Brad Hill is an American record producer,

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, and musician originally from

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Biography

Growing up in

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, Brad listened to all different kinds of music from an early age. He began playing classical violin at the age of 7, and started studying guitar during his high school years. Hill moved to

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in 2002 to attend Belmont University's commercial music program. Upon graduating, he started producing and engineering for publishing companies in town. He eventually began working with the duo Brothers Osborne, and co-produced their self-titled EP and two songs from their debut album ''

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''. He subsequently met

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and co-produced her self-titled EP in the fall of 2015. He also co-produced three songs on her debut album ''

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'', which garnered him a

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nomination for country album of the year, as well as

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and

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nominations for album of the year. In response to the

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, Morris released "Dear Hate", a song she had written and recorded with

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, which was produced and engineered by Hill. Hill has produced songs for many country acts including Brett Young,

, Lucie Silvas, Brothers Osborne, The Swon Brothers, Josh Gracin, and

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. Brad Hill currently resides in

Discography

* ''Maren Morris , Dear Hate'' (Producer, Engineer) * ''Maren Morris , Hero'' (Producer, Engineer) * ''Brothers Osborne , Pawn Shop'' (Producer, Engineer) * ''Swon Brothers , Pretty Cool Scars'' (Producer, Engineer) * ''Lucie Silvas , Letters to Ghosts'' (Engineer, Mixing) * ''Brett Young , Country in California'' (Producer, engineer, Mixing) * ''Josh Gracin , Nothing Like Us'' (Producer, Engineer) * ''Sammy Arriaga , Meet in the Middle'' (Producer, Engineer) * ''The Henningsens , World's on Fire'' (Producer, Engineer) * ''Tyrone Wells , Where We Meet'' (Composer, producer, Engineer)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Brad 1981 births Living people Record producers from California American audio engineers Belmont University alumni