The Success Of Glen Ballard's Work With Music

Glen Ballard was born and raised in Natchez, Mississippi in 1953. Ballard started working with music by playing piano, followed by guitar, in his early years. He started writing songs at ten years old and was in many local rock bands by the beginning of fifth grade. Soon after he graduated he joined Elton John’s organization in L.A. in which he had such success to get him a secured professional job as a songwriter at MCA Music Publishing. As his music taste is exceedingly diverse he has worked with different people from different genres such as Aerosmith, Barbra Streisand, Dave Matthews, and Katy Perry. His greatest success was his partnership with Alanis Morissette in which he co-wrote and produced her blockbuster Jagged Little Pill in 1995.