Ernest Keith Smith
Ernest Keith Smith

A man of many names and even more talents, Ernest is set to change the way people think about Nashville. Having grown up in the city, Ernest spent his adolescent years making beats and learning banjo while listening to rap. For someone who’s always bent the rules and eschewed the predictable, it is without surprise that Ernest’s music palate is as diverse as his story.

Adopted at a mere three weeks old and the victim of a freak heart attack his senior year of high school, it goes without saying that surmounting ridiculous odds has always been a gift—not a curse—for Ernest. Before he was even a teen, Ernest learned banjo and guitar, quickly finding his passion for hip hop and R&B somewhere between the playground and the Space Jam soundtrack in 3rd grade. Ernest took in everything he could, from hardcore, to John Mayer, to the country classics floating in the air of Nashville. Out of that curiosity & deep-rooted passion, he began to see songs and stories, not just genres.

It was from that same place that he discovered his passion for cadences, song structure & rhymes. If you are to ask Ernest, all of his notebooks from school were full of songs, but he didn’t stop within the college ruled margins.

After life & chance took a turn routing his path back to Nashville, Ernest returned from his college days to focus full-time on music, thus beginning pursuit of a professional songwriting & artist career.

To date, Ernest has had cuts with various talents including Zayn, Diplo, Gryffin, mike., as well as Mitchell Tenpenny, Sam Hunt, Granger Smith, Mason Ramsey, and others. He celebrated his first #1 with Florida Georgia Line's "I Love My Country," quickly following that up with Morgan Wallen’s “More Than My Hometown,” and Chris Lane’s “Big, Big Plans.” As of 2018, Ernest serves as a published writer in a perfectly curated joint venture between UMPG & Big Loud.

Besides writing songs and releasing his own artist project, Ernest started his own podcast “Just Being Ernest” where he talks music, life, current events, and more with old friends and new.

Outside of the studio, Ernest enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife, Delaney, traveling to the islands, & wearing bathrobes in public places.

DISCOGRAPHY

  • Dan + Shay

    "Bigger Houses "
  • ERNEST

    "Takes After You - Single"
  • Chase Matthew

    "Come Get Your Memory"
  • Bailey Zimmerman

    "Religiously. The Album"
  • Jake Worthington

    "Jake Worthington"
  • Morgan Wallen

    "One Thing At A Time"
  • ERNEST

    "Flower Shops (THE ALBUM): Two Dozen Roses"
  • Morgan Wallen

    "One Thing At A Time (Sampler) - Single "
  • BRELAND

    "Cross Country "
  • Seaforth

    "What I Get For Loving You"
  • Kane Brown

    "Different Man "
  • Dylan Scott

    "Livin' My Best Life "
  • Morgan Wallen

    "You Proof- Single"
  • Jason Aldean

    "Georgia "
  • Cole Swindell

    "Stereotype "
  • Thomas Rhett

    "Where We Started"
  • ERNEST

    "Flower Shops (The Album)"
  • Sean Stemaly

    "Product Of A Small Town"
  • Walker Hayes

    "Country Stuff The Album "
  • Lil Durk (feat.) Morgan Wallen

    "Broadway Girls "
  • ERNEST & Morgan Wallen

    "Flower Shops- Single "
  • Shawn Austin

    "Planes Don't Wait - Single "
  • Nelly

    "Heartland"
  • Dallas Smith

    "Hide From A Broken Heart - Single"
  • HIXTAPE: Vol 2

    "Red Dirt Clouds - Single"
  • HIXTAPE: Vol. 2

    "Jonesin' - Hixtape Vol. 2"
  • Jelly Roll

    "Ballads Of The Broken "
  • Lauren Alaina

    "Sitting Pretty On Top Of the World"
  • Nelly

    "Heartland"
  • Kane Brown

    "One Mississippi - Single"
  • Kane Brown

    "Memory - Single "
  • Lily Rose

    "Remind Me Of You - Single"
  • Chris Lane

    "That's What Mamas Are For - Single"
  • Chris Lane

    "Fill Them Boots - Single"
  • Morgan Wallen

    "Dangerous: The Double Album"
  • Mitchell Tenpenny

    "Neon Christmas - EP"
  • Granger Smith

    "Country Things, Vol. 1"
  • Mitchell Tenpenny

    "Broken Up - Single"
  • Ryan Hurd

    "EOM - EP"
  • Florida Georgia Line

    "6 - Pack"
  • Morgan Wallen

    "More Than My Hometown - Single"
  • Florida Georgia Line

    "I Love My Country - Single"
  • Sam Hunt

    "Southside"
  • Morgan Wallen

    "This Bar - Single"
  • Florida Georgia Line

    "Blessings - Single"
  • Hardy

    "HIXTAPE"
  • Chris Lane

    "Big, Big Plans"
  • ERNEST

    "Locals Only"
  • Thomas Wesley

    "Heartless (feat. Morgan Wallen)"
  • Lil Nas X

    "Old Town Road - Remix"
  • Mason Ramsey

    "Twang - EP"
  • Morgan Wallen

    "If I Know Me"
  • Mason Ramsey

    "Twang - Single"
  • LoCash

    "Brothers"
  • Jake Owen

    "Greetings From...Jake"
  • Florida Georgia Line

    "Can't Say I Ain't Country"
  • Chris Lane

    "Laps Around The Sun"
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