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, and Bush.

Life and career

Early years

Erik Ron was born in

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, and grew up in the suburb of

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, where he attended Carlmont High School. As a teenager, Erik began his music career by playing in the alternative rock band Impel. After high school, he studied engineering at

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College of Contemporary Music in Los Angeles. Erik worked as in-house engineer at Woodland Ranch Studio from 2005 to 2008. He then served as an engineer under producer and writer,

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in Bel Air, CA, from 2008 and 2011.

2013–present

In 2013, Erik built and opened "Grey Area Studios" in North Hollywood. Since opening the studio to focus on his own production career, Erik has worked with

, Set It Off, Issues, New Years Day, Too Close to Touch,

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, Motionless in White,

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, Young Guns,

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, Palisades,

, and

, and more. In early 2016, Erik Ron inked an exclusive publishing deal with

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. In September 2017, it was announced that Ron will be at the helm of the seventh studio album of the rock band

Production discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ron, Erik Living people Record producers from California 1985 births People from San Mateo County, California