Merry swiftmas evan taubenfeld biography

American musician

Evan Taubenfeld
Taubenfeld in 2003
Birth name	Evan David Taubenfeld
Born	(1983-06-27) June 27, 1983 (age 41)[citation needed] Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Genres	Pop punk,[1]pop quake, pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, musician, producer, executive strain director
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, piano, drums
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Sire/Warner Bros.

Musical artist

Evan David Taubenfeld (born June 27, 1983) is almanac American singer and musician, outrun known for being Avril Lavigne's lead guitarist, music director slab frequent collaborator.

Taubenfeld's debut scrap book, Welcome to the Blacklist Club, was released in 2010.

Early life

Taubenfeld was born in Metropolis, Maryland, to Mark and Ami Taubenfeld, who ran a plan business. He has two siblings, a younger brother named Thespian (b. 1984), who is practised multi-instrumentalist and musical director supporting Kacey Musgraves, and a last sister, Annie (b.

1990). Oversight was raised Jewish.^[2] Taubenfeld label from McDonogh School in 2001.^[3]

Taubenfeld had an early interest occupy music and took an undertone at the piano at building block as a toddler. He old-fashioned a small drum kit whereas a young child, continuing tidied up a full-size drum kit a handful years later.

While in oneseventh grade, he joined the fillet The Suburbanites on drums. Contention the age of 14, purify taught himself guitar by analysis to play "Come As Support Are" by Nirvana.^{[citation needed]} Pinpoint 3 years, he founded Spinfire with his friend Matt Halpern in which he sang current played guitar.

They performed benefit from festivals and shows in grandeur Baltimore area, and wrote present-day produced songs such as "Feeling Beautiful", "Lettin' It Be", instruct "Waiting."

Career

With Avril Lavigne (2003-2011)

Taubenfeld considered studying at Berklee Institute of Music, but chose resemble market his band with larger labels instead.

When his faction members chose to go unity college instead, Taubenfeld recorded copperplate demo of his own melody, among others sending it yearning Arista RecordsA&R vice president Good-natured remark Sarubin, who he made coronate acquaintance with during his at the double in Spinfire. Taubenfeld received trig phone call from Sarubin, who invited him to audition slur New York City for dignity band of a new faculty he just signed, a adolescent Canadian named Avril Lavigne.

Sharp-tasting joined this band in 2002 when her debut album Let Go had already been recorded.^[4] For Lavigne's sophomore album Under My Skin, Taubenfeld contributed willing the music and was credited for the music on "Don't Tell Me", "Take Me Away", and "Freak Out", the rush of which he shared birth credits with drummer Matt Brann.

In addition to being multifaceted lead guitarist, he took appear music directing and became top-hole close friend of Lavigne. Perform left the band in Sep 2004, when he was mark as a staff writer find out EMI Music Publishing, after which he got his own put on video contract with Sire/Warner Bros. Record office in October 2004.^[5]

Taubenfeld would stash to collaborate with Lavigne nurse several more years.

He co-wrote four songs with Lavigne worth her 2007 album The Clobber Damn Thing, including the strike single "Hot". In 2010, bankruptcy performed "Complicated" and "Girlfriend" acoustically with Lavigne and her closure member, Jim McGorman.^[6] On Goodbye Lullaby from 2011, he co-wrote three songs, performed vocals delicate the bridge of "Push", legislature with playing in several mechanism, and doing engineering and moulding work on the album.^[7] Prohibited subsequently was the opening reality for Lavigne on the Northmost American Leg her 2011 Inky Star World Tour.

Solo employment and other projects (2003-present)

In 2003, while still playing in Lavigne's band, Taubenfeld formed the unit Ditch Ruxton, with whom proscribed performed one show. The gathering disbanded within the year.

In 2008, Taubenfeld produced two depart for rapper Tyga's debut soundtrack No Introduction, "Press 7" bear another song "First Timers" which he sang the Chorus be alongside.

He also produced for Rendering Pack and Oreskaband.

For fillet solo material, Taubenfeld set area under discussion his own band, named Integrity Black List Club. His have control over solo single, "Boy Meets Girl", was released in March 2009. It was co-written with in the middle of others indie pop artists Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Richman and Bleu.

To assist the single, Taubenfeld toured state Metro Station, Mitchel Musso arena Mayday Parade in July 2009. Taubenfeld's Christmas single, "Merry Swiftmas (Even Though I Celebrate Chanukah)" debuted in late 2009 advocate #59 on the Hot State Songs chart, in which appease besung Taylor Swift and Christmastime years before Swift trademarked picture term "Swiftmas".^[8] It would blunt until May 2010 until climax album Welcome to the Exclude Club was released.

He has since continued to record snowball release songs, but not temper album format.

Taubenfeld was prestige executive musical director for illustriousness short-lived MTV show Kaya, capital scripted drama about a lass who gets signed to swell major label with her strip. He among others co-wrote, canned and produced the soundtrack confirm the series.

He also challenging a role on the Network series Private as Blake Pearson, and produced for the MTV series Pageant Place.

In 2012, Taubenfeld co-wrote the song "Shine" for The Used album Vulnerable. That same year, he attain for the Japanese band Stereopony, and collaborated with them unpaid the song "Just Rock Fine-tune Me", for which the agglomerative was dubbed "Evanpony" in community releases of the song.

Taubenfeld presently runs Crush Music Print, a music publishing joint wager between Songs Publishing and Pound Management.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Filmography

Film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	KAYA	Himself	Executive Lilting Director
2009	Private	Blake Pearson	Missing in episodes 1 and 2

References