Ep. 10: Michael Fitzpatrick of Fitz and The Tantrums

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

Songwriting, Artists, Interviews, Music Interviews, Music Creation, Music, Songwriters, Education

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🗓️ 3 April 2017

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

This French-American frontman is the principal songwriter of their own widely popular LA based band. Chances are you've heard multiple hits they've penned for said band on the radio, such as "Breaking The Chains of Love", "Moneygrabber", and "Out of My League". And while frontmen often times can have reservations about collaboration, this songwriter seeks it out and believes it to be a welcome addition to the creative process. And the writer is...Michael Fitzpatrick!

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0:00.0	Hey guys this is and the writer is, and I'm your host Ross Golan.
0:15.4	I've written with hundreds of writers and artists over the years and my favorite part of each
0:19.5	session is the first hour when we catch up about life and the industry, politics, composition, whatever.
0:27.0	If you ask me, songwriters are some of the most worldly and intelligent people I've ever come across.
0:32.0	So this is a journey of learning why people write. and intelligent people I've ever come across.
0:32.6	So this is a journey of learning why people write songs,
0:35.5	how people write songs, and most importantly,
0:38.3	who the people are who write the songs.
0:41.7	Now I'm co-producing this with my friend Joe London who is nominated for a
0:45.2	Grammy earlier this year for Best Country Song. He makes us sound like angels.
0:50.3	If you want to listen to the songs we discuss in this podcast, go to Spotify and look up our playlist
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1:37.0	Check the Uber app. Today we have Michael Fitzpatrick,
1:42.0	the frontman and main writer of the critically acclaimed band
1:46.4	Fitz and the Tantrums.
1:49.6	I run into Fitz all the time, sometimes in sessions, sometimes at the ice cream parlor near my house.
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