Songwriting Day 1
So i'm sitting in a studio in New York City right now doing some co-songwriting with super production/writing team MIDI Mafia and super songwriter Andrea Martin. We're all collaborating on songs for new artist Kierra Kwan. Hopefully Kierra will be a household name by this time next year, these things take time. Kierra is a 16 year old starlet with a beautiful voice and a very genuine personality. So far we're all having alot of fun creating music, writing lyrics, vibing to tracks, etc... Its going well so far. We're almost finished for the day, though I'll be working on music for this song all night tonight, then we'll come back tomorrow and try to write another song. Who knows where this will all take us.
Basically, when a label signs a new artist, especially a pop artist, often they'll hook the artist up with writing sessions with all of the top songwriters around, try to write a ton of songs and see which ones come out best for the album. Most of the time far more songs are written than ever get included on the album release, so, its entirely possible that nothing we do in the next couple days will ever see the light of day, and then again its entirely possible that we'll write a hit that spins on radio and video for months and months. Its all a roll of the dice, and I'm always happy to roll the dice in hopes of coming up with a big win.
Of course I hope we write the song of the year, but regardless, for me the experience of being in this room with these immensely talented people is worth its weight in gold. Surrounding yourself with talented people is the best way to push your own talent past its current limits. Today i am definitely growing as a writer and a producer. I sometimes work with people who are intimidated by other peoples talent. Everybody in this room is feeding off of everyone else's ideas and making the outcome of the whole that much stronger. I love being around really talented people and today is a very good day. More updates from the trenches tomorrow.
-Ken Lewis
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Basically, when a label signs a new artist, especially a pop artist, often they'll hook the artist up with writing sessions with all of the top songwriters around, try to write a ton of songs and see which ones come out best for the album. Most of the time far more songs are written than ever get included on the album release, so, its entirely possible that nothing we do in the next couple days will ever see the light of day, and then again its entirely possible that we'll write a hit that spins on radio and video for months and months. Its all a roll of the dice, and I'm always happy to roll the dice in hopes of coming up with a big win.
Of course I hope we write the song of the year, but regardless, for me the experience of being in this room with these immensely talented people is worth its weight in gold. Surrounding yourself with talented people is the best way to push your own talent past its current limits. Today i am definitely growing as a writer and a producer. I sometimes work with people who are intimidated by other peoples talent. Everybody in this room is feeding off of everyone else's ideas and making the outcome of the whole that much stronger. I love being around really talented people and today is a very good day. More updates from the trenches tomorrow.
-Ken Lewis
Check out indieTunes.com
posted by Protools Mixing at 5:37 PM
2 Comments:
I came in to see if you had a follow up to tne your recent song writing Day 1. Looking forward to your next article. Hope it's all falling into place.
Hey Ken.. I know it's unrelated, to this particular post (sorry), but I thought I'd drop a line here about Tinnitus, because I've been reading a lot about it lately.... For the welfare of all...
http://www.ata.org/about_tinnitus/
Have a good one!!
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