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Mailing Address
Judy Rodman Productions
308 Cody Hill Place
Nashville, Tn 37211
Phone
(615) 347-5195
Email: judy[at]judyrodman[dot]com
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Biography
Born in Riverside, California, to Mississippi parents, Judy Rodman has always been at home on the road. She began her professional singing career in Miami, Florida at while in elementary, paid a dollar for singing in her father's part-time band. She began singing commercials at 17 in Jacksonville. At 19, she moved to Memphis, Tennessee and was hired by day as staff jingle singer for the William B. Tanner company, by night as a club singer in a locally famous band called "Phase II". She married drummer John Rodman and gave birth to their son, Peter.
At childbirth, she developed serious complications requiring multiple abdominal surgeries and ventilator intubation. It took two years for her voice to come back, at which time she moved to Nashville. She regained her voice studying with coach Gerald Arthur. She was soon doing demo and master session work including singing with the Lea Jane singers, The Nashville Edition, and The Jordinaires (when they needed female voices). She met producer Tommy West while doing background vocals for Ed Bruce. Tommy joined with Alan Bernard and Howard Stark to form MTM Records and signed Judy as their first artist.
Judy had several hits with MTM, including #1 "Until I Met You". She won many awards including 1985 Academy of Country Music’s "New Female Vocalist". She appeared on almost every national TV show that featured music, including The Tonight Show with Carson, Farm Aid, Austin City Limits, The Grand Ole Opry and Nashville Now. She toured nationally and did several videos.
When MTM folded, Judy plunged into her songwriting career. She kept up her session work and began producing tracks. While signed to Warner Chappell Music, Judy wrote "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" with Keith Hinton, which became #1 for LeAnn Rimes.
After having fellow session singers ask for her vocal advice, she began researching and teaching voice. She eventually developed and trademarked her own teaching method, Power, Path & Performance™. She is now teaching, producing, writing, performing and singing sessions. Many of her students, including Mat Kearney, are signing with major and indie record labels. Her latest endeavor is writing songs for a new musical "Runaway Home", scheduled to play for the Fringe Festival in Scotland. She will be doing some house concerts in Virginia in March, 2008.
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