Ryan Ogren is an American singer, songwriter and record producer signed to

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. He began his musical career playing in the band Don't Look Down, and then later Over It and

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. More recently, Ogren has been writing and producing records for artists like

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, Coi Leray, among others. Raised in

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, Ogren attended

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Career

Don't Look Down

As the vocalist/guitarist/songwriter in Don't Look Down, Ogren was signed to Nitro Records (Dexter Holland of The Offspring's label) and toured with Fall Out Boy, Yellowcard, and many others.

Over It

In 2005, Ogren joined Over It as a guitarist, keyboardist, and background vocalist. The band was signed to Virgin Records and released Step Outside Yourself.

Runner Runner

Members of Over It and

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joined together to form

, which was signed to EMI and achieved radio success with their songs "So Obvious" (charted at No. 34 on the pop charts) and "I Can't Wait".

Selected writing and production discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogren, Ryan American male singer-songwriters Living people 1980 births People from Vineland, New Jersey Vineland High School alumni Singer-songwriters from New Jersey