Jesse Frasure
Jesse Vernon Frasure, also known as DJ Telemitry, is an American music publisher, record producer, songwriter, and DJ. He has written 22 number one songs and has cuts with various artists including Chris Stapleton, Marshmello, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves, Thomas Rhett, Leon Bridges, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell, Meghan Trainor, Florida Georgia Line and more.
Frasure won BMI's Country Songwriter Of The Year Award in 2018 and 2021. He has been Grammy nominated twice and was nominated as ACM's Songwriter Of The Year in 2022. He has also received six consecutive CMA Triple Play Awards for having written three number one radio songs in a 12-month period.
Biography
A Detroit native, Frasure, 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. In June 2016, Jay-Z's 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.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. He then moved to Nashville, finishing his college career at Belmont University, 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 and has cuts with various artists including Chris Stapleton, Marshmello, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves, Thomas Rhett, Leon Bridges, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell, Meghan Trainor, Florida Georgia Line 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. 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".
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. He has also DJed across the globe for party planners Colin Cowie Lifestyles and Angel City Designs, and hosts the radio shows, "Little Bit Country" and "YeeDM" on Apple Music Radio.
Awards and nominations
Number One Radio Songs
- Kane Brown & Marshmello - "One Thing Right"
- Cole Swindell - "She Had Me at Heads Carolina"
- Jon Pardi - "Dirt On My Boots"
- Kelsea Ballerini - "Hole in the Bottle"
- Kane Brown - "One Mississippi"
- Thomas Rhett - "Marry Me"
- Thomas Rhett - "Life Changes"
- Thomas Rhett - "Crash and Burn"
- Thomas Rhett - "Unforgettable"
- Thomas Rhett - "Remember You Young"
- Thomas Rhett - "What's Your Country Song"
- Thomas Rhett - "Slow Down Summer"
- Florida Georgia Line - "Sun Daze"
- Rascal Flatts - "I Like the Sound of That"
- Chris Lane - "Fix"
- Lauren Alaina - "Road Less Traveled"
- Old Dominion - "No Such Thing as a Broken Heart"
- Michael Ray - "One That Got Away"
- LoCash - "One Big Country Song"
- Michael Ray - "Whiskey and Rain"
- Toby Mac - "Hold On"
- Toby Mac - "Christmas This Year"
Select Discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Song Title | Contribution |
| 2024 | Brett Kissel | Let Your Horses Run – The Album | "Let Your Horses Run | Writer, Producer |
| 2023 | Miranda Lambert/Leon Bridges | If You Were Mine | "If You Were Mine" | Writer |
| 2023 | Jelly Roll | Whitsitt Chapel | "Halfway to Hell" | Co-producer, writer |
| 2023 | Jelly Roll | Whitsitt Chapel | "The Lost" | Co-producer, writer |
| 2023 | Jelly Roll | Dragging These Roots - Single | "Dragging These Roots" | Co-producer, writer |
| 2023 | Gabby Barrett | Cowboy Back - Single | "Cowboy Back" | Writer |
| 2023 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights - Single | "Young Love & Saturday Nights" | Writer |
| 2023 | Brothers Osborne | Brothers Osborne | "We Ain't Good at Breaking Up" | Writer |
| 2023 | Brothers Osborne | Brothers Osborne | "Love You Too" | Writer |
| 2023 | Old Dominion | Memory Lane | "Both Sides of the Bed" | Writer |
| 2023 | Nate Smith | Nate Smith | "Love is Blind" | Writer |
| 2023 | Larry Fleet | Earned It | "Muddy Water" | Writer |
| 2023 | Michael Ray | Dive Bars and Broken Hearts | "Workin' On It" | Writer |
| 2023 | Michael Ray | Dive Bars and Broken Hearts | "Dive Bars and Broken Hearts" | Writer |
| 2022 | Cole Swindell | Stereotype | "She Had Me At Heads Carolina" | Writer |
| 2022 | Kelsea Ballerini | Subject To Change | "Love Is a Cowboy" | Writer |
| 2022 | Kane Brown | Different Man | "Devil Don't Even Bother" | Writer |
| 2022 | Kane Brown | One Mississippi | "One Mississippi" | Writer |
| 2022 | Steve Aoki/Kane Brown | Move On | "Move On" | Writer |
| 2022 | Elle King | Come Get Your Wife | "Crawlin' Mood" | Writer |
| 2022 | Mitchell Tenpenny | This is the Heavy | "Miss You Cause I'm Drinking" | Writer |
| 2022 | Little Big Town | Mr. Sun | "Heaven Had a Dance Floor" | Writer |
| 2022 | Ingrid Andress | Good Person | "Seeing Someone Else" | Writer |
| 2022 | Tyler Hubbard | Tyler Hubbard | "Baby Gets Her Lovin' " | Writer |
| 2022 | Jackson Dean | Greenbroke | "Trailer Park" | Writer |
| 2022 | Chris Lane/Lauren Alaina | Dancin' in the Moonlight | "Dancin' in the Moonlight" | Writer |
| 2022 | Ben Burgess | Tears the Size of Texas | "Jackson" | Writer |
| 2021 | Miranda Lambert | Palomino | "If I Was a Cowboy" | Writer |
| 2021 | Miranda Lambert | Tequila Does | "Tequila Does " | Producer |
| 2021 | Lady A | What A Song Can Do | "Things He Handed Down" | Writer |
| 2021 | Thomas Rhett | Country Again | "What's Your Country Song" | Co-producer, writer |
| 2021 | Thomas Rhett | Slow Down Summer | "Slow Down Summer" | Co-producer, writer |
| 2021 | Blake Shelton | Body Language | Minimum Wage | Writer |
| 2021 | Kidd G | Down Home Boy | "Paper Hearts" | Co-producer, writer |
| 2021 | Brett Kissel | What Is Life? | "Die to Go Home" | Co-producer, writer |
| 2021 | Brett Kissel | What Is Life? | "Without" | Co-producer, writer |
| 2020 | Kelsea Ballerini | Kelsea | "Hole in the Bottle" | Writer |
| 2020 | Michael Ray | Higher Education | "Whiskey and Rain" | Co-producer, writer |
| 2019 | Florida Georgia Line | Can't Say I Ain't Country | "Y'all Boys" | Writer |
| 2019 | Florida Georgia Line | Can't Say I Ain't Country | "Blessings" | Writer |
| 2019 | Kane Brown/Marshmello | One Thing Right | "One Thing Right" | Writer |
| 2019 | Little Big Town | Nightfall | "Over Drinking" | Writer |
| 2019 | Thomas Rhett feat. Little Big Town | Center Point Road Christmas in Diverse City | "Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time" | Co-producer, writer |
| 2019 | Thomas Rhett | Center Point Road Christmas in Diverse City | "Center Point Road Album" | Co-producer, writer |
| 2019 | Thomas Rhett | Center Point Road Christmas in Diverse City | "Remember You Young" | Co-producer, writer |
| 2019 | LoCash | Brothers | "One Big Country Song" | Writer |
| 2018 | Kylie Minogue | Golden | "Sincerely Yours" | Writer, producer |
| 2018 | Fil Eisle | N/A | "Oblivion" | Writer |
| 2018 | Kacey Musgraves | Golden Hour | "Wonder Woman" | Writer |
| 2018 | Dan + Shay | Dan + Shay | "Alone Together" | Writer |
| 2018 | Little Big Town | Summer Fever | "Summer Fever" | Producer, writer |
| 2018 | Michael Ray | Amos | "One That Got Away" | Writer |
| 2018 | Cole Swindell | All of It | "The Ones Who Got Me Here" | Writer |
| 2018 | Hunter Brothers | State of Mind | "Lost" | Writer |
| 2017 | Thomas Rhett | Life Changes | "Unforgettable" | Composer |
| 2017 | Thomas Rhett | Life Changes | "Marry Me" | Writer |
| 2017 | Thomas Rhett | Life Changes | "Drink a Little Beer" | Writer, producer, programming |
| 2017 | Thomas Rhett | Life Changes | "Smooth Like the Summer" | Writer, producer, programming |
| 2017 | Thomas Rhett | Life Changes | "Life Changes" | Writer |
| 2017 | Lady Antebellum | The Shack Soundtrack | "Lay Our Flowers Down" | Writer, keyboards, programming |
| 2017 | Lady Antebellum | Heart Break | "Heart Break" | Writer, programming |
| 2017 | Aliya Moulden | The Complete Season 12 Collection | "Never Be Lonely" | Writer |
| 2017 | Faith Hill/Tim McGraw | The Rest of Our Life | "Devil Callin' Me Back" | Writer |
| 2017 | Tyminski | Southern Gothic | "Southern Gothic" | Producer, engineer, programming, writer |
| 2017 | Tyminski | Southern Gothic | "Temporary Love" | Producer, engineer, programming, writer |
| 2017 | Tyminski | Southern Gothic | "Perfect Poison" | Producer, engineer, programming, writer |
| 2017 | Tyminski | Southern Gothic | "Hollow Hallelujah" | Producer, engineer, programming, writer |
| 2017 | Tyminski | Southern Gothic | "Good for Your Soul" | Producer, engineer, programming, writer |
| 2017 | Tyminski | Southern Gothic | "Haunted Heart" | Producer, engineer, programming, writer |
| 2017 | Tyminski | Southern Gothic | "Bloodline" | Producer, engineer, programming, writer |
| 2017 | Colt Ford | Love Hope Faith | "Dirt Road Disco" | Writer |
| 2017 | TobyMac | Christmas in Diverse City | "Christmas This Year" | Writer |
| 2017 | Rascal Flatts | Back to Us | "Hopin' You Were Lookin'" | Writer |
| 2017 | Easton Corbin | A Girl Like You | "A Girl Like You" | Writer |
| 2016 | Brooke Eden | Welcome to the Weekend | "Act Like You Don't" | Writer |
| 2016 | LoCash | The Fighters | "Ring On Every Finger" | Writer |
| 2016 | Charles Kelley | The Driver | "Lonely Girl" | Writer |
| 2016 | Dan + Shay | Obsessed | "Round the Clock" | Writer, bass, drums, engineer, keyboards, producer, programming |
| 2016 | Old Dominion | Happy Endings | "No Such Thing as a Broken Heart" | Writer |
| 2016 | Jo Smith | Introducing Jo Smith | "Queen of Fools" | Writer, producer |
| 2016 | Jo Smith | Introducing Jo Smith | "Dance Dirty" | Writer, producer |
| 2016 | Jo Smith | Introducing Jo Smith | "Poster Child" | Writer, producer |
| 2016 | David Nail | Fighter | "Ease Your Pain" | Writer |
| 2016 | Florida Georgia Line | Dig Your Roots | "Summerland" | Writer |
| 2016 | Kenny Chesney | Cosmic Hallelujah | "Rich and Miserable" | Writer |
| 2016 | The Cadillac Three | Bury Me In My Boots | "Drunk Like You" | Writer |
| 2015 | Meghan Trainor | Title | "Mr. Almost" | Writer |
| 2015 | Who Is Fancy | Goodbye | "Goodbye" | Writer, producer |
| 2015 | Gary Allan | Hangover Tonight | "Hangover Tonight" | Writer |
| 2015 | Gary Allan | N/A | "Getting Played Again" | Writer |
| 2015 | Billy Currington | Summer Forever | "Summer Forever" | Writer |
| 2015 | Chris Lane | Girl Problems | "Fix" | Writer |
| 2015 | Lauren Alaina | Road Less Traveled | "Road Less Traveled" | Writer |
| 2015 | Jon Pardi | California Sunrise | "Dirt On My Boots" | Writer |
| 2015 | Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | "Crash and Burn" | Writer |
| 2014 | Florida Georgia Line | Anything Goes | "Sun Daze" | Writer |
| 2014 | Florida Georgia Line | Anything Goes | "Good Good" | Writer |
| 2014 | Chase Bryant | Chase Bryant | "Jet Black Pontiac" | Writer |
| 2014 | tobyMac | Eye'M All Mixed Up | "Mac Daddy " | Writer |
| 2014 | Rascal Flatts | Rewind | "I Like the Sound of That" | Writer |
| 2014 | Rascal Flatts | Rewind | "DJ Tonight" | Writer |
| 2014 | Five Kings | N/A | "Oblivion" | Writer, Programmer |
| 2014 | Kelleigh Bannen | N/A | "Thousand Days of Summer" | Writer |
| 2014 | Natalie Stovall And the Drive | Mason Jar | "Mason Jar" | Writer |
| 2014 | David Archuleta | No Matter How Far | "Love Don't Hate" | Writer |
| 2014 | Dallas Smith | Lifted | "Cheap Seats" | Writer |
| 2014 | Leah Turner | Leah Turner | "Beat Up Bronco" | Writer, producer |
| 2014 | Leah Turner | Leah Turner | "Bless My Heart" | Writer, producer |
| 2014 | Leah Turner | Leah Turner | "Take The Keys" | Writer, producer |
| 2014 | Leah Turner | Leah Turner | "My Finger" | Writer, producer |
| 2014 | Jessie James Decker | Clint Eastwood | "Clint Eastwood" | Writer |
| 2013 | Capital Kings | Capital Kings | "You'll Never Be Alone" | Writer, Programmer |
| 2013 | Capital Kings | Capital Kings | "Ready For Home" | Writer, Programmer |
| 2013 | Royal Tailor | Royal Tailor | "Remain" | Writer |
| 2012 | Meghan Trainor | N/A | "Who I Wanna Be" | Writer |
| 2012 | tobyMac | Eye'M All Mixed Up | "Me Without You " | Remixer |
| 2012 | tobyMac | Eye On It | "Mac Daddy" | Writer, programming |
| 2012 | tobyMac | Eye On It | "LoudNClear " | Remixer |
| 2012 | tobyMac | Dubbed & Freq'd: A Remix Project | "Made To Love " | Remixer |
| 2011 | Luke Bryan | N/A | "Country Girl Shake It For Me " | Remixer |
| 2010 | tobyMac | Tonight | "Hold On" | Writer, programming |
| 2010 | tobyMac | Christmas in Diverse City | "Christmas This Year" | Writer, programming |
| 2010 | tobyMac | Dubbed & Freq'd: A Remix Project | "Hold On " | Writer, Remixer |
| 2010 | Hot Chelle Rae | Whatever | "The Only One" | Writer |