Daniel James (record producer)

Daniel James
Birth name	Daniel David Pringle
Born	21 July 1975 Sydney
Genres	Pop pop rock dance-pop electropop
Occupation(s)	Producer songwriter music executive
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Layer Cake
Associated acts	Dreamlab Leah Haywood Demi Lovato Selena Gomez Vanessa Hudgens LoveHateHero Girls' Generation Ryan Cabrera Aly & AJ Avery

Daniel James is an Australian record producer and songwriter. His genres include pop, dance, electropop, as well as pop rock.

Life and career

Early life

James was originally born in Sydney, but grew up briefly in New Zealand until the age of 5, when he relocated back to Sydney. Around age 12 he began singing and performing in church, which inspired him to begin a career in music. He started writing songs at the age of 17 and became involved with various touring bands, as well as his solo project Eden. Eden received airplay on 2Day FM, Sydney's top pop station as part of a song competition.

Career

In 2002 James and wife Leah Haywood met and began writing together on a duet electronic project "Dreamlab"; they went on to write "Top of the World" performed by Mandy Moore featured on the Stuart Little 2 soundtrack.^[1] They continued producing and writing together creating the production company under their most recent artist endeavour, Dreamlab.^[2] In 2004 James alongside Haywood co-wrote and co-produced Aly and AJ's debut top 40 single "Rush" and produced 8 tracks on the record; which has sold in excess of a million records worldwide.^[3] James also co-wrote half the tracks and produced the entire record The Moon Under Water for Ryan Cabrera.^[4]

With his initial mainstream success James went on to produce and write "Promise", "Drive", and "Afriad" off Vanessa Hudgens album V.^[5] In 2009 he produced and co-wrote the hit single "Supergirl" for Miley Cyrus off the album Hannah Montana 3, which debuted at number five on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart.^[6] During this time period he also produced and wrote "Masquerade" for Ashley Tisdale off her album Guilty Pleasure. James later went on to produce and co-write 3 tracks off Demi Lovato's album Unbroken as well as "Hit the Lights" for Selena Gomez which is her next single off the album When the Sun Goes Down.^[2] From then he has worked with Grammy Award nominated artist Nicki Minaj, co-producing and co-writing the track "Marilyn Monroe". After his continued success, Dreamlab set up the imprint Layer Cake Records with their first signings of Neon Hymns and Hunter Parrish.

Discography

Year	Artist	Album	Details
2005	Aly & AJ	Into the Rush	Producer, writer, ("Rush","In a Second") Producer ("No One","Collapsed","Out of the Blue,"Something More","Protecting Me","I Am One of Them")
2006	Vanessa Hudgens	V	Producer, writer, ("Promise", "Drive","Afraid")
2007	Cheetah Girls	TCG	Producer, writer, ("So Bring It On","Uh-Oh")
2008	Britney Spears	Circus	Vocals, ("Out From Under")
	Vanessa Hudgens	Identified	Programmer, arranger ("Did it Ever Cross your Mind","Papercut")
	Ryan Cabrera	The Moon Under Water	Producer, writer ("Say","Relax","Say You Will","In Between Lights","Should've Kissed You") Producer ("I Will Remember You","Please Don't Lie To Me","How Bout Tonight")
	Jordan Pruitt	Permission to Fly	Producer, writer ("One Love","Simple Things")
	Michael Paynter		Producer, co-writer, ("Lay My Armour Down","Let Go")
2009	Selena Gomez & the Scene	Original Motion Picture Hollywood Soundtrack	Producer, writer ("Magical")
	Miley Cyrus	Hannah Montana 3	Producer, writer, ("Supergirl")
	Ashley Tisdale	Guilty Pleasure	Producer, writer ("Masquerade")
	Cassie Davis	Differently	Producer, writer ("Do It Again")
	Camera Can't Lie	Days & Days	Producer, writer ("The One That Got Away")
	LoveHateHero	America Underwater	Producer, co-writer ("America Underwater Album")
2010	The Wanted	The Wanted	Producer, co-writer ("Say It on The Radio")
	Debi Nova		Producer, writer ("Drummer Boy")
	Allison Iraheta	Just Like You	Producer, writer ("Pieces")
	SoundGirl	Something to Dream About	Producer, co-writer ("Hero")
	BC Jean		Producer, writer ("Shattered","Get All Over Me")
2011	Demi Lovato	Unbroken	Producer, co-writer ("Unbroken","Mistake","Hold Up")
	Selena Gomez & the Scene	'When the Sun Goes Down	Producer, co-writer ("Hit the Lights")
	Girls' Generation	Girls' Generation	Co-writer ("I'm in Love With the Hero","Beautiful Stranger","Born to Be a Lady")
	Avery		Producer, co-writer ("Go Screw Yourself","That Girl","Next Level")
2012	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	Co-producer, co-writer ("Marilyn Monroe")
	Bridgit Mendler	Hello My Name Is...	Producer, co-writer, Mixed ("Blonde")
2013	Selena Gomez	Stars Dance	Producer, co-writer ("Like A Champion", "Write Your Name", "Music Feels Better", "Lover in Me")
	Selena Gomez	Come & Get It	Vocal producer
	Nikki Williams	Glowing	Co-producer, co-writer
2014	The Veronicas	The Veronicas (album)	Producer, writer. (Cruel, Teenage Millionaire)

References

1. "Stuart Little 2 Soundtrack" IMDB. Retrieved 9 March 2012
2. "Daniel James and Leah Haywood (Dreamlab)" Advanced Alternative Media. Retrieved 9 March 2012
3. "Aly and AJ". BMI. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
4. "The Moon Under Water" Artistdirect Ryan 13 March 2012
5. "Vanessa Hudgens" Artistdirect Vanessa 13 March 2012
6. "Singles Chart: "Supergirl"". Billboard. 13 March 2010.