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'''Scott Mathews''' (born July 25, 1955) is an American music producer, composer, performer, and entrepreneur. He has appeared as a musician, songwriter or producer on recordings with sales of more than 50 million units which earned more than 30 gold and multi-platinum ] awards.<ref name="marinij.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.marinij.com/2014/10/18/marin-snapshot-a-milley-for-marins-anonymous-million-selling-recording-artist-scott-mathews/ |title=Marin Snapshot: A Milley for Marin's anonymous million-selling recording artist Scott Mathews |publisher=Marinij.com |date= October 18, 2014|access-date=2021-06-07}}</ref>
]


As a recording artist, he recorded for ] and established the video department at Capitol just prior to ].<ref name="creativespotlights.com">{{cite web |first=Katie|last=McCort |url=http://creativespotlights.com/2012/02/interview-with-scott-mathews-music-producer-composer-song-doctor-multi-instrumentalist-and-entrepreneur/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215221330/http://creativespotlights.com/2012/02/interview-with-scott-mathews-music-producer-composer-song-doctor-multi-instrumentalist-and-entrepreneur/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 15, 2013 |title=Interview with Scott Mathews Music Producer, composer, Song Doctor, Multi-Instrumentalist and entrepreneur |publisher=creativespotlights.com |date=February 1, 2012 |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref> Mathews owns and operates a private studio, TikiTown, along with four production and publishing companies.
'''Scott Mathews''' (born July 25, 1955 in ]) is a multi-platinum selling ], ], multi-instrumentalist, ], ] and ].


==Early Days== ==Early career==
Mathews began playing music at a young age.<ref name="creativespotlights.com"/> At age 15, he got his first break playing with ] at San Francisco's ].<ref name="Marin Scope Community Newspaper">{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Rooney |url=http://www.marinscope.com/archives/article_3f33a94e-7dd4-5c90-b31e-ff208726d3a0.html |title=Marin Producer Behind Hit Single |publisher=Marin Scope |date=February 22, 2012 |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>
At the age of seven, Mathews began buying and studying records and by nine, he began writing songs, singing and playing a variety of different instruments and spent several years playing in various bands. Being self-taught, he credits ] (his second home) and ] (top 40) as his inspiration and teachers.<ref name="Scott"/>


In 1973, Mathews met future long-time collaborator ]. Nagle was already an established songwriter and recording artist for ], best known at the time for his 1970 album ''Bad Rice''.<ref name="Nagel, Ron">{{cite web |url=http://badcatrecords.com/BadCat/NAGLEron.htm |title=Nagle, Ron |publisher=Bad Cat Records |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="The Mystery Trend - Music Biography, Credits and Discography: AllMusic">{{cite web|first=Bruce|last=Eder |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mystery-trend-mn0000473331 |title=The Mystery Trend – Music Biography, Credits and Discography: AllMusic |publisher=AllMusic.com |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref> Nagle and Mathews teamed up and began to write and record material in Nagle's garage studio in San Francisco. Turning 18, Mathews moved to ], sharing a house with ] of ], making a living as a session musician while writing and producing 'blueprints for records' with Nagle.<ref name="The Campanil - Ceramics Professor Ron Nagle to Retire">{{cite web|first=Melodie|last=Miu |url=http://www.thecampanil.com/ron-nagle-is-retiring-2/ |title=Ceramics Professor Ron Nagle to Retire |publisher=The Campanil |date=April 15, 2010 |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>
His reputation growing, Mathews was asked to perform at the ] in ] with ] and other San Francisco luminaries. Following the show, phone calls came in from Bishop and ] inquiring about Mathews' availability but his mother had to inform them he was still in High School.<ref name="realgonemusic1">{{cite web|author=Tuesday |url=http://www.realgonemusic.com/news/2012/4/17/durocs.html |title=News - Durocs |publisher=Real Gone Music |date=2012-04-17 |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>


Mathews soon began producing radio and television jingles for various ad agencies. This led to ] being the first notable artist Mathews produced in the recording studio.<ref name="marinij.com" /> Mathews convinced an advertising agency he could get Orbison to license his biggest worldwide hit, ] for Tone, a women's body soap manufactured by ]. The campaign was such a success that Mathews followed it up with ] on ] radio ads.<ref name="Prime Rib & Boxcars">{{cite book|last=Blake|first=Tom|date=2006|title=Prime Rib & Boxcars: Whatever Happened to Victoria Station?|publisher=Tooter's Publishing|isbn=978-0-9727966-2-0}}{{rp|234–240, 259}}{{rp|351–352}}</ref>
In 1972, when Mathews was seventeen, he took a leave from high school to record at the ] studio in Los Angeles with his band, Ice, which included ], (who went on to become the lead singer of ] after following Mathews to the Bay Area years later). Mathews found the world of professional recording to be life-changing but Perry never finished his vocals and the project was subsequently abandoned. A masterpiece LP did get made in the same room when at night, ] heard some Ice recordings, liked the way the drums sounded and subsequently played Mathews' drums to record tracks for his opus "]" LP. After being inspired by this experience and the encouragement of ], ], ], ], and some legendary studio musicians, Mathews realized being a member of a band was not his calling and turned his attention to studio work which meant getting out of ] as soon as possible.<ref>www.scottmathews.com</ref>


Ron Nagle's producer from his solo record, ], heard some of the duo's new material and hired them to work on film scores and record projects. In Nitzsche, Mathews found his mentor in the music business and high-profile projects followed soon after.<ref name="Hit Quarters - Interview with Scott Mathews">{{cite web|url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Scott_Mathews.html |title=A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory |publisher=Hitquarters.com |date= |access-date=2015-11-01}}</ref><ref name="Barbra Streisand Archives - Streisand Superman Album 1977">{{cite web |url=http://barbra-archives.com/record/albums/superman_streisand.html |title=Barbra Streisand Archives – Streisand Superman Album 1977 |publisher=barbara-archives.com |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>
==The 1970s==
Recordings caught the ear of ] and Mathews played many different instruments on the multiple ] winning film '']''.<ref name="realgonemusic1"/> Nitzsche introduced Mathews to prominent artists in ] and as a result, in 1976, Mathews wrote songs, performed several instruments and sang on the five times platinum ] record, '']''. Streisand even asked Mathews and Ron Nagle if she could co-write with them and the result was the song, 'Don't Believe What You Read'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page+interview_Scott_Mathews.html |title=A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory |publisher=Hitquarters.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>


Performing and producing sessions under Nitzsche, Mathews worked on his first movie soundtrack, ], and was Nitzsche's multi-instrumentalist and close assistant on various recording projects with major artists such as ], ], ], ], ].<ref name="Hit Quarters - Interview with Scott Mathews" />
On more than one occasion, ] would rent a whole studio full of different instruments for Mathews to play for a film or record project. Other times, he would book Mathews and Ry Cooder as the two guitarists on a project naming them his new 'Keith and Brian' - a reference to ] and ], when he was the arranger (and according to Stones manager/producer, ], 'the glue' on all ] recordings from the '60s and into the '70s. Once, a tipsy ] called the studio during a Nitzsche produced session and Mathews answered the phone, thus convincing Jagger to come over and join the session. Mathews didn't tell Nitszche about the call and all of the sudden Mick walked in and the session turned into a late night jam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://century67.com/untitled-jack-nitzsche-documentary |title=Untitled Jack Nitzsche Documentary |publisher=Century67.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>


Fresh from their success on ''Cuckoo's Nest'', Mathews and Nagle worked on several more films providing music and sound design. Nagle had worked on '']'' prior to meeting Mathews and in 1977, ''Exorcist'' director, ] signed the duo to do work on his next film, '']'', which Friedkin considers his finest film but was overshadowed by the box office success of '']''<ref>www.scottmathews.com</ref>. Another recording artist seeking Mathews that year was ] to whom Scott and ] recommended an obscure ] song called, Southern Nights. Mathews ended up playing drums and dobro on Campbell's final # 1 the '']'' album. ] was the most-played jukebox song of 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,60647,00.html |title=Southern Nights by Glen Campbell @ ARTISTdirect.com - Shop, Listen, Download |publisher=Artistdirect.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref> In 1977, ] heard one of Mathews and Nagle's songs at a meeting with Jack Nitzsche. She asked to meet with the two composers and the three began writing together in a bungalow at ]. They wrote "Don't Believe What You Read" for Streisand's album '']'' which went double-platinum in the United States . Mathews also assisted Nitzsche in writing the arrangements for the album. Mathews and Nagle also wrote and published songs by ] including the cult favorite, "]".<ref name="Interview: Dūrocs' Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle">{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Kopp |url=http://blog.musoscribe.com/?p=3328 |title=Interview: Dūrocs' Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle |publisher=MusoScribe |date=November 27, 2012 |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref> Also in 1977, Mathews played drums and dobro on ]'s album '']'' on ] and worked with Nitzsche on the arrangements of several songs.<ref name="Southern Nights by Glen Campbell @Artistsdirect.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,60647,00.html |title=Southern Nights by Glen Campbell |publisher=Artistsdirect.com|access-date=2014-06-14}}</ref>


] contacted Mathews to help with a musical finale for his shows in San Francisco at ]. Following that success, Williams took the show to New York at the ]. Mathews urged Williams to record some shows, which led to a record deal with ]. The result was an ''Reality ... What a Concept'', the first ] winning project for both Williams and Mathews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.HitQuarters.com |title=A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory |publisher=Hitquarters.com |date= |access-date=2015-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Robin-Williams|title=Reality-What-A-Concept/release/1101009|publisher=Discogs.com|access-date=August 13, 2014}}</ref>
Following Campbell's ] sessions, Mathews flew to ] and recorded a ] record called ''Red'', also released on ]. Hagar wanted Mathews to perform a drum solo on the title song but Mathews initially refused claiming the public had already suffered enough self-indulgent drum solos. Mathews eventually agreed because Hagar's producer mentioned ] convinced ] to perform his only solo in the very same room a few years previous and ] record, '']'', seemed to work out fine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redrocker.com/discography/sammy-hagar |title=Sammy Hagar &#124; Sammy Hagar |publisher=The Red Rocker |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>


Mathews was a studio musician on the ] album ].
] had been paying close attention to Mathews after hearing the Dūrocs record and connecting to his aesthetic. He shared the record with ] and other members of ] and soon Mathews found himself in the studio as a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist with one of his all-time favorite and inspirational bands. Mathews was honored with an offer to join the band, but turned it down because of his active career in production, his distaste for touring, and his stance that no one could ever replace ].<ref>www.Stebbins, Jon-"Dennis Wilson, The Real Beach Boy", ECW Press, 2000</ref> Carl Wilson and Mathews remained very close personal friends and wrote and recorded songs together outside of The Beach Boys.
Later in the year, Mathews and Nagle set up camp in London at ] (owned by ]) to produce a project for ] featuring ], a longtime songwriter and vocalist with ]. In addition to producing, Mathews played all the instruments and sang the background vocals on the recordings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psychedelicjams.com/music/thedurocs/durocs |title=1979 - Dūrocs - Haight-Ashbury Music |publisher=Psychedelicjams.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>


==The 1980s== ==Acting==
Mathews starred as ] in the 1977 '']'' parody '']''. It was highly profitable, grossing in excess of $1,000,000 on a paltry $8,000 budget. ] said in a 1999 interview on the UK's '']'' television show that ''Hardware Wars'' was his favorite ''Star Wars'' parody. In 2003, the film was honored by ] when it was given the Pioneer Award at that year's ]. In August 2010, '']'' magazine listed it as one of the top 10 ''Star Wars'' fanfilms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077658/|title=Hardware Wars (1978)|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=November 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = The Top 10 Star Wars Fan Films | publisher= ] | date = August 24, 2010 | url = http://www.time.com/tome/video/player/0,32068,589287877001_2012690,00.html | access-date = September 15, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
In 1980, Nagle and Mathews built their studio (The Pig Pen) on the top of a hill in San Francisco with a panoramic view of the city and continued producing music for films and other artists, including ]'s 1983 breakthrough, '']'' (the title song of which was based on a dream Mathews had while producing Hiatt and sold three million units in 2001 when ] and ] covered it). Around this time, Mathews recorded a project with ] called '']'' collaborating with ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|author=Scott Mathews |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/scott-mathews-mn0000311596/credits |title=Scott Mathews - Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date=1955-07-25 |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>


==Dūrocs==
Mathews and Nagle worked on the film '']'' in 1982. Their sound design for the film ended up being used on the soundtrack recording featuring ] and ] that spawned a surprise hit single.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1103089/1/Cat+People |title=Cat People Soundtrack CD Album |publisher=Cduniverse.com |date=1992-11-24 |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>
Following Mathews' writing and production work with artists on ], ] approached him and Nagle to build a band project. Nagle and Mathews, funded by A&M, wrote and produced material under the name Dūrocs. The duo ended up signing with ] as a ] to produce artists already on the label and/or new artists they brought in. Capitol's ] division pushed for Mathews and Nagle to record their own album as the first project with the label and the duo agreed although the so-called 'band', Durocs, but never had any intention of performing live.<ref name="The Campanil - Ceramics Professor Ron Nagle to Retire"/>


Originally labeled as ] and ], Dūrocs wrote and produced material that was more diverse and explored Mathews and Nagle's interests in the styles of ], ] and ].<ref name="Interview: Dūrocs' Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle" />
In 1983, Nagle and Mathews aided in production of ]'s '']''. The project featured ] and many members of ] and ]. According to RCA Records, Paul Kantner threw his drink at the President of the label for not agreeing to a promotion plan involving giving away Kantners' car (and RCA buying Kantner a new one). The record was not promoted and remains a relatively unheard production piece by Mathews and Nagle with vocals by ], otherwise known as ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deaddisc.com/disc/Perro.htm |title=Grateful Dead Family Discography: The Planet Earth Rock And Roll Orchestra |publisher=Deaddisc.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>


Durocs did not assemble a band to tour in support of the album. En lieu of touring, they produced music videos for their two singles.
During the mid 1980s Nagle (also a ceramic artist) began to turn more of his attention to his career in art while Mathews was in demand as a producer, writer, singer, and instrumentalist. One of Scott's production highlights of this period was an ] gem called ''Sweetwater'' featuring ], ], ], ] and members of ]'s ].<ref>https:www.allmusic.com/album/sweetwater-mw0000954210/credits</ref>
Dūrocs left Capitol late in 1980 to focus on production and songwriting for other artists.<ref name="Marin">Liberatore, Paul – "Press Play: The Dūrocs 1979 Masterpiece Get Re-Issued", Marin Independent Journal, August 10, 2012, p. 15</ref> In 1981 the video department Dūrocs helped Capitol build thrived as the label was prepared to make promotional videos for the new ] television channel.<ref name="Marin" /><ref>Felton, David – "Dūrocs, Pigging out with Ron Nagle and Scott Mathews", Rolling Stone Magazine, November 15, 1979, p.20</ref> The song "Lie to Me" was featured on the 1980 '']'' episode "]".


After negotiations with ], Real Gone Music released the original Dūrocs record in 2012. The Durocs negotiated for a limited edition vinyl series to be released exactly 33 1/3 years (representing the RPMs of an album) after the original record. Along with the original LP are eight previously unheard Dūrocs 'bone-us' tracks, all recorded shortly after the Capitol release.<ref name="Dūrocs - The Second Disc">{{cite web |first=Joe |last=Marchese |url=https://theseconddisc.com/2012/06/08/reviews-three-from-real-gone-mick-fleetwoods-zoo-jerry-reed-and-durocs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613173107/http://theseconddisc.com/2012/06/08/reviews-three-from-real-gone-mick-fleetwoods-zoo-jerry-reed-and-durocs/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 13, 2012 |title=Reviews: Three From Real Gone – Mick Fleetwood's Zoo, Jerry Reed and Dūrocs |publisher=Theseconddisc.com |date=June 8, 2012 |access-date=January 8, 2013 }}</ref>
Mathews was still sporadically recording with ] but was frustrated to see them becoming a 'human jukebox' of hits when one of the all-time greatest accomplishments in recorded music, '']'', was made by them but had never been performed live in its entirety. Mathews wanted to bring new credibility and well-deserved worldwide acclaim to the band by presenting a live version of ''Pet Sounds'''. Mathews put together a comprehensive outline as musical director and drafted an agreement for the principals involved. All but one member agreed immediately to the plan but without the remaining vote in, the project went gone but not forgotten.<ref name="spokeo1">{{cite web|url=http://www.spokeo.com/Scott+Mathews+1 |title=Scott Mathews (Producer) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News |publisher=Spokeo.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>


==Other work==
Mathews received a platinum record for the original ''Pet Sounds'' record when the band resolved some lawsuits with their label - a kind gift given to principals and management. ] eventually formed with his own band and performed the world tour of ''Pet Sounds'' that Mathews had proposed.<ref name="spokeo1"/>


In 1989, Mathews recorded vocals on ]'s '']'' and joined Rundgren on tour.<ref name="The Second Disc - Nearly Human, Completely Rundgren">{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Marchese |url=http://theseconddisc.com/2013/01/04/nearly-human-completely-rundgren-todds-1990-san-francisco-concert-revisited |title=Nearly Human, Completely Rundgren: Todd's 1990 San Francisco Concert Revisited|publisher=The Second Disc |date=January 4, 2013 |access-date=February 12, 2013}}</ref> He also performed multi-instruments and vocals on ]'s ''Live in Chicago '91''.
Finishing out the 1980s, Mathews began working closely with ] (a mutual friend through ] - a band that had recorded Mathews' songs)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studioexpresso.com/profiles/scottmathews.htm |title=producer Scott Mathews |publisher=studioexpresso |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref> on a series of recordings that led to two albums and a world tour. Mathews enjoyed the chance to record and then get out of the studio and tour with Rundgren whom he greatly admired and called 'the male ]' due to Rundgren's ballads from his early days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/2nd-wind-mw0000314414/credits |title=2nd Wind - Todd Rundgren : Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date=1991-09-12 |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref> During this time Scott was asked by ] to join Rundgren, ], ], and other rockers as a guest in his ] and began the first of many opportunities to play drums while Ringo was up front singing.<ref name="recordproduction1">{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref>
Being a friend and sometimes musical collaborator, ] also had Mathews sit in as a 'special guest' on percussion and vocals with ] on sporadic occasions including on a tour of Japan.


Mathews and Nagle co-wrote the 1990 title song to ] '']''.<ref name="Closer to the Flame - Dave Edmunds Awards - AllMusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/closer-to-the-flame-mw0000653262/awards |title=Dave Edmunds – Closer to the Flame – Dave Edmunds Awards – AllMusic |publisher=AllMusic.com |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>
==The 1990s==
The 1990s began with another hit record -- ] recorded a song Mathews co-wrote, "]" and it became the title song to a huge seller around the world. In 1990, Mathews introduced alt-country fave ] as Mathews produced, engineered and performed on the first release called ]. <ref>{{cite web|last=Lanham |first=Tom |url=http://chuckprophet.com/press/interview_with_chuck-for_the-release_of_brother_aldo/ |title=Press: Castro Halloween 7” |publisher=Chuck Prophet |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>
In 1991, Mathews produced, engineered and performed with ] on {{Why We Fight]]<ref>{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref>
] and ], <ref></ref>
they also contributed to '']'', a pro-choice recording project with ], ] and many others.


In 1991, Mathews moved to ] and founded Hit or Myth Productions, Inc.<ref name="Hit Quarters - Interview with Scott Mathews" /><ref name="Psychedelic Jams:The Dūrocs">{{cite web|url=http://blog.psychedelicjams.com/2011/07/Dūrocs-Dūrocs.html |title=The Dūrocs – Dūrocs |publisher=Psychedelic Jams |date=July 11, 2011 |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref> Mathews hired his own A&R staff for recruiting primarily emerging artists and bought a split level house in ], CA on the edge of ] which became his ideal private recording studio, TikiTown, named for the enormous Tiki statues that surround it.
Throughout the whirlwind of studio activities in the 1990s, Scott recorded sessions with many iconic artists including ], ], ], ], ] and even ]. He also found his way out of the studio to play more live gigs with pal, ] during Bay Area and Los Angeles performances in 1993 and 1999 with ].<ref name="recordproduction1"/>
] was one of the first artists Mathews brought into the studio and he loved it so much he set up an entire large room as a gym so he could work out while there.<ref name="Hit Quarters - Interview with Scott Mathews" /><ref name="Psychedelic Jams:The Dūrocs" />
TikiTown is also renowned for its museum level quality of music memorabilia and ultra rare Hall of Fame type pieces.<ref name="Scott Mathews - Recording Studio Owner">{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Molenda |url=http://www.recordproduction.com/scott-mathews.html |title=Scott Mathews – Recording Studio Owner |publisher=recordproduction.com |date=April 1, 2005 |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>


In 1993 Mathews and music journalist ] met with ] in Twentynine Palms, CA. Their meeting convinced Dale to come out of retirement and record with Mathews. Dale experienced a renewed interest in his music and earned the #1 college radio record for his '']'' comeback LP which Mathews co-produced.<ref>Selvin, Joel – "Smartass: The Music Journalism of Joel Selvin: California Rock and Roll", Parthenon/SLG Books, p.319-324, 2010</ref>
In 1993 Mathews, along with friend and San Francisco Chronicle senior rock critic, ] discovered the ], ] was living on a remote ranch in 29 Palms, California and rarely picked up his guitar. The two coaxed the reluctant guitarist to come to San Francisco and try some recording and the result was ], a record that earned its way to #1 on the College Radio charts and ''Rolling Stone'' awarded it an excellent '4 Star' review. With Dale's major comeback underway, ] used ] in the 1994 film '']'' and Mathews went on to produce more LPs with Dale, 'Unknown Territory' (1994) and 'Calling Up Spirits' (1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/tribal-thunder-mw0000098501/credits |title=Tribal Thunder - Dick Dale : Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>


In December 2011, Mathews signed on as executive producer with the Hong Kong-based, Far West Entertainment. Less than two months after, Mathews produced the #1 ''Billboard'' track "Dance On" with Pan Asian girl group ].<ref name="creativespotlights.com" /><ref name="Blush Single Dance On Tops Billboard's Dance Charts - Scene Asia - WSJ">{{cite news|first=Jason|last=Chow |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/02/17/blush-single-tops-billboards-dance-charts/ |title=Blush Single Dance on Tops Billboard's Dance Charts |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=February 17, 2012 |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>
In 1995, Mathews joined a small group of producers and engineers brought together by ] to mix surround sound versions of the ] record by ] originally produced by ]. Mathews worked on the single ] with directions from ] to "make the sound feel like you are on a roller coaster". These experimental mixes have thus far remained unreleased.<ref>{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref>


On January 24, 2014, Mathews helped arrange for his longtime friend, ] to be inducted at the 29th annual ] Hall of Fame at the ] in ]. The evening also provided for a reunion with ] who won the ] Award for his musical innovation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockworldmagazine.com/29th-annual-tec-awards/ |title=29th Annual TEC Awards: Saluting New Sounds & Honoring Classics |publisher=Rock World Magazine |access-date=2014-06-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129221837/http://www.rockworldmagazine.com/29th-annual-tec-awards/ |archive-date=January 29, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
While writing and recording with ] in 1996 at the ] in ], Mathews met engineer Tom Luekens who was working full-time for Jones. When the project was done, Luekens contacted Mathews and let him know he was a free agent and from that moment on Luekens has been Mathews' chief engineer.<ref>www.scottmathews.com</ref>


On October 19, Mathews was honored with a Milley Award, a local Bay Area award for 'recognition and appreciation for his outstanding achievement in performing, creating and demonstrating his significant body of work, service to the arts community and artistic vision, diligence and perseverance.' In his speech upon receiving the award, he spoke; "It has been at least a couple lifetime's of great fortune and I'm most grateful for it. I have been able to live quite comfortably in the Bay Area, hermetically sealed in the recording studio, creating new music rather than re-creating it on stage and living the life of a carny. But I don't think the past can possibly provide what the future promises and deeply feel my best work is ahead of me. The rear-view mirror is so much smaller than the windshield."<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_26755492/ |title=Marin Snapshot: A Milley for Marin's anonymous million-selling recording artist Scott Mathews |publisher=Marinij.com |date= |access-date=2015-11-01}}</ref>
In 1997, Scott collaborated with ] on songs for the film '']'' and produced the project in Mathews' recording studio in ] thus adding to the ] composed mini-soundtrack. Lewis introduced Mathews to ] winning film director ] as "one of those rare, genuinely prodigious musicians who is too talented to limit himself to actually being a member of one group or recording project." The film was nominated for two ].
In 1998, Mathews' corporation ] purchased a split-level house on the edge of San Francisco Bay with views from every room and established a new private recording studio, ]. Stocked with many musical instruments and the creature comforts of a nice home, it soon became a destination for artists from all over the world. ] immediately became a familiar face and even installed a gym for his use while working at TikiTown. Well after purchasing the house, Mathews found out that the future TikiTown was the home of a member or two of ] when they were in their heyday.<ref>www.scottmathews.com</ref>


==Charitable work==
In 1999, the Durocs contributed to the tribute album for ] co-founder, ], who was terminally ill with cancer. The album, ] Album (Birdman, 1999), contained cover versions of the songs from Spence's only solo album, ] (Columbia, 1969).<ref>{{cite web|author=More Oar |url=http://www.amazon.com/More-Oar/dp/B000050HTL |title=More Oar: More Oar: Music |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>
Mathews serves as Chairman of the San Francisco Bay Area Council of ]<ref>name=Little Kids Rockhttp://greatnonprofits.org/org/little-kids-rock {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616154126/http://greatnonprofits.org/org/little-kids-rock |date=June 16, 2016 }}</ref> which provides a nationwide program of free musical education and instruments to impoverished public schools.<ref name="littlekidsrock.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.littlekidsrock.org/news-events/press-releases/scott-matthews-named-bay-area-regional-chairman/ |title=National Nonprofit Little Kids Rock Names Storied Record Producer Scott Mathews as Chairman of San Francisco Bay Area Council |publisher=little kids rock.org |date=March 16, 2015 |access-date=2015-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908082134/http://www.littlekidsrock.org/news-events/press-releases/scott-matthews-named-bay-area-regional-chairman/ |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

==The 2000s==
In 2000, Mathews began dedicating himself almost exclusively to new, emerging artists at Hit or Myth Productions while devoting a lot of time to family and travel. TikiTown was the site of roughly ten different production projects per year - ranging from singles to double albums.<ref name="marinij1979">{{cite web|author=By Paul LiberatoreMarin Independent Journalmarinij.com |url=http://www.marinij.com/entertainment/ci_21276954/press-play-durocs-1979-masterpiece-gets-re-issused |title=Press Play: The Durocs' 1979 masterpiece gets re-issued - Marin Independent Journal |publisher=Marinij.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>

In 2005, Mathews began producing a series of Operettas for contemporary Opera composer, Mark Northcross using a select group of performers from the ] and ]. The first piece was recorded at TikiTown but the subsequent selections were recorded at ] because the size of the orchestra and number of vocalists needed outgrew the size of the studio. The latest piece was recorded in 2011.

In 2007, at the ] in Oakland, California, ] performed the final live presentation of '']''. On this historical occasion, Wilson invited Mathews and ] onstage to sing the all-time classic.<ref>{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref>

In addition, Mathews's musical and personal involvement with ] and Brian Wilson made Mathews instrumental (along with ]) in bringing together the two forces in order to finish the final masterpiece originally scheduled as ']' to fruition (after it had been left undone for nearly four decades).
Mathews accompanied ] for the first performance of Wilson's Smile in Los Angeles at the Disney Center, and received a Gold Record for the sales of the newly recorded ']' from the U.K.<ref name="spokeo1"/>

==The 2010s==
As of 2011, Mathews is still writing songs with ] and working on recording projects due for future release, featuring Nagle as the artist and Mathews as the producer.

On April 16, 2011, ] released a 7" vinyl with the A side being "Don’t Fight The Sea" (co-produced by Mathews) and the B side being "Friends" (a cappella), with 100% of the proceeds going to benefit the Red Cross and the Japanese disaster relief effort. The single will be packaged in a white sleeve and the first 1,000 pressed will be on white vinyl with a red label to replicate the Japanese flag.

In December of 1211, Mathews signed on as Executive Producer with Hong Kong based, ], a ] like company with departments for music, television and film. In less than two months following the signing, ], a Pan Asian girl group Mathews produced went to #1 on the '']'' dance tracks for two weeks. This unprecedented feat marks the first time in history an Asian band has hit even the top 40, let alone #1 on the ]. As a result of this early stage success, ] has joined Far West as another Executive Producer and ] is involved with co-producing on the television side.<ref name="marinscope1">{{cite web|author=By Chris RooneyMarinscope contributor |url=http://marinscope.com/articles/2012/.../doc4f4543f18964a683487504.txt |title=Marin producer behind hit single - Marinscope Community Newspapers : Archives |publisher=Marinscope.com |date=2012-02-22 |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>

On May 22, 2012, after nearly a year in negotiations with Capitol Records, Real Gone Music released the original Durocs record on CD and downloads. Along with the original LP are eight previously unheard Durocs 'bone-us' tracks, all recorded shortly after the Capitol release. The reviews have been incredible and it seems the world is finally ready for the Durocs albeit thirty-three years later.<ref name="marinij1979"/>

While still working with established, iconic artists, these days Mathews is dedicated to producing primarily emerging artists his A&R wing at Hit or Myth Productions discover from all over the world. He feels talent discovery and development is the most broken component to today's music industry and spends much of his time working on a better model.
Mathews' recent projects at TikiTown include new artists from England, Australia, Ukraine, France, Austria, New Zealand, Canada, Iceland, Japan, Hong Kong and America.
Equally as passionate about the possibilities tech plays in music as the music itself, if Mathews isn't in the recording studio, he is likely to be found in the Silicone Valley working with other entrepreneurs and companies to help shape the future of the music industry. He is involved in early stage start up think tanks as well as an expert consultant to high tech music/media companies and venture capitalists.<ref name="marinscope1"/>

==Recording Awards and honors==
Scott Mathews has earned awards including gold and platinum albums with artists such as; ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and others. ] projects include, 'Riding with the King' (], ]), 'Twenty' ], 'I'm in the Mood for Love' ], 'The Healer' (]), 'Mr. Lucky' (]) and others.

The Durocs LP on Capitol Records won the 'Best New Artist' award at the ] (aka the California Music Awards).

Mathews has been profiled in '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' magazine and the '']''. In '']'' magazine, ] referred to Mathews as a 'wunderkind,' and '']'' Senior Music Critic, ] is on record stating, "Scott Mathews is the funniest, smartest, hippest, most talented musician I know."<ref>Selvin, Joel - "Smartass: The Music Journalism of Joel Selvin: California Rock and Roll", SLG Books, 2010</ref>

==Teaching, speaking and writing==
Mathews has taught classes at ] on songwriting, the music industry and music production and has lectured and or given commencement speeches at ], ], ] in Hollywood, ], ], and ].
Mathews is a frequent guest speaker at ], the ], and the ] among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sfmusictech.com/panelistpage/smathews.html |title=SanFran MusicTech Summit |publisher=Sfmusictech.com |date=2008-02-25 |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>

==Film projects==
In 1976 Mathews performed many different musical instruments on the ] score for the multiple Academy Award winning film, ].<ref>www.scottmathews.com</ref>
As an actor, Mathews starred as ] in the ''Star Wars'' parody '']'' from 1977.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077658/</ref>

In 1977, Mathews and ] produced sound design and effects with Exorcist director, William Friedkin for the movie, ].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076740/</ref>

In 1982, Mathews and ] produced sound design, effects and source music for the film, ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1103089/1/Cat+People.htm |title=Cat People Soundtrack CD Album |publisher=Cduniverse.com |date=1992-11-24 |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>
In 1998, Mathews produced and wrote songs with Huey Lewis for the film, ] for director ].<ref>www.scottmathews.com</ref>
In 2010, Mathews served as co-musical supervisor and music producer on a documentary film with called ] with two-time Academy Award-nominated director ] on the subject of surfing and ] as seen through the lens of Hollywood. ], ], ], ], and others join a cast of A-list participants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imdb.com/title/tt1372711/ |title=Hollywood Don't Surf! (2010) |publisher=IMDb |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1991, Mathews married former model Mary Ezzell, children: Thomas Wilson, born in 1993, and Ava Grace, born in 1996. His primary residence is on ] in ], ], California.

In September 2011, Mathews joined the President's Council of the ], the world's foremost stem cell research center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gladstoneinstitutes.org/connect/supporting-gladstone/presidents-council |title=President's Council |publisher=Gladstone Institutes |date= |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref> In October, 2012 the ] in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to ], a senior investigator at the ].
For several years, Mathews was the Musical Director for benefit concerts for ], a youth-oriented alcohol and drug rehabilitation center.
Mathews is a supporter of ], an organization dedicated to educating and protecting musicians' hearing.<ref>www.hear.com/</ref>
Off and on, Mathews serves as Musical Director for the ] where projects have involved bringing together, ] for their final live performance ever as well as directing a gospel show featuring ] and ].
In October, 2012, Mathews served as musical director, MC, drummer and vocalist for a celebration for the Mill Valley Film Festival featuring an all-star line up including ] in tribute to ], a documentary that Mathews appears in along with ], ], ], ], ], ]
and a host of other major artists.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sam Whiting |url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Gillian-Grisman-s-film-Village-Music-3922377.php |title=Gillian Grisman's film 'Village Music' |publisher=SFGate |date=2012-10-07 |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref>


==References== ==References==
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==Bibliography== ==External links==
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*BAM Magazine, 1980

*Scullatti, Gene - ''The Catalog of COOL'', Warner Books 1982
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*Elliott, Brad - ''Surf's Up, The Beach Boys On Record 1961&ndash;1981'', Pierian Press 1982
*Stebbins, Jon - ''The Real Beach Boy'', ECW Press
*Rolling Stone (10/28/93, p.&nbsp;81)
*Selvin, Joel - Various articles in the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', 1975&ndash;2003.
*Bessler, Ian - ''Songwriter's Market'', Writer's Digest Books, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
*Bowie, David - Moonage Daydream, 2003
*Selvin, Joel - "Smartass: The Music Journalism of Joel Selvin: California Rock and Roll", SLG Books, 2010
*Hagar, Sammy - "Red", Harper Collins 2011
*Beard, David - www.examiner.com, April 7, 2011
*''Billboard'' magazine, February 23, 2012


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Scott Mathews
Scott Mathews at TikiTown, USA
Born (1955-07-25) July 25, 1955 (age 69)
Sacramento, California, United States
Occupation(s)Music producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, entertainment media executive, entrepreneur
Websitescottmathews.com

Scott Mathews (born July 25, 1955) is an American music producer, composer, performer, and entrepreneur. He has appeared as a musician, songwriter or producer on recordings with sales of more than 50 million units which earned more than 30 gold and multi-platinum RIAA Certification awards.

As a recording artist, he recorded for Capitol Records and established the video department at Capitol just prior to MTV. Mathews owns and operates a private studio, TikiTown, along with four production and publishing companies.

Early career

Mathews began playing music at a young age. At age 15, he got his first break playing with Elvin Bishop at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium.

In 1973, Mathews met future long-time collaborator Ron Nagle. Nagle was already an established songwriter and recording artist for Warner Brothers, best known at the time for his 1970 album Bad Rice. Nagle and Mathews teamed up and began to write and record material in Nagle's garage studio in San Francisco. Turning 18, Mathews moved to Sausalito, California, sharing a house with David Jenkins of Pablo Cruise, making a living as a session musician while writing and producing 'blueprints for records' with Nagle.

Mathews soon began producing radio and television jingles for various ad agencies. This led to Roy Orbison being the first notable artist Mathews produced in the recording studio. Mathews convinced an advertising agency he could get Orbison to license his biggest worldwide hit, Oh, Pretty Woman for Tone, a women's body soap manufactured by The Dial Corporation. The campaign was such a success that Mathews followed it up with Johnny Cash on Victoria Station radio ads.

Ron Nagle's producer from his solo record, Jack Nitzsche, heard some of the duo's new material and hired them to work on film scores and record projects. In Nitzsche, Mathews found his mentor in the music business and high-profile projects followed soon after.

Performing and producing sessions under Nitzsche, Mathews worked on his first movie soundtrack, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and was Nitzsche's multi-instrumentalist and close assistant on various recording projects with major artists such as Mick Jagger, Barbra Streisand, Glen Campbell, Ry Cooder, Dr. John.

In 1977, Barbra Streisand heard one of Mathews and Nagle's songs at a meeting with Jack Nitzsche. She asked to meet with the two composers and the three began writing together in a bungalow at The Beverly Hills Hotel. They wrote "Don't Believe What You Read" for Streisand's album Superman which went double-platinum in the United States . Mathews also assisted Nitzsche in writing the arrangements for the album. Mathews and Nagle also wrote and published songs by The Tubes including the cult favorite, "Don't Touch Me There". Also in 1977, Mathews played drums and dobro on Glen Campbell's album Southern Nights on Capitol Records and worked with Nitzsche on the arrangements of several songs.

Robin Williams contacted Mathews to help with a musical finale for his shows in San Francisco at The Boarding House. Following that success, Williams took the show to New York at the Copacabana. Mathews urged Williams to record some shows, which led to a record deal with Casablanca Records. The result was an Reality ... What a Concept, the first Grammy Award winning project for both Williams and Mathews.

Mathews was a studio musician on the Beach Boys album Keepin' the Summer Alive.

Acting

Mathews starred as Fluke Starbucker in the 1977 Star Wars parody Hardware Wars. It was highly profitable, grossing in excess of $1,000,000 on a paltry $8,000 budget. George Lucas said in a 1999 interview on the UK's The Big Breakfast television show that Hardware Wars was his favorite Star Wars parody. In 2003, the film was honored by Lucasfilm when it was given the Pioneer Award at that year's The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards. In August 2010, Time magazine listed it as one of the top 10 Star Wars fanfilms.

Dūrocs

Following Mathews' writing and production work with artists on A&M Records, Capitol Records approached him and Nagle to build a band project. Nagle and Mathews, funded by A&M, wrote and produced material under the name Dūrocs. The duo ended up signing with Capitol Records as a production company to produce artists already on the label and/or new artists they brought in. Capitol's Artists and repertoire division pushed for Mathews and Nagle to record their own album as the first project with the label and the duo agreed although the so-called 'band', Durocs, but never had any intention of performing live.

Originally labeled as new wave and power pop, Dūrocs wrote and produced material that was more diverse and explored Mathews and Nagle's interests in the styles of The Brill Building, Leiber and Stoller and Phil Spector.

Durocs did not assemble a band to tour in support of the album. En lieu of touring, they produced music videos for their two singles. Dūrocs left Capitol late in 1980 to focus on production and songwriting for other artists. In 1981 the video department Dūrocs helped Capitol build thrived as the label was prepared to make promotional videos for the new MTV television channel. The song "Lie to Me" was featured on the 1980 WKRP in Cincinnati episode "A Family Affair".

After negotiations with Capitol Records, Real Gone Music released the original Dūrocs record in 2012. The Durocs negotiated for a limited edition vinyl series to be released exactly 33 1/3 years (representing the RPMs of an album) after the original record. Along with the original LP are eight previously unheard Dūrocs 'bone-us' tracks, all recorded shortly after the Capitol release.

Other work

In 1989, Mathews recorded vocals on Todd Rundgren's Nearly Human and joined Rundgren on tour. He also performed multi-instruments and vocals on Todd Rundgren's Live in Chicago '91.

Mathews and Nagle co-wrote the 1990 title song to Dave Edmunds Closer to the Flame.

In 1991, Mathews moved to Marin County and founded Hit or Myth Productions, Inc. Mathews hired his own A&R staff for recruiting primarily emerging artists and bought a split level house in Mill Valley, CA on the edge of San Francisco Bay which became his ideal private recording studio, TikiTown, named for the enormous Tiki statues that surround it. Van Morrison was one of the first artists Mathews brought into the studio and he loved it so much he set up an entire large room as a gym so he could work out while there. TikiTown is also renowned for its museum level quality of music memorabilia and ultra rare Hall of Fame type pieces.

In 1993 Mathews and music journalist Joel Selvin met with Dick Dale in Twentynine Palms, CA. Their meeting convinced Dale to come out of retirement and record with Mathews. Dale experienced a renewed interest in his music and earned the #1 college radio record for his Tribal Thunder comeback LP which Mathews co-produced.

In December 2011, Mathews signed on as executive producer with the Hong Kong-based, Far West Entertainment. Less than two months after, Mathews produced the #1 Billboard track "Dance On" with Pan Asian girl group Blush.

On January 24, 2014, Mathews helped arrange for his longtime friend, Hal Blaine to be inducted at the 29th annual TEC Awards Hall of Fame at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. The evening also provided for a reunion with Todd Rundgren who won the Les Paul Award for his musical innovation.

On October 19, Mathews was honored with a Milley Award, a local Bay Area award for 'recognition and appreciation for his outstanding achievement in performing, creating and demonstrating his significant body of work, service to the arts community and artistic vision, diligence and perseverance.' In his speech upon receiving the award, he spoke; "It has been at least a couple lifetime's of great fortune and I'm most grateful for it. I have been able to live quite comfortably in the Bay Area, hermetically sealed in the recording studio, creating new music rather than re-creating it on stage and living the life of a carny. But I don't think the past can possibly provide what the future promises and deeply feel my best work is ahead of me. The rear-view mirror is so much smaller than the windshield."

Charitable work

Mathews serves as Chairman of the San Francisco Bay Area Council of Little Kids Rock which provides a nationwide program of free musical education and instruments to impoverished public schools.

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