# Erik Ron

Erik Ron (born July 4, 1985) is an American producer, mixer, and songwriter based in Los Angeles. He has worked with artists such as Panic! at the Disco, Set It Off, Issues, New Years Day, Too Close to Touch, I the Mighty, Motionless In White, Blessthefall, I See Stars, Sylar, Attila, Godsmack, Staind, and Bush.

## Life and career
### Early years

Erik Ron was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in the suburb of San Carlos, California, where he attended Carlmont High School. As a teenager, Erik began his music career by playing in the alternative rock band Impel. After high school, he studied engineering at Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music in Los Angeles. Erik worked as in-house engineer at Woodland Ranch Studio from 2005 to 2008. He then served as an engineer under producer and writer, John Feldmann in Bel Air, CA, from 2008 and 2011.

### 2013–present

In 2013, Erik built and opened "Grey Area Studios" in North Hollywood. Since opening the studio to focus on his own production career, Erik has worked with Panic! at the Disco, Set It Off, Issues, New Years Day, Too Close to Touch, I Prevail, Motionless in White, This Wild Life, Young Guns, The Word Alive, Blessthefall, I See Stars, Palisades, Sylar, and Attila, and more. In early 2016, Erik Ron inked an exclusive publishing deal with BMG Rights Management.
In September 2017, it was announced that Ron will be at the helm of the seventh studio album of the rock band Godsmack.

## Production discography

| Year | Artist | Album title | Label | Credits |
| 2006 | After Midnight Project | The Becoming (EP) | Self-released | Engineer (track 1) |
| 2006 | Gran Bel Fisher | Full Moon Cigarette | Hollywood Records | Editing |
| 2006 | Sparta | Threes | Hollywood, Anti- | Additional engineering |
| 2007 | Shannon Noll | Turn It Up | Sony BMG | Vocal engineer |
| 2008 | Undies Kissing Girls UKG | Private Room | Commercial Canada, RCA Records | Producer, engineer |
| 2008 | Edgar Winter | Rebel Road | Airline Records | Backing vocals, engineer |
| 2009 | After Midnight Project | Let's Build Something to Break | Universal Motown Records | Additional engineering |
| 2009 | Panic! at the Disco | Jennifer's Body (Music from the Motion Picture) | Fueled by Ramen, Fox Music | Backing vocals, engineer "New Perspective" |
| 2009 | Saosin | In Search of Solid Ground | Virgin Records | Engineer (tracks 2 and 10) |
| 2009 | Benevolent Tomorrow | Benevolent Tomorrow (EP) | Long Play Records | Producer, engineer, mixer |
| 2009 | Hedley | The Show Must Go | Universal Music Canada, Island Records | Engineer (tracks 4 and 9) |
| 2010 | Four Year Strong | Enemy of the World | Decaydance Records, I Surrender Records, Universal Motown | Additional mixing |
| 2010 | Foxy Shazam | Foxy Shazam | Sire Records | Backing vocals (track 5 and 7), engineer (tracks 1, 2, 4–11) |
| 2010 | VersaEmerge | Fixed at Zero | Fueled by Ramen | Engineer |
| 2010 | Intercept | Symphony for Somebody Else | Restless Music Group | Producer, mixer |
| 2010 | Beta State | Stars | Machine Shop Records | Producer, engineer, mixer, strings |
| 2010 | K.Flay | K.Flay (EP) | Self-released | Mixer |
| 2010 | Allstar Weekend | Suddenly Yours | Hollywood | Engineer |
| 2011 | Panic! at the Disco | Vices & Virtues | Decaydance, Fueled by Ramen | Engineer |
| 2011 | Culprit | Analogue (EP) | N/A | Producer, engineer, mixer |
| 2011 | Goodnight Caulfield | Taking Shape (EP) | N/A | Producer |
| 2011 | Get Scared | Best Kind of Mess | Universal Motown | Assistant engineer |
| 2011 | Allstar Weekend | All the Way | Hollywood | Engineer |
| 2012 | I the Mighty | Karma Never Sleeps (EP) | Equal Vision Records | Producer |
| 2012 | Attaloss | Attaloss | Rock Ridge Music | Producer |
| 2012 | Get Scared | Built for Blame, Laced with Shame (EP) | Grey Area Records | Producer, writer |
| 2012 | Screaming For Silence | Relentless (EP) | N/A | Producer (track 1) |
| 2012 | Set It Off | Cinematics | Equal Vision | Vocal producer, vocal engineer, programming, writer – "Swan Song", "The Grand Finale" |
| 2012 | Oh, the Irony | Within Reach | Burlingame Records | Producer, engineer, writer |
| 2012 | Motionless in White | Infamous | Fearless Records | Vocal engineer |
| 2013 | I the Mighty | Satori | Equal Vision | Producer, engineer, mixer |
| 2013 | New Years Day | Victim to Villain | Century Media Records | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer |
| 2013 | Hands Like Houses | Unimagine | Rise Records | Writer – "Developments", "Weight", "The House You Built", "Fountainhead", "Wisteria", "A Fire on a Hill" |
| 2013 | Secrets | Fragile Figures | Rise | Vocal producer, engineer, writer – "Maybe Next May" |
| 2013 | Culprit | Totem (EP) | Easy Killer Records & Apparel | Mixer, mastering |
| 2013 | Blameshift | Secrets | Executive Music Group | Bass guitar (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11), producer, mixer, strings |
| 2013 | Get Scared | Everyone's Out to Get Me | Fearless | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer (tracks 1, 3–12) |
| 2014 | Various | Punk Goes 90s Vol. 2 | Fearless | Producer (track 1) |
| 2014 | The Word Alive | Real | Fearless | Writer (tracks 1–3, 5, 6 and 9) |
| 2014 | Sienna Skies | Seasons | InVogue Records | Writer – "Even Stronger" |
| 2014 | Heartist | Feeding Fiction | Roadrunner Records | Writer – "Pressure Point", "Manipulate" |
| 2014 | The Color Morale | Hold On Pain Ends | Fearless | Writer – "Outer Demons" |
| 2014 | Hands Like Houses | Reimagine (EP) | Rise | Producer, engineer, mixer |
| 2014 | Motionless in White | Reincarnate | Fearless | Additional production (track 6), programming (track 6), writer – "Unstoppable", "Contemptress", "Dark Passenger" |
| 2014 | Set It Off | Duality | Equal Vision, Rude Records | Writer – "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" |
| 2014 | Too Close to Touch | Too Close to Touch (EP) | Epitaph Records | Producer, mixer, writer |
| 2014 | Taylor Swift | 1989 (Deluxe) | Big Machine Records | Writer – "New Romantics" |
| 2014 | Various | Punk Goes Pop Vol. 6 | Fearless | Additional vocal producer (track 8), producer, mixer (tracks 6 and 13) |
| 2014 | New Years Day | Epidemic (EP) | Grey Area | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer Owning the diseased parts of us and turning it into a strength." |
| 2014 | Picturesque | Picturesque (EP) | Equal Vision | Producer, mixer |
| 2015 | Palisades | Mind Games | Rise | Producer, engineer, writer |
| 2015 | Altessa | "Sara" | N/A | Producer |
| 2015 | Too Close to Touch | Nerve Endings | Epitaph | Producer, mixer, writer |
| 2015 | Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! | Get Lost, Find Yourself | Fearless | Writer – "Pull You Under", "What Goes Around", "Every Moment" |
| 2015 | I the Mighty | Connector | Equal Vision | Producer, mixer |
| 2015 | This Wild Life | Clouded (Atmosphere Edition) | Epitaph | Producer, engineer, writer |
| 2015 | Our Last Night | Younger Dreams | Self-released | Writer – "Imaginary Monster" |
| 2015 | Awaken the Empire | Aurora | Another Century Records | Producer, mixer |
| 2015 | Blessthefall | To Those Left Behind | Fearless | Vocal producer, vocal engineer, vocal editing, writer (tracks 1, 2, 5–7, 9–11) |
| 2015 | New Years Day | Malevolence | Another Century | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer (tracks 1–6, 8–12) |
| 2015 | Get Scared | Demons | Fearless | Producer, engineer, writer (tracks 1–4, 6–11) |
| 2015 | Myka, Relocate | The Young Souls | Artery Recordings | Writer – "Nerve", "Idle Hands" |
| 2015 | Picturesque | Monstrous Things (EP) | Equal Vision | Producer, mixer, writer – "Monstrous Things", "Just Exist", "Who We Are" |
| 2016 | Hands Like Houses | Dissonants | Rise | Co-producer, engineer, mixer, writer – "I Am", "Perspectives", "Stillwater" |
| 2016 | Rival Tides | New Rituals (EP) | Self-released | Producer, mixer |
| 2016 | Issues | Headspace | Rise | Co-producer, vocal engineer, writer (tracks 1–4, 7, 9, 11, 13) |
| 2016 | I See Stars | Treehouse | Sumerian Records | Producer (tracks 1–3, 5–8, 10–12), mixer (track 6), mastering, writer – "Calm Snow", "Everyone's Safe in the Treehouse", "Running With Scissors", "Two Hearted" |
| 2016 | The Color Morale | Desolate Divine | Fearless | Writer – "Lonesome Soul", "Version of Me", "Misery Loves Company", "Fauxtographic Memory" |
| 2016 | Sylar | Help! | Hopeless Records | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer |
| 2016 | Young Guns | Echoes | Wind-up Records | Additional programming, writer – "Careful What You Wish For", "Awakening" |
| 2016 | Too Close to Touch | Haven't Been Myself | Epitaph | Producer, mixer, writer (tracks 1–7, 9–11) |
| 2016 | Dayshell | Nexus | Spinefarm Records | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer – "A New Man" |
| 2016 | Set It Off | Upside Down | Equal Vision, Rude | Instrumentation, producer, mixer, programming, writer – "Uncontainable", "Want", "Admit It", "Never Know", "Me w/o Us" |
| 2016 | I Prevail | Lifelines | Fearless | Writer – "Chaos", "Worst Part of Me" |
| 2016 | Attila | Chaos | SharpTone Records | Producer, mixer, writer (tracks 1–9), lyrics |
| 2016 | badXchannels | WHYDFML EP | SharpTone | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer |
| 2017 | Palisades | Palisades | Rise | Producer |
| 2017 | Altessa | Demo EP | N/A | Producer, engineer, mixer (track 1) |
| 2017 | Picturesque | Back to Beautiful | Equal Vision | Producer, mixer |
| 2017 | The Color Wild | Clean (EP) | N/A | Producer, writer – "Brighter than the Moon" |
| 2017 | Too Close to Touch | "Leave You Lonely" | Epitaph | Producer, writer |
| 2017 | nothing,nowhere. | Reaper | DCD2 Records | Producer, mixer, programming, writer |
| 2017 | Like Moths to Flames | Dark Divine | Rise | Producer, engineer, writer |
| 2017 | Too Close to Touch | "Before I Cave In" | Epitaph | |
| 2018 | Too Close to Touch | "Burn" | Epitaph | Writer |
| 2018 | Slaves | Beautiful Death | SGB Records | Producer, mixer, writer |
| 2018 | Nerv | Bad Habits (EP) | Self-released | Producer (track 1) |
| 2018 | badXchannels | "Memory" | N/A | Producer, writer |
| 2018 | nothing,nowhere. | Ruiner | Fueled by Ramen | Producer, mixer (track 8) |
| 2018 | Godsmack | When Legends Rise | BMG | Producer, mixer, writer – "Bulletproof", "Take It to the Edge", "Eye of the Storm" |
| 2018 | Dance Gavin Dance | Artificial Selection | Rise | Backing vocals, vocal producer (tracks 1 & 2), mixer (track 2) |
| 2018 | Ghost Town | In the Flesh (EP) | N/A | Producer |
| 2018 | Colorblind | "Parting Words" | N/A | Producer |
| 2018 | Tilian | The Skeptic | Future Friends, Rise | Producer "Right Side" |
| 2018 | Sylar | Seasons | Hopeless | Producer, engineer, mixer, mastering, writer (tracks 1–10) |
| 2018 | Hands Like Houses | Anon | UNFD, Hopeless | Producer, writer – "Tilt" |
| 2018 | Various | Songs That Saved My Life | Hopeless, Sub City Records | Producer (track 4), engineer |
| 2018 | Vigils | Spinning (EP) | N/A | Producer, engineer, mixer |
| 2018 | Karise Eden | Born to Fight | Island, Universal Music | Writer – "Ain’t Thinkin About You" |
| 2019 | Too Close to Touch | I'm Hard to Love, But So Are You, Vol. 1 (EP) | Epitaph | Producer (track 3), mixer (track 3), writer – "The Fear of Letting Go" |
| 2019 | Reece | I'm Not Sure Yet (EP) | Snafu Records | Producer, writer – "Patience" |
| 2019 | Set It Off | Midnight | Fearless | Writer – "Go to Bed Angry" |
| 2019 | Tyler Carter | Moonshine | Rise | Backing vocals (track 1), vocal producer (track 1), writer – "Moonshine", "Focus", "Glow" |
| 2019 | nothing,nowhere. | "Call Back" | Fueled by Ramen | Producer |
| 2019 | I Prevail | Trauma | Fearless | Writer – "Every Time You Leave", "Let Me Be Sad", "Deadweight" |
| 2019 | Motionless in White | Disguise | Roadrunner | Writer – "Legacy" |
| 2019 | Dante Klein & Greff | "Don’t Know Shit" | Spinnin' Records, Source Records | Writer |
| 2019 | guccihighwaters | "Amnesia" | N/A | Producer |
| 2019 | Too Close to Touch | I'm Hard to Love, But So Are You, Vol. 2 (EP) | Epitaph | Producer, mixer, writer – "F.I.N.E." |
| 2019 | Through Fire | All Animal | Sumerian | Writer – "If You Love Me, Leave Me" |
| 2019 | CrypticRarity | Riots of Renegades (EP) | New West Records | Producer |
| 2019 | Issues | Beautiful Oblivion | Rise | Programming, writer – "Tapping Out" |
| 2019 | Narrative | "No Color in Sight" | Self-released | Producer |
| 2019 | Thousand Below | Gone In Your Wake | Rise | Producer, engineer, writer – "Chemical" |
| 2019 | Fire from the Gods | American Sun | Eleven Seven | Backing vocals, guitar, producer, engineer, mixer, writer (tracks 1, 2, 4–8, 10, 12) |
| 2019 | Too Close to Touch | I'm Hard to Love, But So Are You, Vol. 3 (EP) | Epitaph | Producer |
| 2019 | UVERworld | Unser | Gr8! Records | Writer – "Oxymoron" |
| 2020 | Survive Said the Prophet | Inside Your Head | Sony Music Records | Mixer, writer – "Last Dance Lullaby" |
| 2020 | Bad Omens | Finding God Before God Finds Me (Deluxe) | Sumerian | Writer – "Never Know", "Limits" |
| 2020 | Clint Lowery | God Bless the Renegades | Rise | Writer – "Allowed to Run" |
| 2020 | The Word Alive | Monomania | Fearless | Bass guitar, producer, engineer, mixer, writer (tracks 2–11) |
| 2020 | Wake Me | "You'll Hate Me" | N/A | Producer, writer |
| 2020 | Johnny Craig | Find Your Home (EP) | SGB | Producer, writer – "Block Out The Noise", "Forelsket (Euphoria)" |
| 2020 | Wake Me | "Blood Moon" | N/A | Producer, writer |
| 2020 | Dead Lakes | New Language (EP) | SharpTone | Producer (track 3) |
| 2020 | Bush | The Kingdom | BMG | Producer (1 and 2), engineer, mixer (tracks 1, 2 and 4) |
| 2020 | Designer Disguise | Nowhere (EP) | Self-released | Producer |
| 2020 | From Ashes to New | Panic | Better Noise Music | Producer, mixer, writer – "Panic", "Wait for Me" |
| 2020 | Colorblind | "Stay" | N/A | Writer |
| 2020 | Wake Me | "Night Games" | N/A | Producer, writer |
| 2020 | lil aaron | 808 Rock (EP) | Hazheart Records | Producer, writer – "Vans Untied" |
| 2020 | Saul | Rise as Equals | Spinefarm | Guitar, programming, writer – "Here and Now" |
| 2021 | Zero 9:36 | ...If You Don’t Save Yourself (EP) | ATCO Records, Atlantic Records, Prim8 Music, Warner Music Group | Producer, writer – "Take Me Instead" |
| 2021 | Diamante | American Dream | Anti-Heroine | Additional production, writer – "Wake Up Call" |
| 2021 | Osatia | "When Will I Learn" | N/A | Producer |
| 2021 | Pop Evil | Versatile | eOne Music | Writer, lyrics – "Set Me Free" |
| 2021 | Quinton Griggs | "Chaos!" | Demon Boy, LLC. | Producer, writer |
| 2021 | INAU, Karim & Sunsleep | "New Sensation" | Loud Memory | Producer |
| 2021 | Various | Falling into Your Smile Official Television Soundtrack | NSMG | Producer, writer, lyrics – "Everytime" |
| 2021 | ELKIE | "Gave My Heart Away" | NSMG | Writer |
| 2021 | From Ashes to New | Quarantine Chronicles, Vol. 1 (EP) | Better Noise | Producer, writer – "Enough" |
| 2021 | From Ashes to New | Quarantine Chronicles, Vol. 2 (EP) | Better Noise | Producer, writer – "Light Up the Sky" |
| 2021 | Grayscale | Umbra | Fearless | Writer – "Over Now" |
| 2021 | Pentakill | III: Lost Chapter | Riot Games | Engineer (tracks 4 and 5) |
| 2021 | From Ashes to New | Quarantine Chronicles, Vol. 3 (EP) | Better Noise | Producer (tracks 1 and 3), writer – "Wait for Me" |
| 2021 | Starset | Horizons | Fearless | Writer – "Alchemy" |
| 2021 | The Word Alive | "Wonderland" | N/A | Producer, writer |
| 2021 | Black Veil Brides | The Phantom Tomorrow | Sumerian | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer (tracks 2–4, 6–12) |
| 2022 | Bad Omens | The Death of Peace of Mind | Sumerian | Producer, writer – "Take Me First" |
| 2022 | Islander | It's Not Easy Being Human | Better Noise | Producer (track 9) |
| 2022 | Motionless in White | Scoring the End of the World | Roadrunner | Writer – "Masterpiece" |
| 2022 | Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows | Destroy Rebuild | Velocity Records, Equal Vision | Writer – "Outcasts vs Everyone" |
| 2022 | The Faim | Talk Talk | BMG | Producer (track 10) |
| 2022 | Rain City Drive | Rain City Drive | Thriller Records | Co-producer, writer (tracks 1–3, 7–10) |
| 2022 | Huddy | "All the Things I Hate About You" | Half Blood Records | Producer |
| 2022 | Chad Tepper | Never Stood A Chance | Epitaph | Producer, writer – "1-800-IDONTKNOWYOUANYMORE" |
| 2022 | Hollywood Undead | Hotel Kalifornia | BMG, Dove & Grenade Media | Co-producer, writer (tracks 6–8, 12, 15–18) |
| 2022 | I Prevail | True Power | Fearless | Writer – "Closure" |
| 2022 | Bush | The Art of Survival | BMG | Backing vocals, guitar, producer, engineer, mixer, writer – "More Than Machines", "All Things Must Change" |
| 2022 | Kat Leigh | Kat Leigh (EP) | BMG | Guitar, drums, producer, engineer, programming, writer – "U Know Where to Find Me" |
| 2022 | 44phantom | "hurricane" | Columbia Records | Producer, writer |
| 2022 | Black Veil Brides | The Mourning (EP) | Sumerian | Producer, writer |
| 2022 | Fire from the Gods | Soul Revolution | Better Noise | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer (tracks 2, 4–7, 9, 12) |
| 2022 | Kailee Morgue | Girl Next Door | Thriller | Producer, writer – "Falling From the Sky" |
| 2022 | nobody likes you pat | imago | my dreams are dead, LLC. | Producer, engineer, writer – "maybe money" |
| 2023 | Godsmack | Lighting Up the Sky | BMG | Writer – "Surrender" |
| 2023 | Papa Roach | Ego Trip (Deluxe) | New Noize Records | Producer, writer – "Spotlight" |
| 2023 | Ellise | "brokenboys&bitterbitches" | N/A | Producer, mixer, writer – "Black Balloons" |
| 2023 | nothing,nowhere. | Void Eternal | Fueled by Ramen | Producer, mixer, writer – "VEN0M" |
| 2023 | 93FEETOFSMOKE | ALTAR74 | Photo Finish Records | Producer (tracks 3 and 4), mixer (track 3), writer – "conversations", "chewing on my tongue" |
| 2023 | Jutes | Ladybug | N/A | Producer, writer – "Do It To Myself" |
| 2023 | Honey Revenge | Retrovision | Thriller | Producer (track 2) |
| 2023 | Hot Milk | A Call to the Void | Music for Nations | Writer, lyrics – "OVER YOUR DEAD BODY" |
| 2023 | The Word Alive | Hard Reset | Thriller | Co-producer, writer – "Slow Burn", "A New Empty" |
| 2023 | Conquer Divide | Slow Burn | Mascot Records | Writer – "Wide Awake" |
| 2023 | Velvet Chains | "Stuck Against the Wall" | N/A | Producer |
| 2023 | Staind | Confessions of the Fallen | BMG | Producer, engineer, mixer, writer |
| 2023 | Ellise | Over Her Dead Body (EP) | N/A | Producer, writer – "Half a Heart", "Killer" |
| 2023 | Until I Wake | Inside My Head (Deluxe Edition) | Fearless | Co-producer, engineer, writer – "Cold", "Fool’s Paradise" |
| 2023 | Neoni | "KNIVES" | ELEV8MUSIC | Producer, writer |
| 2023 | Lilyisthatyou | POP MUSIC (EP) | Self-released | Producer, writer – "SIREN" |
| 2023 | Ellise | "She Ruins Everything" | N/A | Producer, writer |
| 2024 | Connor Kauffman | Two Hearts (EP) | Sounds Good | Producer, writer – "Far Too Late" |
| 2024 | david hugø | If I Could Read Minds (EP) | Self-released | Writer – "Sleepyhead" |
| 2024 | Too Close to Touch | For Keeps | Epitaph | Backing vocals (track 3), bass guitar (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8), producer (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8), mixer (tracks 2, 4–6, 8), writer – "Disappear", "Hopeless", "Heavy Hearts", "Control", "They Don't Even Know" |
| 2024 | Sophie Cates | SUPERNOVA | Independent | Writer – "maybe she was the one" |
| 2024 | Lilyisthatyou | "DIRTY LITTLE FANTASY" | Self-released | Producer, writer |
| 2024 | Stela Cole | "Feel It Again" | Stelavision Records | Producer, writer |
| 2024 | Chandler Leighton | Proof You Weren’t the Only One | Boom.Records | Producer, writer – "Fixer Upper" |
| 2024 | Keith Wallen | Infinity Now | Rise | Writer – "Nemesis" |
| 2024 | Various | Hopelessly Devoted To You: 30th Anniversary | Hopeless | Producer (track 13) |
| 2024 | Black Veil Brides | Bleeders (EP) | Spinefarm | Producer, writer – "Bleeders" |
| 2024 | jxdn | When the Music Stops | DTA Records, Elektra Records | Writer – "SH!T" |
| 2024 | The Home Team | The Crucible of Life | Thriller | Writer – "Honest", "Love When You're Used" |
| 2024 | Sarina | "Living in the Moment" | SyrenSong | Producer, writer |
| 2024 | Emblem3 | "Looks to Kill" | Break Records | Producer, writer |
| 2024 | Fame on Fire | The Death Card | Hopeless | Producer, writer |
| 2024 | Zero 9:36 | None of Us Are Getting Out (EP) | Self-released, ONErpm | Producer, writer – "Chasing Shadows" |
| 2024 | Loveless | Loveless II | Rise | Guitar, producer, engineer, mixer, writer |
| 2024 | Ashley Sienna | EDEN | Self-released | Producer, writer – "Temptation" |