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Interview with TRACI HALE, songwriter for Rihanna, Brandy, Mýa - Dec 6, 2010

“Up and coming producers need writers and up and coming writers need producers”

picture One of the names behind the sassy and seductive pop of Rihanna’s latest chart masterstroke, ‘What’s My Name?’ (US No.1), is songwriter Traci Hale. The Billboard #1 co-write has given the career of Atlanta-based Hale a new lease of life after early career highs writing for Brandy and co-writing Mýa’s ‘Case of the Ex’ (US No.2), and aside from the Barbadian pop princess, Hale is now working with teen sensation Justin Bieber (US No.1) and R&B soul star Charlie Wilson.

The RedZone songwriter talks to HitQuarters about getting her first songwriting break writing with Darkchild, how she paid the bills before the hits arrived and what up-and-coming songwriters need to do to get a foot in the door.



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* Writer of over 80 chart hits, Michael Garvin, has some sage words for songwriters
* Stephanie Salzman on the ins and outs of making it as a songwriter
* 'Evacuate the Dancefloor' co-writer Allan Eshuijs on conquering the charts in a foreign land





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