{{short description|American singer-songwriter}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=August 2012}} {{mfn|date=April 2025}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2015}}
'''Charles Goodan''' is an American, Los Angeles–based, [[Grammy Award]] winning musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, engineer and multi-instrumentalist who has worked with many acclaimed artists such as [[Beck]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[David Fincher]], [[Morphine (band)|Morphine]] and [[Linkin Park]]. He is best known for his [[Grammy Award]] winning work on [[Santana (band)|Santana's]] album ''[[Supernatural (Santana album)|Supernatural]]'', as well composing the Brit-Award nominated score for the film ''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]'' and engineering the #1 Billboard song ''"[[MMMBop]]"'' by [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]].
==Education== Charles was classically trained in music from the age of four. He earned honors at the Royal Academy of Music in London before majoring in Music, Science & Technology at [[Stanford University]]. While there, Charles was also selected to be the school's unofficial mascot, the [[Stanford Tree]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2000/novdec/classnotes/goodan.html |title=Stanfordalumni.org |access-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706035636/http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2000/novdec/classnotes/goodan.html |archive-date=July 6, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career== He moved to Los Angeles in 1996 to become a staff producer for famed producers [[Dust Brothers|The Dust Brothers]]. He started his own production company ''Devil's Food'' and has gone on to produce and engineer for many other artists and continues to write and compose music for films, television and advertisements through his production company.<ref>[http://career.ucla.edu/cw8/Thursday7pmMusic.asp Event Bio] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630155145/http://career.ucla.edu/cw8/Thursday7pmMusic.asp |date=June 30, 2010 }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1005997}} *[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Charles+Goodan Discogs] *[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/charles-goodan-mn0001876330 Allmusic.com] *[http://albumcredits.com/Profile/370217 Albumcredits.com]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[https://tahoeonstage.com/stories/andy-frascos-audacity/] *[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/grammys-album-year-winner-1959-863495/2001-two-against-nature/] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070729091633/http://www.tsunamient.com/files/ProducerRoster.pdf] *[https://stanfordmag.org/contents/a-tree-branches-out] {{authority control}}
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