Ivan Barias

Ivan Barias
Origin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Genres	R&B, Hip hop, Soul, Pop
Occupation(s)	Producing, Songwriting, Mixing & Recording Engineer
Instruments	Drum Machine, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Sequencer, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Pro Tools
Years active	1998-Present
Members	Ivan Barias

Ivan Barias is part of the Philadelphia production duo Carvin & Ivan. Initially starting out as a solo hip hop artist, Barias moved into production and songwriting.^[1] He has written and produced songs for Jazmine Sullivan, Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild, Justin Timberlake, Mario, Chris Brown, Ledisi, Raheem DeVaughn, Keyshia Cole, Jaheim, Estelle, Floetry, Skillz, Ace Hood, Rick Ross and others.

Along with Carvin Haggins, he is notable for introducing Musiq Soulchild to the world and giving him his staple sound.^[2] Together they were responsible for writing and producing the vast majority of Musiq's more popular charted singles such as "Just Friends (Sunny)", "Halfcrazy", "Dontchange", "B.U.D.D.Y.", "Teachme" and others.^[3][4]

Ivan is the former president of the Philadelphia Chapter of The Recording Academy and now serves as trustee on Academy's Board of Trustees.^[5] On February 1, 2011, Ivan became creative ambassadors for the city of Philadelphia as a part of Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation's Philly 360°.^[6] In 2012 Ivan was named as one the brightest minds of Philadelphia in the Philadelphia Magazine's Innovation issue.

In 2011, Ivan was selected as an ambassador of the Philadelphia 76ers community program La Liga del Barrio.

Early years

Carvin & Ivan met in the mid 90's at A Touch Of Jazz, a recording studio in Philadelphia owned by DJ Jazzy Jeff.^[7]

2000

Musiq Soulchild - Aijuswanaseing

• "Just Friends (Sunny)"
• "Poparatzi"

2001

Jill Scott - Experience: Jill Scott 826+

• "High Post Brotha" (featuring Common)
• "Gimme"

Angie Stone - Mahogany Soul

• "The Ingredients Of Love" (featuring Musiq Soulchild)

Lina - Stranger on Earth

• "Bye Bye Baby" (produced by Ivan "Orthodox" Barias)

2002

Musiq Soulchild - Juslisen

• "Newness"
• "Caughtup"
• "Stopplayin"
• "Halfcrazy"
• "Time"
• "Solong"
• "Bestfriend"
• "Dontchange"
• "Something"
• "Ifiwouldaknew"

Justin Timberlake - Justified

• "Worthy Of"

Dawn Robinson - Dawn

• "Party, Party"
• "Get Up Again"

Floetry - Floetic

• "Headache"
• "Opera"

Syleena Johnson - "Chapter 2: The Voice"

• "Dear You"
• "I'm Gon Cry"
• "No Words"
• "So Willingly"

2003

Musiq Soulchild - Soulstar

• "Youloveme"
• "Womanopoly"
• "Forthenight"
• "Infatueighties"
• "Whoknows"
• "Babymother"
• "Missyou"
• "Thereason"
• "Romancipation"
• "Givemorelove"

Joe - And Then...

• "Ride Wit U (featuring G-Unit)
• "Another Used To Be"
• "Testify"

2004

Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2

• "Bedda At Home"
• "Family Reunion"

Mario - Turning Point

• "Like Me Real Hard"

Planet Asia - The Grand Opening

• "Pure Coke" (featuring Martin Luther)

Skillz - Okayplayer - True Notes Vol. 1

• "Take It Back"

Toshinobu Kubota - Time to Share

• "Breaking Through"
• "Hope You'll Be Well"

2005

Faith Evans - The First Lady

• "Again"
• "I Don't Need It"
• "Stop'n'Go"
• "Jealous"
• "Get Over You"
• "Until You Came"

Chris Brown - Chris Brown's Journey

• "So Glad"

Brian McKnight - Gemini

• "She"

2006

2pac- Pac's Life

• "Playa Cardz Right (Female)" (Feat: Keyshia Cole)
• "Scared Straight"

Heather Headley - In My Mind

• "Losing you"

2007

Musiq Soulchild - Luvanmusiq

• "Teachme" (Grammy Nominated Song: R&B Song of The Year 2008)
• "Rewind"

2pac- Best of 2Pac Part 2: Life

• "Dopefiend's Diner" (Previously Unreleased)

Freeway - Free at Last

• "This Can't Be Real" (Feat: Marsha Ambrosius)

2008

Raheem DeVaughn - Love Behind the Melody

• "Customer" (Grammy Nominated Song: R&B Song Of The Year 2009)

Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless

• "Foolish Heart"

Keyshia Cole - A Different Me

• "Playa Cardz Right" (featuring 2Pac)

Skillz- The Million Dollar Backpack

• "Don't Act Like You Don't Know" (featuring Freeway)

2009

Musiq Soulchild - OnMyRadio

• "ifyouleave" (featuring Mary J. Blige)
• "deserveumore"
• "special"
• "someone"

Ledisi - Turn Me Loose

• "Alone"
• "I Need Love"

Ace Hood - Ruthless

• "Champion" (featuring Jazmine Sullivan and Rick Ross)

Ameriie - In Love & War

• "The Flowers"

2010

Jaheim - Another Round

• "Finding My Way Back"

Faith Evans - Something About Faith

• "Gone Already"

Skillz - The World Needs More Skillz

• "Celebrate Life"
• "Wants and Needs" (feat. Bilal)

Leela James - My Soul

• "If It's Wrong"
• "It's Over"

2011

Ledisi - Pieces Of Me

• "I Gotta Get To You"

Jill Scott - The Original Jill Scott from the Vault, Vol. 1

• "I Don't Know (Gotta Have You)"

2012

Estelle - All of Me

• "The Life"

SWV - I Missed Us

• "Love Unconditionally"

Kenny Lattimore - Back To Cool

• "Find A Way"

Alex Boyd - Commit Me

• "Wish I Knew"

Tamia - Beautiful Surprise

• "Still Love You"

Curt Chambers - One Way Ticket^[8] (entire album produced by Ivan Barias & Curt Chambers)

• One Way Ticket
• Hollywood
• Grass Is Greener
• Keep Calling (featuring Gilbere Forte)
• Out Of Body Prelude
• Out Of Body
• Out Of Body Outro
• Loaded Gun
• Loaded Gun Outro
• Desert Dry
• Desert Dry Outro
• Digging For Gold
• New America Prelude
• New America
• Incredible Redux

Q. Parker - The MANual

• "Belongs to You"
• "Completely"

2013

Chrisette Michelle - Better

• "Let Me Win"
• "Love Won't Leave Me Out"

Raheem DeVaughn - A Place Called Loveland

• "Interlude - Album Intro"
• "Love Connection"
• "Wrong Forever"
• "Complicated"

TGT - 3 Kings

• "Burn Out" (produced by Carvin Haggins and Ivan Barias with Javad Day)

Glenn Lewis - Moment of Truth

• "Random Thoughts"
• "Up & Down"
• "Searching For That One"
• "Closer" (co-produced by Stan Drinks)
• "I Wanna Go Deep"

2014

Ledisi - The Truth

• "88 Boxes"

2015

Jamie Foxx - Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses The Truth

• "Right Now"

Estelle - We Bare Bears Theme Song

• "We'll Be There"

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2003	"Halfcrazy"	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Nominated
	Juslisen	Best R&B Album	Nominated
2006	Turning Point	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Nominated
2008	"Teachme"	Best R&B Song	Nominated
	"B.U.D.D.Y."	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Nominated
	Luvanmusiq	Best R&B Album	Nominated
2009	"Customer"	Best R&B Song	Nominated
	Fearless	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Nominated
2010	"IfULeave"	Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals	Nominated
	Turn Me Loose	Best R&B Album	Nominated
2011	"Finding My Way Back"	Best R&B Song	Nominated
	"Finding My Way Back"	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Nominated
	"Gone Already"	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Nominated
	Another Round	Best R&B Album	Nominated
	The Love & War MasterPeace	Best R&B Album	Nominated
2012	Pieces of Me	Best R&B Album	Nominated
2013	Better	Best R&B Album	Nominated
	Three Kings	Best R&B Album	Nominated

Ascap Awards

ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards

• 2002 "Just Friends (Sunny)"
• 2003 "Halfcrazy"
• 2004 "Dontchange"
• 2008 "B.U.D.D.Y."
• 2008 "Teachme"
• 2010 "IfULeave"
• 2011 "Finding My Way Back"

References

External links

• Official Website
• Interview, HitQuarters Dec 2002