Nick Marsh

Nick Marsh
Nicholas Brian Marsh aka PUBLIC at the 2013 ASCAP
Background information
Birth name	Nicholas Brian Marsh
Also known as	Public
Born	(1986-01-31) January 31, 1986 (age 31)
Origin	Palo Alto, California, United States
Genres	Dance, electronic, pop
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, record producer, DJ, artist
Years active	2007–present
Associated acts	Chris Brown, Kelis, Cheryl Cole, N-Dubz, Kerli, PUBLIC, David Tort, Blake Lewis, Free School, William Orbit, Priscilla Renea, Benny Benassi

Nicholas "Nick" Marsh (born January 31, 1986, Palo Alto, California, United States) (also known as "Public") is an American Grammy Award nominated record producer and songwriter, and 2012 ASCAP "most performed songs of the year" award winner. He has worked with Chris Brown, John Legend, Cheryl Cole, Kelis, N-dubz, Kerli, Priscilla Renea, Brian "BK" Kennedy, The Black Eyed Peas, Jesse McCartney, The Noisettes and William Orbit amongst others. Marsh resides in Los Angeles, CA as of 2014.

Nicholas Brian Marsh was born on January 31, 1986, in Palo Alto, California. Marsh's father is from Blackpool, England and his mother is from Mountain View, California. Marsh began playing guitar at the age of 10, and at 11 had begun tooling with 4-track tape recorders. Marsh grew up playing in punk bands and was an avid soccer player. After attending Berklee College of Music for a brief stint, Nick gave up garage bands and moved onto electronic music and DJing. After three years of touring and DJing in the bay area, Marsh moved from San Francisco to LA and began working with the production team "Free School". Together they worked on a number of releases including the Grammy award winning "FAME" and the Grammy nominated "Graffiti", and the Grammy nominated "Fortune". In the Summer of 2011, Marsh left Free School to perform/DJ under the name "PUBLIC", and continues to write and produce with various songwriters and artists. Marsh also co-wrote Chris Brown's smash hit "Don't Wake Me Up' which won the ASCAP award for most performed songs of the year in 2012 alongside Alain Whyte, Allessandro Benassi, Brian "BK" Kennedy, Brown, Marco "Benny" Benassi, Michael McHenry, Priscilla "Priscilla Renea" Hamilton, Ryan Buendia and William Orbit, which went number one in three countries.