Julian Emery
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Julian Emery is a British musician, producer and songwriter, best known for his work with McFly
and Lissie
.
Inspired by rock bands like Rush
and AC/DC
, Emery began his career as a rock guitar player, but while still in his teens, gained production experience making albums of the scores to popular musicals.
, Atomic Kitten
, Kym Marsh
, Blue
and Annie Lennox
.
In 2005, he developed a partnership with the former lead singer of British rock band, A
, Jason Perry. They co-wrote and produced Don’t Let It Go To Waste, the solo album by Matt Willis
, formerly of Busted in 2006. The album spawned one top 10 and two top 20 singles that year.. The team co-wrote and produced Motion In The Ocean
by McFly
, which went platinum in the UK and included three No 1 singles Please, Please, Stargirl
and Transylvania
.
Since then Emery has emerged as a songwriter/producer, dividing his time between the UK and US to collaborate with such writers as Pam Sheyne, Ray Hedges, Claude Kelly
, Lucie Silvas
and Bobby Huff, among many others. A recent partnership with Jim Irvin
has produced songs for forthcoming albums by Jack McManus
, Alex Hepburn and American artists, Lissie
- whose debut album, Catching A Tiger
, produced by Jacquire King
(Kings Of Leon
), Bill Reynolds (Band Of Horses
) and Emery, was released in June 2010 - , David Cook
, Michelle Branch
, Halestorm
, Cady Groves , Audra Mae
and Simple Plan
.
He is married, with two daughters.
McFly
McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...
and Lissie
Lissie
Elisabeth Maurus , known by her stage name Lissie, is an American folk rock artist and Paste Magazine's #1 best new solo artist of 2010. She released her debut EP, "Why You Runnin'", in November 2009. Her debut album, Catching a Tiger, was released in June 2010.-Early life and career:Lissie was...
.
Early life
Emery was raised and educated in Buckinghamshire, the son of classical musician Terry Emery, and brother of actor Tania EmeryTania Emery
Tania Merle Emery is a British actress best known for her television role as DC Kate Spears in the ITV police drama The Bill....
Inspired by rock bands like Rush
Rush (band)
Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
and AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
, Emery began his career as a rock guitar player, but while still in his teens, gained production experience making albums of the scores to popular musicals.
Career
In the late 1990s, Emery was one of Britain's most prominent session guitarists, appearing on stage and on record with many pop acts, including Enrique IglesiasEnrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...
, Atomic Kitten
Atomic Kitten
Atomic Kitten were an English girl group from Liverpool, first established in 1997. Created by Andy McCluskey, the final line-up, and most commercially successful, consisted of Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon, and Jenny Frost...
, Kym Marsh
Kym Marsh
Kimberley Gail Marsh is an English actress and singer.- Early life :Marsh was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester and raised in Garswood, in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside...
, Blue
Blue
Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...
and Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...
.
In 2005, he developed a partnership with the former lead singer of British rock band, A
A (band)
A are a British alternative rock band from Suffolk, England, that formed in 1993. They have released four albums, and two live mini-albums.In 2002, the band enjoyed a brief period of commercial success, in which "Nothing", the first single from Hi-Fi Serious , charted at #9 on the UK singles chart...
, Jason Perry. They co-wrote and produced Don’t Let It Go To Waste, the solo album by Matt Willis
Matt Willis
Matthew James Willis is an English singer-songwriter. He found fame as a founding member of the band Busted.- Early years :...
, formerly of Busted in 2006. The album spawned one top 10 and two top 20 singles that year.. The team co-wrote and produced Motion In The Ocean
Motion In The Ocean
Motion in the Ocean is the third studio album by English pop rock band McFly and was released in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2006. The first single from the album, "Don't Stop Me Now/Please, Please", was released on 17 July 2006 in the UK and charted at number one in the UK Singles Chart...
by McFly
McFly
McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...
, which went platinum in the UK and included three No 1 singles Please, Please, Stargirl
Star Girl (song)
"Star Girl" is the second single from McFly's third studio album, Motion in the Ocean, which was released in the UK on October 23, 2006. The song was the band's sixth #1 single in the UK, staying in the Top Ten for two weeks...
and Transylvania
Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
.
Since then Emery has emerged as a songwriter/producer, dividing his time between the UK and US to collaborate with such writers as Pam Sheyne, Ray Hedges, Claude Kelly
Claude Kelly
Claude Kelly is an American singer-songwriter. He has a prolific discography, well known for writing for artists such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Jordin Sparks, Kelly Clarkson, Jay Sean, Adam Lambert, Jessie J and Charice.-Career:He began playing the piano...
, Lucie Silvas
Lucie Silvas
Lucie Silvas is a British singer-songwriter.- Early life :...
and Bobby Huff, among many others. A recent partnership with Jim Irvin
Jim Irvin
Jim Irvin is an English singer, songwriter and music journalist.Irvin was born and raised in West London. He was the singer in the British indie-band Furniture, who released singles and albums with Survival, Stiff and Arista Records between 1982 and 1990. He co-wrote their 1986 UK hit single,...
has produced songs for forthcoming albums by Jack McManus
Jack McManus
Jack McManus , also known as "Eat 'Em Up", was a noted New York City gangster around the turn of the 20th century.Noted as one of the premier boxers of the underworld, rivaled only by Monk Eastman, McManus started off as a prize fighter only to begin work in as a bouncer in the dives of lower...
, Alex Hepburn and American artists, Lissie
Lissie
Elisabeth Maurus , known by her stage name Lissie, is an American folk rock artist and Paste Magazine's #1 best new solo artist of 2010. She released her debut EP, "Why You Runnin'", in November 2009. Her debut album, Catching a Tiger, was released in June 2010.-Early life and career:Lissie was...
- whose debut album, Catching A Tiger
Catching a Tiger
Catching a Tiger is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Lissie, released in the United Kingdom on 21 June 2010 on Columbia Records...
, produced by Jacquire King
Jacquire King
Jacquire King is a record producer, mix engineer, songwriter/musician, and artist manager. Some of the artists he has worked with include Tom Waits, Modest Mouse, Kings of Leon, Mutemath, Cold War Kids, Norah Jones, Tim Finn and Buddy Guy. He is a multiple Grammy Award winner and nominee...
(Kings Of Leon
Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion, Oklahoma but formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Anthony Caleb Followill , Ivan Nathan Followill and Michael Jared Followill Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion,...
), Bill Reynolds (Band Of Horses
Band of Horses
Band of Horses, originally briefly known as Horses, are an American rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle by Ben Bridwell. They have released three studio albums, the most recent and most successful of which is 2010's Grammy nominated Infinite Arms...
) and Emery, was released in June 2010 - , David Cook
David Cook (singer)
David Roland Cook is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol...
, Michelle Branch
Michelle Branch
Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper, and was subsequently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2003...
, Halestorm
Halestorm
Halestorm is an American rock band from Red Lion, Pennsylvania. The group's self-titled debut album was released on April 28, 2009 through Atlantic Records.-History:...
, Cady Groves , Audra Mae
Audra Mae
Audra Mae is an American singer-songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Audra Mae is the great-great-niece of Judy Garland, who was her great-grandmother's sister....
and Simple Plan
Simple Plan
Simple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...
.
He is married, with two daughters.
Producer/Writer
| Year | Artist | Album | UK Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Matt Willis Matt Willis Matthew James Willis is an English singer-songwriter. He found fame as a founding member of the band Busted.- Early years :... |
Don't Let It Go to Waste | |
| 2006 | McFly McFly McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records... |
Motion in the Ocean Motion In The Ocean Motion in the Ocean is the third studio album by English pop rock band McFly and was released in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2006. The first single from the album, "Don't Stop Me Now/Please, Please", was released on 17 July 2006 in the UK and charted at number one in the UK Singles Chart... |
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| 2010 | Lissie Lissie Elisabeth Maurus , known by her stage name Lissie, is an American folk rock artist and Paste Magazine's #1 best new solo artist of 2010. She released her debut EP, "Why You Runnin'", in November 2009. Her debut album, Catching a Tiger, was released in June 2010.-Early life and career:Lissie was... |
Catching a Tiger Catching a Tiger Catching a Tiger is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Lissie, released in the United Kingdom on 21 June 2010 on Columbia Records... |
12 |
| Year | Artist | Single | UK Chart |
| 2006 | Matt Willis Matt Willis Matthew James Willis is an English singer-songwriter. He found fame as a founding member of the band Busted.- Early years :... |
Up All Night | 7 |
| 2006 | Matt Willis Matt Willis Matthew James Willis is an English singer-songwriter. He found fame as a founding member of the band Busted.- Early years :... |
Hey Kid Hey Kid "Hey Kid" is the second official single from Matt Willis, released on August 21, 2006. It is taken from Willis's debut solo album Don't Let It Go to Waste... |
11 |
| 2006 | Matt Willis Matt Willis Matthew James Willis is an English singer-songwriter. He found fame as a founding member of the band Busted.- Early years :... |
Don't Let It Go to Waste | 19 |
| 2006 | McFly McFly McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records... |
Please, Please | 1 |
| 2006 | McFly McFly McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records... |
Stargirl Star Girl (song) "Star Girl" is the second single from McFly's third studio album, Motion in the Ocean, which was released in the UK on October 23, 2006. The song was the band's sixth #1 single in the UK, staying in the Top Ten for two weeks... |
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| 2006 | McFly McFly McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records... |
Transylvania Transylvania Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical... |
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| 2006 | McFly McFly McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records... |
Sorry's Not Good Enough | 3 |
| 2008 | Ali Slaight Ali Slaight Ali Slaight is a Canadian singer-songwriter signed to Universal Music Canada. She grew up in Toronto, Ontario where she performed in bands and musical theatre beginning at the age of 11... |
Great Expectations Great Expectations Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times.... |
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| 2010 | Lissie Lissie Elisabeth Maurus , known by her stage name Lissie, is an American folk rock artist and Paste Magazine's #1 best new solo artist of 2010. She released her debut EP, "Why You Runnin'", in November 2009. Her debut album, Catching a Tiger, was released in June 2010.-Early life and career:Lissie was... |
In Sleep | |
| 2010 | Lissie Lissie Elisabeth Maurus , known by her stage name Lissie, is an American folk rock artist and Paste Magazine's #1 best new solo artist of 2010. She released her debut EP, "Why You Runnin'", in November 2009. Her debut album, Catching a Tiger, was released in June 2010.-Early life and career:Lissie was... |
When I'm Alone | |