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 formed an alliance with Jay Baumgardner and Fortman to bring their first album to life. Two years later, Wind Up's founders, Alan and Diana Meltzer, entrusted Fortman with guiding the production of Evanescence, a relatively unknown band from Little Rock, Arkansas at that time.