Brian Howes

Brian Howes is a songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, A&R professional and studio owner based in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

-Produced Nickelback’s release Here and Now debuted at #2 on US and Canadian Soundscan (Platinum and counting in the US and double Platinum and counting in Canada, 1.5 Mill WW)

-Writer/Producer on Hinder Extreme Behavior (4 million sold worldwide) including single “Lips of an Angel”- #1 CHR US charts for 3 weeks. Hinder 2nd release Take it to the Limit (Certified Gold in the US). Instrumental in developing the band from day one.

-Has written hits with Daughtry including “Over You” and “What I
Want” on his 5 million selling debut album. Both songs went Top 5 in the
US. Also has two additional songs on Daughtry’s second Platinum selling
release.

-Produced/co-wrote with Boys Like Girls, including “Two is Better Than One”, featuring Taylor Swift and “Love Drunk”; both went Top 10 on Top 40/Hot AC in the US and sold more than 4 million singles.

-Produced multiple Adelitas Way songs and co-wrote some of them including Ready for War (Pray for Peace) in 2016.

– Produced Simple Plan’s release Get Your Heart On (debuted Top 5 in 7 countries) for Atlantic Records including the single “Jet Lag”, featuring Natasha Bedingfield. “Summer Paradise” featuring Sean Paul went top 10 around the world.

-Co-wrote American Idol winner David Cook’s first single “Light On” with Chris Cornell (1.5 million records sold in the US alone and Certified Platinum single), which Howes went on to win a 2010 BMI Pop Award for.

-Produced and co-wrote Hedley’s “Anything”, “Crazy For You”, “Invincible” “Cha Ching”, “Don’t Talk to Strangers” and “Perfect”, all multi-Platinum singles on double-Platinum albums. Produced and co-wrote Hedley’s album Wild Life (double-Platinum), which debuted Top 5 on Soundscan, and Storms (double-Platinum) which debuted at #2 on Soundscan.

– Co-wrote # 1 active rock radio smash “Awake and Alive” from GRAMMY nominated band Skillet’s Platinum LP. Produced and co-wrote Comatose, Gold in the US.

-Wrote/produced #1 rock radio track “Famous” for Puddle of Mudd, as well as three songs from their last release, including top 5 smash “Stoned”.

-Produced and co-wrote on Airbourne’s Black Dog Barking for Roadrunner/Atlantic

– Owns a world class recording studio in Los Angeles, CA where he currently lives and works