“You really can get rid of the middleman if you can become songwriter-producers.”
Barry Mann
“The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop.”
Cynthia Weil
“One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.”
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Cordell Francis
“We offer insight on exactly what is involved in the industry. We represent singers and songwriters, but also producers, engineers and a whole bunch of career tracks that people can take.”
Jimmy Jam
“I didn't have a manager, I didn't have a band, I was just a songwriter. But I needed to get my foot in the door, so I took the dollar.”
Bryan Adams
“[Also a songwriter (and guitarist), she's working on a solo CD.] It's kind of up in the air, ... I'm having a hard time; I want to make it special. Musical theatre is my first love. My writing is sort of folk-rock. I get compared to Tori Amos and Joni Mitchell — though I'm not nearly as talented as either. Neither a straight-pop album nor a musical-theatre album seems the way to go. I want to take my music and orchestrate it in a kind of old fashioned style, and take some standards and 'popularize' them — do a true crossover. I'm working on it.”
Laura Benanti
