| John
Fields
Boston
native John Fields fell in love with pop music at an
early age and taught himself
to play guitar, bass, piano and drums. While playing
in several local bands, he became fascinated with the
art of recording
and set his sights on becoming a record producer.
John
moved to Minneapolis in his early 20's and established
October Records and Funkytown Studios with his uncle,
Steven Greenberg (who wrote the disco smash, "Funkytown").
John discovered, signed and produced numerous artists
for October Records, including The Honeydogs, who
later released albums on Mercury and Palm.
During
this time, John continued working as a musician,
co-founding Greazy Meal, a rock/funk band that became
very popular in the region. This experience helped
to further strengthen John's skills as a producer,
and his reputation spread among artists in the Midwest. John
moved to Los Angeles in 2002, and has been busy ever
since.
Some highlights from his
production
/ mixing career include:
P=produced
CP=co-produced
AP=add'l prod.
E=engineered
M=mixed
CW=co-wrote
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› Jimmy
Eat World -
selected tracks from Chase This Light
(CP-AP)
#5
debut on The Billboard 200
#3
at iTunes
including the first single "Big Casino"
#6 at Alternative Radio
#6 on Billboard's Modern
Rock chart
› Jonas
Brothers -
self-titled album (P-E)
#1 Top Internet
Album
#5 debut
on Billboard 200
#7 album at iTunes
including the single "S.O.S." which
is #1 at iTunes
Certified
Platinum
› Rooney -
Calling The World (P-E-M)
#42
debut on Billboard Top 200
features
the single "When Did Your Heart Go Missing"
#29
on UK iTunes
#18 in Italy
› Switchfoot - The
Beautiful Letdown (P-E)
#1
Top Christian Album
Double Platinum in US
Winner of 5 Dove Awards (2004)
including Best Rock Song ("Dare You To Move")
and Rock/Contemporary
Album of the Year
› Switchfoot -
Nothing Is Sound (P-E)
#1
Top Christian Album (2005 & 2006)
#3
debut on Billboard 200
GMA
nominated "rock album of the year" (2006)
Certified
Gold within first month of release
› Switchfoot -
several tracks from "Oh! Gravity" (P-E-M)
#1
Top Christian Album
› Soul
Asylum - several
tracks from “The
Silver Lining” (P-E)
including the first single “Stand
Up And Be Strong”
› Clay
Aiken -
6 tracks for A Thousand Different Ways (P-E)
#2
debut on Billboard 200
selling
over 211,000 copies in the first week
Certified Gold
› Delta Goodrem - title track for Innocent Eyes (P-E)
#1 single in Australia
#1 album in Australia for 27 consecutive
weeks
The longest running Australian album
to ever top the charts
14x Platinum in Australia
› Glen Phillips - Winter Pays For Summer (P-E)
Lost Highway solo debut for the former singer of Toad The
Wet Sprocket
StarPolish interview: Glen Philips
› Backstreet Boys - "Crawling
Back To You" (P-E-M)
from
the album Never Gone
Platinum
in US and Canada
› Pink - several tracks from Try This (AP-M)
#9 on
Billboard 200
2004 Grammy
winner for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Trouble"
Platinum in US, Canada and UK
› Mandy Moore - Coverage (P-E-M)
includes the hit "Have
A Little Faith"
#14 on Billboard
200 (highest peak
to
date)
› Andrew W.K. -
I Get Wet (CP-E)
includes
the hit "Party Hard"
#1 on Billboard's Heatseekers
chart
› Har Mar Superstar - The Handler (P-E-M-CW)
features guest appearance by Northern State and Karen O
of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
› evan and jaron - evan and jaron (P-E)
#4
on Billboard's Heatseekers chart includes
the hit "Crazy For This Girl"
#1
on Billboard's Top 40
Selected
PRODUCTION / MIX credits
- Jonas Brothers - forthcoming second
album (Hollywood) (P-E-CW)
- Tim Brantley - forthcoming album (Blackledge)
(M)
- Jon McLaughlin - forthcoming album
(Island) (P-E)
- The Presets - several tracks from forthcoming album (M)
- Alex Band - forthcoming album (P-E)
- Cut Copy - several tracks from In
Ghost Colours (Modular/Interscope) (AP-E-M)
- Jimmy Eat World - selected tracks
from Chase This Light (Interscope) (CP-AP)
- Graham
Colton -
Here
Right
Now (Universal)
(P)
#2 debut
on Billboard's Top Heatseekers
- Jonas
Brothers -
self-titled
(Hollywood)
(P-E-CW)
- Ingram
Hill -
1
song
from
Cold
In
California (Hollywood)
(P)
- Lifehouse - "Broken" from
Who We
Are
(Geffen)
(P)
- Rooney -
Calling
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