Ian Fitchuk
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Ian Fitchuk (born February 13, 1982) is a songwriter, music producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist.[1]
Early life[]
Fitchuk was born and raised in Chicago by parents who are both accomplished classical musicians and educators.[1] He cites Paul Simon's Graceland as a significant musical influence from an early age. He moved to Nashville in 2000 to study jazz piano at Belmont University. He was quickly recruited to play keyboard by local band Llama who was on MCA Records at the time.[2] After leaving the band, he began producing artists like Amy Grant,[3] Mindy Smith, Landon Pigg, Jeremy Lister[4] and Griffin House[5] with production partner Justin Loucks.
Career[]
Fitchuk is a 2x Grammy Award winning musician, producer, and songwriter. He has played drums and keyboards on albums for artists including Shania Twain,[6] Sam Hunt's debut album Montevallo,[7] Lucie Silvas,[8] Andrew Combs, Sean McConnell, and James Bay's debut album Chaos and the Calm.[9] In 2016, he co-wrote and produced "Bummin' Cigarettes" by Maren Morris on her album Hero. In 2018 along with Nashville singer-songwriter Daniel Tashian, he co-produced Grammy award winner Kacey Musgraves' Golden Hour.[10] It was Musgraves' fourth studio album released on March 30, 2018. Golden Hour earned Best Country Album and Album Of The Year honors at the 2019 Grammy awards, as well as Album Of The Year honors at the 2018 CMA awards and the 2019 ACM awards. Fitchuk was tapped again to work with Musgraves on Disney's 2019 Frozen II soundtrack, producing the song "All Is Found".
Discography[]
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | "roses in the rain (lullaby)" | Christina Perri | songs for rosie | Co-Writer |
| "Hold Her While You Can" | Stephen Sanchez | What Was, Not Now -- EP | Producer | |
| "Love Life" | ||||
| "Kayla" | ||||
| "The Pool" | ||||
| "I Want You" | ||||
| "Until We Meet Again" | ||||
| "If I Was a Cowboy" | Miranda Lambert | If I Was a Cowboy -- Single | Bass/Keys | |
| "star-crossed" | Kacey Musgraves | star-crossed | Producer/Co-Writer | |
| "good wife" | ||||
| "cherry blossom" | ||||
| "simple times" | ||||
| "if this was a movie" | ||||
| "justified" | ||||
| "angel" | ||||
| "breadwinner" | ||||
| "camera roll" | ||||
| "easier said" | ||||
| "hookup scene" | ||||
| "keep lookin' up" | ||||
| "what doesn't kill me" | Producer | |||
| "there is a light" | Producer/Co-Writer | |||
| "gracias a la vida" | Producer | |||
| "Silk Chiffon" (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) | MUNA | Silk Chiffon -- Single | Co-Writer | |
| "Sho Nuff" | Leon Bridges | Gold-Diggers Sound | Co-Writer | |
| "Until I Found You" | Stephen Sanchez | Until I Found You -- Single | Producer | |
| "Kayla" | Kayla -- Single | |||
| "The Witching Hour - Intro" | Birdy | Young Heart | Producer | |
| "Voyager" | Producer/Co-Writer | |||
| "The Otherside" | ||||
| "Surrender" | Co-Writer | |||
| "River Song" | Producer/Co-Writer | |||
| "Lighthouse" | Producer | |||
| "Evergreen" | ||||
| "Little Blue" | ||||
| "Celestial Dancers" | ||||
| "New Moon" | Producer/Co-Writer | |||
| "Young Heart" | Producer | |||
| "Lightning Strikes" | Karen Elson | Lightning Strikes -- Single | Producer/Co-Writer | |
| 2020 | "Nightfall" | Little Big Town | Nightfall | Producer/Co-Writer |
| "River of Stars" | ||||
| "Bluebird" | ||||
| "Lighten Up" | Brothers Osborne | Skeletons | Co-Writer | |
| "Oh, What A World 2.0 (Earth Day Edition)" | Kacey Musgraves | Oh, What A World 2.0 (Earth Day Edition) -- Single | Producer/Co-Writer | |
| "Where the Heart Is" | Brett Eldredge | Sunday Drive | Producer | |
| "The One You Need" | ||||
| "Magnolia" | ||||
| "Crowd My Mind" | ||||
| "Good Day" | Producer/Co-Writer | |||
| "Fall For Me" | Producer | |||
| "Sunday Drive" | ||||
| "When I Die" | Producer/Co-Writer | |||
| "Gabrielle" | ||||
| "Fix A Heart" | Producer | |||
| "Then You Do" | ||||
| "Paris Illinois" | Producer/Co-Writer | |||
| "Believe" | Karen Elson | Radio Redhead, Vol. 1 | Producer | |
| "Lay All Your Love on Me" | ||||
| "Sacrifice" | ||||
| "Dancing on My Own" | ||||
| We'll Meet Again" | ||||
| "Hang On" | NEEDTOBREATHE | Out of Body | Co-Writer | |
| "asking for a friend" | mxmtoon | dawn & dusk | Producer/Co-Writer | |
| "Daydreams" | Masie Peters | Daydreams -- Single | Producer/Co-Writer | |
| "good guys" | LANY | mama's boy | Co-Writer | |
| "If You Got A Problem" | Joy Oladokun | If You Got A Problem -- Single | Producer/Co-Writer | |
| 2019 | "Self Care" | Lily & Madeleine | Canterbury Girls | Producer |
| "Supernatural Sadness" | Producer/Co-Writer | |||
| "Just Do It" | Producer | |||
| "Canterbury Girls" | ||||
| "Bruises" | ||||
| "Pachinko Song" | ||||
| "Circles" | ||||
| "Can't Help the Way I Feel" | ||||
| "Analog Love" | ||||
| "Go" | ||||
| "Homeboy" | Susto | Ever Since I Lost My Mind | Producer | |
| "If I Was" | ||||
| "Weather Balloons" | ||||
| "Manual Transmission" | ||||
| "Last Century" | ||||
| "Está Bien" | ||||
| "House Of The Blue Green Buddha" | Producer/Co-Writer | |||
| "Livin' in America" | Producer | |||
| "Ever Since I Lost My Mind" | ||||
| "Cocaine" | ||||
| "No Way Out" | ||||
| "Off You" | ||||
| "Lights Up" | Harry Styles | Fine Line | Drums | |
| "All Is Found - Kacey Musgraves Version" | Kacey Musgraves | Frozen II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Producer | |
| "Good Woman" | Maren Morris | Girl | Co-Writer | |
| "Here We Go" | Sean McConnell | Secondhand Smoke | Co-Writer | |
| "Nobody Smokes Anymore" | Robert Ellis | Texas Piano Man | Co-Writer | |
| "Castles" | Lissie | When I'm Alone: The Piano Retrospective | Co-Writer | |
| "Best Days" | ||||
| "Stand and Deliver" | Patrick Droney | Patrick Droney | Producer | |
| "Brooklyn" | ||||
| "Ruined" | Producer/Co-writer | |||
| "Always Been the End of the World" | Producer | |||
| "High Hope" | ||||
| "Montgomery" | Muscadine Bloodline | Montgomery - Single | Co-writer | |
| "Only the Truth" | Sarah Buxton | Only the Truth - Single | Producer/Co-writer | |
| "Do You Want Me" | Skyline Motel | Do You Want Me - Single | Co-writer | |
| "Evelyn" | Jeremy Lister | Sign Language - EP | Co-writer | |
| 2018 | "Slow Burn" | Kacey Musgraves | Golden Hour | Producer/Co-writer |
| "Lonely Weekend" | ||||
| "Butterflies" | Producer | |||
| "Oh, What A World" | Producer/Co-writer | |||
| "Mother" | ||||
| "Love Is A Wild Thing" | ||||
| "Space Cowboy" | Producer | |||
| "Happy & Sad" | Producer/Co-Writer | |||
| "Velvet Elvis" | Producer | |||
| "Wonder Woman" | ||||
| "High Horse" | ||||
| "Golden Hour" | Producer/Co-Writer | |||
| "Rainbow" | Producer | |||
| "Face the Sun" | Nashville Cast, Charles Esten | The Music of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 6, Vol. 1 | Co-writer | |
| "Tangerine" | Lydia Luce | Azalea | Co-writer | |
| "Covered Up" | ||||
| "Morning Is Made" | Hush Kids | Hush Kids | Producer/Co-writer | |
| "What's Your Hurry" | ||||
| "Goodbye Rain" | Producer | |||
| "Beauty All Around" | ||||
| "Wake Up" | ||||
| "Love Is a Made Up Word" | ||||
| "Color of Sadness" | Producer/Co-writer | |||
| "Oasis" | ||||
| "Talking to Myself" | Producer | |||
| "All My Love" | ||||
| "Castles" | Lissie | Castles | Co-writer | |
| "Best Days" | ||||
| "Everything With Everything" | Dave Barnes | Who Knew It Would Be So Hard To Be Myself | Co-writer | |
| 2017 | "This Side of Paradise" | Marie Miller | Letterbox | Co-writer |
| "The Morning Song" | Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors | Souvenir | Producer | |
| "California" | ||||
| "Fight for Love" | ||||
| "Rowdy Heart, Broken Wing" | ||||
| "New Year" | ||||
| "Sometimes" | ||||
| "Mama's Sunshine, Daddy's Rain" | ||||
| "Black and Blue" | ||||
| "Postcard Memories" | ||||
| "Yellow Rose of Santa Fe" | ||||
| "Wild World" | ||||
| Angaleena Presley | "Groundswell" | Wrangled | Co-writer | |
| 2016 | "Shine On!" | Muddy Magnolias | Broken People | Co-writer |
| "Holy Days" | Sean McConnell | Sean McConnell | Producer | |
| "Ghost Town" | ||||
| "Bottom of the Sea" | ||||
| "Beautiful Rose" | ||||
| "Hey Mary" | ||||
| "Best We've Ever Been" | ||||
| "Queen of Saint Mary's Choir" | ||||
| "Running Under Water" | ||||
| "One Acre of Land" | ||||
| "Babylon" | ||||
| "Foolin'" | Andrew Combs | All These Dreams | Co-writer | |
| "Suburbs" | Zoe Sky Jordan | Topiary | Co-writer/Co-producer | |
| "Attention" | Co-producer | |||
| "Golden Kimono" | Co-writer/Co-producer | |||
| "True 2 U" | Co-producer | |||
| "Smoke" | Co-writer/Co-producer | |||
| "Soft Reply" | ||||
| "Powerlines" | Co-producer | |||
| "Cloud" | Co-writer/Co-producer | |||
| "Dragging Your Bones" | Co-producer | |||
| "Love Will Find You" | Kris Allen | Letting You In | Co-producer | |
| "Time Will Come" | ||||
| "Waves" | ||||
| "Faster Shoes" | ||||
| "If We Keep Doing Nothing" | ||||
| "Way up High" | ||||
| "Feeling This Way" | ||||
| "Letting You In" | ||||
| "Move" | ||||
| "I Remember You" | ||||
| 2015 | "How To Lose It All" | Lucie Silvas | Co-writer | |
| "Pull the Stars Down" | ||||
| "Avalanche" | Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors | Medicine | Co-writer | |
| 2014 | "The Mighty Storm" | Peter Bradley Adams | The Mighty Storm | Producer |
| "Hey Believers" | ||||
| "Feathers in Her Crown" | ||||
| "When the Cold Comes" | ||||
| "Gypsy Lady" | ||||
| "She Has to Come Down" | ||||
| "New Orleans" | ||||
| "Around Us" | ||||
| "Skyline Motel" | Skyline Motel | Skyline Motel EP | Co-writer/Producer | |
| Language of Love" | ||||
| "Sleep With Me" | ||||
| "Feel Like Singing" | ||||
| "Not About You" | ||||
| "Champagne Makes Me Cry" | Skyline Motel | Champagne Makes Me Cry - Single | Co-Producer | |
| 2013 | "Estrellita (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)" | Jaci Velasquez | Canciones De Cuna: Spanish Lullabies | Producer |
| "Tres Avecitas (Three Little Birds)" | ||||
| "Canción De Cuna" | ||||
| "La Manita" | ||||
| "Tú (You)" | ||||
| "Arrurú" | ||||
| "La Nanita Nana" | ||||
| "Dios Te Ama (God Loves You)" | ||||
| "Sonríe (Smile)" | ||||
| "Hola Mi Sol (Good Morning Sunshine)" | ||||
| "Un Lugar Celestial (A Heavenly Place)" | ||||
| "Tú Eres Mi Dicha (You Are My Sunshine)" | ||||
| "Descansaré En Ti (I Will Rest in You)" | ||||
| "Duérmete Mi Niño" | ||||
| 2012 | "Highs and Lows" | Mindy Smith | The Essential | Producer |
| "Love Lost" | ||||
| 2011 | "I Hate You I Love You" | Emily West | I Hate You I Love You | Co-writer |
| 2010 | "Someday Our King Will Come" | Natalie Grant | Love Revolution | Co-writer |
| "Hard Times" | Amy Grant | Somewhere Down The Road | Producer/Co-writer | |
| "Third World Woman" | Producer | |||
| "If You Want To" | Griffin House | The Learner | Producer | |
| "River City Lights" | ||||
| "Standing At the Station" | ||||
| "Just Another Guy" | ||||
| "She Likes Girls" | ||||
| "Never Hide" | ||||
| "Rule the World" | ||||
| "Gotta Get Out" | ||||
| "Feels So Right" | Producer/Co-Writer | |||
| "Let My People Go" | Producer | |||
| "Native" | ||||
| "Coming Down the Road" | ||||
| 2009 | "What Went Wrong" | Mindy Smith | Stupid Love | Producer |
| "Highs and Lows" | ||||
| "If I Didn't Know Any Better" | ||||
| "Love Lost" | ||||
| "Telescope" | ||||
| "What Love Can Do" | ||||
| "Couldn't Stand the Rain" | ||||
| "Bad Guy" | ||||
| "Surface" | ||||
| "Disappointed" | ||||
| "True Love of Mine" | ||||
| "Love Chases After Me" | ||||
| "Take a Holiday" | ||||
| 2008 | "Comes A Time" | Kate York | Cinnamon Girl (Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity) | Producer |
| "Shout" | De Novo Dahl | Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound | Producer | |
| "Heartbreaker" | ||||
| "Means To An End" | ||||
| "Make Some Sense" | ||||
| "Be Your Man" | ||||
| "Shakedown" | ||||
| "Marketplace" | ||||
| "The Sky Is Falling" | ||||
| "New Hero" | ||||
| "Wishful Thinking" | ||||
| "Subject Of The Kill" | ||||
| "Been Kept Up" | ||||
| "Not To Escape" | ||||
| "Dreamer" | Bethany Dillon | So Far: The Acoustic Sessions | Producer | |
| "When You Love Someone" | ||||
| "We Can Work It Out" | ||||
| "Top of the World" | ||||
| "Hallelujah" | ||||
| "All I Need" | ||||
| "The Kingdom" | ||||
| "Hero" | ||||
| "Beautiful" | ||||
| "Let Your Light Shine" | ||||
| 2007 | "Comes A Time" | Matt Wertz | Everything In Between | Co-writer |
| 2007 | "Let Me In" | Griffin House | Flying Upside Down | Co-Writer |
| "Live to be Free" | ||||
| 2007 | "Shout" | De Novo Dahl | Shout | Producer |
| "Dance Like David" | ||||
| "Crap Your Pants Say Shout" | ||||
| "Dance Like David Benson" | ||||
| 2004 | "Lonely People" | Jars of Clay | Everwood (Original TV Soundtrack) | Producer |
| "Trouble" | Kristin Hersh | |||
| "These Days" | Griffin House | |||
| "Only Living Boy in New York" | David Mead | |||
| "Summer Breeze" | Jason Mraz | |||
| "Father and Son" | Leigh Nash | |||
| "The Harder They Come" | Guster | |||
| "Don't Be Shy" | Travis | |||
| "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" | Toby Lightman | |||
| "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Stereophonics | |||
| "Cathedrals" | Jump, Little Children | |||
| "Main Title Theme for Everwood" | Blake Neely | |||
| "Love Song" | Treat Williams | |||
| "Amsterdam" | Griffin House | Lost & Found | Producer | |
| "Ah Me" | ||||
| "Tell Me A Lie" | ||||
| "Waste Another Day" | ||||
| "Waterfall" | ||||
| "Liberty Line" | ||||
| "The Way I Was Made" | ||||
| "Why Won't You Believe?" | ||||
| "Just A Dream" | ||||
| "Missed My Change" | ||||
| "New Day" | ||||
| "Got Me Smilin'" | Silers Bald | Real Life | Producer | |
| "Real Life" | ||||
| "Hy Heart Will Sing" | ||||
| "Emmanuel" | ||||
| "Carolina Line" | ||||
| "Feel" | ||||
| "So On" | ||||
| "All I Can Be" | ||||
| "Room Song" | ||||
| "Turn" | ||||
| "Truly Gifted" |
Accolades[]
| Year | Association | Work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | CMA Awards | Golden Hour | Album of the Year | Won |
| 2019 | Grammy Awards | Golden Hour | Album of the Year | Won |
| 2019 | Grammy Awards | Golden Hour | Best Country Album | Won |
| 2019 | ACM Awards | Golden Hour | Album of the Year | Won |
| 2019 | ACM Awards | Producer of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2019 | ACM Awards | Drummer of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2019 | ACM Awards | Bass Player of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2019 | ACM Awards | Piano Keyboard Player of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2019 | ACM Awards | Specialty Instrumentalist of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Grammy Awards | Nightfall | Best Country Album | Nominated |
| 2022 | Grammy Awards | "camera roll" | Best Country Song |
References[]
- ^ a b "Ian Fitchuk". Concord. n.d. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ^ "Ian Fitchuk: Credits". AllMusic. 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ^ "Amy Grant Bio". 94fmthefish.net. n.d. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ^ Schlansky, Evan (May 23, 2011). "Jeremy Lister". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Griffin House on Tour Now". Sacks & Co. n.d. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ^ "Shania Twain: Now - Credits". AllMusic. n.d. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ^ "Sam Hunt: Montevallo - Credits". AllMusic. n.d. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ^ Algar, Emily Francis (September 16, 2015). "'Letters to Ghosts' – Lucie Silvas". The Winding Roads That Led Me Here. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ^ Frost, Matt (May 2015). "Jacquire King, Lowell Reynolds & James Bay: Recording Chaos And The Calm". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ^ Hight, Jewly (March 20, 2018). "How The Sound Of Country Music Changed". NPR Music. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
External links[]
- Ian Fitchuk discography at Discogs
Categories:
- 1982 births
- American people of Ukrainian descent
- American multi-instrumentalists
- Record producers from Illinois
- Musicians from Chicago
- Living people
- American session musicians
- Belmont University alumni
- American country musicians
- 21st-century American keyboardists
- American male songwriters
- 21st-century American male musicians