132:(born September 21, 1978) is an American record producer, songwriter, and composer. He has produced songs for such acclaimed recording artists as 5-time GRAMMY Award winner Celine Dion, 10-time Academy Award-nominated songwriter Diane Warren, as well as Mary J Blige, Lady Gaga, Jessie J, Andra Day, and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson. He has produced 3 Academy Award nominated songs, and his work has earned an additional 3 Grammy Award Nominations. He scored the Emmy Award nominated Showtime documentary "The One and Only Dick Gregory."
149:. Not yet in his teens, he was frequently hired to play at weddings and other church events in and around the city. Later, his focus would turn to production during a chance encounter at a local instrument store near Seattle, as he watched a customer making a track on a keyboard workstation. Inspired, he says "Even though I had been a musician all my life, that was the moment I decided to be a producer. It happened in an instant." Within a year, he would be in Los Angeles pursuing a career in music. He is a graduate of
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Seattle Washington on historic Jackson Street. This neighborhood was once home to legendary musicians Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, and Jimi Hendrix. He was introduced to music by his mother, who was a minister and also served as choir director at the church his family attended. He began
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Townsend has cited musicians including Quincy Jones, Kurt Cobain, Phil
Spector, John P. Kee, Michael Jackson, Kirk Franklin, Raphael Saadiq, Rodney Jerkins, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Jerry Wexler, Irving Berlin, Nat King Cole, Jermone Kern, Pharrell Williams, Teddy Riley, The Gershwin Brothers,
196:. The song features vocals from Clarkson, Janelle Monáe, Kelly Rowland, Lea Michele, Zendaya and Missy Elliott to coincide with Barack Obama's SXSW speech and to promote the third-world educational initiative "Let Girls Learn". In 2015 Townsend produced music for the live broadcast of the
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Townsend has produced records for a broad range of popular recording artists including Celine Dion, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Fifth
Harmony, Andra Day, Common, LL Cool J, Snoop Dogg, Paloma Faith, The Veronicas, Diane Warren, David Foster, among many others.
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piano by ear at age 6 and was installed as organist at his church at age 7. He was mentored by other church musicians from the greater
Seattle area, and at the early age of 11 he performed with GRAMMY Award-winning gospel recording artist, Reverend
216:" produced by Kyle Townsend. The song, performed by Andra Day featuring common, earned wide critical praise and recognition, including the Grammy Award, and the Academy Award for Best Song.
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