He has since continued to record and release songs, but not in album format. It would take until May 2010 until his album Welcome to the Blacklist Club was released. Taubenfeld's Christmas single, "Merry Swiftmas (Even Though I Celebrate Chanukah)" debuted in late 2009 at #59 on the Hot Country Songs chart, in which he besung Taylor Swift and Christmas years before Swift trademarked the term "Swiftmas". To promote the single, Taubenfeld toured with Metro Station, Mitchel Musso and Mayday Parade in July 2009. It was co-written with among others indie pop artists Adam Richman and Bleu. His first solo single, "Boy Meets Girl", was released in March 2009. He also produced for The Pack and Oreskaband.įor his solo material, Taubenfeld set up his own band, named The Black List Club. In 2008, Taubenfeld produced two tracks for rapper Tyga's debut album No Introduction, "Press 7" and "First Timers", the latter of which he also featured on. In 2003, while still playing in Lavigne's band, Taubenfeld formed the band Ditch Ruxton, with whom he performed one show. He subsequently was the opening act for Lavigne on the North American Leg her 2011 Black Star World Tour. On Goodbye Lullaby from 2011, he co-wrote three songs, performed vocals on the bridge of " Push", along with playing in several instruments, and doing engineering and producing work on the album. In 2010, he performed " Complicated" and " Girlfriend" acoustically with Lavigne and her band member, Jim McGorman. He co-wrote four songs with Lavigne on her 2007 album The Best Damn Thing, including the hit single " Hot". Taubenfeld would continue to collaborate with Lavigne for several more years. He left the band in September 2004, when he was signed as a staff writer with EMI Music Publishing, after which he got his own recording contract with Sire/ Warner Bros. In addition to being her lead guitarist, he took up music directing and became a close friend of Lavigne. For Lavigne's sophomore album Under My Skin, Taubenfeld contributed to the music and was credited for the music on " Don't Tell Me", " Take Me Away", and "Freak Out", the latter of which he shared the credits with drummer Matt Brann. He joined this band in 2002 when her debut album Let Go had already been recorded. Taubenfeld received a phone call from Sarubin, who invited him to audition in New York City for the band of a new talent he just signed, a young Canadian named Avril Lavigne. When his band members chose to go to college instead, Taubenfeld recorded a demo of his own music, among others sending it to Arista Records A&R vice president Josh Sarubin, who he made his acquaintance with during his time in Spinfire. Taubenfeld considered studying at Berklee College of Music, but chose to market his band with major labels instead. They performed at festivals and shows in the Baltimore area, and wrote and produced songs such as "Feeling Beautiful", "Lettin' It Be", and "Waiting".Ĭareer With Avril Lavigne After 3 years, he founded Spinfire with his friend Matt Halpern in which he sang and played guitar. At the age of 15, he taught himself guitar by learning to play " Come As You Are" by Nirvana. While in seventh grade, he joined the band The Suburbanites on drums. He received a small drum kit as a young child, continuing on a full-size drum kit several years later. Taubenfeld had an early interest in music and took an interest at the piano at home as a toddler. Taubenfeld graduated from McDonogh School in 2001. 1984), who is a multi-instrumentalist and musical director for Kacey Musgraves, and a younger sister, Annie (b. He has two siblings, a younger brother named Drew (b. Taubenfeld was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Mark and Ami Taubenfeld, who ran a catering business. Taubenfeld's debut album, Welcome to the Blacklist Club, was released in 2010. Evan David Taubenfeld (born June 27, 1983) is an American singer and musician, best known for being Avril Lavigne's lead guitarist, music director and frequent collaborator.
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