Dave Bassett is an American songwriter and record producer with many charting singles and two ASCAP Pop awards. Since March 2011, he is signed to EMI Music Publishing for an international co-publishing deal. Bassett is best known for writing songs for rock groups like Saliva, Halestorm, Sevendust, 10 Years, and Skillet. He has written songs also for Josh Groban, Lisa Loeb and Kris Allen.

He has also written soundtracks for many US TV shows including for American Idol, Australian Idol, Grey's Anatomy (Season 2 soundtrack), Runaway Bride, Sweet Home Alaba, Kangaroo Jack, Sky High, Kingpin, The Terminator: The Sarah Chronicles, CSI Miami, The OC, One Tree Hill, Young & the Restless and others.