# Charles Goodan

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American singer-songwriter

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**Charles Goodan** is an American, Los Angeles–based, [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) winning musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, engineer and multi-instrumentalist who has worked with many acclaimed artists such as [Beck](/source/Beck), [The Rolling Stones](/source/The_Rolling_Stones), [David Fincher](/source/David_Fincher), [Morphine](/source/Morphine_(band)) and [Linkin Park](/source/Linkin_Park). He is best known for his [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) winning work on [Santana's](/source/Santana_(band)) album *[Supernatural](/source/Supernatural_(Santana_album))*, as well composing the Brit-Award nominated score for the film *[Fight Club](/source/Fight_Club_(film))* and engineering the #1 Billboard song *"[MMMBop](/source/MMMBop)"* by [Hanson](/source/Hanson_(band)).

## 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](/source/Stanford_University). While there, Charles was also selected to be the school's unofficial mascot, the [Stanford Tree](/source/Stanford_Tree).[1]

## Career

He moved to Los Angeles in 1996 to become a staff producer for famed producers [The Dust Brothers](/source/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.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Stanfordalumni.org"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080706035636/http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2000/novdec/classnotes/goodan.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2000/novdec/classnotes/goodan.html) on July 6, 2008. Retrieved July 2, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Event Bio](http://career.ucla.edu/cw8/Thursday7pmMusic.asp) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100630155145/http://career.ucla.edu/cw8/Thursday7pmMusic.asp) June 30, 2010, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

## External links

- [Charles Goodan](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1005997/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Discogs](http://www.discogs.com/artist/Charles+Goodan)

- [Allmusic.com](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/charles-goodan-mn0001876330)

- [Albumcredits.com](http://albumcredits.com/Profile/370217)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

- [\[1\]](https://tahoeonstage.com/stories/andy-frascos-audacity/)

- [\[2\]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/grammys-album-year-winner-1959-863495/2001-two-against-nature/)

- [\[3\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20070729091633/http://www.tsunamient.com/files/ProducerRoster.pdf)

- [\[4\]](https://stanfordmag.org/contents/a-tree-branches-out)

Authority control databases: Artists Grammy Awards

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