Matthew Michael Serletic II (born 1970 or 1971) is an American

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, songwriter, and music executive.

Career

As a teenager, Serletic joined a band with members of

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, a group for which he would later produce. Serletic has worked with several other popular bands and artists for

Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most i ...

, including

Matchbox Twenty Matchbox Twenty (also known as Matchbox 20 and MB20) is an American rock band formed in Orlando, Florida, in 1995. The group currently consists of Rob Thomas (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Brian Yale (bass guitar), Paul Doucette (drums, ...

Cher Cher (; born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Often referred to by the media as the Honorific nicknames in popular music, "Goddess of Pop", she has been described as embodying female ...

Blessid Union of Souls Blessid Union of Souls (sometimes abbreviated to Blessid Union or BUOS) is an American alternative rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio, that was formed in 1990 by friends Jeff Pence and Eliot Sloan. The band's first studio album, '' Home'', had som ...

Edwin McCain Edwin Cole McCain (born January 20, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His songs " I'll Be" (1998) and "I Could Not Ask for More" (1999) were radio top-40 hits in the U.S., and five of his albums have reached the ''Billboard ...

Stacie Orrico Stacie Joy Orrico (born March 3, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter and occasional actress. After signing to ForeFront Records, Orrico recorded her first album, '' Genuine'' (2000), which sold 13,000 units in its first week of release. Af ...

Taylor Hicks Taylor Reuben Hicks (born October 7, 1976) is an American singer who won the fifth season of ''American Idol'' in May 2006. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States fo ...

, Rob Thomas, and singer/songwriter

Angie Aparo Angie Aparo is an American musician and songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. Aparo began playing in a group called Angie's Hope in the early 1990s before making the decision to go solo. After making that decision, Aparo chose to go out on the roa ...

. Serletic worked with ''

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'' winner

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on his second studio album. He also preceded

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as chairman of

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, a position he held from 2002 to 2005. He also worked with

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, writing and producing his album, '' Hard Knocks'' and in 1999 he produced Santana's hit song "

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" on the Arista record label with Rob Thomas for what would be his first song as a solo artist (Thomas and Serletic were well known for making Matchbox Twenty's debut album ''

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'') and in 1998 he produced the song "

I Don't Want to Miss a Thing "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith as the official theme song for the 1998 sci-fi disaster film ''Armageddon'', in which lead singer Steven Tyler's daughter Liv starred. It is one of four ...

" by

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Hollywood Records Hollywood Records is an American record label of the Disney Music Group. The label focuses in pop, rock, alternative, hip hop, and country genres, as well as specializing in mature recordings not suitable for the flagship Walt Disney Records l ...

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, and

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for the film ''

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''. In 2011, he wrote the song "

(Kissed You) Good Night "(Kissed You) Good Night" is a song recorded by the American country music group Gloriana. Written by group member Tom Gossin with Josh Kear, it was released in October 2011 as the second single from the band's album ''A Thousand Miles Left Behind' ...

" for the band

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. In 2004, at the age of 33, he was named to Crain's New York Business "40 Under 40" list. In 2011, Serletic became a

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judge on the television show ''CMT's Next Superstar''.

Personal life

Serletic is the owner of Emblem Music Group and currently resides in

Calabasas, California Calabasas (from Spanish ''calabazas'' "gourds") is a city in the southwestern region of the San Fernando Valley, between the foothills of the Santa Monica and Santa Susanna mountains.Class of '99 Class of '99 was a short-term American alternative rock supergroup (music), supergroup consisting of members from notable rock bands: * Layne Staley of Alice in Chains as vocalist, * Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine as lead guitarist, * ...

in covering

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's "

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" for the film ''

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'', contributing on the

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References

External links

Emblem Music Group
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