Matthew Gerrard

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Biography[edit]

Gerrard grew up in Don Mills, a suburb of Toronto's north-east end. He attended George S. Henry Secondary School where he played trombone in band, later playing bass in a school-based 5-piece jazz fusion combo called Nemesis Fusion. Nemesis Fusion competed in two Canadian stage band festivals earning silver in 1982 and won the competition the following year when Gerrard wrote the group's original material. After high school Gerrard was a member of a band called Regatta, which released one self-titled album. He also played bass and toured with Kim Mitchell (former Max Webster lead man) and Von Groove (until the late 1990s/early 2000s).

Career[edit]

Gerrard has written hit singles by artists such as Nick Carter ("Help Me"), Kelly Clarkson ("Breakaway"), Hilary Duff ("I Can't Wait", "Why Not?"), Eden's Crush ("Get Over Yourself") and Jesse McCartney ("She's No You"). He contributed songs to the soundtracks of the Disney Channel films High School Musical, The Cheetah Girls 2 (both 2006), Jump In! (2007) and Camp Rock (2008) and to the series Hannah Montana television soundtrack. He also wrote the original music for the Nickelodeon television movie Spectacular!, as well as writing the self-titled-debut song for Big Time Rush.

Bratz

and Hilary Duff "I Can't Wait"

Brooke McClymont

"Why Not", "Do You Want Me?"

Hilary Duff

"What R U Waiting 4"

Tiffani Wood

"Black Coffee"[1]

Tara Priya

"B.T.R"

Big Time Rush

(writer and producer), "Who Will I Be", "Start the Party" (with Robbie Nevil)

Camp Rock

"Dive In"

Christy Carlson Romano

"Push It to the Limit," "Celebrate You," "We Come To Party," "Never Met A Girl Like You," "If She Says Yeah"

Corbin Bleu

"Five More Days 'til Christmas," "The Perfect Christmas", "Cheetah-licious Christmas", "Christmas In California", "No Ordinary Christmas," "The Simple Things," "The Party's Just Begun," "Step Up," "Human," "One World," "Dance Me If You Can" (with Robbie Nevil)

The Cheetah Girls

"Lost Without You", "Be Strong"

Delta Goodrem

"Let's Fall in Love Again"

Seiko

"Get Over Yourself"

Eden's Crush

"Diamond Candy", "Diamond Candy"

Elva Hsiao

"Faded"

Everlife

"Just The Way You Are"

Koda Kumi

"Help Me"

Nick Carter

"Where Is Love"

Nina

"Just Watch Me", "Life's An Open Door"

Jordan Mccoy

"Best of Both Worlds", "Nobody's Perfect", "Life's What You Make It" and other various (with Robbie Nevil)

Miley Cyrus

"We're All in This Together," "What Time Is It?", "All For One", "I Don't Dance ", "Start Of Something New", "Now or Never", "I Want It All", "A Night to Remember", "The Boys Are Back", "High School Musical", "I Can't Take My Eyes of You" (with Robbie Nevil)

High School Musical

"Breakaway"

Kelly Clarkson

"Wonderful To Fly"

Jacky Cheung

"Underneath" (2003)

Jessica Simpson

(producer), "This Is My Time", "Typical, Bump, Mystify"

Raven-Symoné

"Not Another Love Song"

Kate Alexa

"Just Like Me", "Meaning Of Life"

Hawk Nelson

"A Little Too Not Over You", "Zero Gravity"

David Archuleta

"Drive" from Jonas L.A.

Jonas Brothers

"Na Na Nothing" [2]

Mike Doughty

"If You Want" (with Bridget Benenate)

J-Min

(Singer/Songwriter), Jump In!, "Live it Up"

Jeannie Ortega

"She's A Killer" from Beautiful Nightmare (album) (2012)

Reece Mastin

The Dares "It’s Your World" (with )[3]

Robbie Nevil

Kawashima, Dale. . Songwriter Universe.

"Matthew Gerrard Co-Writes & Produces Big Hits For High School Musical Soundtrack and Other Artists"

at IMDb

Matthew Gerrard