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And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

Ep. 107: Lauren Christy

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is a Grammy-nominated songwriter, producer, artist, and record label executive. Her journey into music began at the age of five when she found a piano buried in the garden at her parents’ house in South London. By the age of 19, she was recording her own songs, and soon after, she signed her first publishing deal with Allen Jacobs at EMI. And at 22, she signed a record deal at Mercury Records (with Tom Vickers and Ed Eckstine), relocated to Los Angeles, and started work on her first album. Her debut album self-titled garnered her a nomination for Best New Artist at the 1994 American Music Awards. Her single “The Color of the Night” was a top 10 hit on Adult Contemporary radio and also landed her a nomination for Best Song in a Motion Picture at the Golden Globes. As she started a family, she reinvented herself as the co-creator of The Matrix. Alongside creative partners Graham Edwards and Scott Spock, the trio wrote and produced Avril Lavigne’s worldwide phenomenon album ‘Let Go’ which included three international No. 1 hits: “Complicated,” “Sk8er Boi,” and “I’m With You”. For “Complicated,” the Matrix trio won the Ivor Novello Award for International Hit of The Year. The Matrix also received seven Grammy nominations including Producer of the Year (she is one of 7 women to ever be nominated). She is also a two-time Juno Award winner and a BMI Songwriter of the Year Award recipient. The Matrix has sold more than 30 million records and has worked with artists including Avril Lavigne, Jason Mraz, Shakira, Liz Phair, Korn, David Bowie, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Britney Spears, Rihanna, and Greyson Chance among many others. Her independent work includes Enrique Iglesias’s worldwide No. 1 hit “Tonight I’m Loving You,” as well as songs with Kelly Clarkson, Jason Derulo, Bebe Rexha, Iggy Azalea, Avril Lavigne, The Struts, and more. Recently she started her record label, Youth Be Served Records (YBS Records). The first signing is artist Jenn Bostic, whose ‘Take My Hand EP’ entered the iTunes Christian chart at No. 11. And her second signing is Australian artist Tassia Zappia, who is in the studio now with an expected release during 2020. And The Writer Is...Lauren Christy!


This episode is sponsored by BMI.


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Transcript

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May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get

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10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again.

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Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Anne the Writer is. I'm your host Ross Golan. I've written with

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hundreds of artists and writers over the years and my favorite part of each session

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is the first hour when we catch up about life, the

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industry, politics, composition, whatever.

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So this is a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write songs, and most importantly, who the people are who write the songs. I'm producing this with

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the great Joe London, big deal music publishing, and mega house music

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management. If you want to listen to the songs we discuss in this

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podcast, follow us on our socials, find out about special live events, or buy that

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merch, aka that hat I always wear, go to our website

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W.W. and the writer is.com. For a little bit of context, we just wanted you to know that a lot of these were recorded before quarantine.

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And as we know, a lot has changed in 2020.

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So again, please stay safe out there and enjoy the new episodes of And the Writer is.

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This week's episode is sponsored by BMI.

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At BMI, music moves their world just like it moves mine.

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BMI is my performing rights organization.

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They're the bridge between people who create music like me and the businesses that bring it to the public.

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They make sure I get paid when my music is streamed on apps or shows, played on radio,

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at live shows or in bars, gyms, basically anywhere where music is played.

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And they do this for over 900,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers publishers with more than 14 million songs across genres.

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But it's more than that.

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