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And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

Ep. 3: Savan Kotecha

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2017

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

From growing up in a conservative family in Austin, TX to executive producing and crafting some of the worlds biggest records, this brilliant writer and businessman has truly earned his status as one of the elite top liners in the industry.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, this is and the writer is, with Ross Golan.

0:14.6

I've written with hundreds of writers and artists over the years and my favorite part of each session

0:19.2

is the first hour when we catch up about life and the industry, politics, composition, whatever.

0:25.0

If you ask me, songwriters are some of the most worldly and intelligent people

0:29.6

I've ever come across. So this is a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write

0:34.9

songs, and most importantly who the people are who write the songs. I'm co-producing

0:40.7

this with my friend Joe London who's nominated for a Grammy this year.

0:45.0

He records every interview and makes sure we sound like angels.

0:48.1

So if you like what you hear, please rate us on iTunes or whatever your preferred podcasts and exciting is.

0:54.0

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0:57.0

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1:00.0

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1:06.4

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1:11.2

Christmas.

1:11.8

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1:17.0

Trains now on Uber. Tees and seas apply. Check the Uber app.

1:27.0

In this week's episode we meet Savant Kotetia. Savant's story is the most unlikely we've come across. I mean, how does an Indian kid from the middle of Texas become the premier topliner and music.

1:34.0

Since we did this interview,

1:36.0

Savans had three major records with Ariana Grande.

1:39.0

Into You, which was critically acclaimed,

1:42.0

side to side which remained number one at top 40

1:45.2

for five weeks and every day her fourth and newest single off of Dangerous Woman.

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