That's like when people say: 'A CD only costs 86c to make.' Oh yeah? Why don't you go buy a blank CD? What about the music on it? That took producers, arrangers and writers who have practised for years."ĭoes being a songwriter help in his record label job? "It doesn't make you spot great songs any better. "Some people think you can write a song in 10 minutes. "I usually only contribute one song to each album, as I don't have time to do more," he says. He doesn't write with the artists on his label unless they ask him to. But Kierszenbaum seems to have the balance right. Amanda Ghost famously had real difficulties and ended up parting ways with Epic amid some very negative press coverage, and Rick Rubin has come in for some criticism for his running of Columbia. Juggling running a label with making music isn't easy. Having had his first major hit with tATu's All the Things She Said in 2002, he went on to co-write and produce five of the tracks on Lady Gaga's The Fame – including the title number – as well as producing Sting and co-writing and producing songs for many of the artists on his roster.
Maybe it's because Kierszenbaum is a songwriter and producer that he prefers to be this hands-on with his artists.
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