It is no surprise that John would pursue a creative path for expressing his life experiences through songwriting. His father, Country Johnny Mathis, was a successful singer and BMI Award Winning songwriter having 12 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees record his songs and artists ranging from George Jones to Elvis Costello. This made songwriting and music publishing a natural transition and passion for John Jr.
A Dove nominated songwriter and music publisher, John Jr has had songs on Billboard charting and Apple Music charting albums, Christian Music charts and Dove Award nominated albums and singles. His publishing company (Avid Group Publishing/BMI) secures song placements in documentaries and TV shows such as CBS’s ‘Young Sheldon’ and national TV commercials with songs being recorded by artists like GRAMMY Winner & Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Charley Pride and many others.
John’s life and music pursuits have given him more than 20 years of experience in the music industry. During his career John has had the opportunity to work with artists across many genres from Christian Music to Country Music and the Spanish language market. His work in the the music business covers more than songwriting and music publishing; his experience includes radio promotion, publicity, A&R, audio/video production, distribution, digital management, artist consultation and record label management.
He is a husband to his wonderful wife, Angie, a father and a grand-father and his involvement at his local church, Esperanza Church in Spring Hill, TN.
John is still writing songs, managing a record label, several publishing catalogs and always rooting for his passion, Christian Music, to grow and reach in new platform.
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No es una sorpresa que John busque una salida creativa para expresar sus experiencias de vida a través de la composición de canciones. Su padre, Country Johnny Mathis, fue un exitoso cantante y compositor galardonado con el BMI que tenía canciones grabadas por artistas como George Jones y Elvis Costello. Su padre tuvo múltiples sencillos en las listas de Billboard Country Charts (éxitos), canciones en muchos álbumes de listas de Billboard Country Albums, y 12 miembros del Salón de la Fama de la Música Country han grabado la música de su padre. Esto hizo que la composición y la publicación de música fueran una transición natural y una pasión por John que lo llevó a sus propios éxitos en la música.
Como editor de música (Avid Group Publishing/BMI) y compositor, y nominado el premio de Dove, John tiene canciones grabadas por The Legendary The Florida Boys, The Inspirations, The Crist Family, The Collingsworth Family, Steve Hess & Southern Salvation (artistas residentes de Ark Encounter), Tonja Rose y Benjy Gaither, The Wilburns, Allison Speer, Sherry Anne (Los Mejores Exitos de BillBoard Magazine: ‘Sherry Anne LIVE! DVD), GRAMMY Winner Brad Davis, GRAMMY Winner & Lifetime Achievement Award recipiente Charley Pride y muchos otros.
A través de los años, John ha tenido el privilegio de trabajar con los mejores artistas de múltiples géneros en el negocio de música, Triumphant Quartet, Palmetto State, Three Bridges, Allison Speer, Steve Hess & Southern Salvation (artistas residentes del Ark Encounter), TG Sheppard, GRAMMY Winner Brad Davis, T. Graham Brown, Trick Pony, John Berry y muchos otros.
John continúa componiendo canciones, gestionando un sello discográfico, catálogos de editor músical y siempre animando a Christian Music para crecer y tener éxito en nuevas áreas.