Adam Schlesinger

Infobox musical artist
Name = Adam Schlesinger

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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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Born = birth date and age|1967|10|31
New York, New York,
United States
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Origin = Montclair, New Jersey,
United States
Instrument = Bass guitar, guitar, piano, drums
Genre = Power pop, alternative rock
Occupation = Bassist
Songwriter
Producer
Years_active = 1995–present
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Associated_acts = Fountains of Wayne
Ivy
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Adam Schlesinger (born October 31, 1967) is a American songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the bassist for the bands Fountains of Wayne and Ivy. He is an owner of Scratchie Records [cite news |title=Scratchie Records Is Back In The Game With New Releases |first=Moira |last=McCormick |date=1999-12-04 |work=Billboard |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4630524-1.html ] and Stratosphere Sound [cite news |title=Adam Schlesinger Interview |first=James |last=Campion |work=Aquarian Weekly |date=2007-04-06 |url=http://www.jamescampion.com/fow-dialogue.html ] , a recording studio in New York City. Schlesinger grew up in Manhattan and Montclair, New Jersey.cite news |last=Wise |first=Brian |title=Eclectic Sounds of New Jersey, Echoing From Coast to Coast |work=The New York Times |date=2004-02-08 |accessdate=2007-11-21 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E5DE163AF93BA35751C0A9629C8B63 ]

Award nominations

Schlesinger was nominated for an Academy Award [cite news |first=Rich |last=Drees |title=That Tune You Do: Writing The Music For That Thing You Do |work=FilmBuffOnline |url=http://www.filmbuffonline.com/Features/ThatTuneYouDo.htm ] and a Golden Globe Award [cite news |title=Adam Schlesinger: Those Things He Do |first=Jem |last=Aswad |work=The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |url=http://ascap.com/musicbiz/schlesinger.html ] for writing the title track of the Tom Hanks-directed film "That Thing You Do!"cite web |title=KTVU.com Talks To Fountains Of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger |work=KTVU |url=http://www.ktvu.com/entertainment/13554930/detail.html |date=2007-06-22 ] as well as two other songs for the film. Fountains of Wayne was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2003 for Best New Artist and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. [cite news |title=OutKast leads Grammy nods |work=CNN |date=2003-12-04 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/04/grammy.nominations/index.html ]

Schlesinger was also nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Score for his music for the musical Cry-Baby.

ongwriting

In films

Schlesinger composed and produced several original songs, including "Way Back into Love", for the 2007 film "Music and Lyrics", starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. [cite news |title=Creating some 'Music and Lyrics' |first=Todd |last=Leopold |work=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/03/sidebar.schlesinger/index.html |date=2007-04-03 ] His music has also been featured in films such as "Shallow Hal" (which he scored with Ivy)cite news |title=Songwriter Schlesinger: His Expertise Is Catchy |first=Sean |last=Daly |work=The Washington Post |date=2005-04-03 |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18956-2005Apr1.html ] ; "Robots" [cite web |title=Robots |work=Yahoo! Movies |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808512304/cast |accessdate=2008-02-04 ] ; "There's Something About Mary"; "Me, Myself and Irene"cite news |title=The Music — and Lyrics — Man |first=Glenn |last=Kenny |work=Premiere.com |publisher=Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc. |url=http://www.premiere.com/features/3784/the-music-151-and-lyrics-151-man.html |accessdate=2008-02-04 ] ; "Josie and the Pussycats"cite news |title=Interview with Adam Schlesinger |first=Nathan |last=Rabin |url=http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/adam_schlesinger |work=A.V. Club |date=2007-04-25 ] ; "Scary Movie"cite news |title=Andy Chase, Dominique Durand and Adam Schlesinger: No Distance Too Far |first=Jonathan |last=Cohen |work=Nude as the News |url=http://www.nudeasthenews.com/interviews/30 ] ; "Art School Confidential" [cite web |title=Art School Confidential |work=Yahoo! Movies |accessdate=2008-02-04 |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808628304/cast ] ; "Fever Pitch" [cite news |title=Music and Lyrics: Comedy's catchy, but not classic |first=Barbara |last=Vancheri |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=2007-02-14 |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07045/761829-120.stm ] ; "The Manchurian Candidate" [cite news |title=A Chat With Adam Schlesinger |first=Will |last=Harris |date=2007-04-05 |work=Bullz-Eye.com |url=http://www.bullz-eye.com/music/interviews/2007/adam_schlesinger.htm ] ; "Because of Winn-Dixie" [cite news |title=Harris, Colvin, Finns Whistle 'Dixie' |date=2004-11-30 |first=Carla |last=Hay |work=Billboard |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000728443 ] ; "Orange County" [cite web |title=Orange County |work=Yahoo! Movies |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1807736420/cast |accessdate=2008-02-04 ] ; "Two Weeks Notice"; , "Music and Lyrics"; and others, as well as numerous television shows.

ongs written for other artists

He has also written songs for and with other artists, including:
* "Just The Girl" for The Click Five
* "High School Never Ends" with Bowling For Soup (co-written with Jaret Riddick)
* "I Am What I Am" for the Jonas Brothers
* "Work To Do" for America

In theatre

Schlesinger and Daily Show Executive Producer David Javerbaum recently co-wrote the songs for the musical theater adaptation of the John Waters film "Cry-Baby".cite press release |title=La Jolla Playhouse Presents Broadway-Bound Cry-Baby |work=La Jolla Playhouse |date=2007-09-27 |url=http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/PR/DownloadReleases/CryBabyRelease.pdf |format=PDF ] "Cry-Baby" debuted at the La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, California, in November 2007. Previews for the Broadway run began at the Marquis Theatre on March 15, 2008. Its official opening night was April 24, 2008. [ [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=476233 Cry-Baby] at the Internet Broadway Database]

Production work

As a record producer and mixer, he has worked with Motion City Soundtrack [cite web |title=Motion City Soundtrack: Full Biography |work=MTV |url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/motion_city_soundtrack/artist.jhtml ] , Verve Pipe, Robert Plant, America, [cite news |title=Schlesinger, Iha Producing New America Disc |work=Billboard |date=2006-01-17 |first=Jonathan |last=Cohen |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001847255 ] The Sounds, They Might Be Giants, [cite news |title=Adam Schlesinger: Welcome Interstate Musicians |work=Harp |first=Alan |last=Di Perna |issue=Nov/Dec 2004 |url=https://www.harpmagazine.com/reviews/cd_reviews/detail.cfm?article_id=2415 ] Fastball, and many other artists, as well as producing or co-producing five Fountains of Wayne and five Ivy albums.

He is currently in the studio working with Dashboard Confessional [ [http://www.dashboardconfessional.com Dashboard Confessional : News ] ] for their new album due out in late 2008/early 2009.

References

External links

* [http://www.popgurls.com/article_show.php3?id=402 PopGurls Interview: Adam Schlesinger]
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