Matt Squire

Matt Squire
Lahir	7 Mei 1976 Washington, D.C.
Genre	Pop punk, power pop, alternative rock, indie rock
Pekerjaan	Produser rekaman
Tahun aktif	2002—sekarang

Matt Squire adalah seorang penulis lagu dan produser musik multi-platinum. Dia pernah menjadi produser, teknisi, sekaligus menulis lagu untuk 3OH!3, Good Charlotte, New Boyz, Selena Gomez, David Archuleta, Taking Back Sunday, The Used, All Time Low, Panic! at the Disco, Boys Like Girls, The Cab, dan Northstar.

Kehidupan pribadi

Matt Squire lahir di Washington, D.C. pada tanggal 7 Mei 1976 dari pasangan John Squire dan Lynn Zwerin. Dia telah menunjukkan ketertarikan terhadap musik sejak dini. Dia mendapatkan gitar pertamanya saat berusia 8 tahun dan kemudian mulai belajar drum secara otodidak pada usia 10 tahun. Squire bersekolah di Georgetown Day School dan lulus pada tahun 1994. Dia kemudian memasuki Boston University hingga lulus pada 1999.

Sebelum menjadi produser, Squire pernah bermain di beberapa band, seperti Ashes, Miltown, The Dubnicks, Long Distance Runner dan The Rise Park. Setelah band After The Rise Park bubar, Squire merekam beberapa demo untuk The Explosion. Segera setelah itu, dia mulai bekerja bersama produser Paul Q. Kolderie. Squire dan Kolderie kemudian bekerja sama membuka kembali Fort Apache Studio di Boston dengan nama Camp Street Studio. Pada akhir 2004, Squire pindah ke daerah Washington, D.C. untuk membuka SOMD Studio di College Park, Maryland. Setelah kembali ke kampung halamannya itu, Squire bertemu kembali dengan Alexandra Mackler. Squire dan Mackler sendiri adalah teman semasa SMA dan kuliah. Sebelum pernikahannya pada Mei 2007, Squire pindah ke rumah baru dekat dengan College Park dan membuka ulang SOMD Studio di rumahnya. Setelah sukses di Maryland, Squire kemudian pindah ke Los Angeles. Saat ini, Squire masih tetap menjalankan SOMD Studio di Maryland dan juga bekerja sebagai produser di Los Angeles.

Gaya musikal

Matt Squire dikenal dekat dengan power pop dan pop punk. Dia memiliki ketangkasan mencari artis papan bawah dan kemudian membantu mereka memperbaiki musikalitas mereka. Dalam bekerja, Squire selalu berusaha dekat dengan artisnya. Dia dikenal sebagai produser ringan tangan yang sering memberikan saran musikal maupun lirikal. Dia juga sering membantu menulis lagu untuk para artisnya.

Walaupun dia sangat dikenal atas kesuksesannya dalam kancah musik pop punk, dia telah mecoba bekerja dengan artis dari genre lain seperti Katy Perry, 3OH!3, Selena Gomez, New Boyz, The Used, HIM, dan David Archuleta. Dia juga bekerja pada versi Amerika dari acara televisi The X Factor.

Diskografi terkenal

Tahun	Artis	Judul	Label	Pekerjaan
2003	Orange Island	Orange Island	Triple Crown Records	Produser
2003	The Explosion	Sick of Modern Art	Tarantulas Records	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2004	Stars Hide Fire	The Shortcut to Loss	I-Surrender Records	Mixer
2004	On Fire	This Time It Is Forever	Magic Bullet Records	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2004	The Killing Gift	Who Watches the Watchmen?	Immigrant Sun	Produser, Teknis
2004	The Receiving End of Sirens	The Receiving End of Sirens EP	self-released	Produser, Wakil-teknis
2004	These Enzymes	Henry	Doghouse Records	Produser
2004	Northstar	Pollyanna	Triple Crown Records	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2004	The Static Age	Neon Nights Electric Lives	Tarantulas Records	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2005	Del Cielo	Us Vs. Them	Lovitt Records	Produser, Teknis
2005	Bleeder Resistor	Sixteen	Basement Records	Teknis, Mixer
2005	Eyes Like Knives	Slow Distractions	Dopamine Records	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2005	Renee Heartfelt	Death of the Ghost	Textbook Music	Produser
2005	A Fall Farewell	Where Us Trouble Befalls and the Secrecy Enthralls	Rise Records	Produser, Teknis
2005	The Receiving End of Sirens	Between the Heart and the Synapse	Triple Crown Records	Produser
2005	My American Heart	The Meaning in Makeup	Warcon Records	Mixer
2005	Various Artists	Punk Goes 80's	Fearless Records	Teknis, Mixer
2005	Lux Courageous	Reasons That Keep the Ground Near	Triple Crown Records	Produser, Teknis
2005	The Junior Varsity	Wide Eyed	Victory Records	Teknis
2005	Time And Distance	The Way It Should Be	I-Surrender Records	Produser
2005	Driving East	A Black Eye or a Broken Heart	The Militia Group	Produser, Mixer
2005	Panic! at the Disco	A Fever You Can't Sweat Out	Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2006	The Burning Paris	Half-Truths and Indiscretions: The Anthology	Magic Bullet Records	Teknis, Mixer
2006	Nitro Tokyo	Hell Yeah	Magic Bullet Records	Guitar, Teknis, Mixer
2006	Downtown Singapore	Don't Let Your Guard Down	DCide Records	Produser
2006	So They Say	Antidote for Irony	Fearless Records	Produser, Teknis
2006	Hit The Lights	This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder	Triple Crown Records	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2006	Cute Is What We Aim For	The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch	Fueled by Ramen	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2006	Monty Are I	Wall of People	Stolen Transmission	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2006	Boys Like Girls	Boys Like Girls	Columbia Records/Red Ink	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2007	Permanent Me	After the Rooms Clears	Stolen Transmission	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2007	Various Artists	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Soundtrack	Atlantic/WEA Records	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2007	Daphne Loves Derby	Good Night, Witness Light	Outlook Records	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2007	A Thorn for Every Heart	It's Hard to Move You	Kickball Records	Produser
2007	Signal the Escape	These Scars Are Just the Beginning EP	Double Blind Music	Mixer, Co-Produser
2007	Skindred	Roots Rock Riot	Lava Records	Produser
2007	The Receiving End of Sirens	The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi	Triple Crown Records	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2007	All Time Low	So Wrong, It's Right	Hopeless Records	Produser, Teknis, Mixer, Penulis lagu
2007	Automatic Loveletter	Recover EP	Epic Records	Produser, Mixer
2008	People In Planes	Beyond The Horizon	Wind-Up Records	Produser, Teknis
2008	The Cab	Whisper War	Decaydance Records/Fueled by Ramen	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2008	Forever The Sickest Kids	Underdog Alma Mater	Universal Records	Produser, Teknis
2008	The Maine	Can't Stop, Won't Stop	Fearless Records	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2008	Signal the Escape	All That You Deserve	Double Blind Music	Mixer, Co-Produser
2008	3OH!3	Want	Photo Finish Records	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2008	Katy Perry	I Kissed a Girl - Rock Mix	Capitol Records	Co-Produser (bersama Dr. Luke)
2008	The Morning Light	Brand New Friends (lagu)	Fearless Records	Produser
2008	This Providence	The Bright Lights EP	Fueled By Ramen	Produser, Mixer
2008	This Providence	Who Are You Now?	Fueled By Ramen	Produser, Mixer
2008	Push Play	Found (sebagian)	Wind-Up Records	Produser, Teknis
2008	Monty Are I	Break Through The Silence	Island Def Jam	Produser
2009	All Time Low	Nothing Personal (sebagian)	Hopeless Records	Produser, Teknis, Penulis lagu
2009	Taking Back Sunday	New Again (sebagian)	Warner Bros. Records	Produser, Teknis
2009	The Used	Artwork	Reprise	Produser, Teknis
2009	A Rocket to the Moon	On Your Side	Fueled By Ramen	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2009	Breathe Carolina	Hello Fascination (sebagian)	Fearless Records	Produser, Teknis, Mixer
2009	Saosin	In Search Of Solid Ground (sebagian)	Capitol Records	Penulis lagu
2009	Emily Osment	All The Right Wrongs	Wind-Up Records	Produser
2009	Meg & Dia	Black Wedding	Doghouse Records	Penulis lagu
2009	3OH!3 feat. Katy Perry	Starstrukk (lagu)	Photo Finish/Atlantic Records	Produser, Teknis
2009	Forever The Sickest Kids	The Weekend: Friday	Universal Records/Motown Records	Produser
2009	HIM	Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1–13	Warner Bros. Records/Sire Records	Produser
2009	Good Charlotte	Cardiology (sebagian)	Capitol	Penulis lagu
2010	3OH!3	Streets of Gold	Photo Finish/Atlantic Records	Produser, Teknis, & Penulis lagu
2010	Brian McFadden	Sign of the Times	Universal Music	Produser
2010	All Time Low	Dirty Work	Interscope	Produser & Penulis lagu
2010	Selena Gomez	Sick Of You (lagu)	Hollywood Records	Produser & Penulis lagu
2010	David Archuleta	The Other Side of Down (sebagian)	Jive	Produser & Penulis lagu
2010	New Boyz feat. Iyaz	Break My Bank (lagu)	Asylum	Produser & Penulis lagu
2010	These Kids Wear Crowns	Jumpstart	Capitol Records/EMI Music Canada	Produser & Penulis lagu
2010	Simple Plan	Get Your Heart On! (sebagian)	Atlantic	Penulis lagu
2011	David Cook	(Don't You) Forget About Me (lagu)	RCA/19 Recordings	Produser & Penulis lagu
2011	Matthew Morrison	Matthew Morrison (sebagian)	Mercury Records	Produser & Penulis lagu
2011	Greyson Chance	Heart Like Stone	eleveneleven	Produser

Pencapaian

Artis	Album/Singel	Sertifikasi RIAA
Panic! At The Disco	A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (album)	2× Platinum
Panic! At The Disco	I Write Sins Not Tragedies (singel)	Platinum
Boys Like Girls	Boys Like Girls (album)	Gold
Boys Like Girls	The Great Escape (singel)	Platinum
Boys Like Girls	Hero/Heroine (singel)	Gold
Boys Like Girls	Thunder (singel)	Gold
3OH!3	Don't Trust Me (singel)	2× Platinum
3OH!3 feat. Katy Perry	Starstrukk (singel)	Platinum
Selena Gomez & The Scene	A Year Without Rain (album)	Gold
All Time Low	Dear Maria, Count Me In (singel)	Gold
All Time Low	Nothing Personal (album)	Platinum

Penghargaan

• Nominasi untuk Boston Music Award 2007

Pranala luar

• (Profil) Matt Squire di MySpace
• Matt Squire di Twitter
• Wawancara Mat Squire dengan AbsolutePunk
• "Chairmen of the boards" artikel dari The Phoenix