Jon Redwine (born

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) is an American hip hop, R&B, and

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music producer. Active since 2006, he's worked with musicians such as Tinashe,

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, Zendaya,

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, Waka Flocka Flame, Mario, Ludacris, Tabi Bonney,

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, Jeremih,

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, MKTO, Jake Miller

Early life, education

Born in the late 1980s, Jon Redwine was raised by his parents in

. He came from a musical background, as the great nephew of

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and early on listened to musicians such as

Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., who also spelled his surname as Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo ar ...

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, and

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. He later began listening to bands such as

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and Kanye West. He first started taking music seriously at age 13 as a DJ. Redwine attended the

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in Saint Paul, Minnesota from 2004 to 2008 on a full academic scholarship, where he earned a bachelor's degree in electronic music production and business entrepreneurship. He also attended the University of Minnesota during the same time period where he gained membership into

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fraternity. He started writing earnestly again as a sophomore in college, after deciding to focus on the interest he took most personally.

Music career

Production

Redwine became CFO, owner, and founder of Ten, 82 in 2006, while still attending college. He's also been a composer for Redwine Entertainment since 2007, and co-founded the production team 2085, which consists of Redwine and the songwriter singer Robby Blackwell, also from Oak Cliff, Texas. After graduation Redwine moved to Los Angeles with no funding, and soon started operating a production studio in Santa Monica. His songwriting and production work covers multiple genres. Redwine was classically trained in college, and both scores for orchestra and can play all instruments based on the western scale. His work is typically based on live instruments with a heavy focus on

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and guitars. Starting in January 2012, he worked as a producer for Warner Music Group, and has also done production for Sony Music Entertainment,

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and Disney. Artist contributions include Mario, Tabi Bonney and Loick Essien, He regularly worked with singer-songwriter and fellow Texan Robby Blackwell, and composed and produced several tracks on the album ''Fresh'' by rapper Tabi Bonney in 2010. Other projects include Sabi on Warner Brothers,

on Cherry Tree-Interscope, and Cassie Ventura. He also became owner of FLYP'T Technologies in May 2009. The company produces iFlyp't, an iPhone

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that allows fans to experience recording with particular artists.

REDi

Redwine became a founding member of

(pronounced red-eye) in 2012 in Los Angeles. The urban pop ensemble includes Redwine, Robby Blackwell, and rapper Aundrus Poole. The members met as collaborators with Redwine, and according to Blackwell: "We were all working with Redwine and respected each other's music...so it just made sense for us to further our collaborations with a group." The group made their debut performance in March 2012 at

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in Austin, Texas,. where they performed after groups such as

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and

9th Wonder Patrick Denard Douthit (born January 15, 1975),
better known as 9th Wonder, is a They released their debut single "Light the Club" in May 2012, and their debut mixtape, ''Red Pill'', was released in November 2012. It was produced by Redwine.

Discography

Albums

* ''Use to Love'' by Mario (Unreleased Album) *2012: ''Red Pill'' with

* 2012: ''Visitor Mixtape'' by

V. Bozeman Veronika Jean Bozeman (born January 9, 1988) is an American singer and actress best known for her recurring role as Veronica in the Fox primetime musical drama television series ''Empire''. Bozeman began her career vocal producing songs such as ...

– production * 2012:

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by Waka Flocka Flame – production *2013: ''Rockabyebaby'' mixtape by Cassie Ventura – Worked vocally on production

Singles

*2010: ""Fever" from 'Fresh'' by Tabi Bonney ft Raheem Devaguhn *2010: "The Come Up" from 'Fresh'' by Tabi Bonney *2010: "Nuthin but a Hero" from 'Fresh'' by Tabi Bonney * 2012: "Candy Paint and Gold Teeth" by

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ft Ludacris and BunB *2012: "Light the Club" with

*2012: "Poison" by

Veronika Bozeman Veronika Jean Bozeman (born January 9, 1988) is an American singer and actress best known for her recurring role as Veronica in the Fox primetime musical drama television series ''Empire''. Bozeman began her career vocal producing songs such as ...

*2012: "Time to get sexy" by Veronika Bozeman *2012: "Feelin on your booty" by Veronika Bozeman *2012: "Knockin the Boots" by Veronika Bozeman *2013: "Ham" by

*2014: "2on" by Tinashe ft School Boy Q *2014: "Jersey" by Bella Thorne *2014: "Hot Box" by

G-Eazy Gerald Earl Gillum (born May 24, 1989), better known by his stage name G-Eazy, is an American rapper. His first major-label album, '' These Things Happen'', was released on June 23, 2014, and peaked at number 3 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 ...

and Mila J *2014: "Came to Do" by

ft Akon *2015: "Post to Be" performed by Omarion,

, and Jhené Aiko *2015: "Tumbao" by

Kat Dahlia Katriana Sandra Huguet (born July 29, 1990), better known by her stage name Kat Dahlia (formerly Kat Hue), is a Cuban-American recording artist. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Dahlia is a singer, songwriter and rapper, known for her "razor ...

, *2015: "Ain't Bout To Do" by

Diggy Simmons Daniel Dwayne "Diggy" Simmons III (born March 21, 1995) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, model, and actor and the fourth child of Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons of Run DMC. He is currently acting on the hit show ''Grown-ish'' as Doug Edwar ...

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*2015: "My Jam" by

ft Jeremih and Zendaya, *2015: "Selfish Girls" by Jake Miller *2015: "Blood on My Hands" by

, *2016: "Lost My Way" by

Max Schneider Maxwell George Schneider (born June 21, 1992), also known by his mononym MAX, is an American singer-songwriter, actor and model, signed to Arista and Sony RED. In 2018, MAX's single " Lights Down Low" went double platinum in the US, Platinum i ...

*2016: "Hands Off My Heart/Places You Go" by MKTO *2016: "Bang Bang" by Tabi Bonney ft Wiz Khalifa

References

External links

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