Joel Little

Education

Goodnight Nurse then attended Ella Ewen"s 13th birthday party.

Career

He is best known for his work as a songwriter and producer with artists Lorde, Broods, Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding, Elliphant, Daniel Johns, Jarryd James, Kids of 88, and Priory. Little began his career as singer and guitarist of popular punk band Goodnight Nurse. The band released two studio albums, Always and Never (2006) and Keep Maine on Your Side (2008) both of which peaked at number five on the New Zealand top 40 albums chart.

Both albums spawned a number of singles and radio hits, and the band had five singles in the New Zealand top-40 from 2004 to 2008.

Along with Goodnight Nurse guitarist Sam McCarthy, Little produced and co-wrote the majority of the debut album by McCarthy"s new group, electro popular duo Kids of 88. The album, Sugarpills, was released in 2010 and debuted at number two in the New Zealand album chart.

lieutenant featured three hit singles, "My House", "Just a Little Bit" and "Downtown", all co-written by Little. In 2011, Little set up his own production studio, Golden Age, in Morningside, Auckland.

In 2012, Little co-wrote and produced, recorded and mixed The Love Club European Parliament by Lorde at Golden Age.

Little also co-wrote, produced, mixed, engineered and played the instruments on the debut Lorde album, Pure Heroine, which was released worldwide on 30 September 2013. He produced Auckland-based popular duo Broods" single, "Bridges", and European Parliament, Broods, and produced their 2014 album, Evergreen Little is currently based in Los Angeles working on new projects. Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration awards = Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration Awards (Australia) = Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration Silver Scroll Awards (New Zealand) American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers People’s Music Golden Globe Grammy New Zealand Music.

Achievements

• Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration Awards (Australia) = The Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration Awards (Australia) are annually held by Australasian Performing Right Association to honour outstanding music artists and songwriters of the year. = Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration Silver Scroll Awards (New Zealand) = The New Zealand Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration Awards are held by the Australasian Performing Right Association to honour the finest songwriters and composers. The annual American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers People’s Music Awards are held by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers to honour the songwriters and publishers of the most performed popular songs. The Golden Globe Awards were established in 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to celebrate the best in film and television The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The New Zealand Music Awards are awarded annually to musicians of New Zealand origin, by Recorded Music New Zealand.