Prince's recording engineer Susan Rogers on authenticity, getting your best vocal performance and her new book "This is What it Sounds like"
Episode description
Today I have Susan Rogers who many of you know as Prince’s recording engineer. Today we talk about her new book “This is what it sounds like” and who we are as listeners, what Prince used to ask her to prepare for his writing sessions and insight into writing songs that appeal to a wider audience.
Some takeaways:
- Ask a non musical person for feedback on your songs
- Active listening
- Getting your best vocal performance in the studio
- Music from the neck up vs music from the neck down
- Making music is an expression of life and you need to put your life into it
- Balance between something common and something novel
- Who you are as a listener
Taylor Swift workshop: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/650136163767
Membership: Scarletkeys.com
Susan Rogers' book: https://www.amazon.com/This-What-Sounds-Like-Music/dp/0393541258
Scarlet's website:
https://www.scarletkeys.com
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To purchase Scarlet Keys' book "The Craft of Songwriting:
https://www.amazon.com/Craft-Songwriting-Music-Meaning-Emotion/dp/0876391927/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PP55NU6E9ST6&keywords=the+craft+of+songwriting&qid=1659573139&sprefix=the+craft+of+songwritin%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1