Keeping Integrity & Making Great Music Feat. Keith Andes

In this episode Durell is joined by songwriter, producer, composer and artist Keith Andes. Keith has sold over 150 millions records sold collectively. Keith and Durell begin the episode talking about how they got connected and how he fell in love with music.

Durell and Keith talked about Keith studying choral arrangement, orchestration and composition in college and what fascinated him about choosing a path of study that is not very popular.

Keith shares his experiences working with musical legends such as Michael Jackson, Prince, Lionel Richie and Babyface just to name a few and before that making a living as a session player. Keith shares that after watching how the production was made, he knew that he eventually wanted to sit in the producer’s seat.

Keith and Durell pivoted to then discuss a bit about the business of music and talked about him only taking a small publishing deal when he first moved to Los Angeles and after recouping him deciding to never do another publishing deal again but rather self publish his music and do what’s called an “At Source” deal.

Durell and Keith end the episode talking about him keeping integrity and not getting caught up in the hustle of the music industry but rather fall in love with the work. Keith shares that because he lived below his means he could afford to say no about things that he didn’t feel comfortable doing. As he says he’s kept his soul intact.

For more information on Keith Andes please visit his Instagram @keithandesproducer