Marshall Altman
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Writer
A&R
Marshall Altman | |
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 Marshall Altman | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Marshall Noah Altman |
| Genres | Mainstream pop, Singer/songwriter, Country, Indie Folk, Indie Pop, Modern Blues |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer Writer A&R |
| Years active | 1995 - present |
| Website | http://marshallaltman.com/ |
Marshall Noah Altman is a Nashville-based A&R for Nettwerk Music Group, and a record producer and songwriter who owns the Galt Line studio in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] He was formerly an A&R person for such labels as Capitol Records, Hollywood Records and Columbia Records, as well as the former frontman for the alternative band Farmer.[2] As a record producer, he has worked for a variety of artists, including Matt Nathanson, Trevor Hall, Marc Broussard, Brooke Fraser, Kate Voegele, Matt Duke, Eric Paslay, Frankie Ballard, and William Fitzsimmons.[3]
The week of February 3, 2014 Marshall had his first #1 charting production with Eric Paslay's Friday Night. The same week, Frankie Ballard's, Helluva Life, also produced by Marshall charted in the Top 10 at #8, eventually climbing to #1, along with 2 other releases from the Sunshine and Whiskey album.
Altman was born in New York City and raised in Pomona, a city in Rockland County, New York.[4][5] He moved to the Los Angeles, California area for high school and stayed in the area until the summer of 2010,[1] when he moved his studio and family to Nashville.
Early career, A&R work
After graduating high school in Huntington Beach, California, Altman attended college at UC Santa Barbara, for a major in business and a minor in music. He left UC Santa Barbara before finishing his degree to attend the Grove School of Music in Los Angeles. After finishing at Grove, he began work as a music programmer in Los Angeles.[5] Altman opened his first recording studio in the mid 90's, and while running the studio he did work writing software, which then lead to software work with Capitol/EMI.[1][5] He quit his studio and left for a job at Capitol, working in sales and eventually moving to the A&R department as a scout.[4]
During this time he formed a band called Farmer in 1995 that was signed by Aware Records[6][7] and later released an eponymous album in 1997.[8] While on the road touring with Farmer he served as an A&R scout for Capitol, while also listening to demo submissions.[4] One of those submissions was for the artist Citizen Cope (Clarence Greenwood),[6] which he helped develop and was able to get signed a record deal to Capitol. Following the signing, Altman was awarded with an executive A&R job.[4] He quit his band and focused on A&R, keeping the career for ten years. During this time he moved from Capitol Records, to Hollywood Records and to finally Columbia Records where he principally A&R'd Katy Perry & OneRepublic.[3][5]
