Why are people shocked that producers have signature sounds?

maura:

“Permanent December” is credited to Miley Cyrus, John Shanks, and Claude Kelly. Kelly co-wrote Kelly Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You” with Max and Luke, Britney Spears’ “Circus” with Luke and Benny, Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the U.S.A.” with Luke and Jessica Cornish, and Adam Lambert’s “For Your Entertainment” with Dr. Luke. Obviously I’m not privy to how exactly those credits break down, but you do see a pattern here. Shanks has writing credits on, among other songs, Hilary Duff’s “Come Clean” (with Kara DioGuardi!!), a bunch of songs from Ashlee Simpson’s Autobiography, and some of the non-singles from Kelly Clarkson’s Breakaway.*

Apropos of, uh, something or other: Amanda Latona is now an “International Federation of BodyBuilders Bikini Pro”?! (probably NWS)

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  1. corny-bradley reblogged this from cureforbedbugs
  2. jonathanbogart reblogged this from screwrocknroll and added:
    an explicit point...reference when they talk...conversation...
  3. andyhutchins reblogged this from screwrocknroll and added:
    only this: Interpret art however you wish—apply...backstory, appreciate
  4. epistrophy reblogged this from tomewing and added:
    this idea a lot but it does seem most apt...certain contexts like
  5. screwrocknroll reblogged this from cureforbedbugs and added:
    we really don’t need...pop, and that, if it...question, it’s...
  6. andrewtsks reblogged this from jonathanbogart and added:
    I totally see your point, and the whole rockist slant hadn’t occurred to me, especially its sexist implications. I don’t...
  7. agrammar said: I was just writing something about Perry and defaulted to that superhero metaphor — the pop star as a narrative/character the singer’s responsible for acting out. (It’s just as true for folks in rock bands who aren’t driving the band’s ideas/style!)
  8. cureforbedbugs reblogged this from tomewing and added:
    Also important to realize that co-writing became a pretty complicated issue in pop and teenpop in the 00’s. Katy Perry...
  9. tomewing reblogged this from jonathanbogart and added:
    Yeah. This -the question of agency in pop - is always a thorny one (partly because there’s so much we just don’t know...
  10. dayan reblogged this from maura and added:
    Apropos of, uh, something or other: Amanda Latona...“International Federation of...
  11. thisisareallybadidea reblogged this from maura and added:
    I’d add “Dynamite” (Dr. Luke’s crowning achievement)...songs that sound
  12. brandon4serious reblogged this from maura and added:
    As always, Maura...totally on-point....point out how late...
  13. richaod reblogged this from maura and added:
    In my experience, no non-music nerd/critic has EVER looked up...pop songwriting credit....
  14. trenuttinnickle reblogged this from maura
  15. musedamused reblogged this from maura and added:
    last paragraph: WHICH GUY FROM THE POSIES? I feel...my once-favorite band got
  16. daveholmes said: I got “Hey Now Now” stuck in my head a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t know why, but now I do: I am tumblrpsychic.
  17. maura reblogged this from bwall05 and added:
    that sets out to “prove” that Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok” and Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” and Miley Cyrus’ “Permanent...