![]() ![]() I have to remind everyone who asks – make sure it’s someone who doesn’t need me, someone who’s already written an amazing song but maybe they need something to happen, or are stuck. Then the label says ‘Let’s put him in with Dan, he’s so nice! They’ll have a good time and then they’ll be willing to write with anyone we darn well ask them to!’ “I often get sent in to work with artists who are scared of co-writing and don’t want to do it, because they think it’s gonna be a terrible experience. He’s pretty self-effacing about what makes him such a deadly asset to the art. ![]() ![]() Today, with You’re Not Alone released and Semisonic back on the musical map, the collaboration requests are coming in thick and fast for Wilson. Kickstart your mobile or home recording studio and make music for less with the best budget laptops The ending of the song was pure improv by me, a one-time thing, and all her piano players since have had to memorise those exact notes. "We needed a song that told it how it was instead of showing with images. People say you must show and never tell, but I’m guilty of telling all the time! I’m always going for the most blunt and direct expression. This one had to be super direct, and I think that’s something I do really well. We wanted it plainer and less metaphorical than, say, Chasing Pavements even Rolling In The Deep is mysterious. "She also had the bones of Someone Like You. She was thinking like a playwright, she wanted a song that had nostalgia, that expressed the reason you’d be so upset about a break-up. Don’t You Remember was a brief, not a song. “When I came in, Adele had a vibe and lyrics for One And Only but not the right groove. Adele’s second album was the best-selling record in the world in 2011 and won numerous Grammys including Album Of The Year, with Wilson one of the contributors sharing the award. The intro’s plaintive piano arpeggios? That’s Wilson, and he co-wrote and produced the song too, along with two others on 21. "The ending of was pure improv by me, a one-time thing, and all her piano players since have had to memorise those exact notes. ![]()
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