Carvin Haggins & Ivan Barias of Karma Productions

Songwriters, Producers - "Teach Me," "B.U.D.D.Y.," "Customer," Who Is Jill Scott?

The tremendous success in 2007 of the prolific Philadelphia songwriting and production company Karma Productions was recently recognized with three Grammy Awards nominations for their work with Musiq Soulchild. The multi-talented production duo consists of Ivan Barias & Carvin Haggins. They were nominated for Best R&B Song "Teach Me,' "B.U.D.D.Y.' up for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, and Best R&B Album for executive production of Musiq Soulchild's Luvanmusiq. Ivan Barias & Carvin Haggins have an impressive list of credits includes songs for Chris Brown, Justin Timberlake, Jill Scott, Jaheim, Anthony Hamilton, Mario, Faith Evans, and Brian McKnight. They were responsible for the new Raheem Devaughn single "Customer.' Barias & Haggins' career began with the formation of Karma Productions in 2001 as they launched the careers of fellow Philly natives Jill Scott and Musiq Soulchild. Now seven years later, the NARAS has acknowledged their superior ability as Haggins' passionate lyrics combine with the magical music production of Barias for a classic songbook. These Grammy nominees look forward to 2008 being the year of "Karma' with new music produced for Jaheim, Usher,Ashanti and Mary J. Blige protégé Dave Young.