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Sara bareilles brave audio6/13/2023 ![]() We talked through stories of songs, arrangement ideas, song structures, things like that. "When Sara and I got together we started working on a couple of things, and I helped her develop her direction a little bit more. ![]() ![]() "The time scale of the process was quite lengthy," explains Rosse. He's often found developing unknown artists, as was the case with Sara Bareilles, with whom he began working in July 2005. Rosse has since gone on to work with other female singer-songwriters such as Lisa Marie Presley, Anna Nalick, Kristy Thirsk and Nerina Pallot, and has also had success with the likes of Chris Isaak, Gus, and the band Critters Buggin'. Bareilles' path to the top has been smoothed by producer, songwriter, engineer, mixer, arranger and keyboardist Eric Ivan Rosse, who first became known for helping shoot Tori Amos to fame in the early '90s. 'Love Song' has gone multi-platinum and sold well over a million copies worldwide: not bad for the debut single of a hitherto-unknown 28-year old musician from California. 'I'm not gonna write you a love song,' runs the chorus refrain, 'cause you asked for it, 'cause you need one, 'cause you tell me it's make or break.' Replace 'love' with 'hit', and the song reveals itself as a not-very-thinly veiled dressing down of her record company. With Sara Bareilles' massive worldwide hit 'Love Song', producer Eric Rosse had to strike a delicate balance between preserving the artist's integrity and achieving mass appeal.Įric Rosse at his Squawkbox Studios, where 'Love Song' was mixed.Is it possible to write a hit song to order? In the case of Sara Bareilles' recent hit 'Love Song', it would seem that it is - when the song in question is a scathing response to the demand for a hit.
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