Steve Sundholm (born June 5, 1974 in

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and

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Early life

Sundholm's father (Conrad Sundholm) is the founder of

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guitar amps. Sundholm began his musical career in Portland working with

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, David Klinkenberg, Jonah and The Village Green.

Career

In 2006, Sundholm produced the album ''Shrinking Violets'' for Byrd. Byrd's radio single "Before Kings" peaked at No. 42 on the Radio & Records Hot AC Chart and led to him touring with

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. Sundholm’s moved to NightBird Studios where, as Chief Engineer, he worked in the studio with

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, Jet,

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, and many other artists, producers and writers. In October 2006, Sundholm produced "Winter Waltz" and "Hideaway (When It Snows)" on the

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release ''Escape.'' "Hideaway (When It Snows) peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart in December, 2006. He has also been the mastering engineer for many of Brickman's albums and radio singles including "Never Alone" featuring Lady Antebellum (No. 14 Billboard AC Chart, July, 2007) and "Coming Home For Christmas" featuring

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of the group

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(No. 4 Billboard AC Chart December, 2007). Sundholm was largely responsible for developing the sound of the violinist David Klinkenberg. In December 2007, Klinkenberg's album ''The Carol of Emmanuel'' peaked at No. 1 on the Family Christian Stores Chart, making it the top-selling record in the Christian music industry that month. More recently, he has been focusing on songwriting and producing other styles of music. In June 2009, he co-wrote and co-produced "Movin' In" on the

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debut release for

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. Sundholm also co-wrote with producer/writers PJ Bianco (

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) and Eddie Galan ( Clique Girls) "Stuck On You" for Musso, which was used as a download-only exclusive for the iTunes Store. Sundholm has also collaborated with

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, and

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, the bands TV/TV (Mom & Pop/Jive) and School Boy Humor (Vagrant) as well as collaborating with hit songwriters PJ Bianco (Jonas Brothers), Eric Dill (Daughtry), and Eddie Galan (High School Musical). Sundholm also collaborated with Galan and

on his new single, “I Ain’t Gonna Take No More.” After a seven-year tour in Los Angeles, Sundholm came back to his hometown of Portland. As of 2023, Steve continues his career at the Genius Mixmeister at Kung Fu Bakery Recording Studios. Sundholm lives in

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with his wife Michelle and two sons, Everett and Ashton.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sundholm, Steve 1974 births Living people Record producers from Oregon Songwriters from Oregon American male songwriters