Today we’d like to introduce you to Jordan Frye.
Hi Jordan, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today.
My parents had this VHS tape of the Talking Heads’s live concert “Stop Making Sense” lying in the house, and it became my evening ritual after school. At 10 years old, I started cutting and taping, and painting my own sunburst Fender Strats out of cardboard. My parents eventually got the message, bought me my first real-life guitar, and took me to my first real-life first concert: James Taylor. It was at that moment, watching and listening to Taylor perform all the hits like “You Got a Friend” and “Fire and Rain,” that I knew that I wanted to be a Singer-Songwriter for the rest of my life.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
One of the greatest challenges I’ve faced as a Singer-Songwriter has been the art of making a living off my art. I’ve found that the older I get, the stakes continue to get higher. For example, when I performed at Lestat’s Coffee Shop in San Diego in college, I’d be happy to walk away with $100 from the night. Hell, that was a GOOD night. That money was gas in the car and a few breakfast burritos along the way. But raising a family and providing for my children as a recording artist – well, that’s just an entirely different story. The words “incredible sacrifice” doesn’t even come close the challenges my partner and I have had to face to make the music “work”. But we love it and wouldn’t trade the it for the world.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I belong to a rich tradition of storytelling lyricists like Sufjan Stevens, James Taylor, and Alexi Murdoch. Native to California I grew up surfing, skateboarding, and immersed in alternative and acoustic folk-rock. There have been thousands of little moments on my creative journey that have felt like I was a part of something greater than myself. One of the most special moments of my career was when the CDC used my song “Mine” for the National Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign – a song I wrote for my 1-year-old son during the beginning of the pandemic.
What has been the most important lesson you’ve learned along your journey?
“Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying. Why is this so important? Because when we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen. A process is set into motion by which, inevitably and infallibly, heaven comes to our aid. Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose.”
– The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.jordanfrye.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordanfryeofficial/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jordanfryeofficial/
- Twitter: https://www.Twitter.com/jordanfryemusic
- Youtube: @jordanfryeofficial
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jordanfrye
Image Credits
Kenzie Kate Floyd
