Brandon Paddock is an American pop and rock musician and producer and member of electronic pop/dance duo Fancy Cars.
Brandon Paddock is an American pop and rock musician and producer and member of electronic pop/dance duo Fancy Cars.
Paddock is an American pop and rock musician and producer. Paddock has received two RIAA Platinum Records (awarded for the shipment of 1,000,000 units) for his work on Avril Lavigne's "Here's to Never Growing Up" [1] and Christina Perri's "Human". [2] He also earned an RIAA Gold Record (awarded for the shipment of 500,000 units) for Karmin's "Acapella". [3]
Paddock is also a member of electronic pop/dance duo Fancy Cars. [4]
Key: AP - Additional Production / P - producer / PRG - Programming / M - Mixer / E - Engineer / MA - Mastering / W - Writer / INST - other Instrumentation / VOX - Vocals / STRG - String Arrangement
| Year | Artist | Title | Label | Role | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Fancy Cars | Feel Alive/Promises | DiscoWax/Sony | ARTIST/W/P/M/MAS | |
| 2019 | Mackenzie Ziegler | Emoceans/Pieces | P/W/M/MAS | ||
| 2019 | The Night Game | TBT upcoming LP | P/E/PRGM/GTR/BGV | ||
| 2019 | Set It Off | Midnight | Fearless | P/W/M/MAS/AP/GTR/PRGM [5] | |
| 2018 | Fancy Cars | Time Machine/Blue Moon/Brave/Get With Me | Virgin/Universal | ARTIST/W/P/M/MAS [5] | |
| 2018 | Mackenzie Ziegler | Breathe | P/W/M/MAS | ||
| 2018 | The Night Game | The Night Game | Interscope | P/AP/E/PRGM [5] | |
| 2017 | Fancy Cars | Last Time Love/Belong To U/Stay The Same/I'll Follow | Virgin/Universal | ARTIST/W/P/M/MAS [5] | |
| 2017 | Kirin J. Callinan | Bravado | Universal | PRGM [5] | |
| 2017 | Volumes | Different Animals | Fearless | P/E/W/GTR [5] | |
| 2017 | Veil of Maya | False Idol | Veil of Maya | VOX P/W [5] | |
| 2017 | Echosmith | Inside a Dream | Warner Bros | AP/PRGM/KEYS [5] | |
| 2017 | Palisades | Palisades | Rise | Producer, Mixing, Guitar, Programming [5] | |
| 2016 | Fancy Cars | Set Me On Fire/Fun ft. Bazzi | Majestic Casual | ARTIST/W/P/M/MAS | |
| 2016 | Dan + Shay | Obsessed | Warner Bros | Banjo, Bass, Engineer, Mandolin, Programmer, Slide Guitar, Vocals [5] | |
| 2016 | Set It Off | Upside Down | Equal Vision | P/E/PRG/M/INST/STRG/VOX | |
| 2015 | Pentatonix | Pentatonix | RCA | AP/E/BGV [5] | |
| 2015 | Elle King | Love Stuff | RCA | AP/BASS/PIAN/PRGM [5] | |
| 2015 | Coldrain | Vena | Hopeless Records/VAP, Inc | P/E/PRG/M/INST/STRG/VOX [6] | |
| 2015 | Set It Off | Duality: Stories Unplugged | Equal Vision Records | P/E/PRG/W/M/INST/STRG/VOX [7] | |
| 2014 | Set It Off | Duality | Equal Vision Records | P/E/PRG/W/M/INST/STRG/VOX [7] | |
| 2014 | Timeflies | After Hours | Island Records | AP/E/PRG [8] | |
| 2014 | Christina Perri | “Human” from Head or Heart | Atlantic Records | AP/E/PRG/INST [9] | RIAA Platinum single “Human” [2] |
| 2014 | Alex & Sierra | It's About Us | Syco/Columbia Records | AP/E/PRG/M(assist)/INST [10] | |
| 2014 | Volumes | No Sleep | Mediaskare Records | P/E/M/PRG/INST/W [11] | |
| 2014 | Karmin | Pulses | Epic Records | AP/E/PRG/VOX [12] | RIAA Gold single “Acapella” [3] |
| 2014 | Betty Who | Take Me When You Go | RCA | AP/E/PRG/INST/VOX [13] | |
| 2014 | Gavin DeGraw | “You Got Me” from Finest Hour | RCA | AP/E/PRG/STRG/VOX [14] | |
| 2013 | Natives | Indoor War | Transmission Recordings | P/E/M/W/PRG/INST/VOX [15] | |
| 2013 | Avril Lavigne | Avril Lavigne | Epic | AP/E/PRG/INST/VOX [16] | RIAA Platinum Single "Here's To Never Growing Up" [1] |
| 2013 | Daughtry | Baptized | RCA | AP/E/PRG/INST/VOX [17] | |
| 2013 | Heaven's Basement | Filthy Empire | Red Bull Records | E/M/PRG [18] | |
| 2013 | Conditions | Full Of War | Good Fight Music | P/E/PRG/W/INST [19] | |
| 2013 | Gavin DeGraw | Make A Move | RCA | AP/E/PRG/INST [20] | |
| 2013 | Escape the Fate | Ungrateful | Eleven Seven Music | AP/E/PRG/INST [21] | |
| 2013 | Life On Repeat | Blacklisted | Equal Vision Records | P/E/M/PRG/INST/W [22] | |
| 2012 | Papa Roach | The Connection | Eleven Seven Music | E/PRG [23] | |
| 2012 | Calisus | Skeleton Key | Mad Hatter Music | M/MA | |
| 2012 | The Used | Vulnerable | Hopeless Records | AP/E/PRGM/M/INST/VOX [24] | #8 Billboard 200 Debut [25] |
| 2012 | Throw the Fight | What Doesn’t Kill Us | Bullet Tooth Records | P/E/PRG/M/W/INST/VOX [26] | |
| 2011 | The Cab | Symphony Soldier | Z Records | AP/E/PRGM/INST/M/VOX [27] | #9 Billboard Top Rock Albums [28] |
| 2011 | The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus | Am I the Enemy | Collective Sounds | AP/E/PRG/M/VOX [29] | |
| 2011 | D.R.U.G.S. | Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows | Sire Records/Decaydance Records | AP/E/PRG/STRG//INST/VOX [30] | |
| 2011 | Panic! at the Disco | Vices & Virtues | Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance Records | E [31] | |
| 2010 | Four Year Strong | Enemy of the World | Universal Motown Records/Decaydance Records | M (assist) [32] |
Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is considered a key musician in the development of pop-punk music, as she paved the way for female-driven, punk-influenced pop music in the early 2000s. Her accolades include eight Grammy Awards nominations, among others.
Pop-punk is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with power pop or pop. It is defined by its fast-paced, energetic tempos, and emphasis on classic pop songcraft, as well as adolescent and anti-suburbia themes. It is distinguished from other punk-variant genres by drawing more heavily from 1960s bands such as the Beatles, the Kinks, and the Beach Boys. The genre has evolved throughout its history, absorbing elements from new wave, college rock, ska, rap, emo, boy band pop and even hardcore punk. It is sometimes considered interchangeable with power pop and skate punk.
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Under My Skin is the second and major-label debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne. It was released on May 19, 2004, by Arista Records and RCA Records. Lavigne wrote most of the album with singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, who invited her to a Malibu in-house recording studio shared by Kreviazuk and her husband Raine Maida, where Lavigne recorded many of the songs. The album was produced by Maida, Don Gilmore, and Butch Walker. It is Lavigne's second and final studio album to be released on Arista, following Let Go (2002). as she departed the label after its release. and her first studio album with RCA.
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Sean O'Keefe is an American record producer, mixer, and engineer based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. O'Keefe is best known for his work with Fall Out Boy, Hawthorne Heights, Til Morning and Plain White T's, but has also worked with artists such as Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound, Less Than Jake, Company of Thieves, Punchline, Spitalfield, and You vs Yesterday. O'Keefe is also a musician. He is a former member of Chicago band This Is Me Smiling and Danny and The Ketchups, in both of which he played the drums.
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"Girlfriend" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne. The song was written by Lavigne and Dr. Luke; the latter is also the producer. "Girlfriend" was released as the lead single from her third studio album, The Best Damn Thing (2007) on February 27, 2007 by Columbia and RCA Records. Lyrically, the song revolves around its protagonist having a crush on someone who is in a relationship, proclaiming she should be his girlfriend. The song has been noted to have similarities to Toni Basil's 1982 single "Mickey", and The Rubinoos' 1979 single "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend". The songwriters of "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" sued Lavigne and Dr. Luke for copyright infringement; the suit was later settled.
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Head Above Water is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne. It was released on February 15, 2019, through BMG Rights Management. It is Lavigne's first studio release since her self-titled fifth studio album (2013), this is her first studio album with BMG Warner Records. marking the longest gap between two of her studio albums, and is her first and only album recorded for the new incarnation of BMG. She assumed an integral role in the album's production and collaborated with several producers including Chad Kroeger, Stephan Moccio, Chris Baseford, Johan Carlsson, Lauren Christy from The Matrix, Ryan Cabrera, Travis Clark of We the Kings, Bonnie McKee, JR Rotem and Mitch Allan among others.