About The Camp

The Writing Camp (TWC / The Camp) is a songwriting collective responsible for writing some of todays top songs and has also branched into publishing, music supervision and film & television. Since the formation of the group, The Writing Camp has penned Grammy award winning "Halo" by Beyonce, "Take You There" by Sean Kingston, as well as Billboard Top songs for Rihanna, The Pussycat Dolls, Jesse McCartney, Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears, Leona Lewis and more. View a full list of songs penned by The Writing Camp’s by viewing The Discography.

 

 
 
To learn more about a member of the writing camp, please select a member of The Camp below and read their full biography:
 
Evan "Kidd" Bogart
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Evan "Kidd" Bogart, the son of legendary Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart, began rapping before transitioning into corporate gigs at Interscope and Warner Bros. Records, BAT Management, Casbah Artists Management, and Agency for the Performing Arts, where he aided in the discovery and development of Eminem, Maroon 5 and OneRepublic, among others. When his co-written "SOS", recorded by Rihanna, became a number 1 worldwide smash, Bogart returned to the creative side where he has since penned songs for everyone from Sean Kingston to Britney Spears.

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David "DQ" Quiñones
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David "DQ" Quiñones flawlessly unites his extraordinary conceptual, lyrical and melodic sensibilities with his knowledge of technical wizardry and keenly intuitive vocal production skills. Raised in the Washington, DC suburb of Sterling, VA, he attended Shenandoah Conservatory for music education and opera studies before entering Berklee College of Music with a focus on music production and engineering. His studio résumé in vocal production and arrangements is extensive and DQ has consistently "wowed" the likes of Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, J.R. Rotem, Ryan Tedder and Midi Mafia, to name a few.

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Erika Nuri
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New York born Erika Nuri spent formative creative time in the musical R&B hotbed of Atlanta before relocating to Los Angeles, signing a co-publishing deal with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds' company and garnering cuts with K-Ci & Jo Jo, Chingy (featuring Janet Jackson), B2K, Yasmeen and penning "Fatal" for J. Holiday. After a brief hiatus from the business, Nuri rebounded with an eight week number 1 Billboard hit, the two-time Grammy nominated "When I See You" performed by American Idol champ Fantasia.

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Greg Ogan
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Boston native Greg Ogan signed with TWC Music Publishing/Sony ATV Music LLC in November 2009. He graduated Berklee College of Music with a focus on music production and engineering where he attended with TWC co-founder David "DQ" Quinones. Ogan spent over 2 years as the head engineer for J.R. Rotem's Beluga Heights where he worked closely with TWC co-founder Evan "Kidd" Bogart". While at Beluga Heights, Ogan worked on albums by Britney Spears, Leona Lewis, Rihanna, Natasha Bedingfield and Sean Kingston, among others. Ogan vocal-produced the majority of Kingston's sophomore release "Tomorrow"

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Scotty Granger
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Talented, unique, colorful, and artistic are just a few words to describe a truly gifted musician. The same expressions hold true when describing the artist/songwriter/producer known as Scotty G. Scotty’s latest endeavors include championing ABC’s WIPEOUT course (strictly for fun) and appearing on BRAVO’s songwriting competition based show “PLATINUM HIT”. At 24 years old, He is now officially a part of The Writing Camp as a songwriter/artist. Scotty has a few albums under his belt, direction and collaboration with the best in the business, and talent that no one genre can contain.

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Eric Bellinger
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Los Angeles born and bred singer-songwriter Eric Bellinger’s destiny preceded him. Grandson of Jackson 5 hit making songwriter Bobby Day (Rockin’ Robin, Little Bitty Pretty One), Bellinger has been singing since he could speak. A successful singer, songwriter, vocal producer and engineer Eric Bellinger is an all star talent who continues to deliver thought provoking lyrics with beautiful melodies over lush harmonies.

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Shari Short
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Singer/Songwriter Shari Short (former Miss Teen Idaho) moved from Idaho to L.A. 6 years ago. Before moving to the city of angels, Shari opened for the 80's Band "AirSupply" and subsequently joined as a background singer to tour around the world. Currently residing in L.A., Shari has been working with legendary songwriters and producers and has had songs placed on Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, and got her first cut as a songwriter on the Hannah Montana soundtrack. She has written with artists such as Joe Jonas and co-wrote the theme song with Jessica Simpson for her show "Price of Beauty". There is Big Success in her future. And, with a personality as infectious as her music, she is definitely someone to keep on your radar. 

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Posted on May 03, 2012
  ERIC BELLINGER WRITES SINGLE ON UPCOMING USHER ALBUM LOOKING FOR MYSELF
Posted May 03 2012
The Writing Camp's Eric Bellinger wrote upcoming single Lemme See off Usher's newest album to be out in June 2012. Aside from Lemme See, Bellinger will be involved in additional tracks on the album as well as songwriting for Justin Bieber and Chris Brown in 2012.
 
 
   
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