Gabe Lopez on Writing and Producing Music
Gabe Lopez
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Gabe Lopez has recently released his single "END OF THE LOST SUMMER." He crossed the US and UK opening for Belinda Carlisle on her 2014-2017 tours at venues such as the Indigo at the O2, Manchester Academy, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, The Fonda in LA and B.B. King's NYC. The Cali boy's songs are currently spinning on Sirius XM Radio, iHeart Radio, and FM radio - most recently his new singles "END OF THE LOST SUMMER," "LASSO,” “VIVIAN & VALERIE” and "CALIFORNIA BLUES," which features the pop icon BELINDA CARLISLE. His album GOD BLESS THE QUEENS debuted in the TOP 100 NEW RELEASES and Top 200 on iTunes. With his sassy and gritty POP-ROCK flavored music, Gabe is signed to UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP as a songwriter, and he has produced and written for BELINDA CARLISLE, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE, NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK (#3 Billboard Pop), JOEY McINTYRE, THE GO-GO’S, TWICE (2x platinum), JAMES BROWN, KRAYZIE BONE, SHINEE (platinum), KEY (platinum, worldwide #1), TAE YANG (gold), TROLLS: TROLLSTOPIA, Comedy Central’s THE OTHER TWO, SUPERJUNIOR, FROCK DESTROYERS, DREAMNOTE, STREETLIGHT HARMONIES SOUNDTRACK, CHARICE, IN2IT, VERIVERY, LOVE VICTOR, GAYME SHOW,, MS. TRINITI, KORYN HAWTHORNE, VARSITY FANCLUB and more. See www.gabelopez.com for more info.
What are you best known for?
I think it varies by year. Haha! I would say the most visible things I work on are music production for RuPaul's Drag Race, TrollsTopia, Belinda Carlisle, New Kids On the Block, and lots of KPOP.
What is the first thing you wrote?
Probably a not-so-good song when I was 7. Haha! But I think the first thing I wrote that got major press was my song "SUNDAY SUMMERTIME" that was featured on the Olympics on NBC.
What are you working on that no one knows about yet?
Well, there are things about RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE that I can't talk about yet, but I can say I'm very excited about the upcoming seasons. I'm also super excited for Belinda Carlisle's upcoming album. I'm having an amazing time producing the album.