Glen Ballard (born May 1, 1953 in Natchez, Mississippi) is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as the producer of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, which went platinum sixteen times in the U.S. and 30 million sold worldwide. He started playing the piano from a very young age and later learned the guitar. Ballard was ten when he wrote his first song, and he was in local rock bands beginning in fifth grade.
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Glen Ballard (born May 1, 1953 in Natchez, Mississippi) is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as the producer of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, which went platinum sixteen times in the U.S. and 30 million sold worldwide. He started playing the piano from a very young age and later learned the guitar. Ballard was ten when he wrote his first song, and he was in local rock bands beginning in fifth grade.
Ballard has a love for diverse musical styles. When he was younger, Jerry Lee Lewis lived within ten miles of his Natchez home, and young Ballard grew up watching him perform. Ballard’s favorites included southern rhythm and blues singer Irma Thomas, Memphis based soul singer Al Green, and nearly all of the great blues and jazz singers emerging from New Orleans. When the Beatles became popular, Ballard’s appreciation of pop music expanded.
Ballard attended the University of Mississippi, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He studied...
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