Ep. 27: Dan Wilson

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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

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🗓️ 23 October 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This guest is an artist, songwriter, and producer of some of the most iconic pop songs of the last three decades. He’s also the frontman of rock group Semisonic, responsible for the memorable hit "Closing Time." This lyrical genius has released four solo albums and become a highly sought after and diverse collaborator, working with artists such as Taylor Swift, Chris Stapleton, P!nk, Phantogram, Noah Cyrus, Bishop Briggs, and many others. He's penned top hits including Adele's "Someone Like You,” the Dixie Chicks' "Not Ready to Make Nice," and "Home" by Dierks Bentley. He just wrapped his US tour in support of his latest album release ‘Re-Covered,’ a collection of his reinterpretations of songs that he wrote for and with other artists, for which he also wrote and illustrated a deluxe book/CD, including session stories and songwriting tidbits. Ladies and gentleman, And The Writer Is...two time Grammy Award Winner…Dan Wilson!

Recorded in front of a live audience at Youtube Space LA!

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0:00.0	Hey guys this is and the writer is and I'm your host, Ross Golan.
0:15.0	I've written with hundreds of artists and writers over the years,
0:18.0	and my favorite part of each session is the first hour when we catch up about life, the industry, politics, composition, whatever.
0:26.8	So this is a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write songs, and most importantly
0:32.4	who the people are who write the songs.
0:35.0	I'm producing this with the Great Joe London, Big Deal music publishing, and
0:39.4	mega house music management. If you want to listen to the songs we discuss in this
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1:32.0	Ooh I'm excited about this one because this one we recorded live at YouTube Space with
1:38.8	Dan Wilson who just recently released his album recovered a collection of his reinterpretations of songs that he wrote for and with other artists
1:47.7	Has written songs like closing time for his band semi-sonic and someone like you for Adele not to mention
1:54.4	Grammy song of the year not ready to make nice for Dixie Chicks so he spans lots of
2:01.4	genres and he kills him all. So without further ado, here is
2:06.4	and the writer is featuring Dan Wilson. Welcome to and the writer is. I am your host Ross Golan. This week's
2:16.8	venerable writer and artist is verifiably a genius. He's written multiple
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