Luke Ebbin is a former American

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, five time

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-nominated record producer, composer and songwriter. Ebbin is credited for executing the comeback and extreme makeover of

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with his production of the hit " It's My Life" and the 11 million selling album '' Crush''. He is currently a real estate agent in Montecito and

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Musical career

When Ebbin was 16, he and his brother went to see the

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. While talking with the

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engineer, Ebbin mentioned that he was a drummer and the engineer asked if Ebbin was interested in becoming the band's drum technician for the tour. Ebbin then spent the summer on the road in what he described as "the modern jazz version of ''

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''".Luke Ebbin Interview: on his work with Bon Jovi, new aspiring producers, and breaking classic artists in the digital world.
/ref> While studying music at

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, the college offered a program that encouraged off campus internships for school credit during the month of January. Ebbin called Power Station Studios in New York City, and asked the studio manager about an internship. Helped by Metheny being recording at the studio that same moment, Ebbin was hired, and spent the month "

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ing" for artists such as

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, Eric Clapton,

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, and

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. Ebbin graduated in 1989, and afterwards was managing

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in New York. During his off hours he produced a band he was part of, "and came to realize that I liked that side of the glass better." From there Ebbin began working with NYC bands, with his first full record being for funk band The Second Step.

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A&R executives

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and Josh Sarubin started hiring Ebbin to produce acts they had development deals with, Ebbin's first major label release being with the band

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. Diener introduced Ebbin to the legendary A&R man,

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, and Kalodner in turn recommended Ebbin to

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when he asked an "up and coming producer" for

's next album. Ebbin produced Bon Jovi's '' Crush'' (2000), and reunited with the band in 2002's '' Bounce'', as well as being one of the producers on their live album ''

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''. After his work with Bon Jovi, Ebbin produced the critically acclaimed album ''

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'' for the

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band,

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/ref> Ebbin wrote with

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of the

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on their hit record "

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", and has produced and/or written with

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(one Grammy nomination), the

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, and

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. He has also written and produced the TV themes for '' The Insider'', ''

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'', the

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on CBS, and The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Videos among others. Ebbin also served as music supervisor, fashion show DJ, music editor, and composer for Polo Ralph Lauren. Most recently Ebbin has been writing and producing with

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for his third solo album ''

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'', Australian singer Shannon Noll's latest release on

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, Australian singer Renee Cassar's debut release on Island Australia, and developing independent artist Danielle Barbe. He has also recently worked with

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and the EDM wunderkind,

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. Ebbin was also an internet entrepreneur having co-founded the artist development platform Music180.com in 2010, and his own music consulting company, Mechanism Strategic, in 2011. After seeing success renovating and selling properties in Los Angeles and Montecito, Ebbin's friends asked him to represent them in their real estate transactions. Eventually he opted to work full-time with real estate.

Discography

See :Albums produced by Luke Ebbin for a partial discography

References

External links

Official website

Mechanism Strategic Music Consulting
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Luke Ebbin at Myspace

Luke Ebbin at Music180
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