo album in 2012, Memory.[32]

In 2012, Daly recorded the Christmas anthem, "Silver Bells" with Brandi Cyrus. Cyrus says the duo hit it off right away, "Well I started out as a huge Paper Route fan and got linked up with J.T. in the hopes of working on music together. Our mutual friend Taylor York from Paramore connected us, and we became fast friends!"[33] Daly was also featured on the Camp America track, "Leader of the Pack."https://www.campamericamusic.com/about/

Daly produced and co-wrote tracks on K.Flay's Crush Me EP[34] including the alt rock hit, "Blood in the Cut".[35] Daly co-wrote and produced the tracks "Blood in the Cut", "Champagne", "Hollywood Forever", "You Felt Right" and "Slow March"[36] from K.Flay's 2017 album, Every Where Is Some Where. His contribution Every Where Is Some Where earned him two Grammy nominations for Best Rock Song ("Blood in the Cut") and Best Engineered Album.[37] Daly continued to write and produce tracks with K.Flay for her Solutions (2019), Inside Voices / Outside Voices (2022), and Mono (2023) albums.

Daly co-wrote and produced Pvris's album "Evergreen"[38] and single "Hallucinations" which was named Billboard's No. 1 alternative and rock song of 2019.[39] He also co-wrote and produced K.Flay's album Every Where Is Some Where with the single "Blood in the Cut", for which Daly received Grammy nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Engineered Album,[40] and singles for Demi Lovato, Isaac Dunbar,[41] and Quinn XCII.[42]

Daly co-wrote and produced several tracks on Sarah Macintosh's 2011 album, Current.[43] In February 2014, Daly released The Blackest Bird under the moniker JT Daly & The Blood Orchestra.[44]

In 2019, Daly produced Hallucinations, the third EP from American alternative rock band Pvris.[45]

Awards

Grammy Awards

YearArtistNominee/workAwardResult
2018"Blood in the Cut"Best Rock Song
K.FlayEvery Where Is Some WhereBest Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grammy Artist JT Daly. Grammy. Dec 20, 2019.
  2. Web site: JT Daly - Credits - AllMusic. AllMusic. March 28, 2018.
  3. Web site: Gold & Platinum . 2024-02-16 . RIAA . en-US.
  4. Web site: Trageser . Stephen . 2023-12-14 . Nashville Scene's Year in Music 2023: Talking With Bully . 2024-02-14 . Nashville Scene . en.
  5. Web site: Christie . Jennifer Cingari . 2019-09-26 . 30 for 30 Documentary on UFC Legends Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz Marks the Series' First to Cover the Sport of MMA . 2024-02-14 . ESPN Press Room U.S. . en-US.
  6. Web site: 30 for 30 Documentary on UFC Legends Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz Marks the Series' First to Cover the Sport of MMA. ESPN Press Room. September 26, 2019 . December 21, 2019.
  7. Web site: The Big Game (Original Musical Event Soundtrack) by The Dan Le Batard Show . 2024-02-14 . Genius . en.
  8. Web site: For All the Drifters . 2024-02-14 . Genius . en.
  9. Web site: EB Art Detail . Expressobeans.com . June 17, 2014.
  10. Web site: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Nashville 06 Daly - 1st . Expressobeans.com . June 17, 2014.
  11. Web site: Edison Glass - This House. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714202535/http://www.vh1.com/video/edison-glass/111179/this-house.jhtml. dead. July 14, 2014. February 1, 2014.
  12. Web site: This House. Paper Route Online. February 28, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140316025834/http://jtdalyart.paperrouteonline.com/. March 16, 2014. mdy-all.
  13. Web site: The 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominee List. Gospel City. GospelCity.com. April 3, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171826/http://www.gospelcity.com/industry/industry/363/Page12. July 14, 2014. mdy-all.
  14. Web site: Paper Route . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163511/http://www.taisawards.com/inpage/paper-route-836/ . July 14, 2014 . February 28, 2014 . Tais Awards.
  15. Web site: JT Daly . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142031/http://store.griffintechnology.com/jt-daly . July 14, 2014 . February 28, 2014 . Griffin Technology.
  16. Web site: JT Daly . April 3, 2014 . Credits . All Music.
  17. Web site: AltPress . Universal Motown signs Paper Route . 2024-02-14 . Alternative Press Magazine . en-US.
  18. Web site: Universal Motown signs Paper Route. Alternative Press. February 28, 2014.
  19. Web site: Absence by Paper Route . 2024-02-14 . Genius . en.
  20. Web site: Paper Route, "Absence" Review . 2024-02-14 . www.jesusfreakhideout.com.
  21. Web site: The Peace of Wild Things by Paper Route . 2024-02-14 . Genius . en.
  22. Web site: Paper Route - The Peace Of Wild Things . 2024-02-14 . www.louderthanthemusic.com.
  23. Heatseekers Album Chart. Billboard. April 3, 2014.
  24. Web site: Real Emotion by Paper Route . 2024-02-14 . Genius . en.
  25. Paper Route - Chart history. Billboard. March 30, 2017.
  26. Web site: Nikkel . Mary . 2019-01-25 . Paper Route Announces Indefinite Hiatus . 2024-02-16 . Rock On Purpose . en.
  27. Web site: Farthing . Lydia . 2022-01-10 . Prescription Songs Inks Publishing Deal With JT Daly . 2024-02-14 . MusicRow.com . en-US.
  28. Web site: 2022-01-12 . Music News (1/12/22) . 2024-02-14 . RowFax.
  29. Web site: The Voodoo Children: Nieuw garagerock-duo. Gerven. Adwin van. 2018-02-18. Muzileaks. nl. 2020-02-01.
  30. Web site: Native Magazine. native.is. June 1, 2018.
  31. News: 500 Days of Summer Credits. https://web.archive.org/web/20140607031856/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/447353/-500-Days-of-Summer/credits. dead. June 7, 2014. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 2014. April 3, 2014.
  32. Web site: Indie Music Spotlight: JT Daly Memory . April 3, 2014 . Jesus Freak Hideout.
  33. Web site: Brandi Cyrus Opens Up About Her Music Plans, Shares Cute Unreleased Christmas Anthem. December 6, 2013 . Idolator. February 28, 2014.
  34. Web site: Crush Me - K.Flay - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic. . March 30, 2017.
  35. New Noise: K.Flay Pumps 'Blood' Back Into the Heart of Rock and Roll. Billboard. March 30, 2017.
  36. Web site: Every Where Is Some Where - K.Flay - Credits. AllMusic. March 28, 2018.
  37. Web site: K.Flay Finds Her Place With 2 GRAMMY Nominations GRAMMY.com . 2024-02-14 . grammy.com.
  38. Web site: 2023-03-30 . PVRIS Announces New Album Evergreen for July 2023 Release and Shares New Single "Good Enemy" - . 2024-02-14 . mxdwn Music . en-US.
  39. The 25 Best Rock & Alternative Songs of 2019: Staff List . December 20, 2019 . Billboard.
  40. Web site: K.Flay Finds Her Place With 2 GRAMMY Nominations GRAMMY.com . 2024-02-14 . grammy.com.
  41. Web site: 2022-05-27 . Isaac Dunbar Breaks Down Banish the Banshee EP Track by Track: Exclusive . 2024-02-16 . Yahoo Entertainment . en-US.
  42. Web site: QUINN XCII RELEASES NEW SINGLE AND OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR "TWO 10s" – Sony Music Canada . 2024-02-14 . www.sonymusic.ca.
  43. Web site: 2014-07-14 . Sarah Macintosh Songstress Sarah Macintosh Releases Current on Integrity Music to Strong Media Acclaim TodaysChristianMusic.com . 2024-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714194632/http://www.todayschristianmusic.com/artists/sarah-macintosh/news/songstress-sarah-macintosh-releases-current-on-integrity-music-to-strong-media-acclaim/ . July 14, 2014 . live .
  44. Web site: Alexander. Kelsi. JT Daly & The Blood Orchestra Release Single "The Blackest Bird". February 18, 2014 . No Country For New Nashville. February 28, 2014.
  45. Web site: PVRIS embrace their new music: "We've always kind of been a pop act". Zaleski. Annie. 2019-08-16. Alternative Press. en-US. 2020-01-01.