Ep. 46: John Feldmann

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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🗓️ 18 June 2018

⏱️ 78 minutes

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This week our guest is the co-founder, lead singer, songwriter, producer and mixer of one of the most influential American punk rock groups, Goldfinger, who have sold 4 million albums worldwide. He is a creative force that drives the pulse of Punk, Pop/Punk, Rock, and Alternative music with his characteristically iconic production and writing style. He has penned hits for artists such as Panic! At The Disco, 5 Seconds of Summer, Sleeping With Sirens, The Veronicas, Good Charlotte, Black Veil Brides and the late Avicii. And more recently, he produced Blink 182’s seventh studio album, ‘California’, which landed the group’s first Grammy nomination for “Best Rock Album”. Our guest is also an A&R mastermind who signed The Used, D.R.U.G.S, Story of the Year as well as many more. And The Writer Is… APMA’s 2017 Influencer Award Winner, John Feldmann!

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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 hundreds
0:16.2	of artists and writers over the years and my favorite part of each session is the first hour
0:21.0	when we catch up about life, the industry, politics, composition, whatever.
0:26.6	So this is a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write songs, and most importantly
0:32.1	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 Megahouse
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1:31.0	Welcome to And the Writer is. I am your host Ross Golan. Today's guest is a legend in the
1:37.8	alternative rock world. He's not only been the frontman of an iconic ska band or Anard Emo Royalty, but he's a Grammy-nominated rock
1:47.6	producer and a world-class multi-genre songwriter responsible for over 30 plus million albums.
1:55.0	Since forming his band Goldfinger in 1994,
1:58.4	which sold over 4 million records worldwide,
2:01.6	he's worked with, just to name a few, real big fish, Blink 182, Good Charlotte,
2:08.4	Panic at the disco, The U's All Time Low, Red jumps through apparatus, neon trees,
2:13.6	plain white teas, black veil brides, etc, etc.
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