John Alagía

John Alagía is an American record producer, composer, mixer and co-founder of Drive Music. Alagia has worked with artists including Lukas Nelson, Paul Simon, Herbie Hancock, Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Serena Ryder, Brett Dennen, Rachael Yamagata, Ben Folds, Lifehouse and many others.

John Alagía
BornLouisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • composer
  • mixer
Websitewww.johnalagia.com

In his early years, Alagía honed his recording and production skills with friend Douglas Derryberry at Rutabaga Studios in Arlington, Virginia. Derryberry and Alagía were also an acoustic rock duo, having released three albums and done extensive touring along the East Coast. Together, they recorded and produced many Mid-Atlantic acts ranging from DMB, Vertical Horizon, Edwin McCain to Ben Folds Five and others. Today, John resides at the Village Recorder in West Los Angeles.

Derryberry and Alagía

John was a member of a band known as Derryberry and Alagía. This collaboration featured Doug Derryberry. The group released three records, as follows:

  • Reinvigorating the Wheel
  • Rutabaga Stew
  • Southpaw

Partial discography

Ben Folds Five

Blue Man Group

BoDeans

Brett Dennen

Hope For The Hopeless

Dave Matthews Band

David Gray
  • Live at Joe's Pub

The Hogwaller Ramblers
  • The Hogwaller Ramblers, 1998

Josh Kelley

John Mayer

Jason Mraz
  • You and I Both - Top 40 singles peak - #15
  • Waiting for My Rocket to Come Billboard Top 200 peak - #55
  • The Remedy (2003) - Top 40 singles peak - #4

Evermore
  • Dreams (2004) - ARIA certified Platinum
  • Real Life (2006) - ARIA certified Platinum

Lifehouse

Mandy Moore
  • Wild Hope (2007) Billboard Top 200 peak - #30

Once Hush
  • Say It Anyway (1996)

Vertical Horizon

Rachael Yamagata

Ben Lee

Liz Phair

Katharine McPhee
  • Unbroken (January 5, 2010) - Billboard Top 200 peak - #27

Madi Diaz
  • Plastic Moon (2010)

Terra Naomi

Lena Fayre
  • I am Not A Man (2014)

References
  1. Pittman, Sarah Marie. "Rachael Yamagata On The Road". Pollstar. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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