Andrés Saavedra (producer)

Andrés Julián Saavedra (Born 23 March 1985), known professionally as Andres Saavedra aka Drew, is a Colombian multi-Grammy award winning producer, songwriter, mixer, and engineer. Andres has been nominated eight times to the Latin Grammy Awards, with his latest for Producer of the Year in the 16th Annual Latin Grammy Awards held November 2015.^[1] Andrés is one of the top Colombian producers defining the new sound in Latin music.^[2]

Early life[]

Saavedra was born in Bogota, raised in Cali, Colombia. He began his approach to music, singing, and musical instruments at a very early age. He wrote his first song at the age of 13. During his teenage years, Andres played with local bands "Años Luz" and "Estrato Cero" playing in bars and festivals in Cali. At the age of 17 he moved with his family to Miami, Florida to become a professional singer-songwriter.

During his college years, Saavedra played bass and drums in a student band called "Rocking Johnny and the Furious Five" and later became the singer of a duo called "Retorica". Playing in these bands helped him realize his true passion was in creative production, composing, and record studios rather than stage performance. Saavedra's formal education comes from Full Sail University in the Music Production and Recording Arts^[3] as well as additional courses in Berklee College of Music.

Career[]

Andres' first professional experience was with Bogart Recording Studios, owned by American record producer-mixer Bob Rosa. He served as assistant to albums for artists such as Dashboard Confessional, Brian McKnight, as well as produced local indie bands and artists during studio after hours .^[4][5]

In 2004, Saavedra officially began his professional career as record producer and composer for a local independent record label and later in 2006 as a disciple to Latin music producers Sebastian Krys, Tommy Torres, and Dan Warner acquiring the experience to shape his own musical style.

Andres has worked in many musical projects most notably for artists such as Luis Fonsi, Alejandro Sanz, Juanes, Avionica, Dulce Maria, Tommy Torres, and Pablo Lopez.^[6] He has won two Latin Grammy Awards and one Grammy Award.^[7][8]

Saavedra is founder and CEO of RadioActive Music and is currently producer governor at The Recording Academy Florida Chapter.^[9]

Grammy Awards[]

Participation in other Latin Grammy nominated works

• "Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album: "Rosario" – Rosario (2014)" – Producer, songwriter, Mixer, engineer, Musician See also: Latin Grammy Awards of 2014^[10]
• "Best Pop/Rock Album: "La conexión" – Black Guayaba (2013)" – Producer, Arranger, Mixer^[11]
• "Song of the Year: "Estoy hecho de pedacitos de ti" – Antonio Orozco (2012)" – Producer See also: Latin Grammy Awards of 2012
• "Best Engineered Album: "Días nuevos" – Gian Marco (2011)" See also: Latin Grammy Awards of 2011

Production discography[]

Title	Year	Artist/Album	Producer	Songwriter	Mixer	Engineer	Musician
"Broken Toy"	2016	Paly – Single	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
"Rumbo al sol"		Bako – Single	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
"Kamikaze"			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
"Electricidad" (A)		Aviónica – Electricidad	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
"Dejarte de amar"		Dulce María – Single	Y		Y	Y	Y
"Más de la mitad"		Camila Gallardo – Single	Y		Y	Y	Y
"Ya no me duele tanto"		Ednita Nazario – Single	Y		Y	Y	Y
"Espectacular" (A)	2015	Aaron Emmanuel – Espectacular	Y		Y	Y	Y
"Mejor con ella"			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
"El mundo y los amantes inocentes" (A)*		Pablo López – El mundo y los amantes inocentes	Y		Y	Y
"Corazón que miente"		David Bisbal – Single	Y		Y	Y	Y
"No te pertenece"		Luis Fonsi & Noel Schajris – Single	Y		Y	Y
"Eras uno más"[12]		Ednita Nazario – Single	Y		Y	Y	Y
"Sin palabras"		Robert Avellanet – Single	Y		Y		Y
"Close To Your Love"		AtellaGali – Royal	Y
"Gimme More"			Y
"Larga Duración" (A)		Paulino Monroy– Larga Duración			Y
"Viaje"	2014	Ricardo Arjona –Viaje				Y
"Agridulce"		Raquel Sofía –Te quiero los domingos	Y				Y
"Big Bang"[13]		Siam – Big Bang	Y		Y	Y	Y
"Todo lo que quiero eres tu"			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
"Llévame despacio" (S)		Paulina Goto	Y		Y
"La misma luna" (A)		Matisse – La misma Luna			Y
"12 Historias en vivo"	2013	Tommy Torres – 12 Historias en vivo			Y	Y
"Dos Orillas" (A) Terra Live Edition		Antonio Orozco – Dos Orillas	Y		Y	Y
"La más fuerte"		Ednita Nazario – El corazón decide	Y		Y	Y	Y
"La conexión: Edición especial"		Black Guayaba – La conexión: Edición especial	Y		Y	Y
"Rosario" (A)		Rosario – Rosario	Y		Y	Y	Y
"Yo no me niego"			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
"Oye dime luna"			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
"Rumba americana"			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
"No soy de hierro"		Ana Isabelle – Single	Y		Y	Y	Y
"Arjona Metamorfosis en vivo"		Ricardo Arjona – Arjona Metamorfosis en vivo (DVD)			Y
"Diez" (A)	2012	Antonio Orozco – Diez	Y		Y	Y	Y
"Siempre imperfectos"			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
"Voy"[14]		Ednita Nazario – Desnuda	Y			Y
"No me dejes ir"			Y	Y		Y
"Nadie me lo contó"		Mariana Seoane – La malquerida		Y
"Paraíso Express" (A)	2011	Alejandro Sanz – Paraíso Express				Y
"Paraíso Express Deluxe" (A)		Alejandro Sanz – Paraíso Express Deluxe			Y	Y
"Eso es lo que hay" (A)		ChocQuibTown – Eso es lo que hay			Y
"Extranjera: Segunda parte" (A)		Dulce María – Extranjera: Segunda parte			Y
"Sesiones Intimas" (A)		Amaury Gutiérrez – Sesiones Intimas	Y		Y
"A tiempo"		Ha*Ash – A Tiempo			Y
"Tres seis cinco"		The Mills – Guadalupe			Y
"Bayou Boogie" (A)	2010	Disney – Bayou Boogie			Y
"Mi sueño" (A)		Ana Isabelle – Mi sueño	Y		Y	Y	Y
"Más que ayer" (A)		Bonka – Más que ayer	Y		Y	Y
"Miénteme" (A)		Don Tetto – Miénteme			Y
"Boleto de entrada" (A)	2009	Kany García – Boleto de entrada			Y	Y
"Clásicos de la provincia II" (A)		Carlos Vives – Clásicos de la provincia II				Y
"No seas cobarde" (A)		Melina León – No seas cobarde			Y
"¿Qué nos pasó?" (S)		Reyli – Que vueltas da la vida	Y		Y	Y	Y
"Jet privado" (A)		Robert Avellanet – Jet privado	Y		Y	Y	Y
"Renovatio" (A)		Antonio Orozco – Renovatio	Y		Y
"No fue casualidad"		Inés Gaviria – No fue casualidad	Y				Y
"Uno no es uno" (A)		Noel Schajris – Uno no es uno				Y
"5to Piso" (A)	2008	Ricardo Arjona – 5to Piso				Y
"Palabras del silencio" (A)		Luis Fonsi – Palabras del silencio			Y	Y
"Dentro y fuera" (A)	2007	Luis Enrique – Dentro y fuera				Y
"Quiero vivir" (A)		Lilian García – Quiero vivir				Y
"Real" (A)		Ednita Nazario – Real				Y
"Una rosa blu" (A)		Gloria Trevi – Una rosa blu			Y	Y
"Intrusa"	2006	Giselle – Libre		Y
"En exclusiva" (A)		Eduardo Osorio – En exclusiva			Y	Y
"Melódico" (A)		Jayro – Melódico			Y
"Xarah" (A)	2005	Xarah – Xarah	Y		Y	Y
"All That I Want" (S)		Lara Fabian				Y
"Gracias mamá" (A)		Various artists – Gracias mamá	Y		Y	Y

• *Served as Executive Producer

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website of Andrés Saavedra
• Official Facebook Page
• Official Twitter Page