Word: singings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Just as he has his finger on the musical pulse of fandom, Martin also grasps what his artists want to sing. That doesn't happen by chance. Before he starts writing for Spears, he talks with her, sees her shows and finds out what's in her CD player. "I want the input because that makes the chemistry of the song," he says. Meanwhile, he records ideas on a Dictaphone he carries with him. His self-imposed quality-control regime means that only one idea in 300 gets to demo-recording stage. "You have to be a mass murderer...
...time favorite. Such music was anathema in headbanger circles, he says, so "I couldn't admit to my friends that I liked it." And he didn't tell them that, after rehearsal, he'd sneak into Cheiron's studio to write songs. Pop songs they couldn't sing, wouldn't sing...
...soon hear their sound on the first album from Hear'Say, the group created on the hit U.K. TV show Popstars. Stargate admits Hear'Say is manufactured, but no more than acts assembled away from the public eye. Nor has musical quality been compromised, says Hermansen. "They can sing and they can dance...
...awards ceremonies. Shortly after Martin closed his longtime studio, Cheiron, and opened a new one, TIME's Jeff Chu sat down with him to talk about his erstwhile rock-star dreams, a mentor named Denniz PoP and how he comes up with the songs that make the whole world sing...
...numbers. If the tune's your thing, you won't find much bigger hooks than "Daydream Believer," and "Pleasant Valley Sunday" has a breezy, lovely Carole King melody; social commentary never felt so un-preachy. They didn't play much on the early stuff, but Mickey Dolenz could really sing, and when they finally did start to play their own instruments, the difference wasn't all that noticeable...