Ep. 136: Tricky Stewart

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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🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

In a career spanning over 30 years, today’s guest has been the guiding force behind selling over 50 million records and instrumental to some of the most musical moments of this generation. He has written and produced many chart topping R&B and pop singles and albums such as: Rihanna’s GRAMMY winning "Umbrella"; Beyoncé’s GRAMMY winning “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"; Justin Bieber’s "Baby"; Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" and "Obsessed"; Mary J. Blige's "Just Fine"; Frank Ocean’s “Novacane”; The-Dream's "Love/Hate" and "Love vs. Money"; Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream”; Beyoncé’s “4”; Ciara's "Ride"; Frank Ocean’s “Nostalgia, Ultra”; the Britney Spears and Madonna collaboration "Me Against the Music” and so many more. He has also discovered and/or developed game changing talents like: Ester Dean, Frank Ocean, Justin Tranter, Ricky Reed and writing partner The - Dream. Our guest is head of his own record label and commercial studio complex, RZ3 Recordings, based in Atlanta and he previously served as President of A&R at Epic Records. In 2012, Billboard named Stewart to the “40 under 40 list of Music Executives”. And The Writer Is… Tricky Stewart!

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to And The Writer Is. I'm your host Ross Golan. I've written with hundreds
0:15.7	of artists and writers over the years and my favorite part of each session is the first
0:20.1	hour when we catch up about life, the industry, politics, composition, whatever. So this is
0:26.0	a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write songs, and most importantly,
0:31.7	who the people are, who write the songs. I'm producing this with the great Joe London,
0:36.3	big deal music publishing, and mega house music management. If you want to listen to the
0:40.6	songs we discuss in this podcast, follow us on our socials, find out about special live
0:46.4	events, or buy that merch a.k.a. that had I always wear. Go to our website www.andthewriteris.com.
0:56.4	Welcome to And The Writer Is. I am your host, Ross Golan. Today's multi-grammy-winning
1:01.8	iconic producer is one of the most notable entrepreneurs and executives in the game. Baby, baby, baby,
1:08.4	oh this guy has penned quintessential evergreens for some of the most legendary artists across all
1:14.0	genres of all time. He's written the kind of hits that you can't imagine didn't always exist.
1:22.2	All the single ladies in the rest of us have been under his umbrella for 30 years of his musical
1:27.7	genius. And in addition to crafting records for generational talents like Mary J. Blige,
1:34.2	Mariah Carey and Celine Dion, he is the founder and creator of Red Zone Entertainment. From Atlanta,
1:40.4	this man has quite literally changed the music industry from successfully navigating both sides
1:46.5	of it, whilst still being a family man. And The Writer Is Tricky Stewart. Hey, thank you man. That was
1:55.8	that was a great introduction. So full disclosure, about 10 years ago, there were some artists,
2:05.6	and I can't remember the name of who they were. That was that epic. And I had a song that I wrote
2:12.5	with a producer named Demile, who's great. And you were A&Ring it, and I was doing everything I
2:21.3	could at that point to get into the songwriting game. And you liked this one song, and you called my
2:28.3	phone, and I was in Mexico, and my mom and my dad answered my phone. Wow. Wow. And I called,
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