Dann Hume (born 1 September 1987) is a New Zealand musician, music producer, mix engineer and songwriter. Hume began his career with his two brothers (with Peter Hume and

Jon Hume Jon Hume is an Australian-born New Zealand musician, songwriter and record producer based between Los Angeles and Nashville who has written and produced songs for JP Cooper, Galantis, Bebe Rexha, Guy Sebastian, Sofi Tukker, Dean Lewis, Icona ...

) who make up the

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band, Evermore since 1999.

Biography

Dann is the youngest brother of the Hume family. In 1999 the brothers formed Evermore in

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. He has co-written songs for Evermore such as "

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", "

Light Surrounding You "Light Surrounding You" is the second single by alternative rock band, Evermore, taken from their second studio album, ''Real Life'' (June 2006). It was written by Dann Hume, the group's drummer. The record is co-produced by Jon Hume. The song ...

" as well as the first single from ''

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'', " It's Too Late". Soon after the release of Evermore's fourth studio album '' Follow the Sun'' in late 2012, Dann stepped away from touring with the band to focus on his music production. As a producer he has worked with a host of Australian artists including Lisa Mitchell, Matt Corby, Amy Shark, Alpine, Troye Sivan, Client Liaison, Snakadaktal, Sticky Fingers, Courtney Barnett, Hopium and Kita Alexander. Lisa Mitchell's 'Wonder' achieved ARIA Platinum status, and albums reaching ARIA Gold status include Matt Corby's debut '' Telluric'', Sticky Fingers' ''Caress Your Soul''. Kita Alexander's ''

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'', and Amy Shark's 'Weekends' achieved ARIA Platinum and Gold status, respectively. At the

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, Hume won

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for his work on Corby's album, '' Rainbow Valley''.

Songwriting and production credits

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hume, Dann 1987 births ARIA Award winners Living people Evermore (band) members New Zealand musicians People from Feilding