Ep. 132: AJR

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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

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🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is a New York City-based indie pop band composed of brothers Adam (vocals/bass), Jack (vocals/guitar), and Ryan Met (ukulele/piano/vocals). The band is a DIY pop group who write, produce, and mix their own material in the living room of their Chelsea apartment. Their music style has been described as “eclectic”, combining elements of pop, barbershop, electronic, and dubstep music. They have opened for Demi Lovato, Hoodie Allen and the Wanted. In 2013 the trio released their debut independent single, "I'm Ready." Well-received, the track peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart, and appeared on an initial EP as well as the band's 2015 full-length debut album, Living Room. Today, the Multi Platinum indie pop trio have made their first Top 10 entry on the Billboard Hot 100 with their hit single, “Bang!”. It cracked Top 10 at three radio formats—peaking at No. 6 on Pop Radio, No. 2 on Alternative Radio and No. 1 on Adult Pop Radio—and is double platinum certified, marking their sixth platinum song to date. And The Writer Is… Jack and Ryan of AJR!

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0:00.0	My name is Tristan Redmond, and I don't believe in ghosts.
0:03.3	Well, that is until I discovered that a faceless woman was haunting my teenage bedroom,
0:08.7	and that my wife's great grandmother was murdered next door,
0:12.3	killed by two gunshots to the face.
0:15.8	In a new podcast from Wondry and Pineapple Street Studios,
0:19.0	I go where no son-in-law should.
0:21.2	Into the depths of history to ask,
0:23.4	did someone in my wife's family get away with murder?
0:26.4	Been dual episodes of Ghost Story, and free on Wondry Plus.
0:42.6	Hey guys, welcome to And The Writer Is.
0:45.3	I'm your host Ross Golan.
0:47.1	I've written with hundreds of artists and writers over the years,
0:49.7	and my favorite part of each session is the first hour when we catch up about life,
0:54.2	the industry, politics, composition, whatever.
0:57.7	So this is a journey of learning why people write songs,
1:00.8	how people write songs, and most importantly,
1:03.9	who the people are, who write the songs.
1:06.0	I'm producing this with the great Joe London,
1:08.5	big deal music publishing, and mega house music management.
1:11.8	If you want to listen to the songs we discuss in this podcast,
1:15.5	follow us on our socials, find out about special live events,
1:19.2	or buy that merch aka that had I always wear.
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