J. Chris Griffin is heavily involved in the music industry, working on records with John Legend, Kanye West, Madonna, Missy Elliott, Kelly Clarkson, JoJo, UK groups Mis-Teeq and The Corrs, Russian superstar Sasha and jazz guitarist John McLaughlin. Other International credits include Vietnamese phenom Thuy “Top,” and Brazilian influencer Labanca. Independent live recordings include the...
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J. Chris Griffin is heavily involved in the music industry, working on records with John Legend, Kanye West, Madonna, Missy Elliott, Kelly Clarkson, JoJo, UK groups Mis-Teeq and The Corrs, Russian superstar Sasha and jazz guitarist John McLaughlin. Other International credits include Vietnamese phenom Thuy “Top,” and Brazilian influencer Labanca. Independent live recordings include the New Pornographers, Ben Kweller, The Veils, Peter Bjorn and John, The Blonde Redheads, Art Brut, and many others.
His own compositions and remixes are all over television and cinema with credits including CBS's "NCIS" and NBC's "Dateline" as well as prime-time shows in the US, Australia, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Mexico, Denmark, and many other countries.
In addition, Chris has programmed sounds and demo-songs for several major synthesizers including Reason, McDSP's Synthesizer One, M-Audio's Pro Keys 88, and 88SX, and has contributed heavily to the production of musical equipment for many years. His own products include SAW-1 Discovery, S73 Electric Piano, and Virtual Audience, instruments for the Rack Extension format (available in the Reason Studios Shop). Other products include the sample-discs "Premium Electric Pianos" and "Premium Vintage Keyboards" distributed by M-Audio, and the Electromechanical Refill, originally distributed by Reason Studios but now integrated into the Reason Factory Soundbank.
As a vocal teacher and Founder of The Pop Vocal Academy in New York, Chris has seen his students and clients achieve incredible success as top-ten Billboard chart artists, winners of The Apollo Amateur Hour Next- Gen, contestants on NBC's “The Voice”, ABC’s “American Idol", featured performers on FOX’s “Glee” and several Broadway productions.
As a clinician, Chris has been featured with IMSTA, Antares, Reason Studios, AVID, M-Audio, and other major manufacturers at trade shows, international conferences, and dealer trainings. He was a featured producer/engineer for the first-ever “Mix-Con” sponsored by Sonic Scoop and The Deli Magazine.
Chris is a decade-long adjunct faculty member at New York University and is based out of Manhattan.
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