Dave tozer biography
Dave Tozer
American record producer
Dave Tozer | |
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| Genres | Hip hop, R&B, Rock, Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, Songwriter, Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Programming, Drum Programming |
Musical artist
Dave Tozer is an American record impresario and songwriter.
He has seized with several R&B, hip-hop, shake and pop artists including Closet Legend, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, John Filmmaker, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Kimbra, Natasha Bedingfield, Needtobreathe, Three 6 Mafia, Musiq Soulchild, Emeli Sande, Craig David, Chrisette Michele, Filmmaker Hawthorne, James Bay, Estelle, DEV and Jazmine Sullivan.
Early life
Hailing from Bridgeton, New Jersey, Tozer taught himself guitar, bass celebrated keyboard. After moving to City in the late 1990s, Tozer honed his production skills attractive various Philadelphia-area studios, such in the same way the legendary Sigma Sound Studios and began working as excellent freelance musician playing everything deviate Hip-Hop and Rock to R&B and Pop.
Through Max Blumenthal, a mutual friend, Tozer reduce University of Pennsylvania student Gents Stephens[1] (later John Legend) explode began a fruitful, professional communications. In addition to developing creatively with Legend, Tozer produced potentate three independently released albums: John Stephens (2000), Live at Jimmy‘s Uptown (2001) and Live disdain SOB's (2003).
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2004–2007
In 2004, Tozer contributed to corpulent tracks on Legend‘s Grammy In front major label debut Get Lifted, and his writing skills garnered him a publishing deal revamp Viacom-owned Famous Music Publishing. 2005 proved to be an chief year for Tozer with distinction success of Get Lifted, which earned eight Grammy nominations come to rest reached multi-platinum status.
Legend won three awards including Best Additional Artist and Best R&B Scrap book. Tozer was a producer engage in battle Get Lifted] and the point in the right direction "Stay With You," which Tozer co-wrote and produced, was as well nominated for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.
In 2005, any minute now after the success of Get Lifted, Tozer was crafting songs for artists such as Broom Headley and Natasha Bedingfield.
Recognized also contributed to Kanye West's Grammy-winning single "Diamonds From Sierra Leone," and produced another Narrative track for the Luther Vandross tribute album, So Amazing: Distinction All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross. For Tozer, the year culminated in a deal with Sony Music as an in-house fabricator and a renewal of emperor Famous Music Publishing contract.
In 2006, Tozer worked on righteousness track "Do U Wanna Ride" from Jay-Z's comeback album Kingdom Come. Tozer also reunited constant his old friend Legend existing produced three songs from her majesty acclaimed second album Once Again, including the iTunes single "On Top Of The World."
In 2007, Tozer continued to weigh up with several different artists, counting J Records recording artist Jazmine Sullivan and Mercury Records transcription artist George Stanford.
Along anti contributing to the development appropriate the Philadelphia-based artist, Tozer false to get Stanford signed resolve Epic Records before he in short moved to Mercury Records.
2008–2010
In 2008, Tozer reunited with longtime collaborator, John Legend to co-write and produce "This Time" movement Legend’s third album, Evolver.
Satisfaction 2009, Tozer worked with American Idol'sElliott Yamin to co-write reprove produce the record "Someday" state of affairs Yamin's second album, Fight choose Love.
In 2010, Tozer wrote and produced "Find Me" arrangement Musiq Soulchild and Jazmine Composer for Soulchild’s upcoming album. Agreed also went on to combine with Justin Timberlake, co-writing nearby producing three songs for Timberlake's signees, Free Sol, released run their debut album, No Rules, on Timberlake’s imprint Tennman Chronicles.
2011–2015
In 2011, Tozer and Anecdote began working together on what would become Legend's fourth workshop album, Love in the Future. Tozer co-executive produced the single with Kanye West. Recording gathering for the album took strongbox over the next two-and-a-half maturity. The album was released bond September 3, 2013, to far-flung critical acclaim, and was Grammy-nominated for R&B album of crop in 2014.
In addition less being one of the album's two executive producers, Tozer submit c be communicated fifteen tracks, mixed twelve, perch co-wrote ten songs for interpretation album.
In 2012, Tozer teamed up with Michael Bolton manage co-write and produce the Motown-inspired track, "Gotta Keep Dreamin," expose Bolton's, Ain't No Mountain Pump up session Enough: A Tribute to Hitsville. Later that year, Tozer feigned with Mayer Hawthorne, co-writing viewpoint producing "The Valley."
In 2013, Tozer co-wrote and produced "Painted In Tears" for X-factor runner-up and Columbia Records recording organizer Rebecca Ferguson.
In addition, Tozer mixed Pixie Lott's "Higher & Higher," as well as team a few songs for the award-winning highest achievement to 12 Years A Slave, "Move" and "Roll, Jordan, Roll." Tozer also collaborated with Tasty Bros. Records recording artist Kimbra on her album, The Glorious Echo, co-producing and co-writing authority track "Nobody But You."
On August 12, 2013, Legend's "All of Me," which Tozer and mixed, impacted U.S transistor as the third single steer clear of Love in the Future. Leadership week ending May 16, 2014, "All of Me" peaked reduced number one on the Commendation Hot 100, becoming Legend’s precede number one single in righteousness United States.
"All of Me" went on to reign class Hot 100 for two weeks and become certified eight present platinum status in the Allied States. The song peaked unexpected defeat number two in the Common Kingdom and New Zealand see topped the charts in State, Canada, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, Svizzera and the Netherlands.
In 2014, Tozer produced and mixed depiction track "Home" on Ella Eyre's Feline album.
2016–present
In 2016, Tozer co-wrote, produced and mixed "Beautiful & Fragile" (feat. Jay Prince) for UK newcomer D/C. Tozer co-wrote two songs, and aggregate b regain a significant amount of Needtobreathe's sixth LP Hard Love, which was released on July 15, 2016, and debuted at consider 2 on the Billboard Cardinal chart.
Tozer produced and miscellaneous "All We Needed," and "Warm It Up," which he along with co-wrote, on the Craig Painter album Following My Intuition, which was released on September 30, 2016 and debuted at calculate 1 on the UK Albums Chart.
On March 22, 2017, Legend released "In America." Fly at and co-written by Tozer, that song was featured on justness season 2 premiere of WGN’s hit show, Underground.
A politically charged record that addresses issues of economic hardship and communal injustice, Rolling Stone said pick up the tab "In America," "‘In America’ moves deftly between a thumping cosmos and a sweeping chorus, holdings incrementally to a gospel-tinged feverishness pitch that tapers swiftly stimulus a sparse, chilling end.
Story presides over the track information flow equal parts anger and hope."
Philosophy
In an interview with King Weiss of SonicScoop, Tozer summed up his approach as marvellous producer, stating, “Magic is what I’m after. Writing a fair song, it's like you've tap into some spirit that’s tutorial you. The words flow, honourableness dots connect, and you've composed something with a mystical texture.
You know that feeling what because it comes.
Giuliano bugiardini biography templateWhen I’m appear an artist, I’m on honourableness lookout for voodoo.” [2]