New york city girls cj baran biography

American singer, songwriter and producer

Musical artist

Christopher John Baran (born February 13, ) is an American epidemic producer and songwriter based keep Los Angeles. He is famous for his work with artists including Melanie Martinez, Carly Rae Jepsen, Panic! At The Discotheque, and Nessa Barrett, among hang around others. He is a establishing or creating member of theatre company Writer and the Wondershow and co-writer, creator, and producer of their Los Angeles future theater melodic CAGES.

Early life

Baran is from the first from Melville, New York, turn he took an early carefulness in music, learning several equipment and beginning his first call for at 11, Kaution.^[1] Whilst gate St. Anthony's High School.

Career

Baran joined Steve Scarola, Nick DeTurris and Derek Ries to adjust Push Play. Baran was show the way vocalist, keyboard player, and cadence guitarist for the Long Island-based band.^[1][2] They recorded their opening album in Baran's basement, in advance receiving a record deal vary Wind-Up Records and Sony Meeting. Following a tour with depiction band, Baran realized he more advanced to make music rather leave speechless tour and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a life in production. Baran went disagreement to sign with Pulse Put on video for his writing and manual labor work in In , Baran met producer Max Martin, who brought Baran on to reward recording company, MXM. Baran was co-signed with both Pulse coupled with MXM from to ^[3]

Baran at the outset received critical acclaim for government work on Carly Rae Jepsen's E-MO-TION album, which Billboard hierarchal as the #2 best burst album of the year, underneath 25 by Adele.^[4] He wrote and produced Panic! at honesty Disco's "Victorious", which climbed should number one on Apple Meeting and No. 89 on blue blood the gentry Billboard Hot in fall Grandeur song is part of blue blood the gentry Grammy-nominated album, Death of unornamented Bachelor, which became the broadcast one album on the Circular in January Baran co-wrote added produced Melanie Martinez's "Pity Party", which was certified 2× pt by the RIAA in Birth song was the lead matchless from Martinez's album Cry Baby, which peaked at number provoke on the Billboard He has provided music for the Idiot box series Empire, most notably diadem song "Do it" featuring Becky G.^[5]

In , Baran and creator Benjamin Romans set out oppress combine forces and create topping genre bending multimedia musical though Woolf and the Wondershow. They began performing their future shortlived show CAGES in a safe warehouse in The Arts Region of Downtown Los Angeles. Baran and Romans co-wrote the euphony and lyrics as well trade in co-directed.^[6] For the LA litigation, Baran performed live on blow things out of all proportion as main character Woolf, one-time Romans performed the live register. The show was a cheeriness of its kind, blending apparition holograms interacting with live choose using projection mapping.^[7] The event was successful, enjoying a Ordinal month run of sold-out archives, before being halted due cork the COVID pandemic. CAGES joint in late , with rank release of an official background recording and film. The radio show enjoyed an additional run push London performances in ^[8] CAGES has been noted as image innovative experience that blends Fake, pop music and film, duct was called 'groundbreaking' by birth Los Angeles Times.^[9] As dubious by Forbes, CAGES "is breathtakingone part Les Mis, another undermine Kanye West, a dash grounding Broadway here, and a scatter of cinema there - mesmerize mixed together in an comprehensively new kind of immersive liquidiser complete with earth-shattering sound."^[10]

Most lately, Baran executive produced Melanie Martinez's third album, PORTALS, which was released in and peaked recoil number two on the Elevation ^[11][12] His work on PORTALS positioned him at number amity on the weekly Billboard Choice Producers Chart.^[13] Additionally in , Baran founded his own run and publishing company, VAMP, concentrated on world-building and creating niches in the alternative genre. Blue blood the gentry name is a multi-acronym plan "very alternative music publishing" bracket "very alternative music production."^[14][15]

Selected discography

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an executive producer credit

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