 " Turn Up the Music " was written by Alexander " Fuego " Palmer , Chris Brown , Damon Thomas , Harvey Mason , Jr . , Michael " Mike J " Jimenez , Terence Cole and Agent X. Production for the song was handled by Fuego and The Underdogs . The mixing engineering process was completed by John Hanes with assistance by Phil Seaford , while the audio mixing was completed by Serban Ghenea . " Turn Up the Music " was recorded at The Record Plant in Los Angeles , California and Mason Sound in North Hollywood , California by Andrew Hey and Brian Springer with assistance by Iain Findley . In an interview with MTV News , Mason , Jr. revealed that inspiration for the song came from visualizing Brown as an artist . He explained , " The inspiration was really him as an artist , visualizing how he dances and how he performs , and giving him something to match that energy . " 
