Gerald A. Keys Jr.
- Music Department
- Composer
With over 15 years experience behind-the boards, Gerald "The Sound" Keys has cemented himself as one of today's leading independent producers and recording/mixing engineers having worked with major artists including Justin Bieber, Usher, French Montana, Ty Dolla $ign, Zendaya, and more. The Sacramento-bred multi-hyphenate now resides in Atlanta working as right-hand to Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as his personal Producer/, as well as Chief of Production for his multimedia company and Emmy-nominated animated musical children's series Karma's World.
Keys is also lead producer and mixing engineer for nearly all of the musical content associated with Ludacris' other venture KidNation, an online educational children's entertainment and learning platform. He has had great success in sync and licensing creating original compositions for some of the world's largest brands including McDonald's, Google, Sony, Warner Brothers, Netflix, Apple, Delta Airlines, Roland, Mattel, and more.
While attending the Art Institute in Atlanta, Keys got this start working for Bryan Michael "B-Cox" Cox (Usher, Mariah Carey, Making The Band) as a studio assistant/engineer for his label imprint. From 2015-17, he uprooted to LA operating as lead engineer for RnBass studios where he worked alongside many emerging artists and producers such as Tyla Yaweh, Brent Faiyaz, JR Rotem, Black Tuxedo, and others.