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And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

Ep. 4: Sean Douglas

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

🗓️ 21 February 2017

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

From Los Angeles, CA, he is one of the most diverse songwriters in the game. His lyrical wit is always evident whether he’s writing club bangers or Country ballads. He is not just a songwriter, but a song-crafter. He was nominated for a Grammy this year for Best Country Song. And the writer is…Sean Douglas.

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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 I've

0:29.8

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 podcast is an exciting.

0:54.0

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1:11.6

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1:16.0

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1:17.0

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1:21.0

In this episode we have Sean Douglas.

1:24.0

Sean just got nominated for Best New Country Song for Die Happy Man,

1:28.0

which he co-wrote with the artist Thomas Wret and our producer, Joe London. He's at hits with Jason Darulo and Fifth Harmony and David

1:36.8

Getta amongst many others. And that's his forte. I mean I think people in the music industry

1:41.7

tend to pigeonhold songwriters so when a guy has a number one E. M. song and a number one rhythmic song and then a number one country song that says a lot about how this writer has navigated through the pitfalls of the music industry and

1:55.2

how they've established themselves as somebody who can actually make songs that really

2:01.3

transcend the genre. Sean is one of those guys who really exemplifies that.

2:03.0

Sean is one of those guys who really exemplifies that, so I'm glad we have them as our guest today.

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