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And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

Ep. 44: Joe London (LIVE from The University of Southern California)

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

🗓️ 4 June 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This week we have a special interview recorded LIVE from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. Hailing from Wisconsin our guest is a Grammy nominated and ACM Award winning songwriter and producer from our And The Writer Is… family. He is responsible for penning diverse hits such as Thomas Rhett’s Grammy nominated and BMI Country Song of the Year, “Die A Happy Man,” Pitbull’s “Fireball,” Jason Derulo’s “Wiggle (feat. Snoop Dogg),” Sage The Gemini’s “Now and Later,” Fifth Harmony’s “BO$$,” Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s “Speak to a Girl,” and Lizzo’s “Worship.” In addition to his success as a songwriter, he is a renowned producer who recently co-wrote and co-produced Thomas Rhett’s Grammy nominated album ‘Life Changes’ as well as co-produced the album’s hit single “Craving You (feat. Maren Morris).” He also co-wrote and co-produced Bomba Estéreo’s Grammy nominated albums ‘Amanecer’ and ‘Ayo’. As an individual he is equally as kind and as he is talented. He’s the man who makes everyone sound like angels, And The Writer Is… Joe London!

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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

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hundreds of artists and writers over the years and my favorite part of each

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

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So this is a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write songs,

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and most importantly, who the people are who write the songs.

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I'm producing this with the Great Joe London, Big Deal music publishing, and

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mega house music management. If you want to listen to the songs we discuss in this

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podcast follow us on our socials, find out about special events, or buy some of our

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merchandise, go to our website W. W. W. and the writer is.

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Oh, and if you enjoy this podcast,

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please rate us on iTunes or whatever your preferred podcast listening site is.

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We really appreciate that after.

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The USC Thornton School of Music has been hailed by Rolling Stone magazine

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as the cutting-edge department that's become the site of Los Angeles's most productive

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new music scenes and was recently ranked as the top school of music in the country

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by the Hollywood reporter. To learn more about USC Thornton or to schedule a campus visit go to

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www

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dot USC. E.D.U.

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