Ep. 43: David Hodges

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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

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🗓️ 28 May 2018

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Our next guest is a multi-platinum, Golden Globe nominated, Grammy and BMI award winning songwriter and producer with over 65 million records sold to date. He began his career as one of the founding members of Evanescence, whose debut album ‘Fallen’ sold over 18 million copies and featured the hit tracks “My Immortal” and “Bring Me To Life.” Over the past decade, he has worked with some of the biggest artist’s in the world. Whether it be writing their hits or creating successful end titles for film, he is one of the most sought after multi-genre songwriters in the industry. His signature sound starts on the piano and can be heard across many of the song he’s written such as Christina Perri’s ‘Twilight’ end title, “A Thousand Years,” as well as hit singles such as Kelly Clarkson’s # 1 “Because of You,” Carrie Underwood’s “See You Again” and Daughtry’s “What About Now.” He continues to make waves within the music industry working with megastars such as Keith Urban, Maren Morris, Jason Mraz, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, and many others. And The Writer Is… David Hodges!

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0:00.0	Welcome to season 3 of and the writer is I am your host Ross Golan. I've written with
0:15.7	hundreds of artists and writers over the years and my favorite part of each
0:19.2	session is the first hour when we catch up about life, the industry, politics, composition, whatever.
0:26.0	So this is a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write songs,
0:31.0	and most importantly, 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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1:31.0	Welcome to And the writer is. I am your host Ross Golan. This week's writer is a multi-platinum
1:37.2	Grammy winning Golden Globe nominated multi-format champion who co-founded Evanescence which sold 18 million copies while he was
1:45.0	penning Kelly Clarkson's defining masterpiece. He's topped Billboard, pop radio, country radio,
1:51.2	AC, hot AC, and Rock Radio in addition to crafting the song behind one of the most
1:56.4	successful movie franchises ever. From Little Rock, Arkansas, this guy has no genre, but he does have cute kids and a wife and the writer is my
2:06.6	favorite debater in music business Dave Hodges oh I like all of that. That's fantastic.
2:14.0	Thank you.
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