J. R. Rotem

Jonathan Reuven Rotem (born July 23, 1975) is a South African-born American record producer, songwriter and music publisher.

[6] When he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston it was initially with the intention of studying film scoring, but he ended up majoring in jazz composition.

"[6] When asked in an interview with HitQuarters what made Katz decide to take the producer on, he explained, This was a time where most of the people were beat makers, they didn't really play instruments.

In 2006, together with Katz and his brother Tommy, Rotem started his own record label, Beluga Heights, inking a joint venture partnership with Epic.

Rotem also started a publishing company under the Beluga Heights banner, signing songwriter Evan "Kidd" Bogart.