Nick Brophy
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| Born | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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| Instruments | Multi-instrumentalist |
| Years active | 1990-present |
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| Website | www |
Nick Brophy is an American multi-platinum mixer, engineer, producer and songwriter. He has written for and collaborated with artists as diverse as Jason Aldean, the Rolling Stones, Avril Lavigne, Hootie & the Blowfish, Kenny Chesney, Carly Simon, Taylor Swift, Garbage, Everclear and many others. Nick’s engineering credits include Everclear’s 1x platinum “Sparkle and Fade”, Avril Lavigne’s 6x platinum “Let Go” and the Rolling Stones 4x platinum “40 Licks”. His mixing credits include three consecutive #1 singles by Kip Moore; 2x platinum “Somethin' 'Bout a Truck”, certified gold “Beer Money” and 1x platinum “Hey Pretty Girl” as well as Jimmy Fallon’s Grammy Award-winning comedy album “Blow Your Pants Off". His songwriting credits include cuts by Hootie & the Blowfish, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney and Rascal Flatts.
Brophy was born in St. Louis, Missouri but grew up all over the world. He spent time overseas in Japan, Greece, Egypt as well as many states in the U.S., eventually settling in Southern California. He began playing guitar at age 13 and was in several SoCal bands before joining Aircraft, a local band out of San Diego consisting of Ronnie Jones, Larry Madison, Rob Lamothe and Alan DeSilva. Aircraft relocated to Los Angeles where it performed shows at Hollywood’s Whisky a Go Go, Troubadour, Gazzarri's, the Roxy and other legendary venues. After disbanding in 1987, drummer Alan DeSilva contacted Lamothe and Brophy to form a new band.
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