Call Yourself An Artist?! F**k Off!

Some people(like me) cant sing for shit can they? (or write and the rest of it, thats why i drive a truck….sorry Lorry)

I wud love to be the song writer that came up wid ‘Wet Legs’ ‘Ur Mum’s’ ‘ Suck my d**k’ line – that’s worth two Lambos🤓

Maybe Beyonce is being honest about her session musicians who contribute to writing the song. (Many do and dont get credit or paid properly) -so i think she's empowering for all that work for her. But then again i have no idea. So Nashvillian tradition. She doesn't need the money….. ….and black musicians have been underpaid for generations. Watch "Hired Gun".

I've only ever had an interest in artists that write their own songs without the help of outside writers. Dylan, Young etc. Songs from outside writers don't have the soul, mostly because they're almost always solely made for money. The songs that come from the artist themselves usually have more meaning and heart. In short, they just matter more.

I think it's just because the industry wants ensured results fast so they throw everything they can at a project, often ruining it in the process probably.

Find Paloma Faith talking to Alan Carr about Paloma's masterpiece written by Warren. Funniest and shocking story.

Is it just me or is the notion that a true artist does all the jobs a little weird?
I never complain that the chef who cooked my meal didn't farm the potatoes, make the cheese and butcher the cow.
Surely composition, musical interpretation and performance are distinct skills which can coalesce in rare individuals but I don't think it should be expected.

…I get that commercial music is a different beast.😉

I had no idea what a closet control-freak I was until I began writing / producing songs: especially as a female artist where the in-studio alpha-male dominance – or seeking thereof – is often ridiculous. As a result I never record more than one or two instruments in any one studio and record almost every instrument in different location! It's messy amd time-consuming but it works for my piece of mind & control issues! 😂
This one – which was my second ever recording/ production – was an exception in that I couldn't think of a bassline so I released the reigns a bit & asked the bass player if he could come up with something. I'm so glad I did because I think it is the strongest part of the song. Do you like it Justin (apologies for opportunism!)? https://youtu.be/1V0ImKoWkD8

Songwriting is HARD. It’s not for the faint of heart. It’s an actual art a craft that requires time and skill… which many new “artists” haven’t put the time in, lack the skill or the vital imagination.

"Art is just short for Arthur" Keith Richard

I'm from Nashville. Nobody writes their own stuff out here. It's kind of gross when a storytelling song from the artist singing it would be great to hear. There's a few. Just not many. It's a songwriter industry out here. A lot of rock artists have turned to country just so they can get paid

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AMEN

I suppose the key thing is how an artist appears, and how their work is portrayed and marketed
If you have a standard pop artist who rocks up, sings tracks (well) that are given to them and looks good, no one batts an eye.
However it would be a different thing if for their latest album, that same artist straps an acoustic guitar to their back, with ALL of their press, marketing and image is about how their music is so "personal", "authentic". That is when it starts to get Squiffy when this apparently "personal" record had a dozen writers working on it!

How do I unsubscribe this limey?

Really enjoyed this one.

Art by committee does not work it Never has , pop isn't art its a product and product by committee is the foundation of our media now.

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Justin, I just wanted to say you should have zillion views . I only discovered your Vids 10 days? maybe 2 weeks ago and I’ve been Binging on them since. You come across as a Top Bloke & a committed artist. I just heard the new Sued track ‘ she still leads me on’ check it out . Sued / New Order (Ceremony) isk. . Blew me away . Reformed Brett can sing .