Graham N. Marsh (born September 27, 1979) is an American record producer, recording engineer and multi-instrumentalist from Georgia. He has helped produce four Grammy Award-winning albums from sixteen nominations. He is also half of the Brooklyn indie pop duos CLAVVS and dayaway with singer-songwriter Amber Renee.Castro, Guillermo. "Steady Climb the Mountain: A CLAVVS Journey." Immersive Atlanta. http://immersiveatlanta.com/steady-climb-the-mountain-a-clavvs-journey/ Marsh began releasing songs from his instrumental project Draigh in early 2019.Nasko. "Palm Draigh." Stereofox. 24 March 2019. https://www.stereofox.com/draigh-palm/
Career Marsh is a graduate of Full Sail University's Recording Arts program. He started his career in Atlanta working at Jermaine Dupri's "Southside Studios" for So So Def Recordings where he worked with Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Nelly and Bryan-Michael Cox. While at Southside Studios, Marsh met Dallas Austin's engineer/programmer, Rick Sheppard and was hired to work at Dallas' DARP Studios. Marsh worked at DARP as an assistant to Dallas and Sheppard, engineering recordings for Natalie Cole, George Clinton, Joss Stone, Sugababes and Lionel Richie.
Marsh steadily became in very heavy demand as more people became aware of his amazing talents as an engineer. He has engineered, produced and given his multi-instrumentalist talents to a very long list of well known megastars including Asher Roth, Fantasia, Leona Lewis, Estelle, Nas, Travie McCoy, The Constellations, Plies, Ciara, Amerie, Juvenile, Ludacris, "Rick Ross", Common, Novel, Kelis, Kid Cudi, Chase & Status, The Teddybears, and Bruno Mars. In recognition of his engineering talents Marsh was nominated for "Outstanding Creative Achievement" at the 27th annual TEC Awards.
Marsh met CeeLo Green at one of his freelancing jobs which proved to be a Grammy winning union. Marsh and CeeLo Green formed the production team The Grey Area to work on music that would be mainstream hits. He collaborated on Gnarls Barkley's The Odd Couple and CeeLo's 2010 multi-platinum smash "Fuck You" from The Lady Killer album. The result of this collaboration was Graham receiving two Grammy nominations, with one win for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the song "Fuck You".
Marsh met Amber Renee in summer of 2013, and the pair started writing songs together under the name CLAWS (eventually changed to CLAVVS). They released their first singles in 2015.Castro, Guillermo. "Steady Climb the Mountain: A CLAVVS Journey." Immersive Atlanta. http://immersiveatlanta.com/steady-climb-the-mountain-a-clavvs-journey/ CLAVVS' music has been featured on the CW's Charmed and MTV's Teen Wolf."CLAVVS TV & Film Sync Placements." Tunefind. https://www.tunefind.com/artist/clavvs They have earned praise from NPR, The Line of Best Fit, and Consequence of Sound, among others.Thompson, Stephen. "The Austin 100:CLAVVS." NPR. 5 March 2019. https://www.npr.org/2019/03/05/696720261/the-austin-100-clavvsWilliams, Pip. "CLAVVS’ “Violet Sea” is a boldly minimal taste ahead of forthcoming EP release." The Line of Best Fit. 21 March 2019. https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/clavvs-violet-seaSchatz, Lake. "CLAVVS reveal the Origins of new song “Echo”: Stream." Consequence of Sound. 15 November 2018. https://consequence.net/2018/11/clavvs-echo-song-premiere-origins/
Grammy Awards Graham Marsh has won four Grammy Awards from sixteen nominations. Year Awardee Category Result2007 Ludacris "Release Therapy" Best Rap Album 2009 Gnarls Barkley "The Odd Couple" Best Alternative Music Album Gnarls Barkley "Going On" Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal2010 CeeLo Green "F**k You" Best Urban/Alternative Performance CeeLo Green "F**k You" Record of the Year CeeLo Green "F**k You" Song of the Year Common "Universal Mind Control" Best Rap Album Fantasia Back to Me Best R&B Album 2011 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (soundtrack) Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media 2012 Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans Best Pop Vocal Album CeeLo Green Lady Killer Best Pop Vocal Album Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans Album of the Year Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans Record of the Year Bruno Mars "Grenade" Best Pop Solo Performance CeeLo Green "Fool For You" Best Traditional R&B Performance CeeLo Green "Fool For You" Grammy Award for Best R&B Song
Discography Sugababes – Taller in More Ways (2005) Sugababes – Push The Button (2005) Lionel Richie – Coming Home (2006) Da BackWudz – Wood Work (2006) Stacie Orrico – Beautiful Awakening (2006) Natalie Cole – Leavin (2006) Leona Lewis – Spirit (2007) Ludacris – Release Therapy (2007) Elliott Yamin – Sounds of the Season: The Elliott Yamin Holiday Collection (2007) Elliott Yamin – My Kind of Holiday (2008) Kung Fu Panda Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008) Estelle – Shine (2008) Amerie – In Love & War (2009) Asher Roth – Asleep in the Bread Aisle (2009) SpongeBob's Greatest Hits (2009) Kate Earl – Kate Earl (2009) The Falcon Lords - Straight From the Center of Their Volcano Lair (2010) CeeLo Green – The Lady Killer (2010) CeeLo Green – F**k You (2010) Bruno Mars – It's Better If You Don't Understand (2010) Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) Sex and the City 2 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010) Rick Ross – Teflon Don (2010) Fantasia Barrino – Back to Me (2010) Common – Universal Mind Control (2010) Rave On Buddy Holly (2011) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2011) CeeLo Green – Stray Bullets: The Mixtape Made Of Gold (2011) CeeLo Green – Bright Lights Bigger City (2011) "Footloose 2011 Soundtrack" (2011) Cobra Starship Night Shades (2011) Sparkle Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2012) Why? (American band) - "Mumps, etc." (2012) Cisilia - Ring Den Alarm (2015) CLAWS – Feel It All (2015) Como Brothers Band – Imagination (2015) Lauryn Hill - Nina Revisited: A Tribute to Nina Simone (2015) CLAVVS - halfblood (2016) Empty Houses - Daydream (2016) CLAVVS - World Underwater (2017) CLAVVS - No Saviors EP (2019) Draigh - Palm single (2019)
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