Erik Ron | |
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 Erik Ron in 2016 | |
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| Born | July 4, 1985 San Carlos, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Website | erikron |
Erik Ron (born July 4, 1985) is an American producer, mixer, and songwriter based in Los Angeles. He has worked with artists such as Panic! at the Disco, Set It Off, Issues, [1] New Years Day, Too Close to Touch, I the Mighty, [2] [3] Motionless In White, Blessthefall, I See Stars, Sylar, Attila, Godsmack, and Staind. [4] [5] [6]
Erik Ron was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in the suburb of San Carlos, California, where he attended Carlmont High School. Erik started playing music as a teenager in alternative rock band Impel. After high school, he studied engineering at Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music in Los Angeles. Erik proceeded to work as in-house engineer at Woodland Ranch Studio between the years of 2005–2008 before working as an engineer under producer/writer John Feldmann between 2008–2011 in Bel Air, CA. [7]
In 2013, Erik built and opened "Grey Area Studios" in North Hollywood. [8] Since opening the studio to focus on his own production career, Erik has worked with Panic! at the Disco, Set It Off, Issues, [9] New Years Day, Too Close to Touch, I Prevail, Motionless in White, This Wild Life, Young Guns, [10] The Word Alive, [11] Blessthefall, I See Stars, Palisades, [12] Sylar, and Attila, and more. In early 2016, Erik Ron inked an exclusive publishing deal with BMG Rights Management.
In September 2017, it was announced that Ron will be at the helm of the seventh studio album of the rock band Godsmack. [13]
| Year | Artist | Album title | Label | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Staind | Confessions of the Fallen | BMG | Producer, mixer, engineer |
| 2023 | Bush | All Things Must Change | BMG | Producer, writer |
| 2023 | Bush | More Than Machines | BMG | Producer, writer |
| 2023 | 93FEETOFSMOKE | chewing on my tongue | Photo Finish Records | Producer, writer |
| 2023 | 93FEETOFSMOKE | conversations | Photo Finish Records | Producer, writer |
| 2023 | Hollywood Undead | Hotel Kalifornia | BMG, Dove & Grenade Media | Co-producer,writer |
| 2023 | Godsmack | Lighting Up the Sky | BMG | Writer |
| 2023 | Jutes | Do It To Myself | Producer, writer | |
| 2023 | ELLISE | Black Balloons | Producer, writer | |
| 2023 | Papa Roach | Spotlight | Producer, writer | |
| 2023 | Chandler Leighton | Fixer Upper | Boom.Records | Producer, writer |
| 2022 | Kailee Morgue | Falling From The Sky | Thriller | Producer, writer, mixer |
| 2022 | 44phantom | 1-800-IDONTKNOWYOUANYMORE | Epitah Records | Producer, writer, mixer |
| 2022 | 44phantom | huricane | Columbia Records | Producer, writer |
| 2022 | Huddy | All the Things I Hate About You | Half Blood Records | Producer, writer |
| 2022 | Fire from the Gods | Soul Revolution | Better Noise Music | Co-producer, writer |
| 2022 | Rain City Drive | Rain City Drive | Thriller Records | Co-producer, writer |
| 2022 | Bad Omens | The Death of Peace of Mind | Sumerian Records | Producer, mixer |
| 2021 | Black Veil Brides | The Phantom Tomorrow | Sumerian Records | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer – "Scarlet Cross" |
| 2020 | From Ashes to New | Panic | Better Noise Music | Producer, mixer |
| 2020 | The Word Alive | Monomania | Fearless Records | Bass, producer, engineer, mixer, writer |
| 2019 | Thousand Below | Gone In Your Wake | Rise Records | Producer, engineer, writer |
| 2019 | Guccihighwaters | Amnesia | N/A | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer |
| 2019 | Fire from the Gods | American Sun | Eleven Seven | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer |
| 2018 | Godsmack | When Legends Rise | BMG | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer [14] |
| 2018 | Sylar | Seasons | Hopeless Records | Producer, mixer, writer |
| 2018 | Dance Gavin Dance | Artificial Selection | Rise Records | Vocal Producer [15] |
| 2018 | Hands Like Houses | Anon | UNFD, Hopeless Records | Producer, writer |
| 2018 | Slaves | Beautiful Death | SBG Records | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer [16] |
| 2017 | Picturesque | Just Exist | Equal Vision Records | Producer, writer |
| 2017 | Like Moths to Flames | Dark Divine | Rise Records | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer |
| 2017 | Palisades | Palisades | Rise Records | Producer |
| 2017 | Nothing,Nowhere. | Reaper | DCD2 Records | Producer [17] |
| 2016 | BadxChannels | WHYDFML EP | SharpTone Records | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer [18] |
| 2016 | Attila | Chaos | SharpTone Records | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer [19] |
| 2016 | Too Close to Touch | Haven't Been Myself | Epitaph Records | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer [20] |
| 2016 | Dayshell | Nexus | Spinefarm Records | Producer, engineer, mixer [21] |
| 2016 | I Prevail | Lifelines | Fearless Records | Writer – "Chaos", "Worst Part of Me" [22] |
| 2016 | Set It Off | Upside Down (Set It Off album) | Equal Vision Records | Producer, engineer, writer [23] [24] |
| 2016 | Issues | Headspace | Rise Records | Co-Producer, Engineer, Writer [25] [26] |
| 2016 | The Color Morale | Desolate Divine | Fearless Records | Writer – "Version of Me", "Lonesome Soul", "Misery Loves Company", "Fauxtographic Memory" [27] |
| 2016 | Sylar | Help! | Hopeless Records | Writer, producer, engineer, mixer [28] |
| 2016 | I See Stars | Treehouse | Sumerian Records | Writer, producer, engineer, mixer [29] [30] |
| 2016 | Hands Like Houses | Dissonants | Rise Records | Writer, producer, engineer, mixer [31] |
| 2015 | Picturesque | Monstrous Things EP | Equal Vision Records | Writer, producer, engineer, mixer [32] |
| 2015 | Get Scared | Demons | Fearless Records | Writer, producer, engineer, mixer [33] |
| 2015 | New Years Day | Malevolence | Another Century Records | Writer, producer, engineer, mixer [34] [35] |
| 2015 | Blessthefall | To Those Left Behind | Fearless Records | Vocal Producer, Writer |
| 2015 | This Wild Life | Clouded (Atmosphere Edition) | Epitaph Records | Producer, engineer, writer |
| 2015 | Too Close to Touch | Nerve Endings | Epitaph Records | Writer, producer, engineer, mixer [36] |
| 2015 | Palisades | Mind Games | Rise Records | Writer, producer, engineer, mixer [37] |
| 2014 | New Years Day | Epidemic | Grey Area Records | Writer, producer, engineer, mixer [38] Owning the diseased parts of us and turning it into a strength." [39] |
| 2012 | Oh, the Irony | Within Reach | Burlingame Records | Writer, producer, engineer [40] |
| 2010 | Foxy Shazam | Foxy Shazam | Sire / Warner Bros Records | Engineer [41] |
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