Matt Squire

Matt Squire
Born	(1976-05-07) May 7, 1976
Origin	Washington, D.C.
Genres	Pop, punk, power pop, alternative rock, indie rock
Occupation(s)	Record producer
Years active	2002–present

Matt Squire is an American multi-platinum music producer and writer. He has produced, engineered, or written tracks for, Jack & Jack, SHINee, Big Time Rush, Kesha, Demi Lovato, One Direction, Ariana Grande, Good Charlotte, Selena Gomez, All Time Low, Panic! at the Disco, 3OH!3, New Boyz, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, The Used, Boys Like Girls, The Cab, Northstar, Youngblood Hawke, and Krewella.

Early years and personal life

Matt Squire was born in Washington, D.C. on May 7, 1976 to John Squire and Lynn Zwerin. He was drawn to music at an early age. He got his first guitar at age 8 and he taught himself how to play drums at age 10. Squire attended high school at Georgetown Day School and graduated in 1994. He went on to attend Boston University and graduated in 1999.

Prior to producing, Squire was in numerous bands. He was in Ashes, Miltown, The Dubnicks, Long Distance Runner and The Rise Park. After The Rise Park folded, Squire recorded some demos for The Explosion. Soon after that, he went on to work with producer Paul Q. Kolderie after Kolderie reopened Fort Apache Studio in Boston under the name Camp Street Studio. In late 2004, Squire moved to the Washington, D.C. area to open up SOMD studio in College Park, Maryland. After moving back to the Washington area, Squire was re-introduced to Alexandra (Ali) Mackler. Squire and Mackler went to the same high school and university. Prior to his May 2007 marriage, Squire moved into a new home down the road from College Park and reopened SOMD studio in his home. After years of success in Maryland, Squire moved to Los Angeles. Currently, Squire maintains SOMD studio in Maryland and also works out of Los Angeles.

Musical style

Matt Squire is known for producing and writing pop and rock music. He has a knack for discovering underground artists and helping them refine their sound. Squire works very closely with his artists. He is known as a hands-on producer who often makes lyrical and musical suggestions. He also co-writes with artists and writers.

In addition, he worked on season one and two of the American version of The X Factor.

In 2015, Matt Squire joined the judging panel for The 14th Annual Independent Music Awards.

Selected discography

Year recorded	Artist	Title	Label	Role
2003	Orange Island	Orange Island	Triple Crown Records	Producer
2003	The Explosion	Sick of Modern Art	Tarantulas Records	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2004	Stars Hide Fire	The Shortcut to Loss	I-Surrender Records	Mixer
2004	On Fire	This Time It Is Forever	Magic Bullet Records	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2004	The Killing Gift	Who Watches the Watchmen?	Immigrant Sun	Producer, Engineer
2004	The Receiving End of Sirens	The Receiving End of Sirens EP	self-released	Producer, Co-Engineer
2004	These Enzymes	Henry	Doghouse Records	Producer
2004	Northstar	Pollyanna	Triple Crown Records	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2004	The Static Age	Neon Nights Electric Lives	Tarantulas Records	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2005	Del Cielo	Us Vs. Them	Lovitt Records	Producer, Engineer
2005	Bleeder Resistor	Sixteen	Basement Records	Engineer, Mixer
2005	Eyes Like Knives	Slow Distractions	Dopamine Records	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2005	Renee Heartfelt	Death of the Ghost	Textbook Music	Producer
2005	A Fall Farewell	Where Us Trouble Befalls and the Secrecy Enthralls	Rise Records	Producer, Engineer
2005	The Receiving End of Sirens	Between the Heart and the Synapse	Triple Crown Records	Producer
2005	My American Heart	The Meaning in Makeup	Warcon Records	Mixer
2005	Various Artists	Punk Goes 80's	Fearless Records	Engineer, Mixer
2005	Lux Courageous	Reasons That Keep the Ground Near	Triple Crown Records	Producer, Engineer
2005	The Junior Varsity	Wide Eyed	Victory Records	Engineer
2005	Time And Distance	The Way It Should Be	I-Surrender Records	Producer
2005	Driving East	A Black Eye or a Broken Heart	The Militia Group	Producer, Mixer
2005	Panic! at the Disco	A Fever You Can't Sweat Out	Decaydance Records/Fueled by Ramen	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2006	The Burning Paris	Half-Truths and Indiscretions: The Anthology	Magic Bullet Records	Engineer, Mixer
2006	Nitro Tokyo	Hell Yeah	Magic Bullet Records	Guitar, Engineer, Mixer
2006	Downtown Singapore	Don't Let Your Guard Down	DCide Records	Producer
2006	So They Say	Antidote for Irony	Fearless Records	Producer, Engineer
2006	Hit The Lights	This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder	Triple Crown Records	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2006	Cute Is What We Aim For	The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch	Fueled by Ramen	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2006	Monty Are I	Wall of People	Stolen Transmission	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2006	Boys Like Girls	Boys Like Girls	Columbia Records/Red Ink	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2007	Permanent Me	After the Room Clears	Stolen Transmission	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2007	Various Artists	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Music from the Motion Picture	Atlantic Records/WEA	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2007	Daphne Loves Derby	Good Night, Witness Light	Outlook Records	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2007	A Thorn for Every Heart	It's Hard to Move You	Kickball Records	Producer
2007	Signal the Escape	These Scars Are Just the Beginning EP	Double Blind Music	Mixer, Co-Producer
2007	Skindred	Roots Rock Riot	Lava Records	Producer
2007	The Receiving End of Sirens	The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi	Triple Crown Records	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2007	All Time Low	So Wrong, It's Right	Hopeless Records	Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Writer
2007	Automatic Loveletter	Recover EP	Epic Records	Producer, Mixer
2008	People In Planes	Beyond The Horizon	Wind-up Records	Producer, Engineer
2008	The Cab	Whisper War	Decaydance Records/Fueled by Ramen	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2008	Forever The Sickest Kids	Underdog Alma Mater	Universal Records	Producer, Engineer
2008	The Maine (band)	Can't Stop, Won't Stop	Fearless Records	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2008	Signal the Escape	All That You Deserve	Double Blind Music	Mixer, Co-Producer
2008	3OH!3	Want	Photo Finish Records	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2008	Katy Perry	I Kissed a Girl - Rock Mix	Capitol Records	Co-Producer (with Dr. Luke)
2008	The Morning Light	Brand New Friends (Song)	Fearless Records	Producer
2008	This Providence	The Bright Lights EP	Fueled by Ramen	Producer, Mixer
2008	This Providence	Who Are You Now LP	Fueled by Ramen	Producer, Mixer
2008	Push Play	Found (Select tracks)	Wind-up Records	Producer, Engineer
2008	Monty Are I	Break Through The Silence	Island Def Jam	Producer
2009	All Time Low	Nothing Personal (Select Tracks)	Hopeless Records	Producer, Engineer, Writer
2009	Taking Back Sunday	New Again (Select Tracks)	Warner Bros. Records	Producer, Engineer
2009	The Used	Artwork	Reprise	Producer, Engineer
2009	A Rocket To The Moon	On Your Side	Fueled by Ramen	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2009	Breathe Carolina	Hello Fascination (Select Tracks)	Fearless Records	Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2009	Saosin	In Search of Solid Ground (Select Tracks)	Capitol Records	Writer
2009	Emily Osment	All The Right Wrongs	Wind-up Records	Producer
2009	Meg & Dia	Black Wedding	Doghouse Records	Writer
2009	3OH!3 featuring Katy Perry	Starstrukk	Photo Finish/Atlantic Records	Producer, Engineer
2009	Forever The Sickest Kids	The Weekend: Friday	Universal Records/Motown Records	Producer
2009	HIM	Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1–13	Warner Bros. Records/Sire Records	Producer
2009	Good Charlotte	Cardiology (Select Tracks)	Capitol	Writer
2010	3OH!3	Streets of Gold	Photo Finish/Atlantic Records	Producer, Engineer, & Writer
2010	Brian McFadden	Sign of the Times	Universal Music	Producer
2010	All Time Low	Dirty Work	Interscope	Producer & Writer
2010	Selena Gomez	Sick of You	Hollywood Records	Producer & Writer
2010	David Archuleta	The Other Side of Down (Select Tracks)	Jive	Producer & Writer
2010	Burnham	TBA	Island/Def Jam	Producer & Writer
2010	New Boyz	Break My Bank featuring Iyaz	Asylum	Producer & Writer
2010	These Kids Wear Crowns	Jumpstart	Capitol Records/EMI Music Canada	Producer & Writer
2010	Simple Plan	Get Your Heart On (Select Tracks)	Atlantic Records	Writer
2011	Sum 41	Screaming Bloody Murder - Baby, You Don't Wanna Know	Island Records	Writer
2011	David Cook	(Don't You) Forget About Me	RCA/19 Recordings	Producer
2011	Matthew Morrison	Matthew Morrison - (Select Tracks)	Mercury Records	Producer & Writer
2011	Greyson Chance	Heart Like Stone	eleveneleven	Producer
2011	Big Time Rush	"Paralyzed" from Elevate	Columbia Records/Sony Music	Writer
2011	One Direction	Up All Night and Na Na Na	Syco	Producer & Writer
2011	Ariana Grande	"Put Your Hearts Up"	Universal Republic	Producer & Writer
2012	Big Time Rush	Windows Down	Columbia Records/Sony Music	Producer & Writer
2012	78violet	Walk Alone Tonight	Half Heart Music	Writer
2012	Youngblood Hawke	We Come Running	Universal Republic	Producer & Writer
2012	Kesha	Dirty Love	RCA Records	Co Producer & Co-writer
2013	Demi Lovato	Without The Love	Hollywood Records	Producer & Co-writer
2013	Ariana Grande	Yours Truly (Select Tracks)	Republic Records	Co-producer & Co-writer
2013	Ivy Levan	Introducing the Dame EP	Cherrytree Records/Interscope Records	Executive Producer as part of Blood Money Inc
2013	Youngblood Hawke	Wake Up - (Select Tracks)	Universal Republic	Producer & Writer
2014	Janoskians	Moodswings	Universal Republic	Producer & Writer
2014	Ivy Levan	TBA	Cherrytree Records/Interscope Records	Executive Producer as part of Blood Money Inc
2014	Krewella	TBA	Sony/Columbia Records	Writer
2014	Hollywood Undead	Day of the Dead (Select tracks)	Interscope Records	Producer & Writer
2014	Down With Webster	TBA	Prospect Park Records	Producer & Writer
2014	Bea Miller	Rich Kids	Hollywood Records	Writer & Producer
2014	Bea Miller	This Is Not An Apology	Hollywood Records	Writer & Producer
2014	Sabrina Carpenter	White Flag	Hollywood Records	Writer & Producer
2015	Krewella	Somewhre To Run (Krewella song)	Colambia Records	Producer
2015	Mowgli's	Make It Right	Photofinish/Universal Records	Writer
2015	Hedley	TBA	Universal	Writer & Producer
2015	Jack & Jack	TBA		Writer & Producer
2015	The Neverending	TBA	unsigned	Writer & Producer
2015	Ivy Levan	27 Club	Cherrytree Records/Interscope Records	Writer
2015	Handsome Ghost	Steps	Photofinish/Universal Records	Producer
2015	Austinn	Galaxy	unsigned	Producer

Accomplishments

Band	Album/single	RIAA certification
Panic! at the Disco	A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Album	Double Platinum
Panic! at the Disco	I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Single	Double Platinum
Ariana Grande	The Way - Single	Double Platinum
Boys Like Girls	Boys Like Girls - Album	Gold
Boys Like Girls	The Great Escape - Single	Platinum
Boys Like Girls	Hero/Heroine - Single	Gold
Boys Like Girls	Thunder - Single	Gold
3OH!3	Don't Trust Me - Single	Triple Platinum
3OH!3	Starstrukk (feat. Katy Perry) - Single	Platinum
3OH!3	WANT - Album	Gold
Selena Gomez & the Scene	A Year Without Rain - Album	Gold
All Time Low	Dear Maria, Count Me In - Single	Platinum

Awards

• Nominated for Boston Music Award 2007

External links

• Matt Squire on Facebook
• Twitter
• Interview with AbsolutePunk
• "Chairmen of the boards" article from The Phoenix