Life & Work with Jay Putty of Nashville

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jay Putty

Hi Jay, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
First, thank you for having me. I would say my journey really started when I was about 11 when I got my first guitar. Ironically, thanks to a school bully I wouldn’t have gotten it. I didn’t really grow up in a musical household. We loved music. But no one was inclined so me getting the chance to write was kind of unheard of. But I started writing and playing that kind of post-hardcore music and emo of the early 2000s. The older I got the more I wanted to write happier and happier music. Until One Direction came out my senior year of high school, and I was like “wow you can write pop music like this…I want to try this”. And so I joined a pop rock band that was like Jonas Brothers, One Direction, and The Maine. It was so much fun but differences happened and I ended up leaving to start writing my own music. Since then I’ve been a solo artist writing songs for other artists like U-know, BoA, and Oh My Girl. Lots of kpop, country, and everything in between.

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Not really honestly. I went from leaving and being kicked out of bands to struggling to get anyone to listen to my music. To giving up being an artist altogether for a few years and just being a songwriter. It honestly took losing my dad to find that spark to have something to say again. To feel like the music I was writing for myself actually meant something.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I would say that my speciality is feel good folk pop that has underlying feelings of melancholy. Because you can’t appreciate the mountain tops without being in the valley you know what I mean? I would say I’m most proud of the fact that I am parmesan cheese. Like yeah I’m cheesy but it’s a good kind of cheesy. It’s unabashedly happy and positive in the choruses but it’s full of something in the verses. What sets me apart from others is my willingness to talk about grief and loss in not only the sad way but in the joy you can find from it once you start seeing it on the other side.

How do you think about happiness?
Family. Fortnite. Disney. A sweet treat (preferably a blizzard). A good cup of coffee in the morning. And her.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://thisisjayputty.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JayPutty/
• Twitter: https://x.com/JayPutty
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/JayPuttyMusic