Ep. 20: Desmond Child

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2017

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

With 5 decades under his belt in the music business, this songwriter is what you call a legend. He is a member of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame AND personally cofounded the Latin Songwriter's Hall of Fame. With credits like Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer," Joan Jett & The Blackhearts's "I Hate Myself For Loving You," and Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca," among countless other smash hits, this songwriters catalog of collaborations is seemingly endless. He is showing no signs slowing down either, having just collaborated with electronic dance artist Zedd on his single "Beautiful Now." And The Writer Is...Desmond Child!

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0:00.0	Hey guys, this is and the writer is, and I'm your host Ross Golan.
0:15.3	I've written with hundreds of writers and artists over the years and my favorite part of each
0:19.4	session is the first hour when we catch up about life in 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.
0:41.6	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.
0:49.6	If you want to listen to the songs we discuss in this podcast, go to Spotify and
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1:38.0	This week's episode is with Desmond Child. If you don't know Desmond Child, you should go on Wikipedia right now.
1:42.0	His credits are way too long for me to list in this intro.
1:45.0	He's had hits in the last five decades.
1:48.0	Literally the 70s, 80s, 90s, the 2000s, the 2010s. I mean the guy basically defined Bon Jovi and Ricky Martin he's had huge
2:00.1	hits with Kiss and Joan Jet and Katie Perry and Aerosmith and Michael Bolton.
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