Ted Bruner is an American musician, songwriter, and producer, originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Bruner began his professional music career when his band Colony was signed to MCA Records in 1998. In 2002, he relocated to Los Angeles and began writing and producing for Rondor Music/Universal. He left Universal in 2009 and signed with Warner Chappell, and then signed with Kobalt Music in 2012. He's written with and/or produced songs for Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Kesha, Selena Gomez, Plain White T's, Hinder, My Darkest Days, Cavo, Pete Wentz, Black Cards, Chad Kroeger, Ludacris, Joey Moi, Amy Meredith,  Delta Goodrem, Bowling For Soup, Mitchel Musso, Jason Castro, Marie Digby, Jenna Andrews, Jessie James, Lit (band), Semi Precious Weapons, Cisco Adler, Bijou Phillips, Natalie Walker, Tiffany Page, Bonnie Mckee, Traci Lords, Dash & Will, and Action Design, among others, as well as songs in film and television.