I had never heard of Orange County's Tyler Spry who per this article had played guitar in obscure indie and punk bands before becoming an engineer, producer and songwriter for chart acts
https://www.ocregister.com/2026/05/05/this-orange-county-musician-created-no-1-hits-for-both-bts-and-bad-bunny/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 May 2026 19:14 (one week ago)
Decided to make this a separate thread in part to not interrupt discussion on New York Times top 30 Living American Songwriters thread regarding comparison of hiphop writers versus Lin Miranda and Steely Dan and others
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 May 2026 19:18 (one week ago)