Kevin Kadish
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Birth name | Kevin Paul Kadish |
Born | 1971 or 1972 (age 52–53) [1] Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
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Kevin Paul Kadish (born 1971) is an American songwriter and record producer.
Early life
Born and raised in
Career
Throughout the mid-1990s, Kadish toured the East Coast as a solo, acoustic artist, opening for Hall & Oates, Vertical Horizon, Dave Matthews Band, Jeff Beck, SR-71, Marcy Playground, Everything, and others.
In 1998, Kadish signed a development deal with Republic Records as a solo recording artist. He recorded with the producer Steve Addabbo in NYC's Shelter Island Sound but no album was ever released.[2]
In 2000, Kadish met record producer Matt Serletic who signed him as his "staff-writer" to Serletic's co-venture with Warner/Chappell Music. While under the wing of Serletic, Kadish co-wrote "Be There For You" and "Don't Fade Away" on Willie Nelson's album The Great Divide. He also co-wrote the songs "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" and "Stuck" for Christian pop singer Stacie Orrico which appeared in the television shows The Simple Life and That's So Raven, as well as the animated film Robots. These two hits have been featured on several compilations which have sold nearly 11 million copies, cumulatively. In 2005, Kadish received an ASCAP Christian Music Award for Stacie Orrico's "(There's Gotta Be) More To Life" for being one of the most played songs on Christian radio.
Also in 2005, Kadish collaborated with singer/songwriter Jason Mraz on his sophomore album, Mr. A-Z, producing and writing both singles ("Wordplay" and "Geek in the Pink") For his work on this record, Kadish was nominated for Best Engineered Album at the 48th Grammy Awards in 2005.
In 2006, Kadish received the SOCAN award for his No.1 "Flawed Design" by Stabilo. In 2007, the song also received the SOCAN award for greatest number of plays on Canadian radio in 2006.
From 2007 to 2011, Kadish worked on and wrote on records with Gloriana, Miley Cyrus, Meat Loaf and Victoria Justice.
In 2012, Kevin co-wrote and produced "Crazy For You" with Ross Lynch, "Rooftops" with American Idol winner Kris Allen.
In September 2013, Kadish co-wrote "All About That Bass" with Meghan Trainor.[3][4] The song became the third best-selling song of 2014,[5] and was also the 14th most-viewed YouTube video ever, with more than 2.5 billion views.[6] However, in September 2015, Kadish claimed to have earned just $5,679 as a result of the song being streamed to 178 million people, telling a meeting arranged by the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary: "That's as big a song as a songwriter can have in their career and number one in 78 countries. But you're making $5,600. How do you feed your family?"[7][8]
In 2015, Kadish worked with artists such as Garth Brooks, Daniel Powter, Miranda Lambert, O.A.R., A Great Big World, Jennifer Lopez, Fifth Harmony, Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), and others.[citation needed]
In 2016, Kadish partnered with producer and songwriter
In 2016, Kadish and collaborator Ben Burgess co-wrote “Whiskey Glasses” for up and coming country artist Morgan Wallen, which launched Wallen to superstardom. In 2019, it was the most played song on Country radio according to Billboard (magazine) after spending more than 20 weeks in the top 10. It is estimated that the song will receive a Diamond Certification (10,000,000 units in the US) by the end of 2023. This would be the second song Kadish has penned to reach this milestone.
More recently, Kadish co-wrote the certified platinum “Soul (Lee Brice song)” for Country star Lee Brice, “Drinkin’ It Wrong” for country singer Adam Doleac and has been developing singer/songwriter Sierra Carson with longtime collaborator David Baron (composer).
Other songwriting credits include work with and for
Singles
- "Whiskey Glasses" – Morgan Wallen
- "All About That Bass" – Meghan Trainor
- "Lips Are Movin" – Meghan Trainor
- "Dear Future Husband" - Meghan Trainor
- "Stuck" – Stacie Orrico
- "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" – Stacie Orrico
- "Wordplay" – Jason Mraz
- "Geek in the Pink" – Jason Mraz
- "Bring on the Love" – Coldwater Jane
- "Dumb Girls" – Lucy Woodward
- "Let Down" – Bif Naked
- "Open Wounds" – Skillet
- "Flawed Design" – Stabilo
- "Who We Are" – Hope Partlow
- "Pumpkin Pie" – Evan Taubenfeld
- "Cheater of the Year" – Evan Taubenfeld
- "The Real" – Nevertheless
- "Live Like We're Alive"- Nevertheless
- "Stand Up" – Fireflight
- "Try Try Try" – Michael Squire
- "Best Years of Our Lives" – Evan T. & Avril Lavigne
- "Take A Hint" – Victorious Cast (feat. Victoria Justice & Elizabeth Gillies) – (Nickelodeon/Sony) – writer
- "Spite" – Charm City Devils – (ILG/Warner Bros.) – writer
- "Start It Up" – Charm City Devils – (ILG/Warner Bros.) – writer
- "Where's the Party" by Jenilee Reyes (From "Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance") – (Disney) – writer and producer
Notable collaborations
Kadish has collaborated with the following artists/songwriters:
- Meghan Trainor
- Jason Mraz
- Kris Allen
- Kara DioGuardi
- Lindy Robbins
- Ben Burgess
- Mitch Allan
- Bleu
- Angie Aparo
Past projects
Kadish co-wrote and produced "Rich Kids" for the band New Medicine's debut album Race You to the Bottom, released September 28, 2010, on PhotoFinish/Atlantic.
He contributed acoustic guitars and backing vocals, and co-wrote the
He also co-wrote "Narcissistic Boiz" on the 2011 J Records release from artist BC Jean.
Kadish's wife, Brandon Jane, is one-half of the duo Coldwater Jane. Kadish co-wrote and produced songs on their album Marionette.[10]
Kevin co-wrote and produced the song "Try Try Try" for Universal Germany artist Michael Squire. Kadish co-wrote this song with Jason Mraz for the album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., but it was not used on Mraz's album. "Try Try Try" was the first single from Squire's upcoming debut album Your Love Grows in the Sunshine. Kadish also produced the follow-up single for Squire, "Gimme Feeling".
He co-wrote and produced "End of the World" for A Great Big World's second album When the Morning Comes, released November 13, 2015.
References
- ^ a b "Meet Kevin Kadish, the Writer/Producer Behind Meghan Trainor's 'Bass'". Billboard.
- ^ "Music Business Radio".
- ^ Edwards, Gavin (October 27, 2014). "Meghan Trainor on How She Became 2014's Most Unlikely Pop Star". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 26, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- ^ Sullivan, Caroline (October 2, 2014). "Meghan Trainor: 'Yeah, I'm getting flak for All About That Bass. It'll come for as long as the song lives'". The Guardian. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ^ "IFPI publishes Digital Music Report 2015". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. April 14, 2015. p. 12. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
- ^ "Most Viewed Videos of All Time (Over 100 million views)". YouTube. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- ^ Butterly, Amelia (September 24, 2015). "All About That Bass writer says he got $5,679 from 178m streams". BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- ^ Rau, Nate (September 22, 2015). "'All About That Bass' writer decries streaming revenues". www.tennessean.com. The Tennessean. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- ^ "Kevin Kadish Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
- ^ "Coldwater Jane : News : MUSIC ROW – Coldwater Jane single review". Umgnashville.com. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
External links
- Kevin Kadish on Twitter