Surefire Music Group is a production company that provides production, marketing, publishing, and talent networking services. Surefire has three subsidiaries: Surefire Recording Studios, Surefire Management, and Surefire Publishing.

History

Surefire Music Group began in 2003 as a small project studio in the living room of a 3rd floor apartment on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

. The group originally consisted of five music producers: Jared Hancock, Brendan Brady, Stephen Saxon, Sterling Brunsvold, and Brandon “OZ” Coleman. In 2005, Surefire outgrew its home-based roots, expanding and relocating to a custom designed 1100 square feet (102.2 m²) commercial space in order to accommodate its growing roster of clients. This growth triggered an evolution from a simple recording business to a multifaceted production collective. At this time, the company also expanded their staff with the addition of 5 songwriters: Marcus “Amandi” Brown, Neil Letendre, Leroi DeAndrade, Makio (singer)

Makio (singer)

Makio David Arungah Mathews, born on December 5, 1985 is a singer that was a contestant on Making the Band 4. He got eliminated in the first round. He has a record contract with Surefire Music Group and has released an EP.-Biography:...

) and Shawn "S-Cal" Stewart.

Production Credits

Surefire Music Group has produced songs for artists such as:

• Ne-Yo
  Ne-Yo
  Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...
  
  
• Donnie Klang
  Donnie Klang
  Donald Joseph Klang, better known as Donnie Klang, is an American singer, songwriter, producer and model. He won Making the Band 4 and was awarded his own solo contract by Diddy. He released his debut album, Just a Rolling Stone in late 2008....
  
  
• Marina Chello
• Brooke Hogan
  Brooke Hogan
  Brooke Ellen Bollea , better known by her stage name Brooke Hogan, is an American singer, actress, model, socialite, and television personality, and the oldest child of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan . She appeared on the reality-television series Hogan Knows Best, which focused on her family,...
  
  
• Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
• TLC
  TLC (band)
  TLC is an American musical trio whose repertoire spanned R&B, hip-hop, soul, funk, and new jack swing. Originally consisting of singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, rapper-singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and singer Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas it found success in the 1990s while also enduring a series of spats...
  
  
• Lil' Mama
• Claudette Ortiz
  Claudette Ortiz
  Claudette Ortiz is an American singer and model, most famous as the female in the R&B group City High.-Early life:Ortiz was born in Willingboro, New Jersey to Puerto Rican parents....
  
  
• Bonecrusher
  Bonecrusher
  Bonecrusher has several meanings:* Bone crusher, a machine used to crush animal bones* Bonecrusher , a retired New Zealand racehorse* Bonecrusher , a fictional character in the various Transformers universes...
  
  
• Bobby Valentino
• The Varsity Girls
• Trinitee 5:7
• Serius Jones
  Serius Jones
  Serius Jones is an American rapper who is widely known for his freestyle battles. Jones won 12 consecutive battles at New York's Monday Night Fight Klub before facing and beating former Fight Klub King Jin, tha Emcee to become MTV's all-time Fight Klub Champion...
  
  
• Missy Elliott
  Missy Elliott
  Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...
  
  
• Ryan Toby
  Ryan Toby
  Ryan Toby is an American soul singer, attended St Stephens in Alexandria, VA, songwriter and producer, best known as the baritenor in the group City High. He and his wife have two sons....
  
  
• Maino
  Maino
  Maino is an American rapper from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York.-Early life:...
  
  
• D-Block
  D-block
  The d-block is the portion of the periodic table that contains the element groups 3-12. These groups correspond to the filling of the atomic d-orbital subshell, with electron configurations ranging from s2d1 to s2d10...
  
  
• Red Café
  Red Cafe
  Jermaine Denny , better known as his stage name Red Café, is an American rapper. He was born to Afro-Guyanese parents and is signed to Akon's Konvict Muzik, Diddy's Bad Boy Records and DJ Clue's Desert Storm label.-Biography:...
  
  
• Makio
• Hayley Griffiths
• Leandria Johnson
• MTV Real World
• Boston Symphony
• Jordan Knight
  Jordan Knight
  Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer in the boy band, New Kids on the Block , and actor, who rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for his distinctive falsetto style of singing, influenced by The Stylistics. After New Kids On...
  
  
• Noel Gourdin
  Noel Gourdin
  Noel Gourdin is an R&B artist from Boston, Massachusetts. He is most known for his song called "The River", which appeared on the Billboard charts.-Albums:-Singles:ACurrent single.-References:...
  
  
• Theme Song for New Season of Yu-Gi Yo
• Nikelodeon Halo Awards
• Duane McLaughlin
• Jon Hope

Although Surefire Music Group primarily deals with music production for major label recording artists, they also do audio post-production work on projects for various media:

• VH1
  VH1
  VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
  
  ’s Brooke Knows Best
  Brooke Knows Best
  Brooke Knows Best was a VH1 reality series spin off from the hit VH1 reality program, Hogan Knows Best. The series first aired July 13, 2008...
  
  
• Under Armour
  Under Armour
  Under Armour is an American sports clothing and accessories company. The company is a supplier of a wide range of sportswear and casual apparel mainly focusing on hi-tech sportswear for professional athletes...
  
  ’s "Click Clack" commercial series,
• Next Day Air
  Next Day Air
  Next Day Air is a 2009 action comedy film that was released by Summit Entertainment on May 8, 2009. The film starring Mike Epps and Donald Faison was produced on an estimated budget of $3 million...
  
   movie soundtrack,
• MTV
  MTV
  MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
  
  ’s Exiled (TV series),
• Rockstar Games
  Rockstar Games
  Rockstar Games is a major video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of UK video game publisher BMG Interactive. The brand is mostly known for Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, L.A...
  
  ' Red Dead Redemption
• Multiple advertisement spots for Dicks Sporting Goods.

External links

• Official Website
• Surefire Music Group on Youtube
• Surefire Music Group on Myspace
• Surefire Music Group on Facebook
• Surefire Music Group on Twitter