Producer, Composer, Songwriter
LYNNE PEDERSEN, FOUNDER, IS PROUD TO PRESENT SCOTT UNDERWOOD AND CHARLIE COLIN OF TRAIN
Friend of founder, Lynne Pedersen and Conscious Contributor of ONE – Scott Underwood speaks:
SCOTT UNDERWOOD. My own journey started in Saratoga Springs, New York. When I was eleven, I got my first drum set. Sure, I didn’t know what I was doing at first, but sitting in that seat, I immediately felt at home. I knew I belonged behind the drums. Years later, off at college, I found myself at a total loss in choosing a major. No standard career path interested me, but I was always playing in at least one band—and sometimes in as many as four. This brought me to a moment of clarity: If I had a shot at being really good at anything, it would be music! So I followed that path, which led me west to San Francisco where I eventually joined a band that some likeminded guys named Pat, Jimmy, Charlie, and Rob were starting up. Four years later, our band Train had our first hit song on the radio!
Early though I was primarily the drummer in Train, I knew I could write music, so I decided to start sending tracks to our singer, Pat. He took to this process right away, and from our second record onward I became a major contributor to a substantial portion of Train’s catalogue. I’d found my second purpose in the band. As I continued working with and writing music for Train, I also studied engineering and production. In the studio I watched our producers, including Brendan O’Brien, Martin Terefe, Gregg Wattenberg, Butch Walker, among others, learned from them, and contributed to the process. I realized that for me, what those guys were doing—producing—was the ultimate gig.
Over the span of twenty years, Train sold millions of records, won two Grammys, toured on five continents, appeared countless times on TV, and recorded with incredible producers in world-class studios. Keeping any band going for twenty years is an accomplishment, and being fortunate enough to experience the music business’s highest highs was a dream come true. Train was a two-decades-long expedition of musical discovery and personal growth, and I’m so grateful to have experienced it.
Not long ago, I decided that my time in Train had finally run its course, and I retired from the band. I wanted to explore more genres of music, co-write with more artists, and do more production work. My decades of experience with Train gave me a rich education in songwriting, touring, production, and the ins-and-outs of the music business. The result of that hard work and education is a little red brick house in East Nashville.
At Thunderwood I write and record with artists who create music because they feel it in their very blood and bones. Music is about passion, so we’re not wasting time on songs without heart and soul. Thunderwood Sound means making music that’s built to last.