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'{{Primary sources|date=March 2009}}'''Marti Frederiksen''' is a musician, producer, and songwriter best known for his work with many [[hard rock]] bands including [[Aerosmith]], [[Def Leppard]], [[Fuel (band)|Fuel]], [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]], [[Buckcherry]] and film soundtracks. <gallery> File:http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l64/xxsuzanne11/?action=view&current=martiheadshot4_sm.jpg|Caption1 </gallery> ==Career== Martin Harold Frederiksen (born July 1, 1962) is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. He writes and produces music primarily in rock, country, and pop. ===With Aerosmith=== Frederiksen has worked with [[Aerosmith]] since the mid-1990s. He is one of the "Boneyard Boys", the collaborative group of musicians responsible for much of the creative, songwriting, and production efforts in Aerosmith; [[Mark Hudson (musician)|Mark Hudson]], [[Steven Tyler]], and [[Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry]] are the other members of this group. Frederiksen has co-written several of Aerosmith's songs since the mid-1990s, including four of the songs on 1997's ''[[Nine Lives (Aerosmith album)|Nine Lives]]'' (including the single "[[Nine Lives (Aerosmith song)|Nine Lives]]"), ten of the songs on 2001's ''Just Push Play'' (including the singles "[[Jaded (Aerosmith song)|Jaded]]", "[[Fly Away From Here]]", and "[[Sunshine (Aerosmith song)|Sunshine]]"), both of the new songs on 2002's ''[[O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits]]'' (including the single "[[Girls of Summer]]"), and the lone original track on the 2004 cover album ''[[Honkin' on Bobo]]'' ("The Grind"). He also co-produced the ''[[Just Push Play]]'' album, and the bonus tracks on ''[[O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits]]. ===With other artists=== Frederiksen has worked with numerous acts, co-writing and/or performing on albums such as the ''[[Almost Famous (soundtrack)|Almost Famous]]'' soundtrack (as the singer of the fictional band Stillwater), [[Def Leppard]]'s ''[[X (Def Leppard album)|X]]'' and co-wrote the song "I Should Have Told You" on [[Fuel (band)|Fuel]]'s 2007 release ''[[Angels & Devils]]''. He also co-wrote [[Buckcherry]]'s hit single "[[Sorry (Buckcherry song)|Sorry]]" and co-wrote all 13 songs on [[Mötley Crüe]]'s 2008 release ''[[Saints of Los Angeles]]''. He has also wrote or co-wrote songs for Mick Jagger, Ozzy Osbourne, [[Brother Cane]], Outlaw Blood, Motherland (which was [[The Jason Bonham Band]] with Marti replacing Daniel MacMaster), [[Jonny Lang]], [[Scorpions]], [[Kenny Wayne Shepherd]], the late [[Jeff Healy]], [[Meat Loaf]], [[Bo Bice]], [[Richie Sambora]], [[Jesse McCartney]], [[Ace Frehley]], [[Sheryl Crow]], [[Cinder Road]], [[Suzie McNeil]], [[Default (band)|Default]] and [[Black Lab]]. He co-wrote Gavin Rossdale's hit single, "Love Remains the Same" *(for which he won a 2010 BMI Pop Award in the US and London.) He produced and co-wrote all songs on Foreigner's 2009 release, ''[[Can't Slow Down (Foreigner album)|Can't Slow Down]]''. Marti wrote and produced Vince Neil's single and title track of his album, "Tattoos and Tequila." In 2010 two singles he co-wrote were released by Carrie Underwood on her Play On album, "Undo It" (#1 on Country) and "Mama's Song." Both songs were written with Carrie Underwood, Kara DioGuardi, and Luke Laird. Frederiksen is also an accomplished recording producer, mixer, and engineer. He mixed Aerosmith's & Metallica's [[Guitar Hero]] Editions. He also produced [[Faith Hill]]'s hit song "[[Cry (Faith Hill song)|Cry]]," for which she won a "Best Vocal Performance" [[Grammy]]. == External links == * [http://www.martifrederiksen.com Official site] * {{MySpace | id = martifrederiksen | name = Marti Frederiksen}} {{Aerosmith}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frederiksen, Marti}} [[Category:Aerosmith personnel]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]'