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So I went from having it made (laughs) to a few years later getting dropped. There was also a regime change-somebody else came in to run the label and I actually got dropped from the label.

So it was kind of a different thing to move to Nashville and try to write with other people. When I got signed, I had all these songs I had written by myself. To be honest, we never got enough traction with a single. But I got to travel, got to open for some great artists, I played the Grand Ole Opry three or four times…I got to do a lot of amazing things. I had a couple songs come out but they really didn’t do much. I worked with Brent Rowan for a minute and I worked with Tony-we did a few things. I thought it would be smooth sailing from there…but I was a little wrong (he laughs).ĭK: Were Tony Brown and Tim DuBois your producers? So I had a record deal and a publishing deal at age 19. I probably would have made the move anyway, but that helped make my decision.

Tony & Tim offered me a record deal and I made the move to Nashville. He signed me and took me to play for (label execs & producers) Tony Brown and Tim DuBois at Universal South. Jenkins: Yeah, a named Jody Williams (who now runs BMI Nashville) signed me to his publishing company, Jody Williams Music. Here’s the video of Kenny Chesney & Pink’s hit single, “Setting the Worldįire,” which was co-written by Matt Jenkins. I went there for a year before I left for Nashville.ĭK: I read that you were signed to Universal South Records in 2003. Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks went there. It’s kind of a mini Belmont University-it’s a music school. I grew up there, and I went to South Plains junior college for a year (in Levelland, TX). Matt Jenkins: I’m from a little town in Texas called Aledo, which is about 20 miles west of Fort Worth.

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He tells how he got started, and how he co-wrote the hit “Setting the World on Fire” for Kenny Chesney & Pink, plus his other hit songs.ĭK: Where are you originally from, and how did you get started with music? We are pleased to do this new interview with Matt Jenkins. Jenkins is signed to a music publishing deal with Warner-Chappell/Combustion Music. He’s written with top Nashville songwriters such as Josh Osborne, Zach Crowell, Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally and Cary Barlowe. In addition to his several hit singles, Jenkins has had cuts with Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, Scotty McCreery, Jake Owen, Billy Currington and other artists.

A year later, he co-wrote another single, “Runnin’ Out of Air” for the duo, Love and Theft. It was in 2011 that Jenkins scored his first big cut, co-writing the single “Until the Rain Stops” for Steve Holy. However, when he was eventually dropped by the label, he began the transition to becoming a full-time songwriter, writing for other artists. Jenkins released two singles for Universal South, and spent a few years writing, recording and touring as an artist. Williams subsequently introduced Jenkins to execs at Universal South Records, which led to him signing a label deal with them. When he was 19, he signed a music publishing deal with Nashville music exec Jody Williams (who is now VP of Writer/Publisher Relations at BMI Nashville). Originally from a town named Aledo in Texas (near Fort Worth), Jenkins grew up in a musical family (his father was a singer/songwriter). Notably, Jenkins co-wrote “Cop Car” with hit artist Sam Hunt, who also recorded this song for his platinum debut album, Montevallo. Previously in 2014, he co-wrote two more big hits: the #1 “Where It’s At (Yep, Yep)” for Dustin Lynch, and “Cop Car” for Keith Urban. In addition, he co-wrote the single “Song For Another Time” for the group Old Dominion, which is Top 20 and still moving up the country chart.Įarlier this year (2016), Jenkins had another hit, co-writing the #1 single “Confession” for Florida Georgia Line. He co-wrote the big hit “Setting the World on Fire” by Kenny Chesney featuring Pink, which is also Top 30 on the pop chart. Currently, he has two singles that are in the Top 20 of the Billboard country chart. In just the past few years, Matt Jenkins has emerged as a top tier songwriter in Nashville.