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Ian Fitchuk

Ian Fitchuk

American musician, songwriter and record producer


Ian Fitchuk (born February 13, 1982) is a songwriter, music producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist.[1]

Early life

Fitchuk was born and raised in Chicago by parents who are both accomplished classical musicians and educators.[1] He cites Paul Simon's Graceland as a significant musical influence from an early age. He moved to Nashville in 2000 to study jazz piano at Belmont University. He was quickly recruited to play keyboard by local band Llama, who was on MCA Records at the time.[2] After leaving the band, he began producing artists like Amy Grant,[3] Mindy Smith, Landon Pigg, Jeremy Lister[4] and Griffin House[5] with production partner Justin Loucks.

Career

Fitchuk is a 2x Grammy Award winning musician, producer, and songwriter. He has played drums and keyboards on albums for artists including Shania Twain,[6] Sam Hunt's debut album Montevallo,[7] Lucie Silvas,[8] Andrew Combs, Sean McConnell, and James Bay's debut album Chaos and the Calm.[9] In 2016, he co-wrote and produced "Bummin' Cigarettes" by Maren Morris on her album Hero. In 2018 along with Nashville singer-songwriter Daniel Tashian, he co-produced Grammy award winner Kacey Musgraves' Golden Hour.[10] It was Musgraves' fourth studio album released on March 30, 2018. Golden Hour earned Best Country Album and Album Of The Year honors at the 2019 Grammy awards, as well as Album Of The Year honors at the 2018 CMA awards and the 2019 ACM awards. Fitchuk was tapped again to work with Musgraves on Disney's 2019 Frozen II soundtrack, producing the song "All Is Found".

Discography

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References

  1. "Ian Fitchuk". Concord. n.d. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  2. "Ian Fitchuk: Credits". AllMusic. 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  3. "Amy Grant Bio". 94fmthefish.net. n.d. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  4. Schlansky, Evan (May 23, 2011). "Jeremy Lister". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  5. "Griffin House on Tour Now". Sacks & Co. n.d. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  6. "Shania Twain: Now - Credits". AllMusic. n.d. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  7. "Sam Hunt: Montevallo - Credits". AllMusic. n.d. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  8. Algar, Emily Francis (September 16, 2015). "'Letters to Ghosts' – Lucie Silvas". The Winding Roads That Led Me Here. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  9. Frost, Matt (May 2015). "Jacquire King, Lowell Reynolds & James Bay: Recording Chaos And The Calm". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  10. Hight, Jewly (March 20, 2018). "How The Sound Of Country Music Changed". NPR Music. Retrieved October 27, 2020.

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