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PUBLISHING: `I will write about your underwear'.
US SONGWRITER BUTCH WALKER is best known to British audiences for the songs he has written and produced for artists such as Pink, Avril Lavigne, Hot Hot Heat and Fall Out Boy.
Now the EMI-administered writer and former Marvellous 3 frontman will push the button on his own solo career with his debut UK album Sycamore Meadows on October 5, accompanied by his first UK tour.
The campaign will be preceded by an EP, the lead track of which - Here Come The... - features Pink on vocals. Music Week took the opportunity to quiz Walker about the songwriting process.
What is the secret to a successful songwriting partnership?
We must like the same kinds of wine. We must also have a good friendship chemistry first or I'm out. It's already about as awkward as a whore in church so you've got to make it fun and relax or it just screams `work'. It's nice to be on the level before we do anything. It's all chemistry anyways. I've tried to write songs with some of my best friends in the world and nothing ever came from it.
Does the experience of touring and being an artist yourself give you an advantage as a writer?
I think so. I hate that all these Hollywood `writer-types' just gave up the dream and need it to be about how many hits they can have with other singers. They also get dated and clueless because they aren't out in the shit everyday. I love playing music as much as I do writing it so it maybe helps me to stay fresh.
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