Steve Sundholm is a Los Angeles based record producer

Record producer

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, songwriter

Songwriter

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 and recording engineer. His father, Conrad co-founded the well-known guitar amplifier company Sunn Electronics and the professional audio company Biamp Systems

Biamp Systems

Biamp Systems is a manufacturer of commercial audio electronics based in Beaverton, Oregon. Founded in 1976, Biamp has a long history of producing analog mixers, equalizers, and amplifiers. Since the early 2000's, their new products have mainly consisted of programmable audio DSP's....

. His Uncle, Norm Sundholm played bass for The Kingsmen. He is the fourth of five children to Conrad and Sandra Sundholm.

Early life

Reared among music icons due to his father’s business as the founder of Sunn guitar amps, Sundholm’s understanding of the sonic landscape grew from childhood. Sundholm began his journey in Portland working with local favorites like Geoff Byrd

Geoff Byrd

Geoff Byrd is an American musician, born in Portland, Oregon. He has been credited as the first artist to break into mainstream music by way of the internet. Byrd was the lead singer of the band The Likes Of You...

, David Klinkenberg, Jonah and The Village Green

The Village Green

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.

Career

In 2006, Sundholm produced the album "Shrinking Violets" for Byrd. Byrd's radio single "Before Kings" peaked at #42 on the Radio & Records Hot AC Chart and led to him touring with legendary pop duo Hall & Oates.

Steve’s initial success was followed by a move to NightBird Studios where, as Chief Engineer, he has had the privilege of working in the studio with Carrie Underwood, Ryan Tedder, John Oates, Jet, John Legend, Lil’ Wayne, Enrique Iglesias, Johnny K, Teddy Riley, Nick Jonas and many other artists, producers and writers.

In October 2006, Sundholm produced "Winter Waltz" and "Hideaway (When It Snows)" on the Jim Brickman release "Escape." "Hideaway (When It Snows) peaked at #3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart in December, 2006. Sundholm has also been the mastering engineer for many of Brickman's albums and radio singles including "Never Alone" featuring Lady Antebellum (#14 Billboard AC Chart, July, 2007) and "Coming Home For Christmas" featuring Richie McDonald of the popular group Lonestar (#4 Billboard AC Chart December, 2007).

Sundholm was largely responsible for developing the sound of popular violinist David Klinkenberg. In December 2007, Klinkenberg's album "The Carol of Emmanuel" peaked at #1 on the Family Christian Stores Chart, making it the top-selling record in the Christian music industry that month.

More recently, Sundholm has been focusing on songwriting and producing other styles of music. In June, 2009 he co-wrote and co-produced "Movin' In" on the Walt Disney Records

Walt Disney Records

Walt Disney Records is a family music record label owned by the Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Records was formed in 1956 as Disneyland Records. Before that time, Disney recordings were licensed out to a variety of other labels such as . It was Walt Disney’s brother Roy O...

 debut release for popular "Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana

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" star Mitchel Musso

Mitchel Musso

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. Sundholm also co-wrote with producer/writers PJ Bianco (Jonas Brothers

Jonas Brothers

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) and Eddie Galan

Eddie Galan

Eddie Galan is a Los Angeles born singer/musician, songwriter and record producer, who has worked on albums that have accumulated over 18 million in sales worldwide, garnered him 5 #1 records as a writer/producer and 4 #1 records as a publisher...

 (Clique Girls) "Stuck On You" for Musso, which was used as a download-only exclusive for the iTunes Store.

Sundholm has also been collaborating with "Dancing With the Stars" cast member Aaron Carter

Aaron Carter

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, "Fame" star Asher Book

Asher Book

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 and "Sonny With A Chance" star Tiffany Thornton

Tiffany Thornton

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, the bands TV/TV (Mom & Pop/Jive) and School Boy Humor (Vagrant) as well as collaborating with hit songwriters PJ Bianco (Jonas Brothers), Eric Dill (Daughtry), and Eddie Galan (High School Musical). Sundholm also collaborated with Galan and Aaron Carter

Aaron Carter

Aaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century....

 on his new single, “I Ain’t Gonna Take No More.”

Sundholm lives in Toluca Lake, California with his wife Michelle and two sons, Everett and Ashton.

“Steve is the fourth best producer l have ever worked with…the other three? One is washed-up, one is retired, and the other is no longer with us.”
-Jimmie Haskell (three-time Grammy-winner and five-time Emmy-winning string arranger and composer)

External links

• http://www.myspace.com/stevesundholm