Erik Ron

Erik Ron (born July 4, 1985) is an American producer, mixer, and songwriter based in Los Angeles. He has worked with artists such as Panic! at the Disco, Set It Off, Issues,^[1] New Years Day, Too Close to Touch, I the Mighty,^[2][3] Motionless In White, I Wish We Were Robots, Blessthefall, I See Stars, Sylar, Attila, Godsmack, Staind, and Bush.^[4][5][6][7]

Erik Ron
Erik Ron in 2016
Background information
Born	(1985-07-04) July 4, 1985 (age 40) San Carlos, California, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock post-hardcore metalcore heavy metal hard rock pop punk punk rock hardcore punk screamo
Occupations	Record producer songwriter mixing engineer
Years active	2006–present
Formerly of	Impel
Website	erikron.com

Life and career

Early years

Erik Ron was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in the suburb of San Carlos, California, where he attended Carlmont High School. As a teenager, Erik began his music career by playing in the alternative rock band Impel. After high school, he studied engineering at Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music in Los Angeles. Erik worked as in-house engineer at Woodland Ranch Studio from 2005 to 2008. He then served as an engineer under producer and writer, John Feldmann in Bel Air, CA, from 2008 and 2011.^[8]

2013–present

In 2013, Erik built and opened "Grey Area Studios" in North Hollywood.^[9] Since opening the studio to focus on his own production career, Erik has worked with Panic! at the Disco, Set It Off, Issues,^[10] New Years Day, Too Close to Touch, I Prevail, Motionless in White, This Wild Life, Young Guns,^[11] The Word Alive,^[12] Blessthefall, I See Stars, Palisades,^[13] Sylar, and Attila, and more. In early 2016, Erik Ron inked an exclusive publishing deal with BMG Rights Management.

In September 2017, it was announced that Ron will be at the helm of the seventh studio album of the rock band Godsmack.^[14]

Production discography

Year	Artist	Album title	Label	Credits
2006	After Midnight Project	The Becoming (EP)	Self-released	Engineer (track 1)[15][16]
	Gran Bel Fisher	Full Moon Cigarette	Hollywood Records	Editing[17]
	Sparta	Threes	Hollywood, Anti-	Additional engineering[18][19]
2007	Shannon Noll	Turn It Up	Sony BMG	Vocal engineer[20][21][22]
2008	Undies Kissing Girls UKG	Private Room	Commercial Canada, RCA Records	Producer, engineer[23]
	Edgar Winter	Rebel Road	Airline Records	Backing vocals, engineer[24][25]
2009	After Midnight Project	Let's Build Something to Break	Universal Motown Records	Additional engineering[26][27]
	Panic! at the Disco	Jennifer's Body (Music from the Motion Picture)	Fueled by Ramen, Fox Music	Backing vocals, engineer "New Perspective"[28]
	Saosin	In Search of Solid Ground	Virgin Records	Engineer (tracks 2 and 10)[29][30]
	Benevolent Tomorrow	Benevolent Tomorrow (EP)	Long Play Records	Producer, engineer, mixer[31]
	Hedley	The Show Must Go	Universal Music Canada, Island Records	Engineer (tracks 4 and 9)[32][33]
2010	Four Year Strong	Enemy of the World	Decaydance Records, I Surrender Records, Universal Motown	Additional mixing[34][35]
	Foxy Shazam	Foxy Shazam	Sire Records	Backing vocals (track 5 and 7), engineer (tracks 1, 2, 4–11)[36][37][38][39]
	VersaEmerge	Fixed at Zero	Fueled by Ramen	Engineer[40][41]
	Intercept	Symphony for Somebody Else	Restless Music Group	Producer, mixer[42]
	Beta State	Stars	Machine Shop Records	Producer, engineer, mixer, strings[43]
	K.Flay	K.Flay (EP)	Self-released	Mixer[44]
	Allstar Weekend	Suddenly Yours	Hollywood	Engineer[45][46]
2011	Panic! at the Disco	Vices & Virtues	Decaydance, Fueled by Ramen	Engineer[47][48]
	Culprit	Analogue (EP)	N/A	Producer, engineer, mixer[49]
	Goodnight Caulfield	Taking Shape (EP)	N/A	Producer[50]
	Get Scared	Best Kind of Mess	Universal Motown	Assistant engineer[51]
	Allstar Weekend	All the Way	Hollywood	Engineer[52]
2012	I the Mighty	Karma Never Sleeps (EP)	Equal Vision Records	Producer[53][54]
	Attaloss	Attaloss	Rock Ridge Music	Producer[55]
	Get Scared	Built for Blame, Laced with Shame (EP)	Grey Area Records	Producer, writer[56][57]
	Screaming For Silence	Relentless (EP)	N/A	Producer (track 1)[58]
	Set It Off	Cinematics	Equal Vision	Vocal producer, vocal engineer, programming, writer – "Swan Song", "The Grand Finale"[59]
	Oh, the Irony	Within Reach	Burlingame Records	Producer, engineer, writer[citation needed]
	Motionless in White	Infamous	Fearless Records	Vocal engineer[60][61]
2013	I the Mighty	Satori	Equal Vision	Producer, engineer, mixer[62][63]
	New Years Day	Victim to Villain	Century Media Records	Producer, engineer, mixer, writer[64][65]
	Hands Like Houses	Unimagine	Rise Records	Writer – "Developments", "Weight", "The House You Built", "Fountainhead", "Wisteria", "A Fire on a Hill"[66][67]
	Secrets	Fragile Figures	Rise	Vocal producer, engineer, writer – "Maybe Next May"[68][69][70]
	Culprit	Totem (EP)	Easy Killer Records & Apparel	Mixer, mastering[71]
	Blameshift	Secrets	Executive Music Group	Bass guitar (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11), producer, mixer, strings[72]
	Get Scared	Everyone's Out to Get Me	Fearless	Producer, engineer, mixer, writer (tracks 1, 3–12)[73][74]
2014	Various	Punk Goes 90s Vol. 2	Fearless	Producer (track 1)[75][76]
	The Word Alive	Real	Fearless	Writer (tracks 1–3, 5, 6 and 9)[77][78]
	Sienna Skies	Seasons	InVogue Records	Writer – "Even Stronger"[79]
	Heartist	Feeding Fiction	Roadrunner Records	Writer – "Pressure Point", "Manipulate"[80][81]
	The Color Morale	Hold On Pain Ends	Fearless	Writer – "Outer Demons"[82][83]
	Hands Like Houses	Reimagine (EP)	Rise	Producer, engineer, mixer[84][85]
	Motionless in White	Reincarnate	Fearless	Additional production (track 6), programming (track 6), writer – "Unstoppable", "Contemptress", "Dark Passenger"[86][87]
	Set It Off	Duality	Equal Vision, Rude Records	Writer – "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"[88][89]
	Too Close to Touch	Too Close to Touch (EP)	Epitaph Records	Producer, mixer, writer[90]
	Taylor Swift	1989 (Deluxe)	Big Machine Records	Writer – "New Romantics"[91]
	Various	Punk Goes Pop Vol. 6	Fearless	Additional vocal producer (track 8), producer, mixer (tracks 6 and 13)[92]
	New Years Day	Epidemic (EP)	Grey Area	Producer, engineer, mixer, writer[93] Owning the diseased parts of us and turning it into a strength."[94][95][96]
	Picturesque	Picturesque (EP)	Equal Vision	Producer, mixer[97]
2015	Palisades	Mind Games	Rise	Producer, engineer, writer[98][99]
	Altessa	"Sara"	N/A	Producer[100]
	Too Close to Touch	Nerve Endings	Epitaph	Producer, mixer, writer[101][102][103][104]
	Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!	Get Lost, Find Yourself	Fearless	Writer – "Pull You Under", "What Goes Around", "Every Moment"[105][106]
	I the Mighty	Connector	Equal Vision	Producer, mixer[107]
	This Wild Life	Clouded (Atmosphere Edition)	Epitaph	Producer, engineer, writer[citation needed]
	Our Last Night	Younger Dreams	Self-released	Writer – "Imaginary Monster"[108]
	Awaken the Empire	Aurora	Another Century Records	Producer, mixer[109]
	Blessthefall	To Those Left Behind	Fearless	Vocal producer, vocal engineer, vocal editing, writer (tracks 1, 2, 5–7, 9–11)[110][111][112]
	New Years Day	Malevolence	Another Century	Producer, engineer, mixer, writer (tracks 1–6, 8–12)[113][114][115]
	Get Scared	Demons	Fearless	Producer, engineer, writer (tracks 1–4, 6–11)[116][117]
	Myka, Relocate	The Young Souls	Artery Recordings	Writer – "Nerve", "Idle Hands"[118][119]
	Picturesque	Monstrous Things (EP)	Equal Vision	Producer, mixer, writer – "Monstrous Things", "Just Exist", "Who We Are"[120][121][122]
2016	Hands Like Houses	Dissonants	Rise	Co-producer, engineer, mixer, writer – "I Am", "Perspectives", "Stillwater"[123][124][125]
	Rival Tides	New Rituals (EP)	Self-released	Producer, mixer[126]
	Issues	Headspace	Rise	Co-producer, vocal engineer, writer (tracks 1–4, 7, 9, 11, 13)[127][128][129]
	I See Stars	Treehouse	Sumerian Records	Producer (tracks 1–3, 5–8, 10–12), mixer (track 6), mastering, writer – "Calm Snow", "Everyone's Safe in the Treehouse", "Running With Scissors", "Two Hearted"[130][131][132]
	The Color Morale	Desolate Divine	Fearless	Writer – "Lonesome Soul", "Version of Me", "Misery Loves Company", "Fauxtographic Memory"[133][134]
	Sylar	Help!	Hopeless Records	Producer, engineer, mixer, writer[135][136][137]
	Young Guns	Echoes	Wind-up Records	Additional programming, writer – "Careful What You Wish For", "Awakening"[138][139]
	Too Close to Touch	Haven't Been Myself	Epitaph	Producer, mixer, writer (tracks 1–7, 9–11)[140][141][142]
	Dayshell	Nexus	Spinefarm Records	Producer, engineer, mixer, writer – "A New Man"[143][144]
	Set It Off	Upside Down	Equal Vision, Rude	Instrumentation, producer, mixer, programming, writer – "Uncontainable", "Want", "Admit It", "Never Know", "Me w/o Us"[145][146][147]
	I Prevail	Lifelines	Fearless	Writer – "Chaos", "Worst Part of Me"[148][149]
	Attila	Chaos	SharpTone Records	Producer, mixer, writer (tracks 1–9), lyrics[150][151][152]
	badXchannels	WHYDFML EP	SharpTone	Producer, engineer, mixer, writer[153]
2017	Palisades	Palisades	Rise	Producer[citation needed]
	Altessa	Demo EP	N/A	Producer, engineer, mixer (track 1)[154]
	Picturesque	Back to Beautiful	Equal Vision	Producer, mixer[155][156]
	The Color Wild	Clean (EP)	N/A	Producer, writer – "Brighter than the Moon"[157]
	Too Close to Touch	"Leave You Lonely"	Epitaph	Producer, writer[158]
	nothing,nowhere.	Reaper	DCD2 Records	Producer, mixer, programming, writer[159][160][161][162]
	Like Moths to Flames	Dark Divine	Rise	Producer, engineer, writer[163][164]
	Too Close to Touch	"Before I Cave In"	Epitaph	[citation needed]
2018	Too Close to Touch	"Burn"	Epitaph	Writer[165]
	Slaves	Beautiful Death	SGB Records	Producer, mixer, writer[166][167][168]
	Nerv	Bad Habits (EP)	Self-released	Producer (track 1)[169]
	badXchannels	"Memory"	N/A	Producer, writer[170]
	nothing,nowhere.	Ruiner	Fueled by Ramen	Producer, mixer (track 8)[171][172]
	Godsmack	When Legends Rise	BMG	Producer, mixer, writer – "Bulletproof", "Take It to the Edge", "Eye of the Storm"[173][174][175]
	Dance Gavin Dance	Artificial Selection	Rise	Backing vocals, vocal producer (tracks 1 & 2), mixer (track 2)[176][177][178]
	Ghost Town	In the Flesh (EP)	N/A	Producer[179]
	Colorblind	"Parting Words"	N/A	Producer[180]
	Tilian	The Skeptic	Future Friends, Rise	Producer "Right Side"[181][182]
	Sylar	Seasons	Hopeless	Producer, engineer, mixer, mastering, writer (tracks 1–10)[183][184][185]
	Hands Like Houses	Anon	UNFD, Hopeless	Producer, writer – "Tilt"[186][187]
	Various	Songs That Saved My Life	Hopeless, Sub City Records	Producer (track 4), engineer[188]
	Vigils	Spinning (EP)	N/A	Producer, engineer, mixer[189]
	Karise Eden	Born to Fight	Island, Universal Music	Writer – "Ain’t Thinkin About You"[190]
2019	Too Close to Touch	I'm Hard to Love, But So Are You, Vol. 1 (EP)	Epitaph	Producer (track 3), mixer (track 3), writer – "The Fear of Letting Go"[191]
	Reece	I'm Not Sure Yet (EP)	Snafu Records	Producer, writer – "Patience"[192]
	Set It Off	Midnight	Fearless	Writer – "Go to Bed Angry"[193][194]
	Tyler Carter	Moonshine	Rise	Backing vocals (track 1), vocal producer (track 1), writer – "Moonshine", "Focus", "Glow"[195][196]
	nothing,nowhere.	"Call Back"	Fueled by Ramen	Producer[197]
	I Prevail	Trauma	Fearless	Writer – "Every Time You Leave", "Let Me Be Sad", "Deadweight"[198][199]
	Motionless in White	Disguise	Roadrunner	Writer – "Legacy"[200][201]
	Dante Klein & Greff	"Don’t Know Shit"	Spinnin' Records, Source Records	Writer[202]
	guccihighwaters	"Amnesia"	N/A	Producer[203]
	Too Close to Touch	I'm Hard to Love, But So Are You, Vol. 2 (EP)	Epitaph	Producer, mixer, writer – "F.I.N.E."[204]
	Through Fire	All Animal	Sumerian	Writer – "If You Love Me, Leave Me"[205][206]
	CrypticRarity	Riots of Renegades (EP)	New West Records	Producer[207]
	Issues	Beautiful Oblivion	Rise	Programming, writer – "Tapping Out"[208][209]
	Narrative	"No Color in Sight"	Self-released	Producer[210]
	Thousand Below	Gone In Your Wake	Rise	Producer, engineer, writer – "Chemical"[211][212]
	Fire from the Gods	American Sun	Eleven Seven	Backing vocals, guitar, producer, engineer, mixer, writer (tracks 1, 2, 4–8, 10, 12)[213][214]
	Too Close to Touch	I'm Hard to Love, But So Are You, Vol. 3 (EP)	Epitaph	Producer[215]
	UVERworld	Unser	Gr8! Records	Writer – "Oxymoron"[216]
2020	Survive Said the Prophet	Inside Your Head	Sony Music Records	Mixer, writer – "Last Dance Lullaby"[217]
	Bad Omens	Finding God Before God Finds Me (Deluxe)	Sumerian	Writer – "Never Know", "Limits"[218][219][220]
	Clint Lowery	God Bless the Renegades	Rise	Writer – "Allowed to Run"[221]
	The Word Alive	Monomania	Fearless	Bass guitar, producer, engineer, mixer, writer (tracks 2–11)[222][223]
	Wake Me	"You'll Hate Me"	N/A	Producer, writer[224]
	Johnny Craig	Find Your Home (EP)	SGB	Producer, writer – "Block Out The Noise", "Forelsket (Euphoria)"[225]
	Wake Me	"Blood Moon"	N/A	Producer, writer[226]
	Dead Lakes	New Language (EP)	SharpTone	Producer (track 3)[227]
	Bush	The Kingdom	BMG	Producer (1 and 2), engineer, mixer (tracks 1, 2 and 4)[228][229][230]
	Designer Disguise	Nowhere (EP)	Self-released	Producer[231]
	From Ashes to New	Panic	Better Noise Music	Producer, mixer, writer – "Panic", "Wait for Me"[232][233]
	Colorblind	"Stay"	N/A	Writer[234]
	Wake Me	"Night Games"	N/A	Producer, writer[235]
	lil aaron	808 Rock (EP)	Hazheart Records	Producer, writer – "Vans Untied"[236]
	Saul	Rise as Equals	Spinefarm	Guitar, programming, writer – "Here and Now"[237]
2021	Zero 9:36	...If You Don’t Save Yourself (EP)	ATCO Records, Atlantic Records, Prim8 Music, Warner Music Group	Producer, writer – "Take Me Instead"[238]
	Diamante	American Dream	Anti-Heroine	Additional production, writer – "Wake Up Call"[239][240]
	Osatia	"When Will I Learn"	N/A	Producer[241]
	Pop Evil	Versatile	eOne Music	Writer, lyrics – "Set Me Free"[242][243]
	Quinton Griggs	"Chaos!"	Demon Boy, LLC.	Producer, writer[244]
	INAU, Karim & Sunsleep	"New Sensation"	Loud Memory	Producer[245]
	Various	Falling into Your Smile Official Television Soundtrack	NSMG	Producer, writer, lyrics – "Everytime"[246]
	ELKIE	"Gave My Heart Away"	NSMG	Writer[247]
	From Ashes to New	Quarantine Chronicles, Vol. 1 (EP)	Better Noise	Producer, writer – "Enough"[248]
	From Ashes to New	Quarantine Chronicles, Vol. 2 (EP)	Better Noise	Producer, writer – "Light Up the Sky"[249]
	Grayscale	Umbra	Fearless	Writer – "Over Now"[250][251]
	Pentakill	III: Lost Chapter	Riot Games	Engineer (tracks 4 and 5)[252]
	From Ashes to New	Quarantine Chronicles, Vol. 3 (EP)	Better Noise	Producer (tracks 1 and 3), writer – "Wait for Me"[253]
	Starset	Horizons	Fearless	Writer – "Alchemy"[254][255]
	The Word Alive	"Wonderland"	N/A	Producer, writer[256]
	Black Veil Brides	The Phantom Tomorrow	Sumerian	Producer, engineer, mixer, writer (tracks 2–4, 6–12)[257][258][259]
2022	Bad Omens	The Death of Peace of Mind	Sumerian	Producer, writer – "Take Me First"[260][261]
	Islander	It's Not Easy Being Human	Better Noise	Producer (track 9)[262]
	Motionless in White	Scoring the End of the World	Roadrunner	Writer – "Masterpiece"[263][264]
	Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows	Destroy Rebuild	Velocity Records, Equal Vision	Writer – "Outcasts vs Everyone"[265]
	The Faim	Talk Talk	BMG	Producer (track 10)[266][267]
	Rain City Drive	Rain City Drive	Thriller Records	Co-producer, writer (tracks 1–3, 7–10)[268][269]
	Huddy	"All the Things I Hate About You"	Half Blood Records	Producer[270]
	Chad Tepper	Never Stood A Chance	Epitaph	Producer, writer – "1-800-IDONTKNOWYOUANYMORE"[271]
	Hollywood Undead	Hotel Kalifornia	BMG, Dove & Grenade Media	Co-producer, writer (tracks 6–8, 12, 15–18)[272][273][274]
	I Prevail	True Power	Fearless	Writer – "Closure"[275][276]
	Bush	The Art of Survival	BMG	Backing vocals, guitar, producer, engineer, mixer, writer – "More Than Machines", "All Things Must Change"[277][278]
	Kat Leigh	Kat Leigh (EP)	BMG	Guitar, drums, producer, engineer, programming, writer – "U Know Where to Find Me"[279][280]
	44phantom	"hurricane"	Columbia Records	Producer, writer[281]
	Black Veil Brides	The Mourning (EP)	Sumerian	Producer, writer[282][283]
	Fire from the Gods	Soul Revolution	Better Noise	Producer, engineer, mixer, writer (tracks 2, 4–7, 9, 12)[284][285]
	Kailee Morgue	Girl Next Door	Thriller	Producer, writer – "Falling From the Sky"[286][287]
	nobody likes you pat	imago	my dreams are dead, LLC.	Producer, engineer, writer – "maybe money"[288][289]
2023	Godsmack	Lighting Up the Sky	BMG	Writer – "Surrender"[290][291]
	Papa Roach	Ego Trip (Deluxe)	New Noize Records	Producer, writer – "Spotlight"[citation needed]
	Ellise	"brokenboys&bitterbitches"	N/A	Producer, mixer, writer – "Black Balloons"[292][293]
	nothing,nowhere.	Void Eternal	Fueled by Ramen	Producer, mixer, writer – "VEN0M"[294][295]
	93FEETOFSMOKE	ALTAR74	Photo Finish Records	Producer (tracks 3 and 4), mixer (track 3), writer – "conversations", "chewing on my tongue"[296][297]
	Jutes	Ladybug	N/A	Producer, writer – "Do It To Myself"[298]
	Honey Revenge	Retrovision	Thriller	Producer (track 2)[299]
	Hot Milk	A Call to the Void	Music for Nations	Writer, lyrics – "OVER YOUR DEAD BODY"[300][301]
	The Word Alive	Hard Reset	Thriller	Co-producer, writer – "Slow Burn", "A New Empty"[302]
	Conquer Divide	Slow Burn	Mascot Records	Writer – "Wide Awake"[303]
	Velvet Chains	"Stuck Against the Wall"	N/A	Producer[304]
	Staind	Confessions of the Fallen	BMG	Producer, engineer, mixer, writer[305][306]
	Ellise	Over Her Dead Body (EP)	N/A	Producer, writer – "Half a Heart", "Killer"[307]
	Until I Wake	Inside My Head (Deluxe Edition)	Fearless	Co-producer, engineer, writer – "Cold", "Fool’s Paradise"[308][309]
	Neoni	"KNIVES"	ELEV8MUSIC	Producer, writer[310]
	Lilyisthatyou	POP MUSIC (EP)	Self-released	Producer, writer – "SIREN"[311]
	Ellise	"She Ruins Everything"	N/A	Producer, writer[312]
2024	Connor Kauffman	Two Hearts (EP)	Sounds Good	Producer, writer – "Far Too Late"[313][314]
	david hugø	If I Could Read Minds (EP)	Self-released	Writer – "Sleepyhead"[315]
	Too Close to Touch	For Keeps	Epitaph	Backing vocals (track 3), bass guitar (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8), producer (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8), mixer (tracks 2, 4–6, 8), writer – "Disappear", "Hopeless", "Heavy Hearts", "Control", "They Don't Even Know"[316]
	Sophie Cates	SUPERNOVA	Independent	Writer – "maybe she was the one"[317]
	Lilyisthatyou	"DIRTY LITTLE FANTASY"	Self-released	Producer, writer[318]
	Stela Cole	"Feel It Again"	Stelavision Records	Producer, writer[319]
	Chandler Leighton	Proof You Weren’t the Only One	Boom.Records	Producer, writer – "Fixer Upper"[320]
	Keith Wallen	Infinity Now	Rise	Writer – "Nemesis"[321]
	Various	Hopelessly Devoted To You: 30th Anniversary	Hopeless	Producer (track 13)[322]
	Black Veil Brides	Bleeders (EP)	Spinefarm	Producer, writer – "Bleeders"[323][324]
	jxdn	When the Music Stops	DTA Records, Elektra Records	Writer – "SH!T"[325]
	The Home Team	The Crucible of Life	Thriller	Writer – "Honest", "Love When You're Used"[326]
	Sarina	"Living in the Moment"	SyrenSong	Producer, writer[327]
	Emblem3	"Looks to Kill"	Break Records	Producer, writer[328]
	Fame on Fire	The Death Card	Hopeless	Producer, writer[329]
	Zero 9:36	None of Us Are Getting Out (EP)	Self-released, ONErpm	Producer, writer – "Chasing Shadows"[330]
	Loveless	Loveless II	Rise	Guitar, producer, engineer, mixer, writer[331]
	Ashley Sienna	EDEN	Self-released	Producer, writer – "Temptation"[332]