Wind Up hired Jay Baumgardner and Fortman to co-produce their debut album. In 2002, Wind Up's owners Alan and Diana Meltzer hired Fortman to produce Evanescence, a then-unknown band from Little Rock, Arkansas.
Wind Up partnered with Jay Baumgardner and Fortman to oversee the creation of their first album. Two years later, Wind Up's owners, Alan and Diana Meltzer, appointed Fortman to helm the production of Evanescence, a relatively unknown group from Little Rock, Arkansas at that time.