Matthew Gerrard is a

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and

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Biography

Gerrard grew up in Don Mills, a suburb of Toronto's north-east end. He attended George S. Henry Secondary School where he played trombone in band, later playing bass in a school-based 5-piece jazz fusion combo called Nemesis Fusion. Nemesis Fusion competed in two Canadian stage band festivals earning silver in 1982 and won the competition the following year when Gerrard wrote the group's original material. After high school Gerrard was a member of a band called Regatta, which released one self-titled album. He also played bass and toured with

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(former Max Webster lead man) and Von Groove (until the late 1990s/early 2000s).

Career

Gerrard has written hit singles by artists such as

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(" Breakaway"),

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(" I Can't Wait", " Why Not?"),

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("Get Over Yourself") and

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(" She's No You"). He contributed songs to the soundtracks of the Disney Channel films ''

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'', '' The Cheetah Girls 2'' (both 2006), '' Jump In!'' (2007) and ''

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'' (2008) and to the series ''

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'' television soundtrack. He also wrote the original music for the

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television movie '' Spectacular!'', as well as writing the self-titled-debut song for ''

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''.

Writing discography

* Bratz * Brooke McClymont and

" I Can't Wait" *

" Why Not", "Do You Want Me?" * Tiffani Wood " What R U Waiting 4" * Tara Priya "Black Coffee" *

" B.T.R" *

(writer and producer), "Who Will I Be", "Start the Party" (with

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) * Christy Carlson Romano "Dive In" *

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" Push It to the Limit," "Celebrate You," "We Come To Party," "Never Met A Girl Like You," "If She Says Yeah" *

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" Five More Days 'til Christmas," "The Perfect Christmas", " Cheetah-licious Christmas", "Christmas In California", "No Ordinary Christmas," "The Simple Things," " The Party's Just Begun," " Step Up," "Human," " One World," " Dance Me If You Can" (with

) *

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" Lost Without You", " Be Strong" *

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"Let's Fall in Love Again" *

" Get Over Yourself" *

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" Diamond Candy", " Diamond Candy" * Everlife "Faded" *

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" Just The Way You Are" *

" *

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"Where Is Love" * Jordan Mccoy "Just Watch Me", "Life's An Open Door" *

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" Best of Both Worlds", "

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", "Life's What You Make It" and other various (with

) *

" We're All in This Together," " What Time Is It?", "All For One", "I Don't Dance ", "Start Of Something New", " Now or Never", " I Want It All", "A Night to Remember", "The Boys Are Back", "High School Musical", "I Can't Take My Eyes of You" (with

) *

" Breakaway" *

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"Wonderful To Fly" *

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"Underneath" (2003) *

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(producer), " This Is My Time", "Typical, Bump, Mystify" * Kate Alexa " Not Another Love Song" *

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"Just Like Me", "Meaning Of Life" * David Archuleta " A Little Too Not Over You", "Zero Gravity" *

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"Drive" from ''

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"Na Na Nothing" *

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"If You Want" (with

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) * Jeannie Ortega (Singer/Songwriter), Jump In!, "Live it Up" * Reece Mastin "She's A Killer" from Beautiful Nightmare (album) (2012)

References

*Kawashima, Dale
"Matthew Gerrard Co-Writes & Produces Big Hits For ''High School Musical'' Soundtrack and Other Artists"
''Songwriter Universe''.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gerrard, Matthew Living people Canadian guitarists Canadian record producers Canadian songwriters Musicians from Toronto 21st-century Canadian pianists Year of birth missing (living people)