Ep. 167: Jimmy Napes

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

Unknown, Music Interviews, Songwriting, Music, Songwriters, Education, Interviews, Music Creation, Artists

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is an English songwriter and record producer. He has won a number of awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, 3 Grammy Awards, and 2 Ivor Novello Awards. He is best known for his work with Sam Smith (“Unholy” "Stay with Me", "Writing's on the Wall", "Lay Me Down", "Too Good at Goodbyes", "Dancing with a Stranger"), Disclosure ("Latch", "You & Me", "White Noise", "Magnets"), Clean Bandit ("Rather Be")‚ Stormzy ("Crown") and Taylor Swift ("Christmas Tree Farm"). Our guest also has songwriting and producer credits with artists including Alicia Keys, Khalid, Normani, Kano, Dave, FKA Twigs, Ellie Goulding, Mary J. Blige, James Bay and more. And The Writer Is… Jimmy Napes!

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0:00.0	Welcome to And The Writer Is with Ross Going.
0:13.9	There are millions of singers, thousands of artists and only 40 songs per genre at a time.
0:20.2	These are the stories of the hottest creatives, the most venerable legends, artists, songwriters,
0:25.8	executives, and more.
0:28.1	Welcome join our discord, follow our socials, and share your music with The And The Writer
0:33.5	Is community.
0:34.5	See you all there and now, here's this week's episode.
0:48.6	Hey what's up, it's Paige McDonald and this is your weekly music industry update.
0:54.4	The master has canceled the general public sale of tickets for Taylor Swift's tour due
0:58.6	to extraordinarily high demands.
1:01.4	Downtown Music Holdings has invested in Tech Startup, Bamper.
1:08.2	The US subscription TV network Hulu has added six new channels to its live TV service from
1:13.6	music video platform Vivo.
1:16.5	BMG has struck a deal to acquire Grammy award winning singer-songwriter Harry Nielsen
1:21.8	Long writes.
1:24.8	Primary Wave has acquired copyrights to hit Whitney Houston's songs as part of a deal for
1:29.3	about 60 songs written by songwriters Shannon Rubikam and George Merrill of American
1:34.9	Pop Music Duo Boy Meets Girl.
1:39.4	ADA worldwide, the independent label and artist services arm of Warner Music Group has
1:44.6	appointed Mary Lynn Drexler as head of business and legal affairs.
1:50.4	Warner Music has promoted Bob Workman to the dual role of SVP International Brand
1:55.3	Partnerships, Warner Music and General Manager WMX UK.
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