Jerusha Ghazanfari

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Jerusha Ghazanfari began the classical study of piano at the age of 11 and classical voice lessons at the age of 13. She continued on with the classical study of voice at Oklahoma State University and then later transferred to Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee to broaden her musical knowledge with a BM in commercial vocal performance and a minor in music business. It was during her time at Belmont University that she discovered her passion for writing music and pursued this interest further as a music publisher with Emack Music from 2001-2005 and continued to write on her own and collaborate with other artists in the region as well. As a music publisher, Jerusha supervised her staff of songwriters administratively and creatively, as well as negotiated and obtained song cuts on national television shows on NBC, CBS, ABC, the WB Network, ABC Family, MTV, VH1, UPN, and ESPN. During her time as a music publisher, she also secured song cuts on Sony Pictures' films Something's Gotta Give, Spanglish, The Perfect Man and secured a "featured artist" spot for Relient K on the 2002 A&FTV Holiday episode in Abercrombie & Fitch stores nationwide.

Jerusha grew up listening to a wide variety of musical genres, ranging from Persian ballads to soul and Latin jazz and was influenced by these genres and many more in her own writing. Her musical style has been compared to artists George Winston and Tori Amos but with a Middle Eastern twist. She currently works with DJ Desi at DJ Desi Soundworks and helps promote new talent.

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