{"id":3388,"date":"2017-02-06T13:33:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T18:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=3388"},"modified":"2017-11-20T12:29:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T17:29:31","slug":"grammys-2017-4-things-need-know-ricky-reed-best-producer-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/grammys-2017-4-things-need-know-ricky-reed-best-producer-nominee\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammys 2017: 4 things you need to know about Ricky Reed, best producer nominee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy week has arrived! We&#8217;ve made cheat sheets on all the best producer nominees, so you can impress the guests at your Grammy party. Read up on Ricky Reed below, then check out the full series <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/everything-need-know-grammy-nominees-best-producer\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>#1.\u00a0He&#8217;s an artist in his own right<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In producer-land, Ricky Reed has co-written and produced for acts like Jason Derulo, Pitbull, Twenty One Pilots, and Fifth Harmony, earning multiple RIAA platinum records for some of his singles. His nominations this year for a number of Megan Trainor songs, a DJ Snake collaboration, and duo Phantogram speak to his versatility. But Reed isn&#8217;t just a producer &#8212; he&#8217;s also an artist himself, fronting a band called Wallpaper.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>#2. He started off as a pop music satirist<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Prior to songwriting and producing in the pop world, Reed wrote and produced songs that satirized mainstream\u00a0music. His band&#8217;s singles such as &#8220;STUPiDFACEDD&#8221; and &#8220;F**king Best Song Everrr&#8221; garnered Wallpaper performances at\u00a0festivals like SXSW and Coachella.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>#3. Collaboration wasn&#8217;t part of Reed&#8217;s early vocabulary<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>For many years, Reed\u00a0looked down on collaborating, calling it &#8220;adulterating his heart.&#8221; \u00a0But over the years his opinion has changed, and he has come to see that songwriting and collaboration can bring about fruitful results and produce amazing music that he would not be able to create on his own.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>#4. Ricky Reed is also Eric Frederic<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Ricky Reed is, as you might have guessed, a stage name. Reed uses it for producer credits, but he uses his real name &#8212; Eric Frederic &#8212; for songwriting credits.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>READ MORE:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/everything-need-know-grammy-nominees-best-producer\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3414 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Artboard-8-copy-3-1024x536.png\" alt=\"2017-grammy-producers-nominees\" width=\"851\" height=\"444\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Artboard-8-copy-3-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Artboard-8-copy-3-355x186.png 355w, https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Artboard-8-copy-3-400x209.png 400w, https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Artboard-8-copy-3-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Artboard-8-copy-3.png 1200w, https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Artboard-8-copy-3-300x157.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 851px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 851\/444;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy week has arrived! 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