Evan Bogart

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Evan "Kidd" Bogart (born January 23, 1978 in Los Angeles, California) is a multi-faceted music executive and songwriter who has contributed to long list of internationally successful artists. He is the son of Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart and music manager Joyce Bogart-Trabulus, who managed KISS and Donna Summer.

1 Music career
2 Discography
- 2.1 Songs Written by Evan "Kidd" Bogart
- 2.2 Singles Written by Evan "Kidd" Bogart
3 Awards

[edit] Music career

From a young age he wanted to follow in the family tradition and started working at Interscope Records as an intern when he was 16 years old. Former Interscope Records President Tom Whalley took a chance on him when Bogart turned 18 and promoted him into the A&R department. Under Whalley's supervision, Bogart aided in the coordination of various projects most notably for 2Pac as a project coordinator and hip-hop icon Eminem as an A&R. It also been widely reported that Bogart was responsible for scouting and bringing Eminem into Interscope Records.

By the age of 21, Bogart had moved into management while moonlighting as A&R Consultant for Warner Bros Records. President Tom Whalley, his former Interscope mentor. In his management career, he formed the now defunct BAT Management alongside partners Walter "Walt Liquor" Taylor and Jordan Feldstein. Under BAT Management and in conjunction with other managers Joseph "3H" Weinberger, Justin Trugman and Todd Bird, he was responsible for and/or assisted in the careers of Grammy Award winning Maroon 5 then known as Kara's Flowers, Planet Asia, Mystic, Styles Of Beyond and various other artists. Bogart played an integral role in Maroon 5 signing with Octone Records with Feldstein, who still manages the band.

In 2002, Bogart started Casbah Artists Management with his then wife Cheryl Costanzo (now divorced), a tribute to his deceased father. Under Casbah, Bogart managed former Dreamworks recording artist Vishiss. The Vishiss project was never released due to Dreamworks sale to the Universal Music Group. During the making of the record, however, Bogart was introduced to future collaborator J. R. Rotem, a producer on the record.

In the summer of 2004, Bogart went to work for the Agency for the Performing Arts as eventually an Agent in the Concerts Department. By 2006, Bogart's roster for APA included OneRepublic, The Outline, DJ Graham Funke, DJ Stonerokk and Planet Asia, among others.

While working at the agency, Bogart, inspired by Cheryl Bogart to do so, developed a female R&B trio called Raw Candy. Bogart then than teamed up with Rotem and music executive Zach Katz and the three crafted an image and sound for the girls. Bogart was heavily responsible for the artistic vision and writing the songs, Rotem for producing and composing the songs and Katz as the business executive.

After failing to garner significant interest for the group, Bogart, Rotem and Katz released the girls from their contract and made deals for the Bogart/Rotem penned compositions for other major label projects, most notably the worldwide #1 smash-hit SOS (also known as SOS (Rescue Me)" performed by Rihanna. In 2006 as Bogart's songwriting began to be in more of a demand, he left the Agency to pursue writing full-time.

He has written for artists and groups such as Donna Summer, Sean Kingston, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Natasha Bedingfield, Blake Lewis, Paula DeAnda, Ashley Tisdale, Mýa, Paris Hilton, Jesse McCartney, Hayden Panettiere, NLT, Wynter Gordon, Paula Deanda, Nick Lachey, Jessi Malay, Jordyn Taylor, Nikki Flores, Lalaine, Kesha, The Veronicas, Corbin Bleu, Lucy Walsh, The Cheetah Girls, Keke Palmer, Hilary Duff, Varsity, Frankie J, Heidi Montag, Steph Jones, Sophia Fresh and Christina Milian, among others. He currently resides in Los Angeles where he creates most of his music at Rotem's Chalice Studio C and The Writing Camp's Campground Studios.

In 2006, Rotem started his own record label and publishing company, Beluga Heights, along with manager Zach Katz and signed Bogart as the head writer. Bogart co-wrote four songs on the debut album from Beluga Heights first artist Sean Kingston including the Top 10 Smash "Take You There". Bogart has recently joined forces with songwriters David "DQ" Quiñones, Victoria Horn and Erika Nuri to make up The Writing Camp, a writing team based out of Hollywood, CA.

In 2008 it has been reported that 2 of the tracks on Donna Summer's forthcoming release, Crayons, have been co-written by Bogart.