J.T. Harding grew up in Detroit Michigan loving MTV and the radio. Following his dream to write songs, JT moved to Hollywood California and made his first demo recording with money he won on the game show VH-1 Rock N Roll Jeopardy. JT has written number one songs for artists such as Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, and the 4 million selling song "Smile" for Uncle Kracker.