Jesse Frasure
Jesse Vernon Frasure (born September 18, 1981), also known as DJ Telemitry, is an American music publisher, record producer, songwriter, and DJ. He has written 22 number one songs[1] and has cuts with various artists including Chris Stapleton,[2] Marshmello,[3] Miranda Lambert,[4] Kacey Musgraves,[5] Thomas Rhett,[1] Leon Bridges,[6] Kane Brown,[1] Jelly Roll,[7] Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell,[1] Meghan Trainor,[8] Florida Georgia Line[9] and more.
Jesse Frasure (DJ Telemitry)
Jesse Vernon Frasure
September 18, 1981
Dearborn, Michigan
Music Publishing, Songwriting, Production, DJ
2001–present
Frasure won BMI's Country Songwriter Of The Year Award in 2018[10] and 2021.[11] He has been Grammy nominated twice[12] and was nominated as ACM's Songwriter Of The Year in 2022.[13] He has also received six consecutive CMA Triple Play Awards for having written three number one radio songs in a 12-month period.[14]
Biography[edit]
A Detroit native,[15] Frasure (DJ Telemitry), now lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife Stevie Frasure. Frasure began his music career working at Major Bob Music in Nashville, eventually rising to VP of A&R and also signing a publishing and production deal with the company.[16] In June 2016, Jay-Z's Roc Nation Nashville and Warner/Chappell Music launched Rhythm House, a venture led by Frasure. Rhythm House includes Frasure's own writing and production activities, as well as the signing and development of other composers and producers.[17]
Growing up, he was surrounded by a family with a passion for music. His father often played in bands full of Motown and classic rock. As a college student at Michigan State University, Frasure first began programming his own music, heavily influenced by his love for electronic dance and the mix of his Motown roots.[18] He then moved to Nashville, finishing his college career at Belmont University,[19][20] It was there that a passion for even more styles of music grew.
Throughout his career, Frasure has merged his love for all genres of music to diversify his sound. He has written 22 number one songs[1] and has cuts with various artists including Chris Stapleton,[2] Marshmello, Miranda Lambert,[4] Kacey Musgraves, Thomas Rhett,[1] Leon Bridges,[6] Kane Brown,[1] Jelly Roll,[7] Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell,[1] Meghan Trainor,[8] Florida Georgia Line[9] and more. He's also seen multi-platinum success producing, co-writing, and remixing for artists including Luke Bryan, Rascal Flatts, Billy Currington, Lauren Alaina, Brett Kissel, Gary Allan, Hot Chelle Rae, Jordin Sparks.[21] In 2015, he reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Country charts for the first time with his Florida Georgia Line co-write "Sun Daze".[22]
As DJ Telemitry, Frasure has DJed parties for celebrity clients including Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Drake, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Chris Lane & Lauren Bushnell, Todd English, and CeeLo Green.[23][24][25] He has also DJed across the globe for party planners Colin Cowie Lifestyles and Angel City Designs,[26] and hosts the radio shows, "Little Bit Country" and "YeeDM" on Apple Music Radio.[27]