Jean-Yves Ducornet

Jean-Yves Ducornet is an American music producer and guitarist for the melodic hard rock band Hypnogaja . He is a native French . His nickname is Jeeve .

Life

Ducornet was born in France. In the first few years of his life, he often traveled to the United States with his family. He studied at Studios Des Varietés before moving back to the USA. There he studied at the Berklee College Of Music in Boston , Massachusetts . After completing his studies , he moved to Los Angeles and began his musical career there. Since 2005 he has been playing guitar with the band Hypnogaja.

Career

After graduating from the College of Music in Boston, Ducornet moved to LA. He produced many songs for television series and movies and got to know well-known musicians such as Carlos Santana , Paulina Rubio , Luis Ronsi and Tupac Shakur . In addition to the songwriter (not with Hypnogaja) and producer , he is also the guitarist of the band Hypnogaja, which made him well known in the USA. He worked with many well-known producers, such as Leticia Ascencio , Travis House , Klaus Derendorf and ShyBoy .

Instruments and programming

As a musician, Ducornet plays guitar (acoustics and electronics), bass and keyboard . As a music producer, he takes on programming , editing , mixing and mastering, among other things . As a vocal producer, he takes on the vocal and background vocal arrangements as well as the performing. He writes texts for rock music , hip-hop , R&B , hard rock , electronic , reggaeton , dance and pop bands. He also writes texts for film and television music.

Awards and nominations

• 2000: John Lennon Songwriter's Contest - Winner with the songs I Wanna Be Free and Never (HipHop / R&B)
• 2001: John Lennon Songwriter's Contest - Winner with the song Casanova
• 2001: Unisong International Songwriting Contest - 3rd place with the song Casanova
• 2001: American Songwriter's Contest - Winner with the song Music In My Heart (Dance)
• 2004: Latin Grammy for Best Producer - nominated
• 2004: John Lennon Songwriter's Contest - Winner with the song Batcha Can't Say No (R&B)
• 2004: USA Songwriting Competition - Winner with the song Freaks (Dance)

Publications

As a producer, Ducornet wrote many songs for well-known movies, television series and talent shows. These include: Sex and the City , Kangaroo Jack , Schrei if You Can , Be Cool , Roswell , America's Next Top Model , Scrubs and Carrie . As a musician, Ducornet released many albums and singles. With Hypnogaja alone he has produced and marketed 4 albums. Other albums include: DJ Kane by the artist of the same name , Border Girl by Paulina Rubio and Shaman by Carlos Santana . He has released a total of 52 singles, soundtracks, albums and over 63 songs for movies to date.

Web links

• Official website