Josiah Sherman (born March 4, 1983), known professionally as Buddy Ross, is an American record producer, keyboardist, songwriter, and audio engineer from Washington. He is best known for his work with Frank Ocean, having produced on his albums Blonde (2016) and Endless (2016), as well as his singles "Provider" and "Moon River". Ross has also written or produced material for artists including Bon Iver, Travis Scott, Lorde, Vampire Weekend, Miley Cyrus, Haim, Arlo Parks, Fred Again, Wet, Banks, and Troye Sivan, among others.
Ross produced, mixed and played piano on Vampire Weekend's 2019 Father of the Bride (2019), which won a Grammy Award. He co-wrote "Jelmore" with Justin Vernon from Bon Iver's Grammy-nominated album i,i (2019), and was a co-writer and producer on "I Know Alone" from Haim's Grammy-nominated album Women in Music Pt. III (2020). In 2023, he produced several songs on Travis Scott's fourth album, Utopia.
In 2020, he released his debut single as a lead artist, "Bored Again."
Career
In 2009, Ross produced and mixed his first album with Tacoma, Washington artist Daniel Blue. Together they formed the band Motopony and released their self-titled debut album in 2009; they were later signed by TinyOGRE in 2011. They toured the United States extensively from 2010 to 2012. Motopony's self-titled debut charted at #1 on KCRW and on the CMJ 200 chart in 2011. In 2012, as they were in the process of recording their second album, Ross received a call from Motopony's former tour manager requesting he fly down to Los Angeles to try out for Frank Ocean’s band prior to the release of his Channel Orange album, as well as one week before the tour would commence. After landing the position as Ocean's keyboardist, Ross performed on the Channel Orange tour and live on SNL with Ocean and John Mayer that same year. He would ultimately leave Motopony to continue to tour with Ocean through 2017.
In 2013, Ocean brought Ross to the studio to write and play keyboards on his critically acclaimed albums Blonde and Endless. He sampled Ross's song "Running Around" as the recurring theme to Blonde on the songs "Be Yourself", "Good Guy", "Facebook Story", and "Futura Free". In 2014, Ocean released a voice memo as his first follow up song to Channel Orange titled "Memrise" on Ocean's Tumblr. "Memrise" was co-written with and produced by Ross. In 2017, Ross music directed and played keyboards for the nine Frank Ocean festival headlining slots in support of Blonde. While on that tour, Ross and Ocean co-wrote and co-produced "Provider" from their hotel rooms.
Ross would later go on to write, produce, play keys and mix for artists including Vampire Weekend, HAIM, Vegyn, Carly Rae Jepsen, Troye Sivan, WET amongst others.
In 2023, Ross collaborated as a writer and producer on 5 tracks featured in Travis Scott's studio album Utopia, which debuted at No.1 on Billboard 200: "My Eyes," "Sirens," "I Know ?," "Parasail", and "Looove." All five songs made their debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Ross also attained a position on Billboard's Hot 100 Songwriters, reaching a peak rank of No. 21.
In 2024, Ross was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award (Best Contemporary Song) for his contribution to the song "Enough" as performed by Fred Again and Brian Eno.
In 2025, he contributed to Lorde's album Virgin, which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200.
As an artist, Buddy Ross has released four singles; "Running Around" in 2016, "Green Light" and "Bored Again!" in 2020 (released through Vegyn's label PLZ Make It Ruins), and "WURMPLE" in 2024, released under his own label, Bored Again!
Personal life Ross was born and raised in Kelso, Washington. He studied classical piano from age 5 to 15 and began composing piano music at the age of 9 before he transitioned to electronic music in his mid teens.
Ross resides in Los Angeles.
Discography Singles TitleYearLabel"Running Around"2016 "Bored Again"(featuring Gabriel Delicious)2020PLZ Make It Ruins"Green Light""Menthol (Remix)" 2022 "WURMPLE"2024Bored Again! "carkol"2025Bored Again!
Songwriting and production discography +List of songs co-written, featuring production involvement, instrumentation, vocals, arrangement, engineering, and/or mixing for other artists, showing year released and album nameTitleYearArtistAlbumCredit(s)"June"2011MotoponyMotoponyWriter, producer, engineer, mixer, keyboards"King of Diamonds""Seer""I Am My Body""Vetiver""Intro""God Damn Girl""Wait For Me""27""Euphoria""I'm Here Now (Bonus Track)""Magnificent Defeat"2013Josh WhitePilgrimProducer, engineer, mixer, keyboards"Outrageous""Surrender""I've Been Surprised""Forgive""Only Your Presence""One Drop""Fills The Skies""Final Word""Faith Facing The Dark""Memrise"2014Frank Ocean Writer, producer, engineer, mixer, keyboards"Get Down"MotoponyIdle Beauty (EP)Writer, co-producer, engineer, keyboards"About A Song""Buffalo Song""She Is Spirit""Breakthru (Bonus Track)"Writer, producer, engineer, keyboards"Welcome You"2015Welcome YouWriter"Daylights Gone""Molly""Abide"Liz ViceThere's A LightProducer, mixer, keyboards"Empty Me Out""Entrance""The Source""Truly Today""Pure Religion""Everything Is Yours"Producer, mixer, keyboards, vocals"All Must Be Well"Producer, mixer, keyboards"Enclosed By You""There's A Light""Mine"2016Frank OceanEndlessProducer, keyboards"U-N-I-T-Y"Keyboards"Comme des Garçons"Producer, keyboards"Slide on Me"Keyboards"Sideways"Producer, keyboards"Florida"Bass, keyboards"Rushes"Keyboards"Be Yourself"BlondeWriter, producer, engineer, keyboards"Nights"Producer, keyboards"Pretty Sweet"Bass"Facebook Story"Writer, producer, engineer, keyboards"Close to You""White Ferrari"Keyboards, arranger"Godspeed"Piano"Interviews"Writer, producer, engineer, keyboards"In a Blackout" (Buddy Ross Remix)Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam Remixer"Into The Dark"Night SeaInto The DarkProducer, engineer, mixer, keyboards"Lost In The Tunnel""Drift Away""Gold""Last Light""Biking" (featuring Jay-Z & Tyler, the Creator)2017Frank Ocean Bass"Provider" Writer, producer, engineer, keyboards"Un-named"CosimaUn-namedAdditional production, engineer, keyboards"Sweet Hell"Maiah ManserSecond Skin EPProducer, engineer, mixer, keyboards"Top of My Lungs""Second Skin"Writer, producer, engineer, mixer, keyboards"Want You Back"HaimSomething to Tell YouKeyboards"Right Now""Nothing's Wrong""Something to Tell You""You Never Knew""Don't You Pretend"Kelly ClarksonMeaning of LifePiano"Meaning of Life"Organ"Love So Soft""Moon River"2018Frank Ocean Producer, keyboards"Animal"Troye SivanBloomWriter, producer, engineer, keyboards"Somebody" (featuring Noonie Bao)Jim-E Stack Additional production, engineer, keyboards"Spiritual"Mereki Producer, engineer, mixer, keyboards"Dip My Toe"Rae MorrisSomeone Out ThereWriter"There's a Reason"WetStill RunKeyboards"Out of Tune""Ruby"GaikaBasic VolumeWriter, producer, engineer, mixer, keyboards"Doll"Maiah ManserWriter"Nobody"2019HozierWasteland, Baby!Keyboards, organ"To Noise Making (Sing)"Keyboards, piano"Sing It Louder"IntellexualIntellexualKeyboards"Call You""Harmony Hall"Vampire WeekendFather of the BrideKeyboards"Unbearably White""Spring Snow"Piano, keyboards"My Mistake"Producer, engineer, mixer, keyboards, vocals"Jerusalem, New York, Berlin"Producer, engineer, keyboards"The Most"Miley CyrusShe Is ComingAdditional production, engineer, keyboards, programming"Gimme"BanksIIIWriter, keyboards"Sawzall"Writer, producer, engineer, keyboards"Hawaiian Mazes""Alaska""Propaganda"Keyboards, programming"If We Were Made of Water"Keyboards"What About Love"Writer, producer, engineer, keyboards"iMi"Bon IverI, IKeyboards"Holyfields,""Hey, Ma""Jelmore"Writer, keyboards"Faith"Keyboards"Salem""Sh'Diah""RABi""Heartbeat"2020Carly Rae JepsenDedicated Side BProducer, piano, keyboards"Now I'm In It"HaimWomen in Music Pt. IIIBass"I Know Alone"Writer, producer, engineer, keyboards, programming"The Steps"Organ"Another Try"Keyboards"Wishin' You Better"Denai MooreModern DreadWriter"Zillionaire"The AcesUnder My InfluenceKeyboards"Harbor"LupinLupinKeyboards"Jeanie"(featuring Bon Iver)Jim-E StackEphemeraWriter, producer, keyboards"One Shot"(featuring bearface)"Hard Candy Christmas"Amber CoffmanHard Candy ChristmasProducer, engineer, mixer, piano"On Your Side"2021WetLetter BlueWriter, producer, engineer, mixer, keyboards"Clementine"Additional production, engineer, keyboards"Blades of Grass"Writer, producer, engineer, mixer, keyboards"The Letter Blue""Larabar""Come On World, You Can't Go!"Frank Ocean Writer"New Earth"2022Cass McCombsHeartmindProducer, engineer, keyboards"Belong To Heaven"Organ"Lost Track"HaimKeyboards"Letter Blue (Reprise)"WetLetter Blue (Reprise) EPWriter, producer, engineer, mixer, keyboards"Island"2023Miley CyrusEndless Summer VacationKeyboards"I'm Sorry"Arlo ParksMy Soft MachineWriter, producer, engineer, keyboards, programming"Puppy""Room (Red Wings)""Enough"Fred Again & Brian EnoSecret LifeWriter, producer, engineer, keyboards"My Eyes"Travis ScottUtopiaWriter, producer, keyboards"Parasail" (featuring Yung Lean and Dave Chappelle)"Sirens"Writer, additional producer, keyboards"I Know ?""Looove" (featuring Kid Cudi)Additional producer, keyboards "I'm Sorry" (featuring Lous and the Yakuza)2024Arlo ParksMy Soft MachineWriter, producer "Deep In The Water"Don ToliverHardstone PsychoWriter, producer, keyboards "5 to 10" "Stand By Me" Max FrostNon-album singleWriter, producer "Animal" star boy CEO "Doormat" Allie KellyNon-album single "Rid of Me"Still Woozy LoveseatAdditional production "Little Things" "Good Books" Lola Young This Wasn't Meant for You AnywayWriter, producer "Suzette"2025 Nami Writer "Go Outside" Alessia Cara Love & HyperboleWriter, producer "Coffee In The Morning"WetTwo LivesWriter, producer "Rosy"Writer, keyboards "Close Range"Writer, producer "Double" "Shut My Eyes" "Float"Producer, synthesizer, drug programming "Higher than the Sun"Producer, synthesizer "Swinub"Writer, producer "Soon to be Moon" "Candy"BanksOff with Her Head "Grave News"Elmiene For the Deported "Pavement"Mallrat Light Hit My Face Like a Straight Right "I Think It's You"Aminé13 Months of Sunshine "Cool About It" (featuring Lido) "Familiar" "Temptations" "Changer" (featuring chlothegod) "Happy Head"ObongjayarParadise Now "Relationships"HaimSingleWriter, producer, programming "GRWM"LordeVirginProducer, synthesizer, programming "Hammer" Additional producer, keyboards, synthesizer "If She Could See Me Now"Synthesizer"What We On"JID and Don ToliverGod Does Like UglyWriter, producer"Baby!"DijonBabyWriter, piano"Yamaha"Synthesizer"Better Man"Justin BieberSwag IIWriter, producer
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