Ann is a Swedish singing star who is not so well known in the UK and US, having had a lot of her success across Europe,. I’m in producer groups on Facebook and started hearing her recent Swedish releases.
I’ve done a lot of mentoring of up and coming artists, which I really enjoy, but I must say it’s great to work with an experienced professional like Ann. It makes subtle changes so much easier. She gets it straight away and understands without too much messing around… but we always have time for a laugh!
I find that song creation dictates to me, rather than the other way round! I never know when it will start flowing. In the middle of an otherwise mundane day, I’ll suddenly have an idea for a song and have to follow it through. Talking of mundane, my favourite line in ’Same Old Missing You’ is probably this one, because it’s so real: ‘Before I know it, yeah, I’ve made ab extra coffee. It’s a shame to pour it down the sink’. I think it’s the kind of dumb detail that will cross someone’s mind, when they’re in the middle of a major emotional crisis. I guess it also ties in with the ‘same old, same old’ theme of the lyric
I don’t believe in the idea of ‘Writer’s Block’ and would advise writers against falling back on it as an excuse. There are ideas all around us. Switch on the TV, go to a café and listen to the conversations, It’s all there. Above all, don’t sit staring at a blank piece of paper! Get out and live a life and then write about it.