Producer

At just 25 years-old Norwegian Ina Wroldsen has become one of the hottest songwriters in Europe and North America. Ina started her musical journey writing songs for herself as an artist. After a short time Ina hooked up with the Norwegian production house 'Waterfall' who signed her to a production deal and began the process of making an album. Shortly after this Ina signed an exclusive publishing deal with London based P & P Songs.
In 2006 after numerous showcases Ina signed a record deal with TVT Records and began finishing her album, but due to unforeseen circumstances TVT folded and Ina was left without a label once again. She went back to Norway to reflect, rethink and reload for what was in store for her next.
In the summer of 2007 Ina started her first co-writes, writing for artists other than herself. It soon became apparent that this was to be her future.

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I am a singer. I am a songwriter. I am not an entertainer, although I can be entertaining. Alcohol. I never knew how much I truly loved music until I bought The Unforgettable Fire. I write and record music because it is the evidence of life. I have yet to wrap my head around the distinction between pretentious and earnest. I’m either hopelessly misunderstood or an idiot. I am a Monday morning activist. I’ve filmed Documentaries in Iraq and Darfur and work closely with various charities. I drive a hybrid vehicle, shop with cloth grocery bags, buy mostly organic local foods but yet feel as though I’m living a cliché. I dislike Yoga. Love Bruce Lee and the UFC. I know some real activists. They humble me. I feel as though I am a witness and the armed robbery is life happening right before my very eyes. I don’t want to be the guy in the 7-11 hiding behind the candy bar aisle. I started a band named in 1992 named Our Lady Peace.

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At the most challenging moment in the history of the music business, the industry’s truly original and courageous voices have been conspicuous in these last few years. Uniquely, the Grammy-winning songwriter, producer and entrepreneur MATT SERLETIC has stood out in both the creative and executive fields for over a decade. Now, he is developing a new music venture to address the call from the industry and consumers alike for bold, artistic authenticity and innovation in the future.

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For those about to rock, those waiting to be “discovered” while practicing hard and coming home late nights from their respective creative endeavors, the outback-to-L.A. front row success story of the production and songwriting team of Andrew Bojanic and Liz Hooper—now better known collectively as The Wizardz of Oz—is an inspiring one. This musical Aussie duo, working their own live shows and writing and producing for independent artists, films, television and advertising campaigns in Port Douglas, Australia, in 2001 caught the ear of The Matrix Group production team. Bojanic and Hooper became assistants to The Matrix and after further honing their songwriting, production and recording crafts on Matrix-produced songs for Avril Lavigne, Ricky Martin, Britney Spears, Liz Phair and others branched out on their own in 2003. They’ve been far too busy ever since then to look back on their good luck.
 

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Don Was wasn’t Was when he was gigging around Detroit, a high school kid who played bass and nurtured interests in deep blues, progressive jazz, and the sleek soul music for which his hometown was renowned. He was Don Fagenson at the time; a shorter surname and a long history of musical accomplishment still lay before him.

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When you think of modern alternative rock and punk music, there is perhaps no producer who has done more to define the genre than Mark Trombino. Trombino started his musical career drumming for Night Soil Man and later in the highly influential Drive Like Jehu. But soon found himself spending more and more time in the studio producing and mixing for other artists. A native to Southern California, Mark found himself working with the influential bands of the SoCal scene including Blink-182, The Hippos, Jebediah and the band with which he hit his stride, Jimmy Eat World. His work with Jimmy Eat World on the massively influential album Clarity, and later the band’s multi-platinum smash Bleed American are sited as albums that helped create the “Emo” rock sound. Today, Trombino resides in Los Angeles where he operates his own mix studio and continues his successful career working with both established and emerging artists.
 

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Producer/Mixer/Engineer Mike Plotnikoff has had a hand in some of the biggest and most important rock albums of the past two decades. A native of Canada, Mike began his career engineering albums from seminal rock bands like Aerosmith, Van Halen, Kiss and the Scorpions. But it wasn’t long before Mike took on the role of mixer as well, mixing albums for The Cranberries, Delerium, Yes and Motley Crue. In the early 2000’s Mike began engineering and mixing projects with Grammy Nominated Producer Howard Benson, starting with the breakout album Satellite from P.O.D. The collaboration between Benson and Plotnikoff has since lead to some of the most successful albums of the past decade including albums by Daughtry, Kelly Clarkson, Papa Roach, Flyleaf, All American Rejects, My Chemical Romance, Theory of A Deadman and Hoobastank.

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Tom Lord-Alge is a three-time Grammy-Award winning record producer and mixer widely known as a leader in music mixing. He is the youngest of Vivian Lord's five children, Mark Alge, Lisa Alge, Chris Lord-Alge, Jeff Lord-Alge and Tom Lord-Alge. His older brother, Chris Lord-Alge and the lesser known Jeff Lord-Alge are also audio engineers.
 
Lord-Alge helped pioneer a method of digital tape editing known as "flying" vocals (e.g., using a piece of the chorus to accent a different part of the song, etc.).
 

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Seattle native, John Goodmanson is a highly successful Producer and Mixer who’s work includes some of the most influential indie and mainstream rock of the past two decades.
Like many producers, John started his music career playing in punk and rock bands in his youth, but when he got his first a job interning, and later working at, The Music Source in Seattle he soon realized the studio was where his true calling was. In 1993 he opened John and Stu’s Recording Place in Seattle with Stuart Hallerman but later sold his share to pursue freelance work. Over his career John has worked with such influential and diverse artists as Death Cab For Cutie, Sleater-Kinney, Blonde Redhead, The Von Bondies, Sepultura, Hed-PE, Wu-Tang Clan, Nada Surf, Aiden and Los Campesinos.

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Chantal & Raine They’re not the first production duo to make an impact on popular music, but Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk stand out from the rest. First, unlike the Dust Brothers or Jam and Lewis, these two Canadian-born console wizards offer their clients the option of working with both or either one of them on studio projects. Equally important, where many producers draw from previous experience as musical artists themselves, Kreviazuk and Maida both keep that side of their careers active, through their own solo performances and recordings as well as Maida’s ongoing position as lead singer with the band Our Lady Peace.

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