Nils Jiptner

Nils (pronounced Neels) moved to L.A. in the mid-80s. He started doing sessions as a rhythm guitarist. Over the years, he has worked with greats like George Clinton and the Temptations, and he co-wrote "Keep Rollin'" on Benson's 1998 album Standing Together, and the guitar legend returned the favor by recording a duet with Nils on Nils' 1998 debut CD Blue Planet; His solo career really took off in 2005 when his hit song "Pacific Coast Highway" stayed at #1 on the Radio chart for 11 weeks and was named by Billboard as the most heavily played track in the smooth jazz format over the past 15 years with over 30,000 spins. Several #1 Hits followed and established Nils as one of the driving forces in Contemporary Jazz today. He since developed a name in music production, producing several top 20 Billboard hits for himself and other artists. For the Film Escape from Compton he was asked to faithfully reproduce the masters of Michell'e s biggest hits , originally done by Dr. Dre Nils' film and TV credits include producing music for the independent film "Beyond The Ring," working as Music Editor on the Lakeshore feature films "Pathology" and "Midnight Meat Train" as well as on the Fox sitcom "Undeclared" and being Music Editor and stand-in composer for the show "Weeds" for several years. He has also scored a documentary and composed and added soundscapes for a multimedia DVD project entitled Transmuteo. His electronic String Theory (string-theory-music.com) project is a calling card for music supervisors to further his involvement in the film and TV scoring world. In that vein, Nils has done the underlying music score for the Independent Spirit Awards for several years.