Eddie Galan | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Edward Joseph Galan |
Born | February 4, 1979 |
Origin | Monterey Park, California South Pasadena, Californiahome |
Genres | Pop Rock R&B Urban Contemporary Soul Alternative Dance Hip hop |
Occupations | singer, songwriter, arranger, vocal producer, A&R, and record producer |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2002-present |
Labels | Mach 1 Music |
Eddie Galan (born February 4, 1979) is a Los Angeles born singer/musician, songwriter and record producer. He studied film production at Occidental College in Los Angeles and began a successful career in music songwriting and production right out of college. Galan is the President of Los Angeles based Mach 1 Music.
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Galan was one of the producers of the High School Musical soundtrack, co-producing and singing on the B5 version of "Get'cha Head In Da Game". The album topped the Billboard 200 chart and was certified quadruple Platinum by the RIAA.[1]
Galan co-produced and vocal arranged B5's "Shining Star" on Disney's Hannah Montana soundtrack, an album which topped the Billboard 200[2] and has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA.[3]
Galan also co-wrote and produced The Clique Girlz's "Incredible", which was used as the theme song for the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as being a featured song on the 2008 Olympics Team USA Soundtrack.
Jan 2010, for National Grammy Career Day, Galan was a member of the Grammy's Producer's panel, alongside Jimmy Jam, Keri Hilson, Danja Handz, and Anthony Hamilton.
Recently, Galan has collaborated and is working with a wide variety of established acts, including Danja Handz, Akon, Jacob Latimore (Jive Records), Jordan Knight of New Kids On The Block, Backstreet Boys, El Debarge, Cymphonique, Stephen Jerzak (Universal Republic), The Cab (Warner), TV TV (Jive), Ryan Cabrera, AllStar Weekend (Hollywood), School Boy Humor (Vagrant), He Is We (Universal Motown), Manny Streetz, Raven Symone, Jasmine Villegas (Epic), Jon B., Frankie J.
In 2009, Galan placed three cuts on Mitchel Musso's debut self-titled album, "Us Against The World", "Movin In" and "Stuck On You". He also had success internationally with multiple major label placements in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, and Mexico, where Galan has produced "Freakshow" for debut artist Victoria. The single became a new Top 10 hit in Mexico in its first 2 weeks on the charts.[4]
Galan's Mach 1 Music has taken off to new levels in 2011. With major label releases on Jordan Knight, BoA, Lil Eddie, Allstar Weekend, Mayra Veronica, Too $hort, Varsity Fanclub, O-town and more.
Galan has worked on projects for Menudo, Colby O'Donis, Jacob Latimore, Backstreet Boys, Jordan Knight, and many other top major label acts,[5] as well as having his music placed on such TV shows as MTV's The Hills, MTV's "Next", "Keeping Up With The Kardashians", and many more.
Year | Song | Artist | Album |
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2006 | *Get'cha Head In Da Game | B5 | High School Musical Soundtrack & High School Musical Special Edition |
2006 | *Uh Oh (Here We Go)
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Myra | Southern Signal/EMI Records - |
2007 | *Shining Star | B5 | Hannah Montana Soundtrack |
2007 | *Handle My Love | Colby O'Donis | Konvict Music Group - |
2007 | *Let's Go | Jackie Boyz | |
2007 | *Breakdown | Jada | Universal Motown Records - |
2007 | *Fast Lane | A Girl Called Jane | Island Def Jam- |
2007 | *Rock n Roll | Alyson Stoner | |
2007 | *Gotta Let You Know
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Chantelle Paige | Konvict Music Group - |
2007 | *For The Love Of You | Sundance & Sabrina | Universal/Cherry Records - |
2007 | *Up In Mah Face | Somaya Reece | |
2007 | *Hold On
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Trevor Penick | |
2007 | *Tricky
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Cecy B. | Cecy B. |
2007 | *Femmelicious
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Crush 5 | Femmelicious - Mostiko/Universal Records Germany |
2007 | *You Know You Want It | Chris Doran | Eurovision Winner 2006 |
2007 | *Standing Tall
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Devon Werkheiser | Universal/Cherry Records - |
2007 | *Incredible - Single
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Clique Girlz | Interscope Records - Incredible |
2007 | *La Ciudad | Abusivo | Machete Music/Universal Records- Compilation |
2007 | *FreakShow
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Victoria | Warner Bros Mexico- "Welcome To The Freakshow" |
2008 | *Calling Your Name | Anders Johannson | 'Universal Sweden - |
2008 | *Why
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Katelyn Tarver | |
2008 | *Bad Karma | BC Jean | J Records - |
2009 | *Us Against The World
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Mitchel Musso | Walt Disney Records- "Mitchel Musso" |
2009 | *Picture Perfect
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Tiffany Thornton | |
2009 | *Ain't Gonna Take No More
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Aaron Carter | |
2009 | *MVP
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Jacob Latimore | Jive Records |
2009 | *Mysterious | Sweet Rush | Motown Records |
2009 | *I Die | Backstreet Boys | Jive Records |
2009/2010 | *So Incredible
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Frankie J. | |
2010 | *Under Construction | Jasmine Villegas | Epic/Sony Records |
2010 | *Professional | TVTV | Jive Records |
2010 | *Rough | Ryan Cabrera | |
2010 | *Barbie Doll
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H*Wood | DarkChild/Koch Records |
2010 | *Pepsi | Flyte | Interscope Records |
2010 | *Gravitational Pull | Cymphonique | Sony/Nickelodean |
2010 | *Unlove You | El Debarge | |
2010 | *RSVP | Stephen Jerzak | Universal Republic |
2010 | *Left Standing | The Cab | Warner Bros |
2010 | *She Totally Wants Me
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Allstar Weekend | Hollywood Records |
2010 | *She's A Keeper
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School Boy Humor | Vagrant Records |
2010 | *Be Original - Single
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Savannah Outen | |
2010 | *If You Wanna Fly | Mayra Veronica | MVA Records |
2011 | *Rockstar | Jordan Knight | Interscope Records |
2011 | *World Premiere
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Varsity Fanclub | |
2011 | *Lili Marleen | Béla Mavrák & Mayra Veronica | |
2011 | *Pump | Too $hort feat. Isis Love | |
2011 | *Freak Like Me | Mayra Veronica | MVA Records |
2011 | *Soldier | Marika | Emerton Records |
2011 | *Runaway
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Lil Eddie | Manhattan Records (Japan) |
2011 | *Famous (Feat. Kardinal Offishall) | Audio Playground | Canwest Musicworks |
2011 | *It Hurts | Kim Bo Kyung | Sony Korea |
2011 | *Where Do I Go From Here | Kim Bo Kyung | Sony Korea |