Thomas "Tawgs" Salter is a Canadian musician, songwriter, producer and recording engineer. His extensive body of musical work includes a vast array of artists ranging from Josh Groban, Lights and Lenka to Chantal Kreviazuk, Fefe Dobson, Dear Rouge, Midway State and USS. Salter has also worked alongside Grammy-winning writer/producer Walter Afanasieff.[1] Salter's music, production and collaborations have been featured on television shows, including Vampire Diaries, Grey's Anatomy, American Idol and The Simpsons to films such as Prom Night and Joe Somebody (Tom Wilson).[2][3][4]
Tawgs Salter | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Thomas Salter |
| Born | Vineland, Ontario |
| Genres | All types |
| Instrument | Guitar Piano Keyboards Programming |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Sony/ATV |
Career
editSalter's writing and production of the soaring pop ballad You Are Loved (Don't Give Up), Josh Groban's first single from his multi-platinum selling third studio album Awake, reached #9 on the Adult Contemporary Billboard chart.[5] The song was sung by Lisa Simpson on the television show The Simpsons in Season 20, Episode 9.[6]
On December 15, 2009, Canadian singer-songwriter LIGHTS was acknowledged with two No.1 song awards by SOCAN, alongside writing partner Salter, who helped her pen her smash hits Drive My Soul and Saviour.[7] Drive My Soul reached the top spot on MuchMusic Countdown on January 8, 2009.
In 2012, Tawgs Salter produced "Drive", the debut song of American actor and singer Cheyenne Jackson.
In 2016, he produced Chantal Kreviazuk's album Hard Sail.
Also in 2016 he appeared on Schiller's Future album (For You).[8]
Discography
edit| Year | Artist | Title | Label | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jake Rose | "What I Got" | Co-writer, Producer | |
| Liam St. John | "Landslide Over the Highway" | Big Loud | Co-writer | |
| Goldie Boutilier | "The Actress" | Co-writer, Co-producer | ||
| Rayelle | "Once I Feel Like This" | Happy Owl Records | Co-writer, producer | |
| Joey Hendricks | "Lonely Season" | Co-writer, producer | ||
| Alli Walker | "I Like Big Trucks" | RECORDS | Co-writer | |
| Lane Brothers | "NOLA" | Big Yellow Dog | Co-writer, producer | |
| Joey Hendricks | "Doses" | Co-writer, producer | ||
| Redferrin | "Champagne In the Morning" | Sony Music Entertainment | Co-writer, producer | |
| 2023 | Joey Hendricks | "Brother" | Co-writer, producer | |
| Scott Helman | "Collarbone" | Warner Music Canada | Co-writer, Co-producer | |
| Anna Graceman | "Diamonds Never Die" | Co-writer, producer | ||
| The Reklaws and Drake Milligan | "Honky Tonkin' About" | Starseed Records | Co-writer, producer | |
| ROZES | "Happy to See You Sad" | Co-writer, Producer | ||
| Jake Rose | "Something Like That" | Starts With Music | Co-writer, Co-producer | |
| Brett Kissel | "Never Have I Ever" | Big Star Recordings | Co-writer, producer | |
| ROZES | "Used To Love You" | Co-writer, Producer | ||
| 2022 | Adam Hambrick | "Wreck Me Again" | Tree Street Records | Co-writer, Producer |
| Caitlyn Smith | "Downtown Baby" | Monument Records / Sony Music Entertainment | Co-writer | |
| Fefe Dobson | "FCKN IN LOVE" | 21 Entertainment Inc. | Producer | |
| DES3ETT & Serena Ryder | "Killing The Pain" | Universal Music B.V. | Co-writer | |
| Dean Brody | "Where'd You Learn How to Do That | Starseed Records | Co-writer | |
| Johnny Orlando | "terrible person" | Universal Music Canada | Co-writer | |
| 2021 | The Reklaws | "Happy Hours" | Starseed Records | Co-writer |
| Scott Helman | "Pretty" | Warner Music Canada | Co-writer, co-producer[9] | |
| Alyssa Bonagura | "New Wings" | ABON MUSIC | Co-writer, co-producer[10] | |
| Breagh Isabel | "Girlfriends" | -- | Producer | |
| Scott Helman | "Good Problems (Remix)" ("Good Problems," "Good Problems - Remix") | Warner Music Canada | Co-writer, co-producer[11] | |
| 2020 | Serena Ryder | "Better Now" ("Waterfall," "Candy") | Serenader Source / ArtHaus | Co-writer, co-producer[12] |
| Walk Off The Earth | "this is love" | Golden Carrot Records | Co-writer[13] | |
| The Reklaws | "So Crazy It Just Might Work" | Universal Music Canada | Co-writer[14] | |
| Scott Helman | "Nonsuch Park (sa)" ("Wait No More," "Everything Sucks," "Lois," "Good Problems," "EVERGREEN," "True Crime," "Papa") | Warner Music Canada | Co-writer, co-producer[15] | |
| Washboard Union | "Everbound" ("If She Only Knew," "Dock Rock") | Warner Music Canada | Co-writer, co-producer[16] | |
| Ria Mae | "For Your Love" | -- | Co-writer, producer | |
| 2019 | Walk Off The Earth | "HERE WE GO!" ("HERE WE GO! (Overtime)) | Golden Carrot Records | Co-producer |
| Madison Kozak | "Household" | Big Loud Records | Co-writer[17] | |
| Chad Brownlee | "The Way You Roll" | Universal Music Canada | Co-writer | |
| Hunter Hayes | "Visualizer" ("Heartbreak") | Atlantic Records | Co-writer | |
| 2018 | Chad Brownlee | "single" ("Dear Drunk Me") | Universal Music Canada | Co-writer |
| Scott Helman | "Hang Ups EP" ("Hang Ups", "Dostoevsky") | Warner Music Canada | Co-writer, producer | |
| Dear Rouge | Phases ("Live Through the Night," "Stolen Days," "Little by Little," "The Clearing," "Motion") | Universal Music Canada | Co-writer, co-producer (except "Motion")[18] | |
| 2017 | Scott Helman | Hotel De Ville (all tracks) | Warner Music Canada | Co-writer, producer[19] |
| Justin Nozuka | High Tide EP ("No Place in Mind") | Glassnote Records | Co-writer[19] | |
| Mother Mother | No Culture ("The Drugs") | Universal Music Canada, Def Jam | Co-writer[19] | |
| Walk Off the Earth | "Nomad," "Fire in My Soul," "Taekwondo" | Columbia Records | Co-writer, co-producer[19] | |
| Serena Ryder | Utopia ("Electric Love," "Sanctuary," "Firewater," "Ice Age," "Hands," "Wolves," "Utopia") | Universal Music Canada | Co-writer, producer[20] | |
| Alan Doyle | A Week at the Warehouse ("Summer Summer Night," "Beautiful to Me") | Co-writer[19] | ||
| 2016 | Chantal Kreviazuk | Hard Sail ("Into Me," "Hard Sail, "All I Got") | Warner Music Canada | Co-writer, producer[21] |
| USS | New World Alphabet ("Work Shoes," Who's With Me," "Domino," "California Medication," "Broken Smile") | Coalition Music | Co-writer, co-producer[19] | |
| Trevor Guthrie | "Wanted" | Interscope Records | Co-writer, producer[22] | |
| Modern Space | Before Sunrise | Warner Music Canada | Co-writer, producer[21] | |
| The Abrams | "Fine" | Warner Music Canada | Co-producer[19] | |
| Lights | Midnight Machines ("Up We Go," "Same Sea," "Meteorites") | Warner Bros. | Co-writer[23] | |
| 2015 | Trevor Guthrie | "Summertime" | Interscope Records | Co-writer, producer |
| Steve Aoki | Neon Future II ("Home We'll Go (Take My Hand)") | Ultra, Dim Mak | Co-writer[19] | |
| Walk Off the Earth | Sing It All Away ("Rule the World," "I'll Be Waiting," "Home We'll Go," "Hold On," "Sing It All Away," "California Trees," "Heart is a Weapon") | Columbia Records | Co-writer, co-producer[21] | |
| Alan Doyle | So Let's Go ("So Let's Go," "Take Us Home," "I Can't Dance Without You," "The Night Loves Us," "1234") | Universal Music Canada | Co-writer, producer[19] | |
| The Tenors | Under One Sky ("A New Days Begun," "Lean on Me") | Universal Music Canada | Co-writer, co-producer ("A New Days Begun"), programming ("Lean on Me")[19] | |
| 2014 | Lights | Little Machines ("Up We Go," "Same Sea," "Meteorites," "Oil and Water," "Slow Down") | Warner Bros. | Co-writer, additional production[21] |
| Scott Helman | Augusta EP (all songs except "Somewhere Sweet") | Warner Music Canada | Co-writer, producer[21] | |
| USS | Advanced Basics | Coalition Music Records | Co-writer, co-producer[19] | |
| R3hab and Trevor Guthrie | "Soundwave" | Spinnin' Records | Co-writer[19] | |
| 2013 | Josh Groban | All That Echoes ("Brave," "Below the Line," "Un Alma Mas," "Happy in My Heartache) | 143, Reprise | Co-writer[21] |
| Josh Groban | "Your Hideaway" | 143, Reprise | Co-writer[24] | |
| Lenka | Shadows ("Nothing Here But Love") | Skipalong Records | Co-writer[21] | |
| Walk Off the Earth | R.E.V.O. ("Red Hands," "Gang of Rhythm," "Speeches," "Sometimes," "Shake," "Summer Vibe") | Columbia Records | Co-writer, co-producer[23] | |
| Lights | Siberia Acoustic ("Banner," "Where the Fence is Low," "Suspension," "Toes," "Heavy Rope," "Flux and Flow") | Universal, Last Gang | Co-writer[21] | |
| 2012 | The Tenors | Lead With Your Heart ("Forever Young") | Universal Music Canada | Programming[19] |
| Jesse Labelle ft. Alyssa Reid | "Heartbreak Coverup" | Wax Records | Co-writer, producer[25] | |
| Newworldson | Rebel Transmission ("Learning to be the Light") | Inpop | Co-writer, producer[21] | |
| 2011 | Lights | Siberia ("Banner," "Where the Fence is Low," "Suspension," "Toes," "Heavy Rope," "Flux and Flow," "Timing is Everything") | Universal, Last Gang | Co-writer, co-producer[21] |
| USS | Approved ("Yo Hello Hooray," "Damini," "Heaven on Mars," "Prefontaine," "N/A OK") | Smashing World Records Records | Co-writer, co-producer[19] | |
| 2010 | Fefe Dobson | Joy ("Can't Breathe") | Island Records | Co-writer[21] |
| Newworldson | Newworldson ("There is a Way") | Inpop Records | Co-writer, co-producer[19] | |
| Josh Groban | Illuminations ("Higher Window") | 143, Reprise | Co-writer[21] | |
| Joe Cocker | Hard Knocks ("So") | Columbia, Savoy Label Group | Co-writer[21] | |
| 2009 | Lights | The Listening ("Savior," "Drive My Soul," "River," "Ice," "Face Up," "Lions") | Universal Canada, Sire | Co-writer, co-producer[21] |
| 2008 | Lenka | Lenka ("Don't Let Me Fall," "Double is a Friend") | Epic Records | Co-writer[21] |
| 2006 | Josh Groban | Awake ("You Are Loved," "Awake") | 143, Reprise | Co-writer ("Awake"), writer & co-producer ("You Are Loved")[21] |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Thomas "Tawgs" Salter | Juno Awards - Producer of the Year[26] | Nominated |
| 2017 | Serena Ryder - "Electric Love" | SOCAN Awards - No. 1 Song Award[27] | Won |
| 2017 | Mother Mother - "The Drugs" | SOCAN Awards - No. 1 Song Award[28] | Won |
| 2016 | Scott Helman - "Bungalow" | SOCAN Awards - Pop/Rock Music[28] | Won |
| 2016 | Trevor Guthrie - "Summertime" | SOCAN Awards - Dance Music[28] | Won |
| 2016 | Thomas "Tawgs" Salter | Juno Awards - Producer of the Year[26] | Nominated |
| 2015 | Thomas "Tawgs" Salter | Juno Awards - Producer of the Year[26] | Nominated |
| 2015 | Lights - Little Machines | Juno Awards - Pop Album of the Year[26] | Won |
| 2014 | Walk Off the Earth - "Red Hands" | SOCAN Awards - Pop/Rock Music[28] | Won |
| 2014 | Thomas "Tawgs" Salter | Juno Awards - Producer of the Year[26] | Nominated |
| 2013 | Newworldson - "Learning To Be The Light" | ASCAP Christian Music Awards[29] | Won |
| 2012 | Fefe Dobson - "Can't Breathe" | SOCAN Awards - Pop/Rock Music[28] | Won |
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- ^ "Blackie & The Rodeo Kings". Archived from the original on 2017-11-15.
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- ^ "Adult Contemporary Chart". Billboard. 21 June 2005.
- ^ "I Heart Josh Groban: Josh & the Simpsons". 26 January 2009.
- ^ "SOCAN honours Lights with No. 1 Song Award". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
- ^ "Schiller describes "Future" as a movie soundtrack, which has to be listened as a whole". Romania Journal. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ Scott Helman – Pretty, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ^ "SINGLE REVIEW: New Wings - Alyssa Bonagura". off the record. 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Scott Helman – Good Problems (Remix), retrieved 2021-07-08
- ^ david (2021-03-09). "Waterfall Lyrics Serena Ryder | The Art of Falling Apart". Genius-Lyrics. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ "WALK OFF THE EARTH RELEASES NEW SINGLE "NOMAD"". Umusic. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ The Reklaws - So Crazy It Just Might Work, retrieved 2021-07-08
- ^ "Jaxsta". jaxsta.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
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- ^ "WELCOME TO MADISON KOZAK'S "HOUSEHOLD"". Madison Kozak. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ "Dear Rouge bio". DearRouge.com. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
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- ^ McPherson, David (2017-05-26). "Serena Ryder: Searching For Utopia". SOCAN Magazine. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
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- ^ "Trevor Guthrie - Wanted lyrics". Genius.com. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
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- ^ "Josh to Release New Digital Single "Your Hideaway"". JoshGroban.com. 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
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- ^ a b c d e "Juno Award Search". Junoawards.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ "SOCAN presents three No. 1 Song Awards to Serena Ryder". SOCAN.ca. 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ a b c d e "SOCAN award database". SOCAN.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ Nicholson, Jessica (2013-05-07). "ASCAP Honors Top Christian Songs". MusicRow.com. Retrieved 2018-02-16.