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- John Matthew Shanks is a modern rock writer and Grammy-award winning producer. Born in New York City, Shanks moved to Los Angeles when he was 17. He began playing in Melissa Etheridge’s band in 1988 and toured with her for several years. Shanks enjoyed his first writing success in the early 1990s by getting cuts with Bonnie Raitt, Joe Cocker and Tuck & Patti. He also landed his first publishing deal. He reunited with Etheridge in 1995 when he collaborated with her on songs for Your Little Secret. He worked with her for several years and co-produced her subsequent album, Breakdown, in 1999. Breakdown received four Grammy nominations, including Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album. In January 2001, Shanks began working with Michelle Branch. Together, they wrote four songs for the hit album The Spirit Room, including the first single, "Everywhere". He also produced the album. In the fall of the same year, Shanks co-wrote Sheryl Crow’s single, "Steve McQueen". He has also produced or written for other projects with SHeDAISY, Carlos Santana, Celine Dion, Sting, The Corrs, Chris Isaak, Vertical Horizon, Hanson, Unwritten Law, Will Hoge, Stroke 9, Hilary Duff, Keith Urban, Alanis Morissette and Take That. He produced Ashlee Simpson's hit 2004 album Autobiography and is credited with co-writing ten of the album's 12 songs with Simpson. On seven of those, Kara DioGuardi is also credited. That same year Shanks produced three songs for Kelly Clarkson's hit album Breakaway, including the title track "Breakaway", and worked with Anastacia on two songs for her self-titled album, including the single "Welcome To My Truth". Shanks won the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in 2005 for his work on Autobiography, the Kelly Clarkson song "Breakaway", Hilary Duff's "Fly", Robbie Robertson's "Shine Your Light" and Alanis Morissette's album So-Called Chaos. In 2005 Shanks regrouped with Ashlee Simpson, producing her second album, I Am Me, and co-writing all of its 11 songs with Simpson and DioGuardi. Shanks also worked in 2 major albums of 2005, the Backstreet Boys' Never Gone and Bon Jovi's Have a Nice Day.
- John Shanks ist ein US-Amerikanischer Musikproduzent, Songwriter und Gitarrist.
- John Matthew Shanks on yhdysvaltalainen kitaristi, lauluntekijä ja musiikkituottaja. Shanks on tuottanut muun muassa Fleetwood Macin, Alanis Morissetten ja Delta Goodremin levytyksiä ja kirjoittanut kappaleita muun muassa Take Thatille, Natasha Bedingfieldille, Bon Joville ja The Corrsille.
- Shanks, nato a New York, si trasferisce a 17 anni verso Los Angeles. Nel 1988 inizia la carriera "pro" suonando la chitarra nella band di Melissa Etheridge per molti anni. I primi successi come compositore arrivano agli inizi del 1990, quando scrive per artisti come Bonnie Raitt, Joe Cocker e Tuck&Patti. Si riunisce nuovamente con la Etheridge nel 1995 co-scrivendo molti dei brani presenti in Your Little Secret e nel successivo Breakdown. Quest'ultimo riceve ben quattro nomination ai Grammy, fra le quali miglior canzone rock e migliore album rock. Nel gennaio 2001, Shanks lavora con la giovane Michelle Branch. Insieme scrivono quattro canzoni per l'album The Spirit Room, incluso il primo singolo, Everywhere. Oltre che ai testi, John Lupardo si è occupato della produzione dell'intero album. Alla fine dello stesso anno, Shanks co-scrive insieme a Sheryl Crow il singolo Steve McQueen, pezzo presente all'interno dell'album C'mon, C'Mon. Fra gli artisti con cui ha lavorato, c'e' da segnalare : Eros Ramazzotti, i Take That, Alanis Morissette, Chris Isaak, Vertical Horizon, Stroke 9, Wille Hoge, Hilary Duff e Ashley Simpson. Per quest'ultima è stato co-autore di 12 brani, nonché produttore dell'album Autobiography. Fra i riconoscimenti più importanti di Shanks, c'e' da segnalare il Grammy Award ricevuto nel febbraio 2005 quale produttore dell'anno nella categoria "Non-Classical" per il già menzionato Autobiography. Nel 2005, oltre a produrre ed in parte aiutare a comporre il secondo album di Ashley Simpson I Am Me Shanks ha lavorato anche con i Backstreet Boys per l'album Never Gone e con i Bon Jovi in Have A Nice Day.
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- John Matthew Shanks is a modern rock writer and Grammy-award winning producer. Born in New York City, Shanks moved to Los Angeles when he was 17. He began playing in Melissa Etheridge’s band in 1988 and toured with her for several years. Shanks enjoyed his first writing success in the early 1990s by getting cuts with Bonnie Raitt, Joe Cocker and Tuck & Patti. He also landed his first publishing deal.
- John Shanks ist ein US-Amerikanischer Musikproduzent, Songwriter und Gitarrist.
- John Matthew Shanks on yhdysvaltalainen kitaristi, lauluntekijä ja musiikkituottaja. Shanks on tuottanut muun muassa Fleetwood Macin, Alanis Morissetten ja Delta Goodremin levytyksiä ja kirjoittanut kappaleita muun muassa Take Thatille, Natasha Bedingfieldille, Bon Joville ja The Corrsille.
- Shanks, nato a New York, si trasferisce a 17 anni verso Los Angeles. Nel 1988 inizia la carriera "pro" suonando la chitarra nella band di Melissa Etheridge per molti anni. I primi successi come compositore arrivano agli inizi del 1990, quando scrive per artisti come Bonnie Raitt, Joe Cocker e Tuck&Patti. Si riunisce nuovamente con la Etheridge nel 1995 co-scrivendo molti dei brani presenti in Your Little Secret e nel successivo Breakdown.
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