Grilliot began his professional musical career in
Nashville, Tennessee, appearing as bass player with the
BMG band "Lightheaded." He began studio work as engineer for D'andre "Po-Po" Smith of
Pop, Lock, & Drop It notoriety. Grilliot has appeared on stage with the
Columbia Records band
Revolution One as their bass player. Grilliot relocated to Los Angeles in 2008 and began producing music for
Kat Graham on her
YouTube covers of artists such as
Janet Jackson and
Paula Abdul. He also handled vocal production and engineering when Graham contributed a cover of the
Garbage song "
Only Happy When It Rains" to
The Vampire Diaries soundtrack. The song premiered in December 2010 in an episode of the series titled "The Sacrifice". In March 2011, Graham released another single titled "I Want It All" produced by Grilliot with Kazual and
J.R. Rotem. He also produced "
We Ended Right" for
Debby Ryan with Chase Ryan and Chad Hively. In 2015, he was commissioned to produce the
Katherine McNamara single "Stay True" for the
Universal Pictures film
R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls. He also produced music for
David Hernandez of
American Idol including his single “Beautiful.” YouTube artists followed including Kenny Holland and
Nickelodeon star
Paul Butcher. Grilliot also has television and film placements on programming including
American Horror Story,
Botched, and
The Real Housewives. ==References==