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Interview with BUSBEE, songwriter for Rascal Flatts, Katy Perry, Timbaland, Lady Antebellum - Apr 4, 2011

“Having strong relationships with the [performance rights organisations] is paramount. I always suggest that writers start with the PROs - they know everybody.”

picture In this ultra competitive industry, the successful modern songwriter is expected to be ultra versatile, able to turn a hand to any chart-friendly genre and produce readymade pop hits from out of their living room. A fitting poster boy for this new breed of artisan is busbee, having notched up a country #1 with Lady Antebellum, a UK Top 3 dance-pop hit with Katy Perry and Timbaland, as well as being a production wiz able to create major label songs on a laptop at home.

The L.A.-based songsmith talks to HitQuarters about whether songwriters should acquire production skills, their role in developing performing artists, and the value of performing rights organisations to unsigned writers.



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Read On ...

* busbee publisher and renowned songwriter Billy Mann on the songwriter reading list
* Rascal Flatts/Kenny Chesney publisher Troy Tomlinson on strong pitching
* Jeff Kempler on the real story behind the signing of Katy Perry
* Songwriter Stephanie Salzman on looking after your own publishing
* Flying Without Wings writer, Wayne Hector, on writing the perfect ballad





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