Ep. 115: Ariel Rechtshaid

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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He is a Grammy Award-winning producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter who has worked with a diverse roster of artists, including Adele, Haim, Sky Ferreira, Vampire Weekend, Charli XCX, Usher, Brandon Flowers, Madonna, Tobias Jesso Jr., Carly Rae Jepsen, Cass McCombs, and Justin Bieber among many others. He co-wrote and produced Usher’s 2012 single, "Climax", which won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance. In 2014, he was nominated for a "Producer of the Year" Grammy and won for his production on Vampire Weekend's ‘Modern Vampires of the City,’ which was awarded "Best Alternative Music Album." In 2017 he won for his production work on Adele's 25, which was awarded "Album of the Year." In 2020, he won a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album for his production work on Vampire Weekend’s ‘Father of the Bride.’ And most recently, this year he is a 2021 Grammy nominee for Album of the Year his writing and production on HAIM’s ‘Women in Music Pt. III.’ And The Writer Is… Ariel Rechtshaid!

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0:00.0	The Beatles, now and then.
0:02.0	The last Beatles, Out now.
0:14.0	Out now. Hey guys, welcome to Anne the Writer is. I'm your host Ross Golan. I've written with hundreds of artists and writers over the years and my favorite part of each session is the first hour when we catch up about life, the industry, politics, composition, whatever.
0:42.0	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.
0:51.0	I'm producing this with the Great Joe London, Big Deal Music Publishing,
0:55.5	and Mega House Music Management. If you want to listen to the songs we discuss in this podcast,
1:01.5	follow us on our socials, find out about special live events, or buy that
1:06.5	merch, aka that hat I always wear, go to our website, www, and the writer is.com. For a little bit of context we just wanted you to
1:18.0	know that a lot of these were recorded before quarantine and as we know a lot has changed in 2020.
1:24.5	So again, please stay safe out there and enjoy the new episodes of And The Writer
1:30.4	is.
1:31.6	Welcome to And the Writer is.
1:35.0	Welcome to And the writer is. I am your host Ross Golan.
1:37.0	Today's Grammy winner, twice times nominated producer of the year,
1:41.0	critically acclaimed multi instrumentalist pushes the boundary of what pop music can sound like
1:47.1	Having worked with fringe brilliance like Vampire Weekend I am Adele, he has never taken organic sounds for granted in the name of commerciality.
1:59.0	And yet he's reached the pinnacle of radio success multiple times starting with his first ever
2:04.5	smash as the producer of the evergreen Hey There Delilah. This first generation
2:10.3	son of immigrants hails from the city of Los Angeles
2:14.3	with a musical integrity rivaled by few.
2:17.1	And the writer is Ariel Wrexhai.
2:20.6	Thank you.
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