Gifft Hill School
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J.T. HARDING grew up in Detroit loving MTV and the radio. Following his dream to write songs, JT moved to Hollywood and made his first demo recording with money he won on the game show VH-1's Rock N' Roll Jeopardy. JT traveled the world as a personal assistant for the band LINKIN PARK writing songs all along the way leading him to a publishing deal in Nashville. JT has written seven number one songs with artists such as Keith Urban and Blake Shelton and the 4 million selling song "Smile" for Uncle Kracker. Other notable cuts include Jake Owen's “Alone with You," Kenny Chesney's “Somewhere with You," and Dierks Bentley's "Different for Girls". Additionally, J.T. wrote a musical called Music City that recently world premiered in North Carolina and will be opening in New York City next year.

Paul Jenkins is an American songwriter. Born and raised in Southeast Texas, Paul has called Nashville Tennessee home since 1994. In 2009, he signed to Sony ATV. Throughout his career, his songs have garnered Grammy, ACM, CMT, and ACA awards and nominations. To date, his compositions have sold in excess of 11 million copies.

Paul has written songs for country music's biggest stars, including Rascal Flatts, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton and Thompson Square. His hit songs include the Grammy-nominated "Don't You Want to Stay" for Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean, "Over" for Blake Shelton and "Sunny & 75" for Joe Nichols.

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