Nick Brophy

Nick Brophy is an American mixer, sound engineer, record producer and songwriter. The artists he has collaborated with and written for include Jason Aldean, the Rolling Stones, Avril Lavigne, Hootie & the Blowfish, Kenny Chesney, Carly Simon, Taylor Swift, Garbage and Everclear. His engineering credits include Everclear's platinum Sparkle and Fade, Avril Lavigne's 6× platinum Let Go and the Rolling Stones 4× platinum 40 Licks. His mixing credits include three consecutive #1 singles by Kip Moore; 2× platinum Somethin' 'Bout a Truck, certified gold Beer Money and platinum Hey Pretty Girl, as well as Jimmy Fallon's Blow Your Pants Off, for which he won a Grammy. His songwriting credits include recordings by Hootie & the Blowfish, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney and Rascal Flatts.

History 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 venues. After disbanding in 1987, drummer Alan DeSilva contacted Lamothe and Brophy to form a new band.

Career

Riverdogs In 1988, together with DeSilva and Lamothe, Brophy formed the Riverdogs. Then Whitesnake guitarist, Vivian Campbell was helping produce the group's demos and later left to join the Riverdogs. In February 1989, Riverdogs signed to Tony Martell's imprint label Epic Associated Records and began pre-production on its debut album “Riverdogs” which was released in June 1990. The album was critically lauded and received Holland's Edison Award for best hard rock album of 1991. Campbell left the band in November 1990 and later joined Def Leppard. After 2 follow-up albums, 1992's “Absolutely Live” and 1993's “Bone”, the Riverdogs disbanded. During the making of “Bone”, Brophy assumed the role of engineer and in 1994 began engineering at the newly built Rondor Music Publishing studios in West Los Angeles.

Rondor Music In 1994, after 3 months of working as an assistant engineer, Brophy was promoted to head engineer by Herb Alpert. During his 5 years at Rondor, Brophy engineered alongside veteran producers Lou Adler (the Mamas & the Papas, Carole King), Richard Perry (Harry Nilsson, Barbra Streisand, Art Garfunkel), Bones Howe (Elvis Presley, Tom Waits, the Fifth Dimension) and contemporary producers Greg Wells (Katy Perry, Adele, One Republic), Jay Joyce (Wallflowers, Patty Griffin, Eric Church) as well as writers and artists Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin, Olivia Newton-John, Everclear, and Garbage. While at Rondor, Brophy was signed to EMI Music Publishing and had international success with records by Trine Rein, Momoko, Jill Johnson, and Coco Lee as well as film and TV placements including ABC's "Wasteland" (theme song),> Eddie Murphy's “Pluto Nash”(movie trailer) and a song on the motion picture soundtrack for "The Wedding Planner".

World's End In 2001, Brophy signed to World's End Producer Management. In Sept of 2001 he worked with the production team The Matrix on Avril Lavigne's “Let Go” album which eventually sold over 6 million copies. The following year Brophy engineered 3 albums with producer Don Was, which included Hootie & the Blowfish “Hootie & the Blowfish”, the Rolling Stones “40 Licks” and Carly Simon “Christmas Is Almost Here”. During his time at Worlds End, Nick worked on albums with producers Dave Sardy, Paul Lani and Was as well as producing an album for Warner Australia artist “Mishelle Bradford-Jones".

Nashville In 2003, at the suggestion of friend and country artist Phil Vassar, Brophy re-located to Nashville, Tennessee. He arrived and began co-producing Phil Vassar's “Shaken Not Stirred”. In Nashville Nick has written, produced, engineered and mixed albums and singles with; Vassar, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hanson, Hootie & the Blowfish, the JaneDear Girls, Kip Moore, Big & Rich, Jimmy Fallon and many others. Nick's work as a mixer has earned him several number 1's as well as Fallon's “Blow Your Pants Off” winning a Grammy for best comedy album.

Cornman Music From 2015 to 2017 Brophy was a songwriter for Cornman Music, Brett James' publishing co-venture with Warner/Chappell Music. During this time he had recordings by Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Rascall Flatts, Brooke Eden and The McClymonts.

LÒNIS In 2018, Brophy teamed up with Jennifer Hanson to form the writing and production duo LÒNIS. Since then LÒNIS has cuts and production credits with multiple artists, and placements in film and television. Their songs have been heard on ABC, NBC, FOX, CMT, MTV, VH1, PBS, HGTV, The CW, Freeform, Netflix, Discovery Channel, Cox Communications, Hulu, Paramount+, TV Land, Showtime and in films and movie trailers for Sony, Columbia, Disney and Warner Bros Pictures. Notable placements have been Grey's Anatomy, The Bold Type, Younger, Selling Sunset, Station 19, Songland, Emily In Paris, Ghosted, A Million Little Things, My Kitchen Rules, Deadliest Catch, America's Got Talent, America's Funniest Home Videos, Astrid & Raphaëlle and Restored By The Fords, as well as in national and international advertising campaigns and promo spots for Xbox, Target, Ford, Coors Light and AdventHealth. LÒNIS has the title track in the Disney film Magic Camp and also a featured song in the Kristen Bell comedy Queenpins.

Discography Year Artist Album Song title Credit 2022 Josh Mirenda Til The Neon's Gone (Single) Til The Neon's Gone Mixing 2021 John Morgan Coldest Beer In Town (Single) Coldest Beer In Town Mixing Jon Wood Drive (Single) Drive Mixing Tyler Farr Cover Girl (Single) Cover Girl Mixing Alexander Ludwig Summer Crazy (Single) Summer Crazy Mixing Alexander Ludwig Alexander Ludwig (EP) - Mixing The Texas Tenors Outside The Lines - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer LÒNIS x Jon Mero C'mon Right Now (Single) C'mon Right Now Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Johnny Murphy Ain't Gonna Be Lonely (Single) Ain't Gonna Be Lonely Mixing Chapel Hart I Will Follow (Single) I Will Follow Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Jeffrey East Always Be Mine (Single) Always Be Mine Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer LÒNIS x Jon Mero Time Is Now (Single) Time Is Now Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer LÒNIS Here's To The Future (feat.JayXander) Single Here's To The Future (feat.JayXander) Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer 2020 Jon Wood What Her Leavin' Left (Single) What Her Leavin' Left Mixing Hudson Moore Nothin' Like This (Single) Nothin' Like This Mixing LÒNIS Wonderful Place To Be (Single) Wonderful Place To Be Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Michael Logen & Jennifer Hanson Tides Will Turn (Single) Tides Will Turn Producer, Engineer, Mixing Chris Mann Noise (EP) - Mixing The Buckleys Daydream Til You Can't Go Back Composer LÒNIS & Jeffrey James Ready For Somethin’ New (Single) Ready For Somethin’ New Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer LÒNIS Some Magic (Single) Some Magic Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Shelly Fairchild Nothin Better (Single) Nothin Better Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Michael Logen & Jennifer Hanson Here's To Hoping (EP) - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer LÒNIS This Summer (feat. Jeffrey James) Single This Summer (feat. Jeffrey James) Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer LÒNIS Ordinary (feat. Rayelle) Single Ordinary (feat. Rayelle) Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Michael Logen & Jennifer Hanson Here's To Hoping (Single) Here's To Hoping Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Justin Forrest Lighthouse (Single) Lighthouse Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Carter Winter Higher On You (Single) Higher On You Mixing LÒNIS & Jeffrey East Believe (Single) Believe Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Daniel Saint Black Daniel Saint Black (EP) When Things Break Apart Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Daniel Saint Black Daniel Saint Black (EP) Reason Producer, Engineer, Mixing Daphne Willis Feels Like Home (Single) Feels Like Home Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Big & Rich Stay Home (Single) Stay Home Producer, Engineer, Mixing Daniel Saint Black When Things Break Apart (Single) When Things Break Apart Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Jeffrey East Brightest Stars (Single) Brightest Stars Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Jeffrey East Brightest Stars (Coffeehouse) Single Brightest Stars (Coffeehouse) Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Alexander Ludwig Let Me Be Your Whiskey (Single) Let Me Be Your Whiskey Mixing 2019 Mark Mackay Always Rains In Portland (Single) Always Rains In Portland Mixing Humbear Take Your Time (EP) Favorite Place Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Daniel Saint Black Reason (Single) Reason Producer, Engineer, Mixing Riverdogs Pre-Production 1989 - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Jeffrey East Life After Love Volume One (EP) - Mixing Humbear Favorite Place (Single) Favorite Place Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer LÒNIS Assassin (Single) Assassin Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Daphne Willis & LÒNIS Work For It (Single) Work For It Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Hudson Moore Coming Home (Single) Coming Home Mixing Sam Tinnesz We’re Gonna Make It (Single) We’re Gonna Make It Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer Jason Aldean 9 Some Things You Don't Forget Composer 1996 May 2 Everclear Sparkle & Fade 1 Million 1998 Dec 24 Everclear So Much for the Afterglow 2 Million 1999 Feb 24 Garbage Version 2.0 1 Million 2003 Jan 24 Rolling Stones Forty Licks 4 Million Apr 30 Avril Lavigne Let Go 6 Million 2006 Mar 31 Avril Lavigne Sk8er Boi (Single) 0.5 Million I'm With You (Single) 0.5 Million 2013 Jun 17 Kip Moore Beer Money (Single) 0.5 Million 2014 Dec 9 Kip Moore Hey Pretty Girl (Single) 1 Million Somethin' Bout A Truck (Single) 2 Million 2017 Feb 22 Big & Rich Look At You (Single) 0.5 Million Aug 4 Kip Moore Up All Night 1 Million Oct 2 Danielle Bradbery Heart of Dixie (Single) 0.5 Million

Grammy Related Works Year Artist Album/Song Category Award 1996 Shaquille O'Neal Stomp (Track) Best R&B Performance By Duo or Group With Vocal Nominated 1998 Everclear El Distorto De Melodica Best Rock Instrumental Performance Nominated Garbage Version 2.0 Best Rock Album Nominated Album of the Year Nominated 1999 Garbage Special Best Rock Performance By Duo or Group With Vocal Nominated 2002 Avril Lavigne Let Go Best Pop Vocal Album Nominated Complicated Song of the Year Nominated Complicated Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated Sk8er Boi Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Nominated 2012 Jimmy Fallon Blow Your Pants Off Best Comedy Album Won 2017 Oskar Cartaya Bajo Mundo Best Latin Jazz Album Nominated 2018 Kenny Chesney Cosmic Hallelujah Best Country Album Nominated