American record producer
Matt Serletic
Birth name Matthew Michael Serletic II Occupations Record producer songwriter Labels Formerly of Class of '99
Children 3 Website emblem-music .com
Musical artist
Matthew Michael Serletic II (born 1970 or 1971) is an American record producer , songwriter, and music executive.
Career
As a teenager, Serletic joined a band with members of Collective Soul – a group for which he would later produce.[ 1] Serletic has worked with several other popular bands and artists for Atlantic Records , including Matchbox Twenty ,[ 2] Cher , Blessid Union of Souls , Edwin McCain , Stacie Orrico , Taylor Hicks , Rob Thomas ,[ 2] and singer/songwriter Angie Aparo . Serletic worked with American Idol winner David Cook on his second studio album. He also preceded Jason Flom as chairman of Virgin Records – a position he held from 2002 to 2005.[ 3] He also worked with Joe Cocker , writing and producing his album, Hard Knocks and in 1999 he produced Santana's hit song "Smooth " [ 2] on the Arista record label with Rob Thomas for what would be his first song as a solo artist (Thomas and Serletic were well known for making Matchbox Twenty's debut album Yourself or Someone Like You ) and in 1998 he produced the song "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing " by Aerosmith on Hollywood Records , Epic Records , and Columbia Records for the film Armageddon . In 2011, he wrote the song "(Kissed You) Good Night " for the band Gloriana .
In 2004, at the age of 33, he was named to Crain's New York Business "40 Under 40" list.[ 4] In 2011, Serletic became a reality show judge on the television show CMT's Next Superstar .[ 5]
Personal life
Serletic is the owner of Emblem Music Group[ 6] and currently resides in Calabasas, California , with his wife, Ramona, and their two children. He also helped the rock super-group Class of '99 in covering Pink Floyd 's "Another Brick in the Wall " for the film The Faculty , contributing on the keyboard .[ 7]
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