Episode 65 - Dan Wilson

Sodajerker On Songwriting

Sodajerker

Sodajerker, Barber, Simon, Music Interviews, Liverpool, Songwriters, Musicians, Oconnor, Songwriting, Interviews, Music, Podcast, Brian

4.9 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2015

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

From his days as the frontman of alt-rock band Semisonic to his latter-day career as a solo artist and co-writer of songs for some of the world's biggest artists, Dan Wilson has proven himself an extraordinary songwriter. In this episode, Dan chats with Simon and Brian about the songwriting processes behind 'Secret Smile', 'Closing Time', 'Chemistry', 'One True Love', 'Someone Like You' (Adele), 'Not Ready to Make Nice' (Dixie Chicks) and more.

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0:00.0	The Welcome dear friends to another episode of So Dijaker on songwriting. This is Brian. Seated to my left is Simon. Say hello Simon.
0:24.8	Hello Simon. And joining us today is a Grammy winning songwriter and singer who fronted one of the most successful
0:29.9	US bands of the late 90s, semi-sonic, before reinventing himself as a first coal
0:34.5	collaborator with some of the biggest artists in the business. Earlier this year he released his
0:38.8	second solo album, Love Without Fear, and it's an exquisitely crafted gem, bursting with strong tunes and
0:44.6	insightful heartfelt lyrics.
0:46.6	We're thrilled to welcome the impossibly gifted Dan Wilson to the show.
0:50.3	Dan's been on our radar for quite a while, so it's great to welcome him to the podcast.
0:54.4	Most of you will no doubt be familiar with a number of the many songs he penned and sang for
0:58.4	semi-sonic, not least secret smile, closing time and chemistry, which were Radio Mainstays back in the late 90s and early
1:05.4	Nauties. But you may not be aware he's also had a hand in some of the most successful
1:09.6	pop songs of the last decade. Not least Adele's Someone Like You, which he co-wrote and
1:14.5	produced and the Dixie Chicks Not Ready to Make Nice, which won the 2007 Grammy for
1:19.6	Song of the Year. In addition he's collaborated with the list of artists as long as your arm.
1:24.0	That is as long as your arm would be if it had been elongated in some kind of arm elongating machine.
1:29.0	Just to throw a few names at you.
1:31.0	Taylor Swift, Pink, Leanne Rimes, John Legend, Jason Maraz,
1:36.0	Wieser, Josh Groban, Nars, James Morrison, Paloma Faith,
1:40.8	D'Ex Bentley, that should give you some measure of the man's reputation as a songsmith of quality and distinction.
1:46.1	He's also a great artist as well as me.
1:48.1	Yeah, quite the Renaissance man.
1:50.1	Oh, Renaissance Dan, if you will. Let's move on.
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