Tonight on AXS TV The Top Ten Revealed me and a whole bunch of other music notables weigh in on the Best 70’s Break Up Songs ever. An incredible decade for that sad but soothing genre! Will your favorite heartbreak record make the list? Tune in to the new episode of The Top Ten Revealed to find out! Set your DVR for Sunday starting at 8:30/7:30c.
Just spent 3 fabulous days with these 20 brilliant female songwriters, producers and engineers who participated in Universal Music Publishing Group‘s She Is The Music songwriting camp held here at Willis Wonderland. We broke off into 3 different groups each day, all writing for the incredible Lauren Jauregui, who was also in attendance and writing away with us. She has a killer voice, is way wise beyond her 22 years, and was amazingly fun to work with. Her exceptional talent was exceeded only by the blue of her teeth from a Ring Pop that lived on the whole way through. This was creativity in its greatest and rawest form for me. An incredible mix of talent, intensity, camaraderie, and a whole lot of laughing and fun. The ladies have arrived! #SheIsTheMusic
LOVED being in New Orleans with Preservation Hall Jazz Band writing and recording as many songs as we possibly could stuff into four days. If you’re not familiar with this historic band, and it seems most people ARE, google them as fast as you can. Truly loved everyone in the band. Ben Jaffe is a seriously gracious leader and host, the guys are funny and friendly, they are all brilliant musicians, and there’s thankfully much more writing, recording and trips to come. Also, although I have lonnnng cited New Orleans as one of my Top 3 favorite cities (Detroit and LA holding down the other 2 spots) this was my first time in New Orleans ever. I went as insane over the city as I always suspected I would! I’ll be posting a bunch more shots over the next few weeks but just to get it going here you go:
I’m on AXS TV‘s The Top Ten Revealed again tonight, Sunday, ranking the best crooners, which covers a wide body of tuneful mouths! You can set your DVR starting at 8:30/7:30c with this link: https://vupulse.com/c/2991 Be-de-ya and la-la-la.
“Carousel“ was the first of many songs I co-wrote with ShyBoy over the last couple of years. That also includes rearranging/co-producing some of my earlier hits like “Neutron Dance” and “What Have I Done to Deserve This”. Jason Arnold a.k.a. ShyBoy and other half of everything Mark Nubar are some of the best and most fun collaborators I’ve ever worked with. Throw brilliant engineer Jeff Hoeppner Into the mix and it’s a Red Vines and M&Ms + party revolving around excellent musical tastes!
Just remembered I’m on the new episode of The Top Ten Revealed AXS TV! Tonight! This Sunday, we’re ranking the best songs of ’79, which was QUITE a year for me with almost 100 songs released, including “Lead Me On” by Maxine Nightengale, “Boogie Wonderland” by Earth, Wind & Fire – those two chased each other up the charts finally getting to #2 and 3 – and all but two songs on EWF’s I Am album. The show tonight is a full examination of all sorts of hit singles that came out that glorious year. So set your DVR starting at 8:30/7:30c with this link: https://vupulse.com/c/2991 and see you soon!
Yes, it’s Lily Tomlin in the photo with me but its who we’re holding up on the phone and both massive fans of who’s most important, my latest and favorite collaborator ever, Ronan the sea lion. MUCH more about Ronan coming later but check out her moves to different rhythms of my EWF hit, “Boogie Wonderland” (co-written with Jon Lind). Ronan is the first non-human mammal ever to be proven to have rhythm (not mimicry like parrots, cockatiels, et al). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYisjieeKK8 And I’m unbelievably pumped for Grace and Frankie on Netflix TODAY!
If you haven’t seen UCLA’s Katelyn Ohashi’s perfect 10 floor routine from last Saturday – though it’s everywhere you look – check it out now. WAY funkier than usual and how these things should be! Her music is perfect 10 too, including my “September”.
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Soul Radio USA brings you an exclusive Interview with Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award winning One Woman creative Think-Tank and Multi-Disciplinary Artist, Composer, Songwriter and above all else Major Party Gurl Ms Allee Willis
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Anyone who knows me knows I have a severe MOTOWN fixation. And it don’t get more severe than Suzanne De Passe, my friend for 30 years and with whom I recently shared a burger and much gossip. First Suzanne become Berry Gordy’s top creative assistant when she was 21, then she discovered the Jackson 5, then became President of Motown Productions, then co-wrote Lady Sings The Blues, produced Motown 25, the show that provided the sacred ground upon which Michael Jackson debuted the Moonwalk, and on and on to this very day.
