Paul Lancaster Wiltshire | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Paul Lancaster Wiltshire |
Born | 25 July 1970 |
Genres | Pop, rock, dance-pop, pop rock |
Occupation(s) |
songwriter producer |
Years active | 1996–present |
Paul Lancaster Wiltshire (born 25 July 1970) is an Australian entrepreneur, record producer and songwriter.
Wiltshire was born in Kingston, New York, United States to British parents and moved with his family to Australia in 1971 where he became an Australian citizen. Wiltshire grew up in Ballarat in Western Victoria.
Wiltshire performed in several cover bands in the Ballarat region before moving to Melbourne in 1991 to pursue a career as an instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer.
During 2001 Wiltshire worked with the Los Angeles producing team, The Matrix, responsible for writing songs for Avril Lavigne, Korn, Hilary Duff. He was then represented by producer manager Sandy Roberton (World's End) until 2007.
Wiltshire eventually set up studios in Los Angeles, United States in 2003 with partner Victoria Wu (now Victoria Wiltshire) producing and writing music for artists in both the United States and Australia.
In 2004 Wiltshire signed publishing deals with Orient Pacific Music and Mushroom Music.
Between 2000 and 2009 Wiltshire produced and wrote music, which included 12 #1 chart topping albums/singles, and 28 top 20 albums/singles.
Wiltshire founded the music licensing platform Songtradr in 2014 where he is currently Chief Executive Officer.
**Denotes Albums that also contain tracks written/produced/mixed by other parties