And the Hello and welcome to episode 1.30 episode ejector on songwriting. This is Brian here with my trusty co-host

Simon and joining us today is a veritable one woman hit factory. One of the most

prolific and successful American songwriters in history whose list of achievements is

simply mind-boggling. She's a Grammy, Emmy, Ivan Novello and Golden Globe winner, an

inductee of the songwriters Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She's a six-time Askap

songwriter of the year and four-time Billboard songwriter of the year.

She scored nine number ones and 32 top tens on the Billboard chart and has

written songs for the likes of

Saline Dionne Aerosmith, Shee, Barbara Streisand,

Leanne Rimes, Whitney Houston, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Willie Nelson,

Tony Braxton, Palome of Faith, Pet Shop Boys, Jennifer Hudson and G

Willie Nelson, Tony Braxton, Paloma Faith, Pet Shop Boys, Jennifer Hudson and many, many more.

We are honored to welcome the unimpeachable Diane Warren to the show.

Diane joined us from Real Songs HQ on Sunset Boulevard in LA and it was a tremendous privilege

to speak to her and let's face it, no songwriting podcast archive worth the salt is truly complete

without a contribution from Diane is it?

It certainly isn't and in honor of Diane's

infamously old school demoing process we're actually recording this intro on a

cassette aren't we?

Yeah we found an old TDK 90 in the back of a cupboard. We're taping over a Rick D's weekly top 40 from 1991.

And someone had broken off the little tap, so we had to put salad tape over it.

So yeah, watch out for a bit of wow and flutter on this episode.

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