Ep. 9: Bonnie McKee
And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan
And The Writer Is
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2017
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
In an industry that has historically been dominated by men, this songwriter has been tearing down ancient gender barriers in the music business for over decade. She has made a name for herself as a co-writer of numerous #1 hits, all while with her own flourishing artist career to boot. Collaborator on massive songs such as Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream", "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", "California Gurrls", "Roar", as well as the Britney Spears hit "Hold It Against Me" and Taio Cruz's "Dynamite", there no question that this creative mind has songwriting skills of the highest caliber. And The Writer Is...Bonnie McKee!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, this is and the writer is, and I'm your host Ross Golan. |
| 0:15.4 | I've written with hundreds of writers and artists over the years and my favorite part of each |
| 0:19.5 | session is the first hour when we catch up about life and the industry, politics, composition, whatever. |
| 0:27.2 | If you ask me, songwriters are some of the most worldly and intelligent people I've ever |
| 0:31.4 | come across. |
| 0:32.6 | So this is a journey of learning why people write songs, |
| 0:35.5 | how people write songs, and most importantly, |
| 0:38.3 | who the people are who write the songs. |
| 0:41.6 | Now I'm co-producing this with my friend Joe London who is nominated for a |
| 0:45.2 | Grammy earlier this year for Best Country Song. He makes us sound like angels. |
| 0:49.4 | If you want to listen to the songs we discuss in this podcast, go to Spotify and look up our playlist |
| 0:56.2 | and the writer is or go to our website www and the writer is. |
| 1:01.8 | And last thing, if you enjoyed this podcast, please rate us on |
| 1:05.8 | whatever your preferred podcast listening site is, whether it's iTunes or it's |
| 1:10.6 | one of the others. We appreciate that effort and thank you. |
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| 1:28.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
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| 1:35.0 | T's and C's apply. |
| 1:37.0 | Check the Uber app. Today's writer and artist is one of the most successful in the last 10 to 15 years. |
| 1:46.0 | She's really remarkable on a number of levels. |
| 1:49.0 | But let's start by what I just said. She... |
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