The new “Songwriter Pages” from Spotify aim to help music fans learn more about the writers behind their favorite songs
Assuming Spotify will roll the project out to a wider group of songwriters, this development could make the jobs of music supervisors — who are regularly tasked with finding and clearing the usage of left-of-center songs to soundtrack their film/TV projects — a little bit easier. And creators like it when music supervisors’ lives are made even the slightest bit easier, because those actions could lead the way to some seriously hefty checks from music spots in films, a.k.a. sync licensing.
Spotify’s new project will also show music fans a creator’s most-frequent artist collaborators. For songwriter/hitmaker Teddy Geiger, that means Shawn Mendes — with whom he wrote huge hits “Stitches,” “Treat You Better,” “Mercy,” “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” and “In My Blood.” “Growing up, I looked at the back of my favorite albums to see who was involved in making them — from writers and producers to the engineers and instrumentalists,” Geiger said in a statement accompanying Spotify’s release. “Those credits inspired me to explore making music and it’s great to see Spotify supporting the work that we all do behind the scenes.”
Spotify’s Songwriter Pages also include “Written By” playlists, which act in essence like digital portfolios. “Spotify is always working to create new and better ways to promote music discovery — for artists, for songs and, increasingly, for songwriters,” says Spotify head of publishing and songwriter relations Jules Parker. “The launch of publicly visible songwriter credits on Spotify in 2018 was merely a first step.
Plus, it’s always a hoot to find out that Trent Reznor is credited on “Old Town Road” because Lil Nas Xor that Right Said Fred was credited on “Look What You Made Me Do” because Taylor Swift very knowingly drew inspiration from 1991’s “I’m Too Sexy.”
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