Dave Bassett (songwriter)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois |
| Genres | Pop, rock, R&B, dance, theatre, country |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter and Producer (track, lyric, and melody) |
Dave Bassett is an American songwriter and record producer with many charting singles and two ASCAP Pop awards. Since March 2011, he is signed to EMI Music Publishing for an international co-publishing deal.[1] Bassett is best known for writing songs for rock groups like Saliva, Halestorm, Sevendust, 10 Years, and Skillet. He has written songs also for Josh Groban, Lisa Loeb and Kris Allen.
He has also written soundtracks for many US TV shows including for American Idol, Australian Idol, Grey's Anatomy (Season 2 soundtrack), Runaway Bride, Sweet Home Alabama, Kangaroo Jack, Sky High, Kingpin, The Terminator: The Sarah Chronicles, CSI Miami, The OC, One Tree Hill, Young & the Restless and others.
Writing Credits
Singles
| Artist | Song Title | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| Shinedown | Second Chance | #1 Hot Ac, #1 Active Rock, #1 Alternative, #3 Pop, Ascap Pop Award |
| Shinedown | If You Only Knew | #1 Active Rock, #7 Alternative, Hot Ac Top 40, Pop Top 40, Ascap Pop Award |
| Halestorm | Love Bites | #1 Active Rock, Grammy Award For Best Hard Rock Performance |
| Shinedown | Bully | #1 Active Rock, #1 Rock, #14 Alternative |
| Shinedown | Devour | #1 Active Rock, #1 Rock, #15 Alternative |
| Shinedown | Sound Of Madness | #1 Active Rock, #5 Alternative |
| Shinedown | The Crow And The Butterfly | #1active Rock, #6 Alternative |
| Shinedown | Unity | #1 Active Rock |
| Shinedown | Enemies | #1 Active Rock |
| Shinedown | Devour | #1 Active Rock |
| Pop Evil | Trenches | #1 Active Rock |
| Pop Evil | Deal With The Devil | #1 Active Rock |
| Adelitas Way | Criticize | #1 Active Rock |
| Adelitas Way | Collapse | #3 Active Rock |
| Adelitas Way | Invincible | #5 Active Rock |
| Halestorm | Familiar Taste Of Poison | Active Rock Top 40 |
| Pop Evil | Monster You Made | #6 Active Rock |
| Pop Evil | Boss’s Daughter | #9 Active Rock |
| Idina Menzel | Gorgeous | #3 Us Dance |
| Javier Colon | As Long As We Got Love | Hot Ac Top 40 |
| Javier Colon | Stitch By Stitch | “Winners Song” The Voice |
| Sevendust | Unravelling | #7 Active Rock |
| 10 Years | Fix Me | #10 Active Rock, Alternative Top 40 |
| Evan And Jaron | From My Head To My Heart | Pop Top 40 |
| Trapt | Contagious | Active Rock Top 40 |
| Lisa Loeb | Someone You Should Know | Aaa Top 40 |
| Serena Ryder | Little Bit Of Red | Aaa Top 40, Juno Award Video Of The Year |
| Pacifier | Bullitproof | Active Rock Top 40 |
| Graham Colton | Best Days | Hot Ac Top 40 |
| Kate Dearougo | Maybe Tonight | |
| Spill Canvas | Our Song | |
| Divide The Day | Let It Roll | |
| Scary Kids Scaring Kids | Faces | |
| Lucia | So Clever | |
| Lisa Loeb | I Control The Sun | |
| Billy Gilman | You Don’t, You Won’t | |
| The Maine | Growing Up |
Additional Artists Cuts (partial list):
- Fitz And The Tantrums – “Fools Gold”, “Spark”
- Shinedown – 9 Songs On “Sound Of Madness” LP, 11 Songs On “Amaryllis” LP
- Daughtry “Break The Spell”
- Rome (Of Sublime With Rome) “Hung Up”
- Brian Setzer “Pennsylvania 6-5000”
- Josh Groban “Machine”
- Uncle Kracker “Josephine”
- Skillet “Believe”, “Never Surrender”
- Halestorm “Nothing To Do With Love”
- Lisa Loeb “Window Shoppiing”
- 10 Years “One More Day”, “Don’t Fight It”
- O.A.R. “Whatever Happened”
- Meatloaf “Prize Fight Lover”
- Adelitas Way - 6 Songs From “Homeschool Valedictorian” LP
- Pop Evil - 6 Songs From “War Of Angels” LP
- Saliva – “Turn The Lights On”, “Better Days”
- Kate Voegele “Playing With My Heart”
- Allstar Weekend “Catching Up”
- Versa Emerge 9 Songs From “Fixed At Zero” LP
- The Maine “Growing Up”
- Orianthi “God Only Knows”
- Emphatic “Original Sin”
- Black Stone Cherry “Like I Roll”, “We Won’t Let Go”, “Staring At The Mirror”
- Rev Theory “Say Goodbye”
- Graham Colton “Let It Go”
- Mayday Parade “Still Breathing”
- Allison Iraheta “Holiday”
- Dave Koz “El Cholo”, “And Then I Knew”
- The Letter Black “Fire With Fire”, “The Best Of Me”
- Scary Kids Scaring Kids 9 Songs From “Faces” LP
- Trapt “Wasteland”
- Saosin “Deep Down”
- Joe Bonamassa “The Hard Way”, “Into Thin Air”
- Will Dailey "Counting On Karma"
Production
- Fitz and the Tantrums - "Fools Gold" - Produced/Engineered (Atlantic)
- Adelitas Way - "Homeschool Valedictorian" - Produced/Engineered (Virgin)
- Allison Iraheta - "Holiday" – Produced/Engineered (Jive)
- Josiah Leming - "Satisfied" – Produced and Engineered (Warner)
- Allstar Weekend - "Catching Up" – Produced & Engineered (Hollywood)
- VersaEmerge - Produced, Engineered and Mixed Fixed at Zero (Fueled By Ramen)
- Sparta - Threes – Produced/Engineered (Hollywood)
- Schuyler Fisk - "The Good Stuff" – Produced / Mixed - co-wrote 6 songs
- Gran Bel Fisher - "Full Moon Cigarette" - Produced / Engineered - co-wrote 11 songs (Hollywood)
- Grey's Anatomy - Season 2 soundtrack, "Bound By Love" - Produced / Co-Wrote
- Smallville - The Metropolis Mix - "I'm a Human" by Flashlight Brown - Co-wrote / Produced
- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Soundtrack (Sony) - "The Sun's Gonna Rise" by Shannon Curfman Produced/Co-rote
- Dilana - Dilana Produced / Engineered Co-Wrote 4 songs (Hurricane Music)
- Flashlight Brown - "Blue" - produced 10 songs (Union/Warner)
- Marié Digby - "Beauty In Walking Away" Co-wrote, "Traffic" Produced - "Dear Friend" Produced / Co-wrote (Hollywood)
- The Troys - "Superhuman" (Elektra)
- Joe Bonamassa "Hard Way", "Under the Radar" from So It's Like That - Produced / co-wrote (Medalist)
- Justincase - "Inside Your Mind", "Tell Me", "Say" from justincase - Produced/cowrote (Maverick)
- Annasophia Robb - "Keep Your Mind Wide Open" from Bridge to Terebithia (soundtrack) - Produced/Co-wrote (Disney)
Television and films
Dave Bassett has been involved in writing songs for 2 Guns, Friends with Benefits, Avengers (soundtrack), American Idol, Australian Idol, Grey's Anatomy (Season 2 soundtrack), Runaway Bride (soundtrack), Sweet Home Alabama (soundtrack), Kangaroo Jack (soundtrack), Sky High (soundtrack), Kingpin (soundtrack), The Terminator: The Sarah Chronicles, WWE Superstars (theme), WWE Night of the Champions 2008 (theme), CSI Miami, Oprah's Big Give, So You Think You Can Dance, Army Wives, The Hills, The OC, Brothers and Sisters, One Tree Hill, Dawson's Creek, Smallville, Wildfire, Cruel Intentions, Twilight Zone, Kyle XY, Twenty Four Seven, the Animal, Sunset Strip, P.C.U., Skulls, Back in Black, The Visitors, Ready to Run, Providence, Shasta McNasty, Dawson's Creek, Cupid, Young & the Restless, Malcolm in the Middle, Roswell, That's Life, The Others, Felicity