Craig J is a Producer, Composer, Remixer, Songwriter, Label Owner & Multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his success as a Producer, Arranger and Keyboardist on a string of remixes that have topped Billboard..s dance chart (22 Number One Hits!), including Depeche Mode's "Perfect," Lily Allen's "F*ck You," The Pet Shop Boys' "Did You See me Coming?" Kerli's "Walking On Air," Mariah Carey's "Don't Forget About Us," Kelly Clarkson's "Walk Away," Beyonce's "Irreplaceable," and The Pussy Cat Doll's "Don't Cha." He recently produced 12 songs for "The Partridge Family Remixed." Craig also has broad experience in music licensing and as a composer of original music for advertising and television. Craig has placed songs & or composed music for television shows: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Passions, Sex and the City, Joan of Arcadia, and Dawson's Creek to name a few. His commercial credits include spots for Beck's, Lincoln Mercury, Chrysler, Comcast, Michelob Ultra, and McDonald's.
In 1998 Craig co-founded his critically acclaimed underground label, Uncommon Trax. In addition to billboard success (Big Bang Theory "Do U Got Funk," D. Ramirez "Get Your Freaque On," Mantronik's "77 Strings") the label has successfully placed numerous songs from its catalog in commercials (Dell, Best Buy, Shoe Carnival, Chevy), Television shows (Entourage, The Mentalist, The L Word, The Hills, Bones) & Film (The Stepfather, Drag Me To Hell, Madea Goes To Jail, Mysteries Of Pittsburgh).
A Boston native (As a child having studied at New England Conservatory & Berklee), Craig received a degree in piano and composition from Northwestern University. He received instruction from renowned recording artists Chick Corea, Pat Matheny, Keith Jarrett, Michael Tilson Thomas and John Browning.
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