The Trust

The Trust is an American record production and songwriting duo, composed of multi-instrumentalists Tommy Hubbard and Rich Zahniser. The duo currently operates out of their private recording facility in Southern California, primarily working with pop, country, and rock acts with an emphasis on live instrumentation recordings. Career Collaborating artists Hubbard and Zahniser have individually and collectively worked with several mainstream and popular indie artists including the Latin group The Gipsy Kings, French pop singer Maude, blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa, American country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, funk musician Bootsy Collins(Parliament-Funkadelic, James Brown), South African singer Lira, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Company of Thieves frontwoman Genevieve, Smash Mouth, Rufio and the punk rock supergroups Rx Bandits and The Sound of Animals Fighting. Writing credits The duo co-wrote and produced Maude's 2014 album #HoldUp, which spawned three successful singles that were co-written/produced by The Trust including her debut #1 song "Love Is What You Make of It". Soon after the success of the singles, Maude was nominated for two NRJ Music Awards in France.