Dan Wilson (musician)
Daniel Dodd Wilson is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and visual artist. His songwriting resume includes "Closing Time", which he wrote for his band, Semisonic, "Not Ready to Make Nice" and "Someone like You". He earned a Grammy nomination for “Closing Time” and won Grammys for Song of the Year and Album of the Year.
In addition to being the leader of Semisonic, Wilson has released several solo recordings, including the 2017 release Re-Covered. He was also a member of the Minneapolis psychedelic rock band Trip Shakespeare.
Early life and education
Wilson is a native of St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Wilson attended Harvard University, where he studied visual arts with a focus on printmaking and from which he graduated B.A. summa cum laude in Visual and Environmental Studies in 1983, while he resided in Dunster House. Wilson is an accomplished artist, and won the first Louis Sudler Prize for Outstanding Artistic Talent and Achievement in 1983. While in college, he began collaborating with his brother, singer-songwriter Matt Wilson, who also attended Harvard College. The Wilson brothers played in two bands, Animal Dance and the Love Monsters. After college, Wilson pursued his interest in drawing and painting, first in San Francisco and then in Minneapolis.Career
Early career
In 1987, Wilson joined the Minneapolis psychedelic band, Trip Shakespeare, which Matt Wilson had founded with bassist John Munson and drummer Elaine Harris. The original three members had already released one record, and now as a quartet, with Wilson on guitar, piano, sharing lead vocal duties with Matt Wilson—with whom Wilson also co-wrote many of the songs—and Munson, the band released three more albums and one EP.Since Trip Shakespeare's breakup in 1992, Wilson has continued to collaborate with his brother, including the release of two live albums.
With Semisonic
After Trip Shakespeare's breakup in 1992, Wilson and Munson joined with drummer Jacob Slichter to form Pleasure, a trio that was later renamed Semisonic. Semisonic released one EP, three full-length albums, and one live album.The band's first album, Great Divide, received critical acclaim. David Fricke wrote in a year-end Rolling Stone article on the notable albums of 1996, "Great Divide is that rare '96 beast, a record of simple but sparkling modern pop, rattling with power-trio vitality." It was their 1998 release, Feeling Strangely Fine, however, that brought the band to widespread national and then international attention and success. Powered by Wilson's songs "Closing Time", which was a number-one hit on the Modern Rock charts for thirteen weeks in the spring and summer of 1998, the follow-up single "Singing in My Sleep", and "Secret Smile", a breakthrough hit for the band internationally, Feeling Strangely Fine attained platinum sales status in the U.S. and U.K. "Closing Time" received a 1999 Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song and has become an enduring pop-culture reference point for the late 1990s. It was a focal point of the plot and soundtrack of the 2011 film Friends with Benefits.
Semisonic's third album, All About Chemistry, was released in 2001, and featured Wilson's song "Chemistry", the album's first single, and also included "One True Love", a song Wilson co-wrote with Carole King.
Semisonic stopped touring in August 2001 but continued to perform on occasion. Slichter's memoir, So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star, provides a detailed account of the band's adventures and misadventures in the music business.
On June 26, 2020, Semisonic released their first new single in nearly 20 years titled "You're Not Alone", and announced that the release of an EP scheduled for September 18, 2020
As a solo [artist]
''Free Life''
Wilson's solo debut, Free Life, was released in 2007 by American Recordings. Produced with Rick Rubin, Free Life was recorded in Minneapolis and Los Angeles and includes performances by Tracy Bonham, Sheryl Crow, Jason Lader, Gary Louris, Natalie Maines, Benmont Tench, and a number of Minneapolis-based musicians including multi-instrumentalist and frequent Semisonic sideman Ken Chastain, Eric Fawcett, John Hermanson, Joanna James, Mason Jennings, Steve Rhoem, Joe Savage, as well as Wilson's Semisonic bandmates Munson and Slichter.Free Life helped establish Wilson's reputation as a songwriter, with The A.V. Club writing, "the star of the show here is Wilson's remarkable instinct for creating gorgeous songs, and his unabashed, obvious joy in doing so. For anyone worried that songcraft is an endangered species, Free Life should ease those fears."
''Love Without Fear''
Wilson's second solo album, Love Without Fear, was released on April 15, 2014 and includes performances by Sara Bareilles, Missy Higgins, Lissie, Natalie Maines, Blake Mills, Sara Watkins, and Sean Watkins. The first recording from Love Without Fear, "Disappearing" was released on November 7, 2013 and was the debut release of the new singles label, Canvasclub.In describing the album, Wilson said, "The songs are about being left alone, not wanting to lose someone, about desperately wishing for connection and togetherness. The sound of the record lives at the intersection of Americana and Beatles- influenced rock and roll. A little bit of twang and a lot of cinematic emotion." The album received largely favourable reviews emphasizing Wilson's reputation as a songwriter. “Dan Wilson’s career is proof positive that smart, elegant songwriting has a place in music… is a lovely amalgamation of chamber rock, gentle country, gooey '70s pop and snappy soul."
''Re-Covered''
Wilson's third solo studio album, Re-Covered, was released on August 4, 2017. The album is a collection of reinterpretations of songs Wilson wrote for other artists, both big hits and “songs that I always wished were big hits, but weren’t.” The album includes "Someone Like You", "Not Ready To Make Nice", "Home", and "When The Stars Come Out".''Singles''
In September 2018 Wilson announced that he would begin releasing new music that Fall. Rather than organizing the new songs into an album, he would instead release them over time as monthly singles. According to Wilson, “I fell in love with the idea of just letting songs out into the world when they happen." "I don't have anything against making an album. If I do 15 or 20 of these I would love the idea of packaging them together and calling it an album. I think that'd be fantastic, but I don't really have that in my mind. I'm just trying to be free."''Words and Music by Dan Wilson''
Wilson’s discoveries as a solo artist and collaborator with other artists are the subject of “Words and Music by Dan Wilson”, solo concerts in which he performs some of his songs and describes the songs’ various inspirations or the insights that occasioned their composition. “Words and Music by Dan Wilson” has come to Hotel Cafe, Room 5 and Largo in Los Angeles, Joe's Pub and City Winery in New York, World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, Jammin' Java in DC, Rams Head in Annapolis, The Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Schubas Tavern in Chicago, Berklee College of Music's Red Room at Cafe 939 in Boston, and the Red Barn concert series in Northfield, MN. Wilson has also presented Words & Music workshops at the 2012 ASCAP expo, UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music, and USC's Thornton School of Music.Wilson’s thoughts about songwriting and the creative process are also captured in his series, , which was originally launched on Vine and is now regularly posted on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. From American Songwriter, "In his short videos, Wilson provides insightful quips about common songwriting insecurities, methodology, personal writing quirks, and various other tips for writing your best."
As a songwriter and producer
As a songwriter and producer, Wilson has collaborated with a number of artists. Two of these collaborations have earned him Grammy Awards.A number of artists have described Wilson's ability to help put their feelings and ideas into song. Speaking of her experience of working with him, Pink said, in an online interview, "He is brilliant, and he's a thoughtful songwriter. And he's a song crafter... like old-school. He crafts songs and he thinks about them. And I learned a lot from working with him.” In describing her co-writing with Wilson, Adele said, "Dan had me on my hands and knees, crying my eyes out - there's just something about him that made me completely open up as a composer."
''Taking the Long Way'' – The Dixie Chicks
Wilson co-wrote six of the songs on the Dixie Chicks multiple-Grammy-winning album Taking the Long Way, including the title song and "Not Ready to Make Nice", which earned Wilson and the Dixie Chicks the 2007 Grammy for Song of the Year. In the 2006 film , Wilson speaks on camera about his experience as a co-writer on this album, especially in regard to helping the Dixie Chicks make an artistic response to their rejection by radio and a large swath of their fans in the wake of the band's statements about President Bush and the Iraq War.One of the songs he co-wrote for this album, "Easy Silence", appears on Free Life, with Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines singing harmonies.
''21'' – Adele
Wilson co-wrote three of the songs on Adele's multiple-Grammy-winning 21, "Don't You Remember", “One and Only", and, most notably, "Someone Like You", which became a number one hit in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand was a top ten hit around the globe. As a producer of this track, on which he also played piano, Wilson shared in the 2012 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.In an interview with American Songwriter, Wilson recounted the writing and recording of "Someone Like You":
"Someone Like You" won the 2012 Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance, and as she accepted the award, Adele said, "I want to thank Dan Wilson, who wrote this song with me. My life changed when I wrote this song and I felt it before anyone even heard it."
"Someone Like You" was the most downloaded single of all time in the UK and was voted third most favourite single of the last 60 years in the UK.
As a visual artist
Wilson's career as a painter, illustrator, and calligrapher is less widely known, but his artwork has often intersected with his music career. He was represented by Thomas Barry Fine Arts in Minneapolis, and his works are included in numerous private and corporate collections.Wilson's paintings are featured on the artwork for two of Trip Shakespeare's albums, Are You Shakespearienced? and Lulu, as well as on the cover of his first solo album, Free Life.
Wilson created all of the artwork for his 2014 album Love Without Fear. Most notably, a hand illustrated 24-page hardcover Deluxe Album Book/CD. The package includes Wilson's own calligraphy, sketches, and handwritten lyrics for each song on the album. The official lyric videos for his singles from the album, and "A Song Can Be About Anything" are also made entirely from his own illustrations.
At his "Words and Music by Dan Wilson" shows, audience members receive illuminated set lists that are hand illustrated by Wilson. One of these set lists was featured on NPR's blog All Songs Considered.
Wilson's calligraphy and illustrations are featured in his Tumblr series, and his musical cartoons have been featured in the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy Blog.
Personal life
Wilson is married to Diane Espaldon. Wilson and his wife were contemporaries at Harvard University, where he studied visual arts and she studied government. Wilson's wife subsequently earned a M.A. from School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Together, they have one biological daughter, Corazon , who was born prematurely and has disabilities and for whom "Closing Time" was written before her birth, and Lily, who was adopted at age two from the Philippines.Discography
Singles
- 2020 “Try Love”
- 2020 "The Real Question”
- 2020 "Red Light"
- 2020 "Superfan"
- 2020 "Eventually"
- 2019 "Last December"
- 2019 "Sunshine"
- 2019 "Too Much ii"
- 2019 "A Modest Proposal"
- 2019 "The Rules"
- 2019 "Fly Safe"
- 2018 "Christmassy"
- 2018 "Uncanny Valley"
- 2018 "We Ain't Telling"
- 2016 "Yoko"
- 2013 "Disappearing"
Studio albums
- 2017 Re-Covered
- 2014 Love Without Fear
- 2008 Be Free EP digital release
- 2007 Free Life
Live albums
- 2009 Dan Wilson Live at the Pantages – A 2-CD document of Dan Wilson's concert at Minneapolis' Pantages Theater on December 13, 2008.
- 2008 Live at the Electric Fetus
- 2001
- 1998 Dan Wilson Live @ Bryant Lake Bowl
with Semisonic
- 2020 You're Not Alone
- 2018 Feeling Strangely Fine
- 2003 One Night at First Avenue
- 2001 All About Chemistry
- 1998 Feeling Strangely Fine
- 1996 Great Divide
- 1995 Pleasure EP
- 1993 Pleasure
Dan and Matt Wilson
- 2013
- 2010
Trip Shakespeare
- 1992 Volt
- 1991 Lulu
- 1990 Across the Universe
- 1989 Are You Shakespearienced?
The Love Monsters
- 1983 Kiss Away The Tears
Film, TV, and Soundtracks (as a performer)
- 2013 Absolutely Cuckoo: Minnesota covers the 69 Love Songs – "The Things We Did and Didn't Do"
- 2011 Minnesota Remembers Vic Chesnutt – "Soft Picasso"
- 2010 Dear John Soundtrack – "You Take My Troubles Away"
- 2009 All About Steve Soundtrack – "Sugar"
- 2006 For New Orleans – "I Can't Hold You"
- 2002 For the Kids – "Willie The King"
- 2002 Maybe This Christmas – "What A Year for a New Year"
- 2001 Summer Catch Soundtrack – Semisonic's "Over My Head"
- 1999 American Pie Soundtrack - "Good Morning Baby"
- 1999 , Bic Runga Featuring Dan Wilson
- 1999 Friends Again Soundtrack – Semisonic's "Delicious"
- 1999 10 Things I Hate About You Soundtrack – Semisonic's "FNT"
- 1999 Never Been Kissed Soundtrack – Semisonic's "Never You Mind"
- 1999 For The Love of the Game Soundtrack – Semisonic's "For The Love of the Game"
- 1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight Soundtrack – Semisonic's "FNT"
Film and Soundtracks (as a writer and producer)
- 2019 Big Little Lies Season 2 Soundtrack – "That Was Yesterday"
- 2014 The Fault In Our Stars Soundtrack – "Tee Shirt" and "Best Shot"
- 2013 Spark: A Burning Man Story Soundtrack – "We Ride"
- 2013 Safe Haven Soundtrack – "We Both Know"
- 2010 Soundtrack – "Ours"
- 2010 The Kid Soundtrack – "Boy"
Writing and producing credits
| Year | Artist | Album | Credit | Song |
| 2020 | The Chicks | Single | Writer | "March March" |
| 2020 | Leon Bridges | Single | Writer | "Sweeter" |
| 2020 | Alec Benjamin | Single | Writer | "Six Feet Apart" |
| 2020 | Phantogram | Writer | "Glowing" | |
| 2020 | Phantogram | Writer | "Gaunt Kids" | |
| 2020 | Phantogram | Writer | "Love Me Now" | |
| 2020 | Gunnar Gehl | Single | Writer | "For Your Love" |
| 2019 | Yoshi Flower | I Will Not Let My Love Go To Waste | Writer | "More" |
| 2019 | Celine Dion | Courage | Writer / Producer | "Lovers Never Die" |
| 2019 | Harper Finn | Single | Writer | "Good For Me" |
| 2019 | JoJo | Single | Writer | "Sabotage" feat. CHIKA |
| 2019 | Mondo Cozmo | Single | Writer | "Come On" |
| 2019 | Donna Missal | Single | Writer | "You Burned Me" |
| 2019 | Leon Bridges | Big Little Lies Season 2 soundtrack | Writer / Producer | "That Was Yesterday" |
| 2019 | Noah Kahan | Busyhead | Writer | "Busyhead" |
| 2019 | James Bay | Oh My Messy Mind EP | Writer / Producer | "Bad" - single |
| 2019 | Rhye | Spirit EP | Writer / Producer | "Needed" - single |
| 2019 | Mike Posner | A Real Good Kid | Writer | "Song About You" - lead single |
| 2019 | Mike Posner | A Real Good Kid | Writer | "Move On" - single |
| 2018 | Alec Benjamin | Narrated for You | Writer | "Water Fountain" |
| 2018 | Alec Benjamin | Narrated for You | Writer | "Gotta Be a Reason" |
| 2018 | John Legend | A Legendary Christmas | Writer | "Waiting For Christmas" |
| 2018 | Lukas Graham | 3 | Writer | "You're Not The Only One " |
| 2018 | Josh Groban | Bridges | Writer | "You Have No Idea" |
| 2018 | Steve Perry | Traces | Writer | "No More Cryin'" |
| 2018 | Jason Mraz | Know. | Writer / Producer | "Love Is Still the Answer" |
| 2018 | Brett Dennen | Here's Looking At You Kid EP | Writer / Producer | "Here's Looking At You Kid" - single |
| 2018 | Brett Dennen | Here's Looking At You Kid EP | Writer / Producer | "Be Somebody" |
| 2018 | Brett Dennen | Here's Looking At You Kid EP | Writer / Producer | "People I Love" |
| 2018 | Brett Dennen | Here's Looking At You Kid EP | Writer / Producer | "Live in the Moment" |
| 2018 | Brett Dennen | Here's Looking At You Kid EP | Writer / Producer | "Baker's Globe Mallow" |
| 2018 | Ben Rector | Magic | Writer | "Sometimes" |
| 2018 | Missy Higgins | Solastalgia | Writer / Producer | "How Was I To Know" |
| 2018 | LeAnn Rimes & Stevie Nicks | Re-Imagined EP | Writer | "Borrowed" |
| 2018 | Leon Bridges | Good Thing | Writer | "Shy" |
| 2018 | Phantogram | Someday - Single | Writer | "Someday" - single |
| 2018 | Jeremy Messersmith | Late Stage Capitalism | Writer | "Once You Get To Know Us" |
| 2018 | Brett Dennen | Let's... EP | Producer | "Already Gone" - single |
| 2018 | Brett Dennen | Let's... EP | Writer / Producer | "Let's..." |
| 2018 | Brett Dennen | Let's... EP | Writer / Producer | "Home Away From Home" |
| 2018 | Brett Dennen | Let's... EP | Writer / Producer | "Good Vibration" |
| 2018 | Brett Dennen | Let's... EP | Writer / Producer | "Jenny and Jill" |
| 2018 | Vance Joy | Nation of Two | Writer | "Like Gold" |
| 2018 | Vance Joy | Nation of Two | Writer | "We're Going Home" - single |
| 2017 | Bishop Briggs | Church of Scars | Writer / Producer | "Dream" - lead single |
| 2017 | Niall Horan | Flicker | Writer | "Since We're Alone" |
| 2017 | Noah Cyrus | NC-17 | Producer / Writer | "Almost Famous" |
| 2017 | Chase & Status | Tribe | Writer | "Crawling" |
| 2017 | Halsey | hopeless fountain kingdom | Writer | "Alone" |
| 2017 | Preservation Hall Jazz Band | So It Is | Writer | "One Hundred Fires" |
| 2017 | Cold War Kids | L.A. Divine | Writer | "Free To Breathe" |
| 2017 | K. Flay | Every Where Is Some Where | Writer | "Black Wave" |
| 2017 | Meklit | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Producer / Writer | "Memories of the Future" |
| 2017 | Meklit | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Producer / Writer | "This Was Made Here" |
| 2017 | Meklit | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Producer | "I Want To Sing For Them All" |
| 2017 | Meklit | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Producer | "Supernova" |
| 2017 | Meklit | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Producer | "You Are My Luck" |
| 2017 | Meklit | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Producer | "Yerakeh Yeresal" |
| 2017 | Meklit | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Producer | "You Got Me" |
| 2017 | Meklit | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Producer | "Yesterday Is a Tizita" |
| 2017 | Meklit | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Producer | "Human Animal" |
| 2017 | Meklit | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Producer | "Sweet Or Salty" |
| 2017 | Meklit | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Producer | "Birthday Song" |
| 2017 | Aquilo | Silhouettes | Writer | "Almost Over" |
| 2016 | Phantogram | Three | Co-producer / Writer | "You Don't Get Me High Anymore" - lead single |
| 2016 | Phantogram | Three | Co-producer / Writer | "Same Old Blues" - single |
| 2016 | Phantogram | Three | Additional production / Writer | "You're Mine" |
| 2016 | Phantogram | Three | Additional production / Writer | "Cruel World" |
| 2016 | Phantogram | Three | Writer | "Funeral Pyre" |
| 2016 | Phantogram | Three | Writer | "Answer" |
| 2016 | Phantogram | Three | Writer | "Run Run Blood" |
| 2016 | Phantogram | Three | Writer | "Destroyer" |
| 2016 | Phantogram | Three | Writer | "Calling All" |
| 2016 | The Head and the Heart | Signs of Light | Writer | "Turn It Around" |
| 2016 | Dierks Bentley | Black | Writer | "Why Do I Feel" |
| 2016 | Sara Watkins | Young In All The Wrong Ways | Writer | "Say So" |
| 2016 | Sara Watkins | Young In All The Wrong Ways | Writer | "Like New Year's Day" |
| 2016 | The Twilight Hours | Black Beauty | Writer | "Anymore" |
| 2016 | The Twilight Hours | Black Beauty | Writer | "Help Me Find the Way" |
| 2016 | Weezer | The White Album | Writer | "California Kids" |
| 2016 | Andrew Bird | Are You Serious | Writer | "Are You Serious" |
| 2016 | Rita Wilson | Rita Wilson | Producer / Writer | "Crying, Crying" |
| 2016 | Brian Fallon | Painkillers | Writer | "Steve McQueen" |
| 2016 | Nada Surf | You Know Who You Are | Writer | "Rushing" |
| 2016 | Nada Surf | You Know Who You Are | Writer | “Victory’s Yours” |
| 2016 | Foxes | All I Need | Producer / Writer | "Devil Side" |
| 2016 | Panic! at the Disco | Death of a Bachelor | Writer | "Emperor's New Clothes" |
| 2016 | Anthony Wilson | Frogtown | Writer | "Your Footprints" |
| 2015 | Florence + The Machine | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Target Exclusive Edition | Writer / Producer | "Conductor" |
| 2015 | Harry Connick, Jr. | That Would Be Me | Writer | "You Have No Idea" |
| 2015 | D.A. Wallach | Time Machine | Writer | "Feel" |
| 2015 | Phases | For Life | Writer | "Spark" |
| 2015 | Chris Stapleton | Traveller | Writer | "When The Stars Come Out" |
| 2015 | My Morning Jacket | The Waterfall | Writer | "Big Decisions" |
| 2015 | Rae Morris | Unguarded | Writer | "Unguarded" |
| 2014 | Brooke Fraser | Brutal Romantic | Writer | "Magical Machine" |
| 2014 | Spoon | They Want My Soul | Writer | "New York Kiss" |
| 2014 | Alex Clare | Three Hearts | Producer / Writer | "Three Hearts" |
| 2014 | Birdy | The Fault in Our Stars Soundtrack | Producer / Writer | "Tee Shirt" |
| 2014 | Birdy | The Fault in Our Stars Soundtrack | Producer / Writer | "Best Shot" |
| 2014 | The Secret Sisters | Put Your Needle Down | Writer | "Iuka" |
| 2013 | Birdy | Fire Within | Producer / Writer | "All You Never Say" |
| 2013 | Birdy | Fire Within | Additional Production / Writer | "Maybe" |
| 2013 | Birdy | Fire Within | Writer | "All About You" |
| 2013 | John Legend | Love in the Future | Writer | "You & I " |
| 2013 | Preservation Hall Jazz Band | That's It! | Writer | "I Think I Love You" |
| 2013 | Preservation Hall Jazz Band | That's It! | Writer | "Rattlin' Bones" |
| 2013 | LeAnn Rimes | Spitfire | Writer | "Borrowed" |
| 2013 | Natalie Maines | Mother | Writer | "Free Life" |
| 2013 | Missy Higgins | Spark: A Burning Man Story Soundtrack | Producer | "We Ride" |
| 2013 | Colbie Caillat & Gavin Degraw | Safe Haven Soundtrack | Producer | "We Both Know" |
| 2012 | The Webb Sisters | Always on My Mind EP | Writer | "Missing Person" |
| 2012 | Taylor Swift | Red | Producer / Co-writer | "Treacherous" |
| 2012 | Taylor Swift | Red | Producer / Co-writer | "Come Back...Be Here" |
| 2012 | Pink | The Truth About Love | Producer / Writer | "The Great Escape" |
| 2012 | Nas | Life Is Good | Producer / Writer | "Roses" |
| 2012 | Sara Watkins | Sun Midnight Sun | Writer | "When It Pleases You" |
| 2012 | Elizaveta | Beatrix Runs | Writer | "Goodbye Song" |
| 2012 | Audra Mae | Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound | Writer | "My Friend the Devil" |
| 2012 | Missy Higgins | The Ol' Razzle Dazzle | Writer | "Everyone's Waiting" |
| 2012 | Missy Higgins | The Ol' Razzle Dazzle | Writer | "Set Me on Fire" |
| 2012 | Paloma Faith | Fall to Grace | Writer | "When You're Gone" |
| 2012 | Dierks Bentley | Home | Writer | "Home" |
| 2012 | Gin Wigmore | Gravel & Wine | Writer | "Poison" |
| 2012 | Gin Wigmore | Gravel & Wine | Writer | "Roll It All" |
| 2011 | Mike Viola | Electro De Perfecto | Writer | "Get You Back" |
| 2011 | Adele | 21 | Producer / Writer | "Someone Like You" - single |
| 2011 | Adele | 21 | Writer | "One and Only" |
| 2011 | Adele | 21 | Writer | "Don't You Remember" |
| 2011 | James Morrison | The Awakening | Writer | "The Awakening" |
| 2011 | James Morrison | The Awakening | Writer | "In My Dreams" |
| 2011 | Mike Doughty | Yes and Also Yes | Writer | "Na Na Nothing" |
| 2011 | Mike Doughty | Yes and Also Yes | Writer | "Holiday " |
| 2011 | The Downtown Fiction | Let's Be Animals Deluxe Version | Writer | "Hurt Me So Good" |
| 2011 | Nicole Atkins | Mondo Amore | Writer | "Heavy Boots" |
| 2011 | Gabe Dixon | One Spark | Writer | "My Favorite" |
| 2010 | Josh Groban | Illuminations | Writer | "Hidden Away" |
| 2010 | Josh Groban | Illuminations | Writer | "Higher Window" - single |
| 2010 | Josh Groban | Illuminations | Writer | "Bells of NYC" |
| 2010 | Josh Groban | Illuminations | Writer | "War at Home" |
| 2010 | Josh Groban | Illuminations | Writer | "If I Walk Away" - single |
| 2010 | Josh Groban | Illuminations | Writer | "Love Only Knows" |
| 2010 | Keith Urban | Get Closer Deluxe Version | Writer | "Big Promises" |
| 2010 | Weezer | Hurley | Writer | "Ruling Me" |
| 2010 | Griffin House | The Learner | Producer / Writer / Mixing | "If You Want" |
| 2010 | Griffin House | The Learner | Writer | "Coming Down the Road" |
| 2010 | The Bravery | Producer / Writer | "Ours" | |
| 2010 | KT Tunstall | The Kid Soundtrack | Producer / Writer | "Boy" |
| 2010 | Shade of the Trees | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Avalon" | |
| 2010 | Shade of the Trees | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Better Angels" | |
| 2010 | Shade of the Trees | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Well of Sorrow" | |
| 2010 | Shade of the Trees | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Caught in a Mess" | |
| 2010 | Shade of the Trees | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Cover Your Tracks" | |
| 2010 | Shade of the Trees | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "World Go Round" | |
| 2010 | Shade of the Trees | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Getaway" | |
| 2010 | Shade of the Trees | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "A Town Talks" | |
| 2010 | Shade of the Trees | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Dangerous Weapon" | |
| 2010 | Shade of the Trees | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Pieces of Love" | |
| 2010 | Rachael Yamagata | Dear John Soundtrack | Producer / Writer / Mixing | "You Take My Troubles Away" |
| 2009 | James Morrison | Songs For You, Truths For Me | Writer | "Once When I Was Little" |
| 2009 | Bic Runga | 7 Worlds Collide | Writer | "Change of Heart" |
| 2009 | Parachute | Losing Sleep | Writer | "Blame It on Me" |
| 2009 | Ballas Hough Band | BHB | Writer | "Turnin' Me On" |
| 2009 | Ballas Hough Band | BHB | Writer | "She Was The One" |
| 2008 | Jason Mraz | We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things | Writer | "Details in the Fabric" |
| 2008 | Absentstar | Sea Trials | Writer | "For the Moment" |
| 2008 | Absentstar | Sea Trials | Writer | "If You Like It" |
| 2008 | Absentstar | Sea Trials | Writer | "Life Support" |
| 2008 | Anberlin | New Surrender | Writer | "Retrace" |
| 2008 | Carrie Rodriguez | She Ain't Me | Writer | "She Ain't Me" |
| 2008 | Mike Doughty | Golden Delicious | Producer | "Fort Hood" |
| 2008 | Mike Doughty | Golden Delicious | Producer | "I Just Want the Girl In the Blue Dress to Keep On Dancing" |
| 2008 | Mike Doughty | Golden Delicious | Producer | "Put It Down" |
| 2008 | Mike Doughty | Golden Delicious | Producer | "More Bacon Than the Pan Can Handle" |
| 2008 | Mike Doughty | Golden Delicious | Producer | "27 Jennifers" |
| 2008 | Mike Doughty | Golden Delicious | Producer | "I Wrote a Song About Your Car" |
| 2008 | Mike Doughty | Golden Delicious | Producer | "I Got the Drop On You" |
| 2008 | Mike Doughty | Golden Delicious | Producer | "Wednesday " |
| 2008 | Mike Doughty | Golden Delicious | Producer | "Like a Luminous Girl" |
| 2008 | Mike Doughty | Golden Delicious | Producer | "Nectarine " |
| 2008 | Mike Doughty | Golden Delicious | Producer | "Navigating the Stars At Night" |
| 2008 | Jeremy Messersmith | The Silver City | Producer / Recording and Mixing Engineer | "The Silver City" |
| 2008 | Jeremy Messersmith | The Silver City | Producer / Recording and Mixing Engineer | "Welcome to Suburbia" |
| 2008 | Jeremy Messersmith | The Silver City | Producer / Recording and Mixing Engineer | "Dead End Job" |
| 2008 | Jeremy Messersmith | The Silver City | Producer / Recording and Mixing Engineer | "Franklin Avenue" |
| 2008 | Jeremy Messersmith | The Silver City | Producer / Recording and Mixing Engineer | "The Commuter" |
| 2008 | Jeremy Messersmith | The Silver City | Producer / Recording and Mixing Engineer | "Miracles" |
| 2008 | Jeremy Messersmith | The Silver City | Producer / Recording and Mixing Engineer | "Love You to Pieces" |
| 2008 | Jeremy Messersmith | The Silver City | Producer / Recording and Mixing Engineer | "Breaking Down" |
| 2008 | Jeremy Messersmith | The Silver City | Producer / Recording and Mixing Engineer | "Skyway" |
| 2008 | Jeremy Messersmith | The Silver City | Producer / Recording and Mixing Engineer | "Virginia" |
| 2008 | Jeremy Messersmith | The Silver City | Producer / Recording and Mixing Engineer | "Light Rail" |
| 2008 | The New Standards | Rock and Roll | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Rock and Roll" |
| 2008 | The New Standards | Rock and Roll | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Hey Ya" |
| 2008 | The New Standards | Rock and Roll | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Such Great Heights" |
| 2008 | The New Standards | Rock and Roll | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Watching the Detectives" |
| 2008 | The New Standards | Rock and Roll | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Androgynous" |
| 2008 | The New Standards | Rock and Roll | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Bring It On Home to Me" |
| 2008 | The New Standards | Rock and Roll | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "London Calling" |
| 2008 | The New Standards | Rock and Roll | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Toxic" |
| 2008 | The New Standards | Rock and Roll | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Maps" |
| 2008 | The New Standards | Rock and Roll | Producer / Mixing Engineer | "Is That All There Is?" |
| 2008 | The Gabe Dixon Band | The Gabe Dixon Band | Writer | "All Will Be Well" |
| 2008 | The Gabe Dixon Band | The Gabe Dixon Band | Writer | "Find My Way" |
| 2008 | The Gabe Dixon Band | The Gabe Dixon Band | Writer | "Five More Hours" |
| 2007 | Dixie Chicks | Taking the Long Way | Writer | "Not Ready to Make Nice" - single |
| 2007 | Dixie Chicks | Taking the Long Way | Writer | "Easy Silence" |
| 2007 | Dixie Chicks | Taking the Long Way | Writer | "Taking the Long Way" |
| 2007 | Dixie Chicks | Taking the Long Way | Writer | "Lullaby" |
| 2007 | Dixie Chicks | Taking the Long Way | Writer | "Voice Inside My Head" |
| 2007 | Dixie Chicks | Taking the Long Way | Writer | "So Hard" |
| 2007 | Storyhill | Storyhill | Producer / Writer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "For A Song" |
| 2007 | Storyhill | Storyhill | Producer / Writer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Happy Man" |
| 2007 | Storyhill | Storyhill | Producer / Writer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Love Will Find You" |
| 2007 | Storyhill | Storyhill | Producer / Writer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Sacramento" |
| 2007 | Storyhill | Storyhill | Producer / Writer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Paradise Lost" |
| 2007 | Storyhill | Storyhill | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Give Up the Ghost" |
| 2007 | Storyhill | Storyhill | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Ballad of Joe Snowboard" |
| 2007 | Storyhill | Storyhill | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Highlight" |
| 2007 | Storyhill | Storyhill | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Blazing Out of Sight |
| 2007 | Storyhill | Storyhill | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Fallen" |
| 2007 | Storyhill | Storyhill | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Room In My Heart" |
| 2007 | Aly & AJ | Insomniatic | Writer | "If I Could Have You Back" |
| 2007 | Brooke Fraser | Albertine | Writer | "Thief" |
| 2007 | Absent Star | Sea Trials | Producer | "Half Life" |
| 2007 | Absent Star | Sea Trials | Producer | "For God Sakes" |
| 2007 | Absent Star | Sea Trials | Producer | "Don't Lock Me Out" |
| 2007 | Absent Star | Sea Trials | Producer | "Life Support" |
| 2007 | Absent Star | Sea Trials | Producer | "A Year from Now" |
| 2007 | Absent Star | Sea Trials | Producer | "Everyone You Know" |
| 2007 | Absent Star | Sea Trials | Producer | "Give In to Me" |
| 2007 | Absent Star | Sea Trials | Producer | "If What You Mean Is Harm" |
| 2007 | Absent Star | Sea Trials | Producer | "Quietly Conceited" |
| 2007 | Absent Star | Sea Trials | Producer | "If You Like It" |
| 2007 | Absent Star | Sea Trials | Producer | "For the Moment" |
| 2007 | Absent Star | Sea Trials | Producer | "All Is Forgotten" |
| 2006 | Sean Watkins | Blinders On | Writer | "I'm Sorry" |
| 2006 | Sean Watkins | Blinders On | Writer | "Runaway Girl" |
| 2005 | Jason Mraz | Mr. A-Z | Writer | "Did You Get My Message" |
| 2005 | Jason Mraz | Mr. A-Z | Writer | "Song for a Friend" |
| 2005 | Mike Doughty | Haughty Melodic | Producer / Writer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Busting Up A Starbucks" |
| 2005 | Mike Doughty | Haughty Melodic | Producer / Writer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "American Car" |
| 2005 | Mike Doughty | Haughty Melodic | Producer / Writer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Your Misfortune" |
| 2005 | Mike Doughty | Haughty Melodic | Producer / Writer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "I Hear the Bells" |
| 2005 | Mike Doughty | Haughty Melodic | Producer / Writer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Tremendous Brunettes" |
| 2005 | Mike Doughty | Haughty Melodic | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Looking At the World from the Bottom of a Well" - single |
| 2005 | Mike Doughty | Haughty Melodic | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Unsingable Name" |
| 2005 | Mike Doughty | Haughty Melodic | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Madeline and Nine" |
| 2005 | Mike Doughty | Haughty Melodic | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "White Lexus" |
| 2005 | Mike Doughty | Haughty Melodic | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Sunken-Eyed Girl" |
| 2005 | Mike Doughty | Haughty Melodic | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Grey Ghost" |
| 2005 | Mike Doughty | Haughty Melodic | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "His Truth Is Marching On" |
| 2005 | Glen Phillips | Winter Pays for Summer | Writer | "True" |
| 2005 | Glen Phillips | Winter Pays for Summer | Writer | "Clear Eyed" |
| 2005 | Hope Partlow | Who We Are | Writer | "Let Me Try" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "The Inchworm" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "The New Pollution" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "I Will Dare" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "All the Young Dudes" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Man, Oh Man" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Nature Boy" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Town Crier" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Love Is the Law" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Oh Yeah" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Dark End of the Street" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "My Ship" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Song 2" |
| 2005 | The New Standards | The New Standards | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "September Song" |
| 2004 | Rachael Yamagata | Happenstance | Writer | "I Want You" |
| 2004 | Graham Colton | Drive | Writer | "Don't Give Up on Me" |
| 2003 | Bleu | Redhead | Writer | "Somethin's Gotta Give" |
| 2003 | Epic Hero | New Life | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Hello Hello" |
| 2003 | Epic Hero | New Life | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Tear Her Down" |
| 2003 | Epic Hero | New Life | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "New Life" |
| 2003 | Epic Hero | New Life | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Stay Awake" |
| 2003 | Epic Hero | New Life | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "End of the Line" |
| 2003 | Epic Hero | New Life | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "High School" |
| 2003 | Epic Hero | New Life | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "One In a Crowd" |
| 2003 | Epic Hero | New Life | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Angel" |
| 2003 | Epic Hero | New Life | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "On My Own" |
| 2003 | Epic Hero | New Life | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Something Someone Someday" |
| 2003 | Epic Hero | New Life | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "One Fine Day" |
| 2003 | Epic Hero | New Life | Producer / Mixing Engineer / Recording Engineer | "Ease Your Mind" |
| 2000 | Evan and Jaron | Evan and Jaron | Writer | "Ready or Not" |
| 1999 | Bic Runga | American Pie Soundtrack | Producer / Writer | "Good Morning Baby" |