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Birth name | William Gregory Wells[1] |
Born | 1967 or 1968 (age 55–56) |
Origin | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
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Years active | 1998–present |
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William Gregory Wells (born 1967 or 1968)[2] is a Canadian record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and audio engineer. He has worked with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ariana Grande, Quincy Jones, Adele, Michael Bublé, Taylor Swift, John Legend, Kid Cudi, Dua Lipa, Stephen Schwartz, Missy Elliot, Burt Bacharach, Celine Dion, Timbaland, Selena Gomez, Rufus Wainwright, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ryan Tedder, Weezer, Jazmine Sullivan, Katy Perry, OneRepublic, Carrie Underwood, Deftones, Jamie Cullum, Pink, Theophilus London, Keith Urban, Crash Test Dummies, MIKA, Twenty One Pilots, Aerosmith, Elton John, Sir George Martin, and the Count Basie Orchestra. Throughout his career, Wells has contributed to projects which have sold a cumulative 130 million units.[3]
A classically and jazz trained multi-instrumentalist, Wells is featured as a drummer in Modern Drummer,[4] as a pianist in Keyboard, as a synth programmer in Electronic Musician, as a songwriter in American Songwriter and Billboard, and as a producer, mix engineer, and music maker on the cover of Mix with Ryan Tedder in the May 2017 edition.