Chad Alger

Chad Alger is an American record producer, recording engineer, and musician, best known for his work with recording artist, Monica da Silva, including the duo's project Complicated Animals. He is also Executive Producer and co-founder of Socialite Fiasco Music, a boutique music house that produces and licenses music for use in Television, Film & Commercials.

Biography

Early years

Chad Alger was born in Jacksonville, FL. His first exposure to music came in the form of LP Records playing on his dad's turntable. At the age of 4, Alger began playing drums, when a family friend left a drum kit at his parents home. He later began playing guitar. His first guitar being a 1960s Guild MS-20, the same guitar pictured on the well know Bryter Layter album by Nick Drake. Alger formed his first band with schoolmates at the age of 15, and joined his first jazz combo at 16. He studied in Jacksonville, FL at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, graduating in 2006.

Musical projects

Early projects

During and after High School, Alger spent his time performing in a wide variety of musical settings in Jacksonville, frequenting jazz jams led by guitarist John Shaffer, and performing with Conrad Oberg. Alger also performed several shows across the United States, and backed up other local musicians during this time. In 2007, Alger moved to Chicago, after being encouraged by his cousin and jazz guitarist Neal Alger. While in Chicago, he continued to perform and network in the local music scene. Alger performed with acts including: The Apartments, Neal Alger, and Chainsaw Dupont.

Mônica da Silva

In December 2007, Alger met Mônica da Silva, a Brazilian American singer songwriter, who responded to an ad Alger had posted in the musician category on Craigslist. Alger was looking to start a Brazilian, or Latin-inspired project, and da Silva had been wanting to steer her music more toward her Brazilian heritage.^[1] da Silva and Alger quickly hit it off, and began playing in a quartet at many clubs around Chicago. Alger was originally da Silva's drummer, but the two began writing songs together in da Silva's kitchen during the blizzardy winter of 2008, with Chad on guitar. The songs they came up with were a mixture of Bossa Nova and Indie Pop, a genre Mônica coined "Indie Nova", and the lyrics were a blend of Portuguese and English. Many of the songs they wrote, were later recorded on da Silva's album "Brasilissima", which was released in January 2011. The album was produced by da Silva, Chad Alger and da Silva's brother, Bruce Driscoll (Astaire, Blondfire, Ivy, Brookville, Sleepy Rebels, Freedom Fry, Lana Mir). The first single from "Brasilissima", "Aí Então", was included on the Putumayo World Music compilation "Brazilian Beat". "That's Not The Way", from "Brasilissima", was used by ESPN during their programming for The 2014 World Cup.

Complicated Animals

Mônica da Silva and Chad Alger formed the indie band Complicated Animals in 2014. The duo perform in their self-coined Indie Nova genre, mixing Indie Pop with Brazilian Bossa Nova featuring da Silva's signature blend of Portuguese and English Vocals .^[2]}} The band's debut EP "In This Game", was produced and mixed by Alger.

Music production

Chad Alger joined Socialite Fiasco Music, LLC in 2008. The company is a boutique music house that produces and licenses music for use in Television, Film & Commercials.^[3] As the Executive Producer at Socialite Fiasco Music, Alger has produced and mixed albums, and licensed music with major brands and television networks both nationally and internationally.

References

External links

socialitefiascomusic.com
complicatedanimals.com