John Justin Alagía is an American record producer, composer, mixer and co-founder of Drive Music. Alagia has worked with artists including Lukas Nelson, Paul Simon, Herbie Hancock, Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Serena Ryder, Brett Dennen, Rachael Yamagata, Ben Folds, Lifehouse and many others. In his early years, Alagía honed his recording and production skills with friend Douglas Derryberry at Rutabaga Studios in Arlington, Virginia. Derryberry and Alagía were also an acoustic rock duo, having released three albums and done extensive touring along the East Coast. Together, they recorded and produced many Mid-Atlantic acts ranging from DMB, Vertical Horizon, Edwin McCain to Ben Folds Five and others. Today, John resides at the Village Recorder in West Los Angeles.

Derryberry and Alagía

John was a member of a band known as Derryberry and Alagía. This collaboration featured Doug Derryberry. The group released three records, as follows:

Partial discography

Ben Folds Five

Blue Man Group

BoDeans

Brett Dennen

Hope For The Hopeless

Dave Matthews Band

David Gray

The Hogwaller Ramblers

Josh Kelley

John Mayer

Jason Mraz

Evermore

Lifehouse

Mandy Moore

Once Hush

Vertical Horizon

Rachael Yamagata

Ben Lee

Liz Phair

Katharine McPhee

Madi Diaz

Terra Naomi

Lena Fayre