And as soon as I made that decision to put orchestra on everything, the whole world of creativity opened up.” “I was kind of like, let’s see how many different ways can I use the orchestra and that was kind of what made the album a fun challenge for me, kind of gave me something musically to really sink my teeth into that I really enjoy, which is like the musical puzzle of orchestration. And one day it hit me I was just like, why am I keeping these worlds separate? Why can’t I try to create something that involves all of those skills?” And thus, Fry invested in adding more instrumentation, be it a simple string quartet or a full-blown orchestra to each track of Flying. And then I was doing singer songwriter stuff as an artist. “At some point,” Fry reveals, “after I did Keswick I had this realization, cause I was doing a lot of media scoring and film scoring on the side because I love doing that orchestration stuff. Though audio:cinema and Keswick were Fry’s introductions to the music scene, it was his 2017 release, Flying, that Fry really flexed the lengths of his talent, combining his initial songwriting style with his love of symphonic orchestration. The song is dynamic and really shows Fry’s orchestral potential, even early on in his career. It weaves in and out, allowing for moments of power as well as moments of breath. As the song progresses, more intense percussion and electric guitar are woven through, but not so simply as just adding it halfway through. Then, everything simplifies, with vocals, acoustic guitar, and light percussion taking over completely. Before you realize it, the conglomeration of noise begins aligning itself, making this once chaotic scramble into a melody before Fry’s vocals fly in. The beginning of the song features the sounds of a tuning orchestra and an excited crowd, akin to the opening of The Beatles’ Sgt. In a track like “ Open the Gates,” the opening song off his first album audio:cinema, there’s a diverse display of different instrumental styles. Yet even in these first two endeavors, Fry’s skills as an orchestrator bleed through. “Both were kind of like, acoustic guitar singer songwriter songs, some good songs, a lot of bad songs, but, you know, good to first efforts” Fry mentioned. You know, it’s like, we want to help you find your voice and it’s like the uniqueness of everyone’s contributions are really celebrated.” Having never expected to attend college in preference of just jumping into the music business, he credited the Nashville school for his access to networking and connections.įry’s initial two projects, audio:cinema and Keswick, follow a more traditional singer-songwriter style, largely featuring acoustic or instrumentally simple tracks that prominently showcased Fry’s vocal and writing talent. “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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