Dave Bassett (songwriter)

Dave Bassett is an American songwriter and record producer with many charting singles. Since March 2011, he is signed to EMI Music Publishing for an international co-publishing deal.^[1] Bassett is best known for writing songs for rock groups like Saliva, Halestorm, Sevendust, 10 Years, and Skillet. He has written songs also for Josh Groban, Lisa Loeb and Kris Allen. He has also written soundtracks for many US TV shows.

Writing Credits

• Orianthi - "God Only Knows"
• VersaEmerge - 10 songs
• Allison Iraheta - "Holiday"
• Sevendust - "Unravelling", "Confessions"
• The Maine - "Growing Up"
• Allstar Weekend - "Catching Up"
• 10 Years - "Fix Me", "Out There"
• Shinedown - All songs of The Sound of Madness including "Second Chance", "Devour", "Sound of Madness", "If Only You Knew"
• Bleeker Ridge - "You Would've Liked It", "Meet Me Tonight", "Pick You Up", "Still Standing"
• Spill Canvas - "Our Song", "Crash Course Love"
• Fighting with Wire - "Dead Memory"
• Meatloaf - "Prize Fight Lover"
• The Letter Black - "Best of Me", "Fire with Fire"
• Rev Theory - "If I Say Goodbye"
• Divide the Day - "Let It Roll", "Someday"
• Meiko - "It's Alright"
• Josiah Leming - "Come On Kid", "I'll Give You Love", "Satisfied"
• Street Drum Corps - "Beyond Entertainment", "Come Alive"
• Saosin - "Deep Down"
• Skillet - "Believe", "Awake", "Never Surrender"
• Mayday Parade - "Still Breathing", "Anywhere But Here"
• Trapt - "Contagious", "Wasteland"
• Serena Ryder - "Little Bit of Red"
• Adelitas Way - "Invincible"
• Scary Kids Scaring Kids - 9 Songs from self titled LP including "Faces"
• Pacifier - "Bullitproof", "Just A Shadow", "Walls"
• Kate Vogele - "Playing with my Heart"
• Brooke Fraser - "Seeds"
• Halestorm - "Familiar Taste of Poison", "Nothing To Do With Love"
• Graham Colton - "Best Days", "Let It Go"
• Josh Groban - "Machine", "Whatever Happened"
• Lisa Loeb - "Someone You Should Know", "Window Shopping", "I Control The Sun"
• Brian Setzer - "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
• Idina Menzel - "Gorgeous"
• Marié Digby - "Beauty In Walking Away", "Dear Friend"
• Papercut Massacre - "Lose My Life"
• Evan & Jaron - "From My Head To My Heart", "On The Bus", "Standing in the Middle"
• Kate Dearaugo - "Maybe Tonight"
• Lucia - "So Clever"
• Luna Halo - "Medicate", "I'm Alright"
• Kim Richey - "I Will Be The Strength In You"
• Howard Jones - "Tomorrow Is Now"
• Bleu - "We'll Do It All Again", "I Won't Go Hollywood"
• Nural - "Me or the Music"
• The Webb Sisters - "My Way To You"
• Josh Kelley - "Fools Like Me"
• Die Trying - "Turn Up The Radio"
• Soul Decision - "Light It Up"
• Ether Seeds - "Fade", "Save Your Own Life", "Undone", "Stalker"
• Joanna - "Tip Toe"
• Bijou Philips - "I Never Shot the President", "I Own You", "Slow"
• Gigolo Aunts - "The Big Lie"
• Billy Gilman - "You Don't You Won't"

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Production

• Allison Iraheta - "Holiday" – Produced/Engineered (Jive)
• Josiah Leming - "Satisfied" – Produced and Engineered (Warner)
• Allstar Weekend - "Catching Up" – Produced & Engineered (Hollywood)
• VersaEmerge - Produced, Engineered and Mixed Fixed at Zero (Fueled By Ramen)
• Sparta - Threes – Produced/Engineered (Hollywood)
• Schuyler Fisk - "The Good Stuff" – Produced / Mixed - co-wrote 6 songs
• Gran Bel Fisher - "Full Moon Cigarette" - Produced / Engineered - co-wrote 11 songs (Hollywood)
• Grey's Anatomy - Season 2 soundtrack, "Bound By Love" - Produced / Co-Wrote
• Smallville - The Metropolis Mix - "I'm a Human" by Flashlight Brown - Co-wrote / Produced
• Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Soundtrack (Sony) - "The Sun's Gonna Rise" by Shannon Curfman Produced/Co-rote
• Dilana - Dilana Produced / Engineered Co-Wrote 4 songs (Hurricane Music)
• Flashlight Brown - "Blue" - produced 10 songs (Union/Warner)
• Marié Digby - "Beauty In Walking Away" Co-wrote, "Traffic" Produced - "Dear Friend" Produced / Co-wrote (Hollywood)
• The Troys - "Superhuman" (Elektra)
• Joe Bonamassa "Hard Way", "Under the Radar" from So It's Like That - Produced / co-wrote (Medalist)
• Justincase - "Inside Your Mind", "Tell Me", "Say" from justincase - Produced/cowrote (Maverick)
• Annasophia Robb - "Keep Your Mind Open" from Bridge to Terebithia (soundtrack) - Produced/Co-wrote (Disney)

Television and films

At various occasions, Dave Basset has been involved in writing songs for American Idol, Australian Idol, Grey's Anatomy (Season 2 soundtrack), Runaway Bride (soundtrack), Sweet Home Alaba (soundtrack), Kangaroo Jack (soundtrack), Sky High (soundtrack), Kingpin (soundtrack), The Terminator: The Sarah Chronicles, WWE Superstars (theme), WWE Night of the Champions 2008 (theme), CSI Miami, Oprah's Big Give, So You Think You Can Dance, Army Wives, The Hills, The OC, Brothers and Sisters, One Tree Hill, Dawson's Creek, Smallville, Wildfire, Cruel Intentions, Twilight Zone, Kyle XY, Twenty Four Seven, the Animal, Sunset Strip, P.C.U., Skulls, Back in Black, The Visitors, Ready to Run, Providence, Shasta McNasty, Dawson's Creek, Cupid, Young & the restless, Malcolm in the Middle, Roswell, That's Life, The Others, Felicity

References

1. ^ The CMU website: EMI signs Dave Bassett
2. ^ BK Entertainment Group: Dave Bassett page

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