Jason Blume

Jason Blume’s songs have been recorded by artists including Britney Spears,[4][5][6][7][8] the Backstreet Boys,[9][10] Jesse McCartney,[11][12][13][circular reference], Hey Violet,[14] J’Son,[15][16] and the Nashville Chamber Orchestra (Kid Pan Alley),[17] and country music stars such as the Oak Ridge Boys,[18] John Berry,[19] Collin Raye,[20][21] and Steve Azar,.

Blume's international successes include recordings by Norway's Christian Ingebrigtsen, J-Pop star Tomohisa Yamashita (#1 EP), Hi-5 (winners of Greek Idol, certified “platinum”), as well as three top-10 singles with Dutch superstar BYentl—all certified “Gold” in the Netherlands— including a #1 on the iTunes R&B chart.

[citation needed] His songs have been included in films and television shows including “Scrubs,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Assassination Games,” Disney’s “Kim Possible” and “First Kid,” MTV’s “Next Big Thing,” “Teen Mom,” and “Taking the Stage,” “MVP,” “The Dating Guy,” “Barbie of Swan Lake,” “Dangerous Minds,” “Kickin’ it Old Skool,” “Fame,” “Swimming With the Fishes,” “The Guiding Light,” “The Miss America Pageant,” and “Frog and Toad Are Friends.”[citation needed] He shares a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award and an additional nomination for his musical contributions to episodes of PBS’ “Frontline.”[citation needed] Regarded as one of the world's top songwriting instructors, Blume has taught the BMI Nashville Songwriters Workshop for more than twenty-five years.

[25][26] He has been a guest lecturer at Berklee College of Music and Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA, founded by Sir Paul McCartney)and taught master classes in Puerto Rico and in countries including Norway,[27][28] Northern Ireland,[29][30] Australia,[31] New Zealand,[32] Jamaica, Bermuda, and Canada,[33][34] as well as on cruise ships.

His poetry and photography is on greeting cards published exclusively by Blue Mountain Arts,[36] selling more than 7 million copies.