“They’re not trying to make you into Charlie Parker or something. “They encourage you to figure out who you are as a musician,” Fry raves. He then went on to study voice at Belmont University, a school known for its diverse access to musical studies. And so my dad was like, well, I’ve got kids, so why don’t they sing on these commercials.” At a ripe age, Fry went on to work as a studio vocalist, solidifying his love of singing and music, noting “there was never really any question in my mind where I was gonna end up.” And back in that time, this was like in the mid 90s, it was very popular to have kids sing on the kids commercials. “When I was a kid, he was doing jingles for all sorts of different brands.

“My father is a composer, orchestrator and arranger,” Fry reveals. Cody Fry © Samuel Cowden / IV Studioīut TikTok was not Fry’s first stint with catchy song-bites that get stuck to a person’s brain. Yet for an artist like Fry, success was a bit more subliminal, with songs that suit a variety of trends. It also now serves as a platform for musicians to gain notoriety and widespread acclaim: artists like Doja Cat or Lil Nas X have found success through their seemingly unavoidable tracks woven throughout everyone’s For You page, accompanying dance crazes and viral trends. What was once a (in this writer’s opinion) cringey lip-syncing Vine ripoff has now become one of the most popular apps in the world, with over a billion active users. When Cody Fry’s now viral song “I Hear a Symphony” first started circulating on TikTok, Fry didn’t even have the app downloaded. Grammy-nominated artist Cody Fry speaks to Atwood Magazine about his TikTok fame before downloading the app, his blend of pop orchestration, the release of ‘The Symphony Sessions’, and the premiere of his live performance of “I Hear a Symphony.” Stream: “I Hear a Symphony” – Cody Fry

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