John Painter 

Music

Adjunct Faculty

Biography

John Mark Painter is a multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, producer, engineer, composer, arranger, and session musician. He lives in East Nashville with his wife Fleming McWilliams. Their duo, Fleming and John, formerly signed to Universal Records, released two full-length albums, Delusions of Grandeur (1995), and The Way We Are (1999).

His studio credits include: Sixpence None The Richer, John Mayer, Brandi Carlisle, Ben Folds, The Indigo Girls, GRITS, Kings of Leon, Jewel, Kelly Clarkson, Nanci Griffith, William Shatner/Joe Jackson, Switchfoot, Fleming and John, Butch Walker, Patti Griffin, Spoon, Brendan Benson, Leann Womack, Collective Soul, Trail of Dead, Death Cab for Cutie, Casting Crowns, DC Talk, Toby Mac, The Newsboys, Michael W. Smith, and Steven Curtis Chapman.

He has also composed and recorded original music for film, including such features as Hoodwinked, Veggie Tales, Over The Hedge, and Chronicles of Narnia. John Mark Painter was also a writer for EMI Music Publishing. His broad range of experience brings great depth to the program in the areas of instrumental instruction, ensemble performance, production, arranging, composition and more.