Ian Fitchuk (born February 13, 1982) is a songwriter, music producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist.

Early life

Fitchuk was born and raised in

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by parents who are both accomplished classical musicians and educators. He cites Paul Simon's ''

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'' as a significant musical influence from an early age. He moved to Nashville in 2000 to study jazz piano at

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. He was quickly recruited to play keyboard by local band Llama who was on

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at the time. After leaving the band, he began producing artists like

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, Mindy Smith, Landon Pigg, Jeremy Lister and Griffin House with production partner Justin Loucks.

Career

Fitchuk is a 2x Grammy Award winning musician, producer, and songwriter. He has played drums and keyboards on albums for artists including

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, Sam Hunt's debut album '' Montevallo'',

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, Andrew Combs,

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, and James Bay's debut album '' Chaos and the Calm''. In 2016, he co-wrote and produced "Bummin' Cigarettes" by Maren Morris on her album ''

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''. In 2018 along with Nashville singer-songwriter

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, he co-produced Grammy award winner Kacey Musgraves' '' Golden Hour''. It was Musgraves' fourth studio album released on March 30, 2018. ''Golden Hour'' earned Best Country Album and Album Of The Year honors at the 2019 Grammy awards, as well as Album Of The Year honors at the 2018 CMA awards and the 2019 ACM awards. Fitchuk was tapped again to work with Musgraves on Disney's 2019 ''

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'' soundtrack, producing the song "All Is Found".

Discography

Accolades

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fitchuk, Ian 1982 births American people of Ukrainian descent American multi-instrumentalists Record producers from Illinois Musicians from Chicago Living people American session musicians Belmont University alumni American country musicians 21st-century American keyboardists American male songwriters 21st-century American male musicians