Matt Wallace

Matt Wallace's career in music started as a musician, playing and singing original songs in various Bay Area bands. Although he never achieved fame as a musician, singer or writer, the experience gave Matt the understanding to help bands with arrangements and chord choices as well as occasional co-writes.

Matt's reputation as an engineer and mixer sometimes obscures the fact that he is also a capable musician. Matt has performed on many of the albums he's produced, though he rarely seeks credit for such work because he feels it is part of his role as producer. Matt sang backup vocals on albums by Faith No More, The Replacements, H20, Sugarcult, Flybanger, Khaleel, and others. He played drums on The Replacement's "Don't Tell A Soul" and on Paul Westerberg's "14 Songs". He played guitar on recordings by John Hiatt, Sheryl Crow, Bic Runga, and numerous others. Matt has played percussion on many of his productions and even on quite a few of his mixes for others.

All this is to say that, in addition to being an accomplished engineer and mixer, Matt is a very musical producer who has a keen ear for songs and arrangements. Watch an exclusive
broadband video interview with Matt, shot at Studio Delux, for Record Production.com, and check out a recent interview for Electronic Musician.

Some highlights from his production / mixing career include:

› Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (P-E-M) 
    including the multi-platinum singles "Harder To Breath" "This Love"
    "Sunday Morning" and "She Will Be Loved"
    4x Platinum in US and Canada
    5x Platinum in UK
    10x million albums sold Worldwide
    Grammy winner "Best New Artist" (2005)
    

› Faith No More - The Real Thing (P-E-M)
    including the hit singles "Epic" and "Falling To Pieces"
    Platinum in US and Canada
    Grammy nominee (1990)
    "Epic" certified Gold
   

› Faith No More - Angel Dust (P-E-M)
    including the hit single "Midlife Crisis"
    Gold in US
    Platinum in Canada
    Grammy nominee (1993)
    #1 Most Influential Album of All Time (2003) - Kerrang Magazine


› Sugarcult - Start Static (P-E-M)
     including "Stuck In America" and "Bouncing Off the Walls"
    The Best Release of 2003 - Punktastic


› Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs (P-E-M)
    First solo album for the lead singer of The Replacements
    includes the modern rock hit "World Class Fad"


› Chantal Kreviazuk - Under These Rocks And Stones (CP-E-M)
    2x Platinum in Canada
    Juno nominee (1997)


› Bic Runga - Drive (M)
     6x Platinum in New Zealand
    Album of the Year (NZ 1997)
    biggest selling debut album by a local female artist


› Carpenters Tribute Records - If I Were A Carpenter (P-M selected tracks)
     This project was Matt's brain-child, and he co-executive produced the album.
     Includes performances by Sheryl Crow, Matthew Sweet, The Cranberries,
     Sonic Youth, Redd Kross, Cracker, 4 Non Blondes and others



Selected PRODUCTION / MIX credits

- O.A.R. - All Sides (Everfine/Atlantic) (P-CW)
    Matt co-wrote "This Town" and "One Day"
      #3 album at iTunes
- The 88 - forthcoming album (Universal) (P)
- Cat The Dog - forthcoming album (Virgin UK) (P)
- Michael Franti & Spearhead - forthcoming album (P)
- Ludo - You're Awful, I Love You (Island) (P)
- Fightstar - One Day Son This Will All Be Yours (Institute) (P)
      #1 debut on UK's Top 40 Rock "I Am The Message"
      #2 debut on UK's Top 40 Rock "Deathcar"
      #3 debut on UK's Top 40 Rock "Floods"
- Small Mercies - Beautiful Hum (Sony Australia) (P)
     #1 most added track at Aus radio "Innocent"
     ARIA nominee "Breakthrough Artist - Single" (2007)
- The Higher - several tracks from 'On Fire' (Epitaph) (M)
- Freddy - forthcoming album (P)
- Rooster - Circles & Satellites (Sony BMG) (P)
- Big 10-4 - Testing the Atmosphere (Universal) (P)
- Spin Doctors - Nice Talking To Me (Ruffnation) (P-E-M)
- As Fast As - Open Letter To The Damned (Octone) (P)
- Josh Kelley - Almost Honest (Hollywood) (P)
- Caleb Kane - forthcoming album (P-E-M)
- Virginia Coalition - OK to Go (Bluhammock Music) (P-E-M)
- Kyle Riabko -Before I Speak (Aware) (P-E)
- Kyle Riabko - self-titled EP (Aware) (P-E-M)
- Maroon5 - Songs About Jane (Octone) (P-E-M)
     10x Platinum Worldwide
     Grammy winner "Best New Artist" (2005)
- Mushroomhead - XIII produced one track, mixed album (Republic/Universal) (M)
- Squad Five 0 - Late News Breaking (Capitol) (P-E-M)
- Minus Driver - A Message For You EP (Republic/Universal) (P-E-M)
- Automatic Black - De-Evolution (Arista) (P-E)
- Wakefield - American Made (Arista) (P-E-M)
- 6Gig - Mind Over Mind (Ultimatum) (P-E-M)
- Sugarcult - Start Static (Ultimatum) (P-E-M)
- H20 - GO (MCA) (P-M)
- Blues Traveler - Bridge (Interscope) (P)
- Flybanger - Headtrip To Nowhere (Columbia) (P-M)
- Ultra-V (f/k/a Ruth Ruth) - Bring on the Fuego (RCA) (P-E-M)
- Gary Stier (f/k/aBuffalo Nickel) - The Albatross (33rd Street Records) (CP-M)
- Portable - Secret Life (TVT) (P-M)
- DDT - Urban Observer (The Music Company / Elektra) (P)
- Khaleel - People Watching (Hollywood) (P-E-M)
- Dog's Eye View - Daisy (Columbia) (P-E-M)
- Train - produced "If You Leave" from the band's debut album (Aware) (P-E-M) Platinum in US
- Chantal Kreviazuk - Under These Rocks and Stones (Columbia) (CP-E-M)
- Suncatcher - The Girl That God Forgot (Restless) (P-E-M)
- Deftones - "Teething" from the The Crow: City Of Angels soundtrack (P-E-M)
- Satchel - The Family (Epic) (CP-E)
- Enormous - Busman's Holiday (A&M) (P)
- Red Five - Flash (Interscope) (P)
- Dimestore Hoods - Dimestore Hoods (MCA) (P)
- Replacements - Don't Tell A Soul (Sire/Reprise) (P-E)
- Royal Jelly - Royal Jelly (Island) (P)
- Weapon of Choice - Highperspice (Loose Groove) (P-E-M)
- John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar (A&M) (P-E)
- Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs (Sire/Reprise) (P-E-M)
- Faith No More - Angel Dust (Slash/Reprise) (P-E-M) Gold in US
- Faith No More - The Real Thing (Slash/Reprise) (P-E-M) Platinum in US
- Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (Slash/Reprise) (P-E-M)
- School of Fish - Human Cannonball (Capitol) (P)
- Spent Poets - Spent Poets (Geffen) (P)
- Dishwalla - "It's Going To Take Some Time" from the Carpenters Tribute Album (A&M) (P)
- Sheryl Crow - "Solitaire" from the Carpenters Tribute Album (A&M) (P-M)
- Matthew Sweet - "Let Me Be The One" from the Carpenters Tribute Album (A&M) (P-M)
- 4 Non-Blondes - "Bless The Beasts And Children" from the Carpenters Tribute Album (A&M) (P-M)
- Redd Kross - "Yesterday Once More" from the Carpenters Tribute Album (A&M) (P-M)

Selected MIX credits

- Anotherrace - several tracks from forthcoming album (Festival) (M)
- Ultrapull - several tracks From All Directions (Gold Circle) (M)
- Moke - “Hanging Around” (radio mix) (Ultimatum) (M)
- Fenix TX - “Flight 601 (All I've Got Is Time)” (radio mixes) (MCA) (M)
- Train - "Meet Virginia" & "Free" (radio mixes) (Columbia) (M)
- Peter Searcy - "Losing Light Fast" (Time Bomb) (M)
- Mars Electric - "Someday" (Portrait/C2) (M)
- Everlast - "So Long" from the End Of Days soundtrack (M)
- R.E.M. - "Revolution" from the Batman & Robin soundtrack (E-M)
- Bic Runga - Drive (Columbia) (M)
     6x platinum in New Zealand
- The Honeyrods - The Honeyrods (Capricorn) (M)
- Howlin' Maggie - Honeysuckle Strange (Columbia) (M)
- Butthole Surfers - "Whatever" from the Romeo & Juliet soundtrack (M)
- Ednaswap - Ednaswap (EastWest) (M)
- Rolling Stones - live tracks for HBO Special (M)

P=produced / CP=coproduced / E=engineered / M=mixed