Stu Watts chats with Chelsea Warner who is a Sydney based producer, songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who creates forward-thinking Pop, R&B, & Hip-Hop. As a true multi-hyphenate, she thrives in all facets of the song creation process, from beat making to vocal arranging to songwriting and more. She has worked with a long list of artists, and has cuts with acts like Kid Cudi, Lil Durk, TIA RAY, and Guy Sebastian. With a background as a singer and having studied jazz & music theory, Chelsea is also a prolific loop & sample maker. She has attended songwriting camps across the world, including the Bali Songwriting Invitational, K-Pop camps in Seoul, UMPG in Hong Kong, and has written in London, Nashville, New Zealand and across Australia. She is the first recipient of Milk & Honey's female producer mentorship, being mentored by Oak Felder (Demi Lovato, Kehlani, Ariana Grande) in LA. Chelsea entered the music industry as an artist, and signed a global publishing deal in her first year of music school. Now, with a multitude of skills, love for storytelling and an unmatched creative versatility, she is building a lane of her own.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro 00:02:34 About Chelsea Warner 00:03:05 Chelsea's younger years 00:05:21 Learning about production 00:06:36 Songwriting alone and with friends 00:07:49 How school was a formative time 00:11:05 Being in writing rooms 00:14:53 What sessions look like these days 00:16:15 Having an "all or nothing" approach 00:19:37 The differences and similarities between producing and songwriting 00:21:26 Harnessing creativity 00:22:56 Capturing ideas 00:25:47 Donate to the podcast! 00:26:10 Difference between writing for pitching and working with artists 00:27:57 Being flexible in a songwriting session 00:29:45 Favourite things to work on 00:31:48 Forcing yourself to finish an idea 00:34:36 What good and bad sessions look like 00:38:03 Relationships are the key to having a career 00:40:40 Prioritising time 00:43:29 Would you have done anything differently? 00:46:13 How confidence plays into how well you perform 00:49:08 What the next few months look like 00:50:35 Chelsea's best pieces of advice 00:53:26 Conclusion/Outro
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