John Justin Alagía is an American record producer, composer, mixer and co-founder of Drive Music. Alagia has worked with artists including Lukas Nelson,

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, Herbie Hancock, Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Serena Ryder, Brett Dennen, Rachael Yamagata, Ben Folds, Lifehouse (band), Lifehouse and many others. In his early years, Alagía honed his recording and production skills with friend Douglas Derryberry at Rutabaga Studios in Arlington, Virginia. Derryberry and Alagía were also an acoustic rock duo, having released three albums and done extensive touring along the East Coast. Together, they recorded and produced many Mid-Atlantic acts ranging from Dave Matthews Band, DMB, Vertical Horizon, Edwin McCain to Ben Folds Five and others. Today, John resides at the Village Recorder in West Los Angeles.

Derryberry and Alagía

John was a member of a band known as Derryberry and Alagía. This collaboration featured Doug Derryberry. The group released three records, as follows: *''Reinvigorating the Wheel'' *''Rutabaga Stew'' *''Southpaw''

Partial discography

Ben Folds Five

*''Various Live Recordings'' *''Naked Baby Photos'' *''Space Reels'' *''Tom and Mary''

Blue Man Group

*''The Complex (album), The Complex'' - Billboard Top 200 peak - #60

BoDeans

*''American Made (BoDeans album), American Made'' (2012)

Brett Dennen

Hope for the Hopeless (album), Hope For The Hopeless

Dave Matthews Band

*''The Central Park Concert'' - Billboard Top 200 peak - #14 *''Busted Stuff'' - Billboard Top 200 peak - #1 *''Grey Street (song), Grey Street'' - Top 40 singles peak - #18 *''Listener Supported'' - Billboard Top 200 peak - #15 *''Live in Chicago 12.19.98'' - Billboard Top 200 peak - #6 *''Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado'' - Billboard Top 200 peak - #9 *''Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95'' *''Remember Two Things'' *''Recently'' *''Under the Table and Dreaming'' *''Crash'' *''Before These Crowded Streets'' - additional pre-production (Produced by Steve Lillywhite) *''Live at Red Rocks'' *''Weekend On the Rocks'' *''Eh Hee'' *''Walk Around The Moon''

David Gray

*''Live at Joe's Pub''

The Hogwaller Ramblers

*''The Hogwaller Ramblers'', 1998

Josh Kelley

*''For the Ride Home'' - Billboard Top 200 peak - #159 *''Amazing'' - Top 40 singles peak - #8

John Mayer (musician), John Mayer

*''Room for Squares'' (2001) - Billboard Top 200 peak - #8 *''Any Given Thursday'' (2003) - Billboard Top 200 peak - #17 *"No Such Thing (John Mayer song), No Such Thing" - Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles peak - #13 *"Your Body Is a Wonderland" (2002) - Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles peak - #18 *"Why Georgia" (2003) - ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Adult Top 40 singles peak - #8 *''Continuum (John Mayer album), Continuum'' - Billboard Top 200 peak - #2

Jason Mraz

*''You and I Both'' - Top 40 singles peak - #15 *Waiting for My Rocket to Come Billboard Top 200 peak - #55 *''The Remedy'' (2003) - Top 40 singles peak - #4

Evermore (band), Evermore

*Dreams (Evermore album), Dreams (2004) - ARIA certified Platinum *Real Life (Evermore album), Real Life (2006) - ARIA certified Platinum

Lifehouse (band), Lifehouse

*Lifehouse (2005 album), Self-titled (2005) - Gold

Mandy Moore

*''Wild Hope'' (2007) Billboard Top 200 peak - #30

Once Hush

* Say It Anyway (1996)

Vertical Horizon

*''Running on Ice'' (1995 in music, 1995) *''Live Stages'' (1997 in music, 1997)

Rachael Yamagata

*Happenstance (Rachael Yamagata album), Happenstance (2004) * Chesapeake (2011) * Tightrope Walker (2016)

Ben Lee

*Ripe (Ben Lee album), Ripe (2007)

Liz Phair

*Somebody's Miracle (2005)- Billboard Top 200 peak - #46

Katharine McPhee

* Unbroken (Katharine McPhee album), Unbroken (January 5, 2010) - Billboard Top 200 peak - #27

Madi Diaz

* Plastic Moon (2010)

Terra Naomi

* To Know I'm OK (2011)

Lena Fayre

* I am Not A Man (2014)

References

External links

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August 1, 2005 interview with MIX magazine
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