The Matrix (production team)

The Matrix is a pop music writing and production team, consisting of Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards and Scott Spock.^[1]

Background

Before her involvement in The Matrix, Lauren Christy had moderate success as a singer-songwriter, releasing her first two albums under Mercury Records in the mid-1990s, entitled Lauren Christy and Breed. She and songwriter and record producer Graham Edwards married but eventually divorced. Before his involvement in The Matrix, Scott Spock had moderate success as a remixer, film composer and jazz trumpeter with Dave Weckl.

Career

Writing and producing

The Matrix gained fame and fortune in the early 2000s after writing and producing a series of hits for artists including Christina Aguilera, Liz Phair, Busted, Hilary Duff, Avril Lavigne, Jason Mraz, Ashley Tisdale, Shakira, Britney Spears, Skye Sweetnam, Miranda Cosgrove and Tokio Hotel. They went on to co-write and produce metal band Korn's seventh studio album See You on the Other Side which sold over two million copies worldwide.

Music

The August 1, 2008 issue of Entertainment Weekly reported that in 2004 The Matrix recorded an album with Katy Perry and Adam Longlands as lead singers and shot music videos. However, weeks before the album was set for release, the project was aborted. After seeing the success of Perry's solo career, the band released the album under their Let's Hear It Records label. The Matrix was released on iTunes on January 27, 2009, as well as on audio CD.

Awards and nominations

The members of The Matrix are 7-time Grammy-nominated songwriters and producers, the recipients of the Ivor Novello award for Best International Pop Hit of the Year 2003, BMI and ASCAP Songwriters of The Year 2004, as well as 2 time Canadian Juno winner for Pop Song of the Year and Album of The Year 2003.

Songwriting and production discography

• "5 Years from Now" - Mercury4 (co-written and produced)
• "Adored" - Miranda Cosgrove (co-written and produced)
• Alive and Amplified (album) - The Mooney Suzuki (co-written and produced)
• "Anything But Ordinary" - Avril Lavigne (co-written and produced)
• "Appears" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• A Present for Everyone (album) - Busted (co-written and produced)
• "Babydoll Gone Wrong" - Skye Sweetnam (co-written and produced)
• "Bad Weather" - Shakira (co-written and produced)
• "Bang" - Lindsay Pagano (written and produced)
• "Bitch We Got a Problem" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "Boyhunter" - Skye Sweetnam (co-written and produced)
• Busted (album) - Busted (co-written and produced)
• "Cartoon" - Skye Sweetnam (co-written and produced)
• "Coming Undone wit It" - Korn vs. Dem Franchize Boyz (co-written and produced)
• "Complicated" - Avril Lavigne (co-written and produced)
• "Corrupted" - McFly (co-written and produced)
• "Dirty Sunshine" - Lillix (co-written and produced)
• "Don't Bother" - Shakira (co-written and produced)
• "Down on You" - Tokio Hotel (co-written and produced)
• "Do What They Say" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "The End" - McFly (co-written and produced)
• "Ever Be" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "Evolution" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "Extraordinary" - Liz Phair (co-written and produced)
• "Favorite" - Liz Phair (co-written and produced)
• "My Favourite Tune" - Skye Sweetnam (co-written and produced)
• "F.Y.I." - Miranda Cosgrove (co-written and produced)
• "Guilty Pleasure" - Ashley Tisdale (written and produced)
• "Headstrong" - Ashley Tisdale (written and produced)
• "Heatwave" - The New Cities (co-written and produced)
• "Hey You" - Tokio Hotel (co-written and produced)
• "Hold On" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "Hollywood's Not America" - Ferras (co-written and produced)
• "How Do You Do?" - Shakira (co-written and produced)
• "Human" - Skye Sweetnam (co-written and produced)
• "Human Connect to Human" - Tokio Hotel (co-written and produced)
• "Hushabye" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "Innocent Bystander" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "I'm with You" - Avril Lavigne (co-written and produced)
• "It's About Time" - Lillix (co-written and produced)
• "I Will Protect You" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "Killing" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "Kiss" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "Love and Death" - Tokio Hotel (co-written and produced)
• "Love and Luxury" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "Make-Out Song" - Skye Sweetnam (co-written and produced)
• "The Math" - Hilary Duff (co-written and produced)
• The Matrix (album) - Katy Perry and Adam Longlands (co-written, produced and recorded)
• Melicious (album) - Melissa Lefton (co-written and produced)
• "Music Is My Boyfriend" - Skye Sweetnam (co-written and produced)
• "Obsession (I Love You)" - Amiel (co-written and produced)
• "Only You" - Josh Kelley (co-written and produced)
• "Overture or Obituary" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" - Jason Mraz (co-written and produced)
• "Rock Me" - Liz Phair (co-written and produced)
• "Scary Love" - Skye Sweetnam (co-written and produced)
• "Screamin'" - Tokio Hotel (co-written and produced)
• See You on the Other Side (album) - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "Shadow" - Britney Spears (co-written and produced)
• "Sk8er Boi" - Avril Lavigne (co-written and produced)
• "So Much for You" - Ashley Tisdale (written and produced)
• "Soundtrack to Your Life" - Ashley Parker Angel (co-written and produced)
• "Satellite" (Love theme from Free Enterprise) (written and produced)
• "So Yesterday" - Hilary Duff (co-written and produced)
• "That Day" - Tokio Hotel (co-written and produced)
• "Time's Up" - Ashley Tisdale (written and produced)
• "Things I'll Never Say" - Avril Lavigne (co-written and produced)
• "Too Late I'm Dead" - Korn (co-written and produced)
• "Ultra" - Skye Sweetnam (co-written and produced)
• "Venus or Mars" - Jackson Mendoza (co-written and produced)
• "Welcome" - Heather Nova (co-written and produced)
• Welcome to Loserville - Son of Dork (co-written and produced)
• "What Do You Do?" - The Troys (co-written and produced)^[2]
• "Where Did I Go Right?" - Hilary Duff (co-written and produced)
• "Why Can't I?" - Liz Phair (co-written and produced)
• "Who's That Boy?" - Ashley Justice (written and produced)

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See also

• Category:Song recordings produced by The Matrix (production team)
• Category:Albums produced by The Matrix (production team)
• Katy Perry

References

1. http://www.thematrixmusic.com/Home.html
2. San Diego Reader Anna Troy Interview
3. http://www.thematrixmusic.com/Discography.html

External links

• The Matrix on Myspace
• "The Matrix Keeps the Faith". MusicWorld. January 27, 2004.
• Interview with Lauren Christy, HitQuarters Jul 06