Ep. 72: Scott Harris

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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

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🗓️ 14 October 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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He is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated songwriter, producer, and musician best known for his work with Shawn Mendes and co-writing the Grammy-winning No. 1 song, "Don't Let Me Down" by The Chainsmokers featuring Daya. Additionally, he co-wrote the Shawn Mendes single, "There's Nothing Holding Me Back" which hit #1 at TOP 40, the newest Shawn Mendes single, “If I Can't Have You”, the Grammy-nominated for song of the year “In My Blood”, and the current The Head and The Heart single, “Missed Connection” which hit #1 at alternative radio. Recently, Harris had the singles “Walk Me Home”, which hit #1 at Hot AC radio, and “Hurts 2B Human” by P!nk, “Ballin Flossin” by Chance the Rapper featuring Shawn Mendes and Kesha’s “Best Day” featured in the film, Angry Birds 2. He has also worked with Dermot Kennedy, Alec Benjamin, Julia Michaels, K. Flay, Michael Buble, Jon Bellion, Noah Kahan, Jessie J, Bebe Rexha and X Ambassadors. And The Writer Is…Scott Harris!

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0:00.0	This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.
0:11.0	So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.
0:15.0	Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Welcome to Season 5 of And the Writer is with your host Ross Golan.
0:38.8	Before I give my spiel, I want to acknowledge the Music army that listens to this podcast every week.
0:45.0	Since starting this, the And the Writer Is community has literally changed the
0:50.0	history of the music business by helping pass the Music Modernization Act, gotten songwriters
0:55.8	added to album of the year for the grammys, and still is advocating for positive changes
1:01.7	for our industry on a daily basis. So thank you and
1:05.5	Congrats. Now as you know I've written with hundreds of artists and writers over the
1:11.6	years and my favorite part of each session is the first
1:14.0	hour when we catch up about life the industry politics composition whatever.
1:19.4	So this is a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write songs, and most importantly, who the people are who write the songs.
1:27.0	I'm producing this with the Great Joe London, Big Deal Music Publishing, and Mega House Music Management. If you want to listen to the songs we
1:35.8	discuss in this podcast follow us on our socials find out about special live
1:40.0	events or buy that merch aka that hat I always wear, go to our website
1:45.8	W.W. dot and the writer is dot com.
1:52.3	Songwriters, think about your favorite hit song and what makes it in
1:56.3	earworm. You could be the writer behind the next song and that goes viral.
2:00.8	Enter the 20th annual NSA I song
2:03.4	contest presented by Martin guitars and strings and cMT.
2:06.3	You could win several prizes, including the one-on-one
2:09.5	mentoring session with El King, myself, and fellow
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