And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan
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And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan
Every week, we sit down with an acclaimed and venerable songwriter to intimately discuss what happens behind closed doors in the music industry. There are millions of singers, thousands of artists, and only 40 top songs per genre at a time... this podcast is about the people who make them. Produced...
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And The Update Is...Pop Stars, Lawsuits & Billion-Dollar Moves
And The Update Is…a weekly beat on the industry .
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Rewind: Jack Antonoff | How to Pick the Artists Who'll Define Your Career
Today's guest is a Grammy Producer of the Year who's tied with Babyface for the only three-in-a-row run in the award's history — and whose real story...
And The Update Is…May the 4th Be With the Charts: Hits, Headlines & Industry Chaos
And The Update Is…a weekly beat on the industry .
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Ep. 249: Rick Beato | Songwriters Got Poorer. AI Is Next. So Where Is Music Going?
Today's guest is a multi-instrumentalist, music educator, interviewer, producer, and songwriter. He is also one of the most influential independent mu...
And The Update Is...No Fakes Act, Trademark Protection, and Today's ChartToppers
And The Update Is…a weekly beat on the industry . This week Ross dives into No Fake Act, Justin Bieber's comeback to charts since Coachella, Country &...
Ep. 248: Rogét Chahayed | From Pianist to Sicko Mode, Kiss Me More & APT.
Today's guest is a prolific producer behind Sicko Mode, Broccoli, Bad at Love, Kiss Me More, Laugh Now Cry Later, First Class, and APT. — but whose re...
And The Update Is...The Charts Are Country. The Industry Is AI. Now What?
Every week, And the Writer Is brings you the most important news moving through the music industry — straight, sharp, and no fluff. This week Ross Gol...
How Dan Nigro Builds Superstars | Ep. 195 | Rewind
Today's guest is the Grammy Producer of the Year who built the two biggest pop breakthroughs of the last five years back to back — and whose real stor...
And The Update Is… Live Nation Ruled an Illegal Monopoly, D4VD Arrested for Murder, Udio Pays Up on AI
Every week, And the Writer Is brings you the most important news moving through the music industry — straight, sharp, and no fluff. This week: a jury...
Ep. 247: Billy Corgan | How He Built Smashing Pumpkins Into a 30-Million Album Empire
Today's guest is the architect of alternative rock who sold 30 million albums and defined the sound of an entire generation — but whose real story beg...
And The Update Is… Rap Lyrics Banned in Court, AI Deals Stalling, and a $64B UMG Bombshell
Every week, And the Writer Is brings you the most important news moving through the music industry — straight, sharp, and no fluff. This week: Marylan...
Ep. 246: Dermot Kennedy | How an Irish Busker Became a Worldwide Phenomenon
Today's guest is the Irish troubadour who sold out arenas across the world and built one of the most durable careers in modern music, entirely on his...
Ep. 245: Madison Beer | Becoming Yourself with the World Watching
Today’s guest is one of the most quietly enduring artists in modern pop — a songwriter and performer who’s spent over a decade growing up in public, l...
Ep. 244: Melanie Martinez | How to Protect Your Creative Spirit in a Commercial World
Today’s world builder builds worlds worldwide to make her own universe! Dark and whimsical meets bubblegum grunge when this artist broke out on the sc...
Ep. 243: Charlie Puth | The Long Road to Becoming Yourself
Today’s guest is one of the defining voices in modern pop — a songwriter, producer, and artist behind some of the biggest records of the last decade.<...
Ep. 242: Megan Moroney | The Unlikely Road of a Country Superstar
Today’s guest is one of the fastest-rising voices in modern country — a songwriter whose honesty, wit, and emotional precision have turned deeply pers...
Ep. 241: Jesse Rutherford (The Neighbourhood) | How an Unlikely Band Became Inevitable
Today’s guest is the frontman of one of the most defining bands of the 2010s — a songwriter whose voice helped shape an era of alternative pop that st...
Ep. 240: Ejae | A Career Built Slowly and Heard All at Once
Today’s guest is a Grammy-winning songwriter, global pop architect, and one of the most quietly influential voices shaping modern music across borders...
Ep. 239: Marcus Mumford (of Mumford & Sons) | 'Catching' Songs + Avoiding Self-Sabotage
Today's guest is a festival headliner, Grammy-winning songwriter, and the architect of a sound that accidentally changed the course of folk, country,...
Ep. 238: Illenium | Addiction Almost Killed Him. Music Saved Him.
Today's guest is a multi-platinum DJ, producer, and songwriter who turned personal devastation into one of electronic music's most emotionally resonan...
Ep. 237: Philip Lawrence | The $5 Bus Pass That Started Bruno Mars
Today's guest is a Grammy-winning songwriter, producer, and performer, best known as one-third of The Smeezingtons and a foundational creative force b...
Ep. 236: John Ryan | The Playbook of a World-Class Songwriter
Today's guest has quietly shaped the sound of a generation.
He has written and produced some of the biggest songs of the last 15 years—from One...
Ep.235: David Foster | What It Takes to Last in the Music Business
Today’s guest isn’t just a living legend.
He’s one of the architects of modern music.
As a songwriter and producer, he’s discovered artist...
Ep. 234: Diplo | Branding Decides Who Wins
And The Writer Is... Diplo!
This episode isn’t about hits. It’s about how culture actually gets made.
Taste, burnout, and building cultu...
Ep. 233: Alex Warren | Surviving on Delusional Self-Belief
And The Writer Is… Alex Warren.
Alex joins the podcast to talk openly about resilience, finding his voice, and what it actually takes to turn pa...
Ep. 232: FINNEAS | The Long Game of a Music Career
Today’s guest didn’t just enter the music industry — he grew up inside it. He isn’t just a Grammy-winning producer or a respected solo artist. He’s on...
Ep. 231: Seth MacFarlane | The Discipline and Craft Behind a Creative Legacy
Today’s guest has carved out one of the most improbable creative legacies of his generation — commanding animation, comedy, film, and orchestral music...
Ep. 230: Cirkut | The Secrets of a Pop Super Producer
Today’s guest is the producer behind some of the biggest songs of the last 15 years — from “Wrecking Ball,” “Timber,” and “Dark Horse” to early record...
Ep. 229: Zedd | Inside the Mind Behind a Decade of Anthems
Today's guest went from making songs on a floppy-disk keyboard, sampling off a Kellogg’s cereal box DAW, and sending blind MySpace messages… to produc...
Ep. 228: Hit-Boy | Success, Betrayal, & The Stories Behind Hip-Hop’s Biggest Anthems
Today’s guest has rewired modern hip-hop. His fingerprints live all over the last decade
but the real story behind that success is far more hum...
Ep. 227: Ryan Tedder pt.4 | The Modern Music Economy, A.I. and The Future, and How to Win
Today's guest is a familiar face... A friend to the podcast and one of the most successful and influential creators in music history.
He isn’t j...
Ep. 226: Olivia Dean | The Art of Loving (and Finding Yourself)
Today's guest is an international soul sensation...From writing “The Hardest Part” on Zoom to conquering imposter syndrome, crafting hits like "Dive"...
Ep. 225: Julia Michaels pt.2 | The Woman Who Changed Pop
Julia Michaels has quietly rewritten the emotional DNA of pop music.
From Selena Gomez to Justin Bieber to Sabrina Carpenter — her pen reshaped...
Ep. 224: HAIM | Do It Your Way. (“I quit", + more)
Today’s guests are HAIM — one of the most unique voices in modern music, known for blending rock, pop, and soul into a sound that defined a generation...
Ep. 223: Sombr | How a 100% Writer-Producer Took Over Pop
Today’s guest is one of the most exciting young artists in the world right now.
A once-in-a-generation artist writing and producing every record...
Ep. 222: Ed Sheeran | Write, Fail, Repeat...
Today's guest is quite literally one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
He also happens to be one of the biggest artists of all time. Imag...
Ep. 221: Andrew Watt | How He Became the Go-To Producer for the World’s Biggest Artists
Today's guest is one of the most sought-after hitmakers of the last decade. A Grammy-winning producer, songwriter, and guitarist whose genre-bending w...
Ep. 220: Tayla Parx | Redefining Yourself, Branding & Building a Lasting Career
Today’s guest is more than a hitmaker — she’s a creative force who has shaped the sound of a generation. From penning chart-toppers like “Thank U, Nex...
Ep. 219: Laufey | Redefining Jazz for a New Generation
Today’s guest is nothing short of a phenomenon.
With roots in Iceland and China, raised in a family of classical musicians, she grew up between...
Ep. 218: Conan Gray | How a Bedroom Dreamer Became a Global Voice
Today’s guest began on YouTube — a teenager posting bedroom covers to a handful of viewers.
Now, his songs have been streamed billions of times...