Ted Bruner

Ted Bruner is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, originally from St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

Ted Bruner
Ted Bruner recording at Sawhorse Studios in St. Louis, MO in 2020
Background information
Origin	St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Genres	Pop music, pop rock, rock music, country pop
Occupation(s)	Record producer, songwriter, musician
Instruments	Guitar, keyboards, voice
Labels	Kobalt Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Rondor Music/Universal
Website	tedbrunermusic.com

Bruner began his professional music career when his band Colony was signed to MCA Records in 1998.[1][2] In 2002, he relocated to Los Angeles and began writing and producing for Rondor Music/Universal.[1][2] He left Universal in 2009 and signed with Warner Chappell Music,[1] and then signed with Kobalt Music Group[3] in 2012. In 2014, he made his way to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.[4] He has written with and/or produced songs for Katy Perry,[5] Miley Cyrus,[5] Kesha,[6] Selena Gomez,[1] Plain White T's,[2] Three Days Grace,[7] My Darkest Days,[7] Gina Schock,[1] Cavo,[8] Neil Sanderson,[9] Matt Walst,[9] Barry Stock,[9] Brad Walst,[9] Joey Moi,[10] Gavin Brown,[10] Marie Digby,[11] Jessie James,[7] Natalie Walker,[12] Rusko,[7] Bonnie Mckee[7] among others, as well as songs in film and television.

In a 2021 interview in Boulder Weekly, Matt Walst, the lead singer of Three Days Grace is quoted as saying “Ted’s like. . . well, he’s kind of like a therapist,” Walst says over a phone interview from his home outside of Toronto. “He’ll ask you personal questions because he wants to write about what’s real, what’s going on in your life. Whenever you can take what you’ve gone through and make it apply to other people’s experience, that’s the key to really engaging people in the music—if they can see themselves in it. I feel like Ted is super good at getting into that.”[4]

In the book It All Begins with the Music, Bruner is quoted as saying "Music is a rebellious path; it's all about freedom, and if you lock down and listen to people who are only worried about making a buck, that will shave off all the reasons you got into it in the first place- to have an adventurous and exciting life. If you keep that mindset, then the music will keep coming to you."[2]

In a 2009 interview in Riverfront Times, Bruner is quoted as saying "I feel like the best songs start out with a kind of therapy session with the artist finding out what inspires them, digging into the skeletons, and getting very personal about why they've chosen to get up on a stage and sing, you know? It's nuts, so if you dig a little, you'll find the good stuff."[13]