Dove Award Nominated Songwriter/Music Publisher, Music Industry Professional
“A Heart Needs A Heart” by Country Johnny Mathis (Avid Group Publishing/BMI) has been licensed for use in the upcoming New Zealand film, “Pike River.” Three-time Emmy nominee Melanie Lynskey has been confirmed as starring in “Pike River,” the upcoming…
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The Country Johnny Mathis song, “Me For You And You For Me”, has been licensed for use in television. The song will be used in the SYFY channel TV series, ‘Resident Alien’, in Episode 6 of season 3 which will…
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Sometimes a songwriter will carry around a concept for a song for a long time. In the case of John Mathis Jr. he carried an idea around for 20 years, the concept of “What can you give God that He…
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“Every song is a story, has a story, and is written by someone with a story.” – Timothy J. Trudeau, CEO of Syntax Creative The story of American Country Music singer and songwriter Country Johnny Mathis will be available in…
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Michelob ULTRA’s ’19th Hole” commercial ran almost 7,000 times in 2022 and featured the song by Country Johnny Mathis, “Just Do The Best You Can” (Avid Group Publishing/BMI). The commercial ran across multiple national networks such as ESPN, The Golf…
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Avid Group Publishing secured sync licensing for three Country Johnny Mathis songs used in the French Canadian Indie Feature Film, “LA SWITCH”. “It Is Love, “Hello Kiss” and “My Heart Is On The Paper” are vintage recordings from the late…
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The Steeles latest EP, ‘Be The Reason’, was released on Stowtown Records in February and is available on all digital outlets. The title cut for the EP was written by Jeff Steele, Brad Steele and John Mathis Jr. This is…
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The 53rd Annual Dove Award Nominations were announced August 10, 2022 and John Mathis Jr was honored to be a part of two of those. “Not One Word”, written by John Mathis Jr, Jeff Steele and Brad Steele and recorded…
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The indie film, ‘Stay Awake’, has licensed the Country Johnny Mathis song and recording, “Saving Up My Rain (For a Money Day)”, (Avid Group Publishing/BMI) for use in the film. “Stay Awake” premiered at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival…
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Michelob ULTRA has licensed a Country Johnny Mathis song from the Avid Group Publishing/BMI catalog for its new ad, ’19th HOLE’. The ad features the Country Johnny Mathis recording, “Just Do The Best You Can”, released in May 2022 and…
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