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Originally from [[Houston, Texas]], Hager now lives in [[Los Angeles]]. Before moving to Los Angeles, Hager studied at the prestigious [[Berklee College of Music]]. Since then, he has written and produced several number one hit singles as well as several critically acclaimed albums and has worked with many major recording artists. He has achieved unusual success crossing many genres from hard rock to jazz to teen pop.

 

 

After his years with Mandy Moore, Hager became a sought after songwriter in Los Angeles and wrote and produced the #1 hit song "Lucy's", which was the longest running #1 single for any debut artist in history on the Contemporary Jazz R&R chart, as well as the #1 singles "True Blue" and "Bloom". He also wrote and produced the Hot AC hit "Stars" for #1 Billboard artist [[Mindi Abair]] as well as her top 5 hits "Come As You Are", "Flirt" and "Smile". He also wrote and produced her song "Every Time" which was featured in the movie "License To Wed" and "I Can Remember" was featured in the popular Spelling Television series "Summerland". He wrote and produced the holiday smash "I Can't Wait For Christmas" with Mindi Abair that has sold nearly a million copies to date. Her chart topping and critically acclaimed albums "It Just Happens That Way", "Come As You Are", "Life Less Ordinary" and "Stars" Hager produced in their entirety.

Hager recorded "Cry Baby Cry" produced by [[Timbaland]] and "Falling Down" produced by [[Justin Timberlake]] for Duran Duran's album ''[[Red Carpet Massacre]]''. He wrote and produced the international hit "6000 Miles" with [[John Taylor (bass guitarist)|John Taylor]] from [[Duran Duran]] and produced and wrote a majority of his solo album "Techno For Two". He produced the U.S. hit "Perfect Love" for [[Simply Red]]. He wrote and produced the top 20 hit "How Does It Feel" for Columbia recording artist [[Peter White (musician)|Peter White]] and also performed his own song "Enough" under his name in the hit movie ''[[A Walk to Remember]]''.

 

 

According to [[John Taylor (bass guitarist)|John Taylor]], Matthew is working on tracks for the February 2011 release "[[All You Need Is Now]]" from the band [[Duran Duran]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=thisistherealJT|author=John Taylor|number=25373049465344001|date=13 January 2011|title=In the studio today with Matt Hager.. Bassin' bonus Duran tracks}}</ref>

In addition to producing and writing, Hager is also a multi-instrumentalist who has appeared on many albums playing guitar, bass, piano, drums, percussion, string arrangements and singing. He also has appeared on and arranged several songs with [[Scott Weiland]], the lead singer of [[Stone Temple Pilots]] and [[Velvet Revolver]]. He has written many songs for TV and Film and most recently composed and produced the theme song for the CW Show Remodled and Style Network hit shows Big Rich Texas and Wicked Fit. He also scored the Playdom/Disney video game Kogamu.

 

 

In 2010, Hager expanded his company 76 Steps Music to the full service entertainment company 76 Steps Entertainment which began managing actors including Lauran Irion, who plays Laura Vaughn on the ABC show GCB and has guest starred on Disney's I'm In The Band and ABC Family's Melissa And Joey.

 

 

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