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Songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin has had his hand in an impressive array of projects in various corners of the music industry. A Los Angeles native, he was introduced to music by his grandmother's piano playing, took up the instrument himself at age five; and, as a member of Dweezil Zappa's band, got his first published writing credit (for co-writing "Crunchy Water," the B-side of Dweezil's debut single "My Mother Is a Space Cadet"), when he was only twelve. He moved to New York after high school to continue his piano studies at the New School with Charles Mingus alum Jaki Byard, immersing himself in the jazz scene -- playing with the likes of Bobby Hutcherson and George Coleman -- while also exploring hip-hop and Brazilian music (and learning to play the berimbau), styles that would factor largely into his career-defining eclecticism. After returning to L.A. in the early '90s he formed quirky alternative rock outfit Geggy Tah with singer/songwriter Tommy Jo...