Melrose Interview Pt. 2

Melrose is the next R & B/pop group that is about to explode onto the music scene. They've gotten production and writing help from Grammy-Award winning producers and/or multi-platinum-selling producers, such as Bryan-Michael Cox, Adonis Shropshire, Rodney Jerkins, Swizz Beatz, and Danja. They are sure to succeed on their road to national and international stardom. Thedy B, Attorney/Songwriter with Hits A Million, LLC and interviewed.blogspot.com, interviews Melrose in a multipe-part series of interviews to help new producers and songwriters learn to write for recording artists and in particular girl groups. If you missed the previous interviews I did with the singing sensation girls' group named Melrose, please check out those video interviews by clicking here! In Part 2, Melrose talks about song placement for artists, and why they call themselves swagger queens.

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Vernon Reid's Video Interview on Songwriting

While on the John Lennon Educational Tour bus, Vernon Reid, a Grammy-award winning guitarist, gives writers some tips on overcoming writers' blocks, capturing your ideas, developing your song ideas, the key to success, the impact of the internet, and much more!

Video Interview with Steve Schnor, Worldwide Executive for EA Games Pt. 2

In this clip, Steve talks about the composers they pick to work on their games and how they treat musical rights in the video game world. He also discusses the exciting opportunities for composers to work with writing interactive scores in video games.

Interviewed.blogspot.com wants to interview you!

If you're a successful producer, writer, musician, lyricist, production team, engineer, DJ, and/or music industry professional, I would like to do a video interview of you for this blog, interviewed.blogspot.com! If your label or team has a new artist or group coming out, I'd like to interview them too! To see other video interviews I've done, check out my one-on-one video interviews on here with Adonis Shropshire, Cri$tyle, and Melrose. To set up your interview, please email at hitsamillion@gmail.com. Interviewed.blogspot.com is designed to help up and coming songwriters, producers, musicians, engineers, lyricists, DJs and music industry professionals learn about their craft and about the music business!

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J. Starr's Interview!

J. Starr, a producer and musician, talks about ways he gets inspired, such as seeing someone do something interesting. He also makes the claim that extremists are the best songwriters. Also in this segment, Starr shares what software he mostly uses. He creates most music in Reason, but also uses ProTools and Digital Performer.

Keri Hilson Interview!

In this interview, Keri talks about the songs she's written for other artists, her debut album, why she wrote the songs she wrote, her personality, her inspiration for her songs and much more!

Production Secrets from Veteran Producer, David Kershenbaum

What's David Kershenbaum's secret? It's his ability to communicate emotion to listeners. He reveals why emotion is so critical to good music, and shares four concrete strategies for putting emotion, passion, emotional directness, etc into your songs and recordings that will draw listeners in.

Here's a video with Angie Hunte, who has written for Brittney Spears and Danity Kane, who gives advice to up and coming songwriters about how to get your music heard and placed, what is the best approach to split sheets, what makes a hit song, what mistakes she's seen people make in the music business and a whole lot more.

Jack Knight's Interview

Songwriter/Producer Jack Knight gives advice on song placement to "stars" in the music business!

Thedy B, Attorney/Songwriter interviews Melrose, a new R & B/pop group Pt. 4

Melrose, the next hottest R & B/pop group with production help from Grammy-Award winning producers and/or multi-platinum-selling producers, such as Bryan-Michael Cox, Adonis Shropshire, Rodney Jerkins, Swizz Beatz, and Danja, helps new producers and songwriters learn to write for recording artists and in particular girl groups. In Part 4, Melrose shares the key elements to a track, the key element to attracting fans, the challenges they faced with song selection, and the sacrifices they made as a group.

Melrose's Interview Pt. 3

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In Part 3, Melrose talks about their upcoming single, "Trade Up," we talked about how Trade Up is a different message from Upgrade U by Beyonce, why they decided to record Trade Up, and much more!

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Songwriting from the Artist's Perspective: Introducing Melrose!

Melrose is the next R & B/pop group that is about to explode onto the music scene. With production and writing help from Grammy-Award winning producers and/or multi-platinum-selling producers, such as Bryan-Michael Cox, Adonis Shropshire, Rodney Jerkins, Swizz Beatz, and Danja, these three ladies are sure to succeed on their road to national and international stardom. Thedy B, Attorney/Songwriter with Hits A Million, LLC and interviewed.blogspot.com, interviews Melrose in a multipe-part series of interviews to help new producers and songwriters learn to write for recording artists and in particular girl groups. In Part 1, Melrose introduces themselves, tells what their group is about, what makes them a competitive girl group amongst many, how their personality affects their music, what it was like working with top-notched producers, and more

Grammy-Award winning songwriter and producer, Adonis "A.D." Shropshire's interview

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Thedy B, Attorney/Songwriter with Hits A Million, LLC interviews Adonis "A.D." Shropshire about his start in the music business, his advice for new songwriters and producers, his new projects, and his contact information.

Kendrick "Wyldcard" Dean's Interview

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Kendrick "Wyldcard" Dean talks about how he became a producer, why he decided to leave his job to pursue music, how to create music while writing for artists, and what makes a hit record.

Balewa Muhammad from the Clutch's Interview

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Another Hits A Million exclusive interview! This time, Balewa Muhammad from the Clutch gives advice to songwriters on how to stay current as a songwriter and produce hit records!

Irv Gotti's Interview on Running A Label

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From artistshousemusic.org, check out this video of Irv Gotti as he talks about wearing multiple hats as the head of a record label! Want the full 411 on who Irv Gotti is? Click here

Swizz Beatz's Interview

Grammy Award-winning Swizz Beatz has written hits for music's top artists including Beyonce and Britney Spears. In this interview, Swizz Beats answers the following questions:

1. What is the best lesson you've learned in the music business?"
2. What mistakes do you see new artists and writers in the music industry make?
3. Do you have some words of advice and encouragement? and
4. Where do you see music going?

Go here to see the interview!

My first interview

I was recently interviewed by JaWar, the author of the Music Industry Connection series book. In this interview, I discussed what inspired me to write the tune, Cops 'n Robbers, my thoughts on sex in music, why Cops 'n Robbers is a different type of song, and who inspired me to write it. Check out the video and let me know your thoughts!






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