Graham Marsh (producer)
{{short description|American music producer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Graham Marsh
| origin = Georgia, U.S.
| genre = Pop, rock, blues, soul, urban, R&B, hip hop, funk
| occupation = Producer, mixer, writer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist
| years_active = 2005–present
| current_member_of = CLAVVS
| website = {{URL|grahammarshmusic.com/}}
}}
Graham N. Marsh (born September 27, 1979) is an American record producer, recording engineer and multi-instrumentalist from Georgia. He has helped produce four Grammy Award-winning albums from sixteen nominations.{{cite web|last1=Yuscavage|first1=Chris|title=Hit Factory – Full Sail Live|url=http://www.anepmusicgroup.com/images/news/ar_thesource.pdf|website=anepmusicgroup.com|publisher=thesource.com|access-date=July 29, 2014|ref=GrahamMarsh|archive-date=September 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912052823/http://www.anepmusicgroup.com/images/news/ar_thesource.pdf|url-status=dead}} He is also half of the Brooklyn indie pop duo CLAVVS with singer-songwriter Amber Renee.{{cite web |url=http://www.clavvs.com/ |title=Home |website=clavvs.com}}Castro, Guillermo. "Steady Climb the Mountain: A CLAVVS Journey." Immersive Atlanta. http://immersiveatlanta.com/steady-climb-the-mountain-a-clavvs-journey/ Marsh began releasing songs from his instrumental project Draigh in early 2019.Nasko. "Palm Draigh." Stereofox. 24 March 2019. https://www.stereofox.com/draigh-palm/
Career
Marsh is a graduate of Full Sail University's Recording Arts program.{{cite web|title=53rd Annual Grammy Awards: All five Album of the Year Nominees Featured Grads|url=http://www.fullsail.edu/news/headlines/2011-01-27-53rd-grammy-nominations|website=fullsail.edu|publisher=Full Sail University|access-date=July 29, 2014}} He started his career in Atlanta working at Jermaine Dupri's "Southside Studios" for So So Def Recordings where he worked with Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Nelly and Bryan-Michael Cox. While at Southside Studios, Marsh met Dallas Austin's engineer/programmer, Rick Sheppard and was hired to work at Dallas' DARP Studios. Marsh worked at DARP as an assistant to Dallas and Sheppard, engineering recordings for Natalie Cole, George Clinton, Joss Stone, Sugababes and Lionel Richie.{{cite web|url=http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_MP990386|title=Demo Listening Session 3|publisher=South by SouthWest|year=2012|access-date=July 30, 2014}}
Marsh steadily became in very heavy demand as more people became aware of his amazing talents as an engineer. He has engineered, produced and given his multi-instrumentalist talents{{cite web|title=SXSW Guide|url=http://austin2012.sched.org/speaker/grahammarsh|website=austin2012.sched.org|publisher=Sched.org|access-date=July 29, 2014|ref=GrahamMarsh}} to a very long list of well known megastars including Asher Roth, Fantasia, Leona Lewis, Estelle, Nas, Travie McCoy, The Constellations, Plies, Ciara, Amerie, Juvenile, Ludacris, "Rick Ross", Common, Novel, Kelis, Kid Cudi, Chase & Status, The Teddybears, and Bruno Mars.{{cite web|title=Graham Marsh Discography|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/373877-Graham-Marsh|website=discogs.com|publisher=Discogs|access-date=July 28, 2014|ref=Graham Marsh}}{{cite web|title=All Music|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/graham-marsh-mn0000949915/credits|website=allmusic.com|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=July 28, 2014|ref=GrahamMarshCredits}} In recognition of his engineering talents Marsh was nominated for "Outstanding Creative Achievement" at the 27th annual TEC Awards.{{cite web|title=27th Annual TEC Awards Nominees Outstanding Creative Achievement |url=http://www.tecfoundation.com/tec/11nomineescreat.html |website=tecfoundation.com|publisher=NammFoundation|access-date=July 29, 2014 |ref=GrahamMarsh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018155714/http://www.tecfoundation.com/tec/11nomineescreat.html |archive-date=October 18, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}
Marsh met CeeLo Green at one of his freelancing jobs which proved to be a Grammy winning union. Marsh and CeeLo Green formed the production team The Grey Area to work on music that would be mainstream hits. He collaborated on Gnarls Barkley's The Odd Couple and CeeLo's 2010 multi-platinum smash "Fuck You" from The Lady Killer album.{{cite web|title=Cee Lo, Marsh, Marroquin interview extras|url=http://www.emusician.com/artists/1333/cee-lo-marsh-marroquin-interview-extras/43848|website=emusician.com|publisher=NewBay Media|access-date=July 29, 2014}} The result of this collaboration was Graham receiving two Grammy nominations,{{cite web|title=NEWS/ Complete List of Nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/71618/complete-list-of-nominees-for-the-51st-annual-grammy-awards|website=eonline.com|date=December 4, 2008|publisher=E! Entertainment Television, LLC. A Division of NBCUniversal.|access-date=July 28, 2014}} with one win for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the song "Fuck You".{{cite web|title=GOSSIP: 2010 Grammy Nominees|url=http://radionowindy.com/349981/gossip-2010-grammy-nominees/|website=radionowindy.com|date=December 29, 2010|publisher=RadioNOW Indy|access-date=July 29, 2014}}
Marsh met Amber Renee in summer of 2013, and the pair started writing songs together under the name CLAWS (eventually changed to CLAVVS). They released their first singles in 2015.Castro, Guillermo. "Steady Climb the Mountain: A CLAVVS Journey." Immersive Atlanta. http://immersiveatlanta.com/steady-climb-the-mountain-a-clavvs-journey/ CLAVVS' music has been featured on the CW's Charmed and MTV's Teen Wolf."CLAVVS TV & Film Sync Placements." Tunefind. https://www.tunefind.com/artist/clavvs They have earned praise from NPR, The Line of Best Fit, and Consequence of Sound, among others.Thompson, Stephen. "The Austin 100:CLAVVS." NPR. 5 March 2019. https://www.npr.org/2019/03/05/696720261/the-austin-100-clavvsWilliams, Pip. "CLAVVS’ “Violet Sea” is a boldly minimal taste ahead of forthcoming EP release." The Line of Best Fit. 21 March 2019. https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/clavvs-violet-seaSchatz, Lake. "CLAVVS reveal the Origins of new song “Echo”: Stream." Consequence of Sound. 15 November 2018. https://consequence.net/2018/11/clavvs-echo-song-premiere-origins/
Grammy Awards
Graham Marsh has won four Grammy Awards from sixteen nominations.
Discography
- Sugababes – Taller in More Ways (2005)
- Sugababes – Push The Button (2005)
- Lionel Richie – Coming Home (2006)
- Da BackWudz – Wood Work (2006)
- Stacie Orrico – Beautiful Awakening (2006)
- Natalie Cole – Leavin (2006)
- Leona Lewis – Spirit (2007)
- Ludacris – Release Therapy (2007)
- Elliott Yamin – Sounds of the Season: The Elliott Yamin Holiday Collection (2007)
- Elliott Yamin – My Kind of Holiday (2008)
- Kung Fu Panda Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
- Estelle – Shine (2008)
- Amerie – In Love & War (2009)
- Asher Roth – Asleep in the Bread Aisle (2009)
- SpongeBob's Greatest Hits (2009)
- Kate Earl – Kate Earl (2009)
- The Falcon Lords - Straight From the Center of Their Volcano Lair (2010)
- CeeLo Green – The Lady Killer (2010)
- CeeLo Green – F**k You (2010)
- Bruno Mars – It's Better If You Don't Understand (2010)
- Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
- Sex and the City 2 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010)
- Rick Ross – Teflon Don (2010)
- Fantasia Barrino – Back to Me (2010)
- Common – Universal Mind Control (2010)
- Rave On Buddy Holly (2011)
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2011)
- CeeLo Green – Stray Bullets: The Mixtape Made Of Gold (2011)
- CeeLo Green – Bright Lights Bigger City (2011)
- "Footloose 2011 Soundtrack" (2011)
- Cobra Starship Night Shades (2011)
- Sparkle Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2012){{cite web|title=All Music|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/graham-marsh-mn0000949915/credits|website=allmusic.com|publisher=AllMusic, a division of All Media Network, LLC.|access-date=July 27, 2014|ref=Graham Marsh Credits}}
- Why? (American band) - "Mumps, etc." (2012)
- Cisilia - Ring Den Alarm (2015)
- CLAWS – Feel It All (2015)
- Como Brothers Band – Imagination (2015)
- Lauryn Hill - Nina Revisited: A Tribute to Nina Simone (2015)
- CLAVVS - halfblood (2016)
- Empty Houses - Daydream (2016)
- CLAVVS - World Underwater (2017)
- CLAVVS - No Saviors EP (2019)
- Draigh - Palm single (2019)
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Category:American multi-instrumentalists
Category:American record producers
Category:American writers about music