Eric Butler brings a wealth of musical diversity and experience to every project he gets involved with.

Born in Newark, New Jersey and raised in neighboring East Orange, Eric was in a culturally rich environment with the likes of artist such as Dionne Warwick, Sara Vaughn, Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Wayne Shorter, Little Jimmy Scott, Kool and The Gang, and Whitney Houston.

Choosing to make music his profession he attended Boston, Massachusetts prestigious Berklee College of Music with composition, arranging, and orchestration as his major. During his college years he performed as lead vocalist, arranging, and orchestrating his compositions for the Annual Music Educators of Massachusetts Conference, receiving recognition in the world renowned “Down Beat” (jazz magazine) for his exciting performances. He also gigged on trumpet with a number of established recording artist Gladys Knight and The Pips, Lou Rawls, The Dells, and Stevie Wonder, naming only a few. Since then, Butler has amassed an impressive list of credits in many different areas of entertainment.

As composer he composed and orchestrated the themes and underscore for the feature film titled “The Gifted” starring Dick Anthony Williams, “The Club”, starring Tommy Ford, NBC-TV network syndicated series; “Images and Realities”, episodes “African American Men”, “The African American Family”, and “African American Women”; hosted by Louis Gossett Jr.; Danny Glover and Ester Rolle; Vanessa Williams, Queen LaTiffa and poet Maya Angelou respectively. His pen also created the theme for the weekly TV series “ABF-America’s Black Forum”, hosted by Julian Bond.

His compositions, arrangements, and orchestrations have contributed to “The Tonight Show”, hosted by Johnny Carson; Lou Rawls - “UNCF Parade of Stars”; Fox Television’s broadcast of “The 1992 U.S. Olympic Festival”, and the TV series “Fame”. Additionally, he was responsible for the acclaimed dance, vocal and choral arrangements, and orchestrations for “The Martin Luther King Kennedy Center Special” production number “For All We Know Medley”, choreographed by “Dream Girls”/Michael Jackson‘s choreographer, Michael Peters, with a featured performance by Michael Peters and Fame’s/Academy Awards choreographer Debbie Allen. Eric also wrote the choir arrangements for Pattie Labelle on the Frank Sinatra TV special; “Sinatra-80 Years My Way” and choir arrangements for the Doobie Brothers 2000 tour.

In the Recording Industry Eric’s songs have been recorded by Robert Guillaume, Leslie Drayton, Vivian Reed, Eddie Kendricks, Patrice Rushen, and Nancy Wilson. Other recording artist that have commissioned him to arrange and orchestrate their CD/Album productions include gospel artist Daryl Coley (“He’s Right On Time”); Debarge (“The Debarges”); Phyllis Hyman (“To Sleep On It”); Robert Guillaume (“To Love Again”); and The Temptations reunion album (“Power”). Additional orchestrations for CD’s include “The Road To El Dorado” by Elton John for Dreamworks animation feature film and soundtrack of the same title, plus “The Young Americans“, produced by Quincy Jones, and Luis Miguel’s 2000 CD on Lions Records.

In the Musical Theatre world he set the tone as Musical Conductor for the world premiere of “Ray Charles Live... The Musical”, for the Pasadena Playhouse. He has arranged, orchestrated, composed and given musical direction as ‘Music Director’ to numerous other productions, some of which are “Viva La Vida Frida Kahlo”, “Stormy Weather The Lena Horne Story”, “Hips, Lips & Fingertips” starring Loretta Devine,” “Duke’s Place” (Milwaukee repertory Company), “De Obeah Mon”, and “Four Seasons” (playwright C. Bernard Jackson) for which Eric received the Los Angeles Drama Log Award for ‘Best Musical Direction‘. Other theatre productions he’s orchestrated and transcribed music for include the 2002 production of Off-Broadway’s “Thunder Knocking On The Door” starring Leslie Uggums; Off-Broadway’s “On Toby Time”; Broadway’s “Your Arm’s To Short To Box With God”, and the National Company of “Don’t Bother MeI Can’t Cope” as Musical Director.

Eric has arranged and orchestrated for the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, Pop Concert season, the Denver Symphony Orchestra, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, featuring Grammy Award Winning artist Marilyn McCoo. He’s provided Tony Award winners, Hinton Battle, Ken Page, and choreographer, Michael Peters, with arrangements and music direction for their live concerts, in addition too doing the same for Eddie Kendricks’ Arista Records solo album and tour, (the Temptations legendary tenor voice of “Just My Imagination”). Once again in showing his diversity, he was the Music Director, Arranger and Orchestrator of the Mc Donald’s Gospelfest, held at Los Angeles’ famous Shrine Theatre for five consecutive years, guiding more than thirty choirs and celebrity guest artist such as; Shirley Caesar, Pat Harvey, Glen Turman, Marilyn McCoo, the Clark Sisters, Rance Allen, Walter Hawkins, and the Clara Ward Singers.

Never losing his passion to sing, Eric’s voice has contributed to many recording artist CD’s, film scores and soundtracks, some of which are American Idol’s, Clay Aiken and Fantasia, Kenny Loggins, Rod Stewart, Andy Gibb, Ray Charles, and Michael Jackson, with films such as; “Happy Feet”, “Amistad”, “Waiting To Exhale”, “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”, “Ace Ventura 2;When Nature Calls”, “Rosewood ”, “Get Bruce”, “The Preacher‘s Wife”, “Get On The Bus”, and “A Civil Action”, to name just a few.

Composing and writing songs constantly, Eric has accumulated over 300 songs in his Aw-Love-It Music Publishing Company catalogue ranging in styles from R‘n B, Pop, Jazz, Country, Hip-Hop to Rock, and Cinema driven Themes, creating new material all the time.

Eric is a member of the American Federation of Musicians, AFTRA, SAG, and the American Society of Composers & Authors, and is bi-coastal between Los Angeles, California and New York, New York.