MATT BRONLEEWE

'Matt Bronleewe' is an American record producer and songwriter.

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Biography

Biography

Bronleewe studied music at Greenville College in his home town of Greenville, Illinois where he met Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell and Stephen Mason, who together had formed the group Jars of Clay, named after a verse in the Bible. The trio extended an invitation to Bronleewe to join the group. He accepted and the group began performing around their college and later recorded their debut demo album ''Frail''. Following the demo's release, the group's fame spread and they were approached by Christian record label Essential Records to record a full length studio album. At this time, the group had not completed their studies and Bronleewe decided to pursue his studies, while the rest of teh band members decided to accept the recording offer, and so Bronleewe left the group and Lowell suggested his New York based friend Matt Odmark to take Bronleewe's place.
Following graduating from college, Bronleewe had become known as a previous member of Jars of Clay as the group had rightly credited him as a co-songwriter for several songs from their album, which had gone platinum. With this, Bronleewe worked with several musical artists, most notably producing the debut album by Plumb, for which Jars of Clay member Haseltine co-wrote the song "Concrete" with Bronleewe and Arbuckle (the lead singer of Plumb). Following this successful release, Bronleewe began also collaborating with Christian singer-songwriter Chris Tomlin, with whom he was nominated for a 2003 GMA Dove Award. Bronleewe continues to collaborate with various musicians in the American Christian music scene, and continues to produce Tomlin and Arbuckle.