Dustin Ransom (born December 5, 1986) is an American multi-instrumentalist, producer, vocalist, arranger, music

transcriber Transcriber is an open-source software tool for the transcription and annotation of speech signals for linguistic research. It supports multiple hierarchical layers of segmentation, named entity annotation, speaker lists, topic lists, and over ...

, and

film composer A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

based in

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...

. As a

session musician A session musician (also known as studio musician or backing musician) is a musician hired to perform in a recording session or a live performance. The term sideman is also used in the case of live performances, such as accompanying a reco ...

, live musician, and producer, he has worked with and performed with artists including

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, Jon McLaughlin,

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, and Cody Belew, among others. As an arranger and transcriber, he has worked with music companies including

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, and

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Biography

Born in

Evansville, Indiana Evansville is a city in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is Indiana's List of cities in Indiana, third-most populous city after India ...

, Ransom was raised in

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. At age three, he began taking piano lessons, which he continued until his junior year of college. He also began playing drums from an early age, received his first

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at age eight, then began taking lessons at age eleven until he graduated from college. At the age of eleven, he began teaching himself guitar and bass. In 2005, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a Bachelor of Music in Commercial Percussion, or drum set, at

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. He studied drum set with

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, Zoro, and Todd London,

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with Dr. Chris Norton and Todd Kemp, and

jazz piano Jazz piano is a collective term for the techniques pianists use when playing jazz. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instru ...

with Bruce Dudley and Steve Willets. He graduated in 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ransom, Dustin 1986 births Living people Musicians from Evansville, Indiana American multi-instrumentalists American film score composers American male film score composers Record producers from Indiana People from Boonville, Indiana