John Lacey » Songwriting http://www.johnlacey.com Connect, Create, Collaborate Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:10:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Connect, Create, Collaborate John Lacey no Connect, Create, Collaborate John Lacey » Songwriting http://www.johnlacey.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.johnlacey.com Jessi Alexander On “The Climb” http://www.johnlacey.com/inspiration/jessi-alexander-on-the-climb/ http://www.johnlacey.com/inspiration/jessi-alexander-on-the-climb/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:27:08 +0000 John Lacey http://www.johnlacey.com/?p=1119 The Climb' which she co-wrote with collaborator Jon Mabe. The track was recorded by Miley Cyrus and was featured in the Hannah Montana movie. It was also the first song placement from Jessi that was released as a single, and it went straight to number one! ]]>

Songwriter Jessi Alexander talks here about her song ‘The Climb‘ which she co-wrote with collaborator Jon Mabe. The track was recorded by Miley Cyrus and was featured in the Hannah Montana movie. It was also the first song placement from Jessi that was released as a single, and it went straight to number one!

Here she talks about the inspiration behind the song, being a songwriter, moving to Nashville and how her own career has had the kinds of highs and lows described in the song.

This video comes from The Voxant Newsroom.

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]]> http://www.johnlacey.com/inspiration/jessi-alexander-on-the-climb/feed/ 0 Annie Lennox: Some days I’m Thinking ‘I’m Rubbish’ http://www.johnlacey.com/inspiration/annie-lennox-some-days-im-thinking-im-rubbish/ http://www.johnlacey.com/inspiration/annie-lennox-some-days-im-thinking-im-rubbish/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:44:09 +0000 John Lacey http://www.johnlacey.com/?p=817 adore Annie Lennox. It is oddly comforting to know that she experiences much the same doubts that I do when I sit down to work on something.]]>

I adore Annie Lennox. From her work with Dave Stewart in the Eurythmics to her solo efforts, I have enjoyed it all and found so much inspiration from her talents as a performer and songwriter. It is oddly comforting to know that she experiences much the same doubts that I do when she sits down to work on something.

Annie Lennox:

It’s weird. Some songs just come [explosive sound] like that, really really weird. This is what I’m saying about the preparation before the song. Very strange. Some days I’ll go to try to write a song and I’m thinking, ‘I’m rubbish. It’s really crap you know. I can’t do anything, anything at all.’ And it’s almost like this builds it up and [explosive sound] out comes a song.

If you haven’t heard Annie’s most recent studio album Songs of Mass Destruction you should really check it out. I daresay it’s the album of her career.

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