You can ask Savan a question and he will maybe answer it on his website:
Savan Q&A
March 14, 2012
Do you have a question you've always wanted to ask Savan Kotecha? He'll be answering some of your songwriting, producing, and music industry related questions via video response next week! Email your questions to SavanKotechaCS@gmail.com and stay tuned for one-of-a-kind advice from Savan!
http://www.kananisongs.com
Maybe someone from you would ask him a Max related question? :)
Go for it!
It's funny how you are trying to think of a question you always wanted to ask and your mind goes completely blank....
sounds exciting, that is nice of Savan to do that. I'm not sure what I would ask him either. I would mainly like to hear him talk about the songwriting process of a great song like Britney's "I Wanna Go" or something like that. I'm not sure if I will send a question in though.
Interesting interview
http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/londonnewsdesk/view/43749/
thanks that was a really good interview. does Savan mainly write the lyrics?
Answers here
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Savan-Kotecha/352491728129784
I just watched the Savan videos. Andrea, was that you who asked Savan what his favourite song was?
Yeah, that's me! Ihihihhi ;) What did he say about Italy? I don't understand...
Quote from: andrea on April 06, 2012, 09:35:39 AM
Yeah, that's me! Ihihihhi ;) What did he say about Italy? I don't understand...
cool, I thought that was you! He didn't say anything really, he said the question, then said "from Italy, from Andrea from Italy". He acted surprised a question came from Italy!
New article about Savan with Questions and Answers
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/savan-kotecha-418487
THR Names Music's 35 Top Hitmakers
About Max Martin
THR: Tell me about Max Martin's role as your mentor and some of the lessons he's taught you.
Kotecha: He's a very wise man, and he's basically taught me to really challenge myself and challenge every song and set the bar high. Don't sort of let good things go, only let great things go. He's just great person to bounce ideas off of. If I'm struggling with something, even just music business related, he's somebody I call to get advice. He's obviously been around for so long, he's so successful. He teaches me so much about melodies and song structures and all those kind of things.
THR: How involved is he still in your day-to-day?
Kotecha: Oh very much so. I mean, I'm actually, he's my publisher now and I confide in him. Knowing that you have probably one of the greatest ever on your team -- it sort of makes it like you're playing basketball on the same team as Michael Jordan. Sometimes it feels like I'm cheating, you know? That's sort of what it feels like.
And very interesting:
THR: Is there a song that you've worked on that you believe should have been a hit but wasn't?
Kotecha: Yeah, there's probably a few. But you know, for whatever reason they weren't. I mean, I really wish and thought Christina Aguilera's "Your Body" would have been bigger than it was. I thought -- and suppose I could have just been wrong -- in the U.K. there is an artist called Shane Ward, and he had song called "No You Hang Up" I did with some friends, and I actually thought that would be a lot bigger than it was. It went to No. 2 in England but we thought it would be a bigger hit around Europe.
Great article !! :) :) :) :) :)
I hope they feature Max and Rami etc. too!
That was great! Yeah surely if they've got Max at number one, they'll have to feature him. Good luck getting a hold of him though! ;D
AMAZING!
He does not look 34 years old omg...he looks 21 hahaha
great article, thanks
Old thread but new interview!
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131117/jsp/t2/story_17579165.jsp#.UokVNO1DtYl
QuoteAs a songwriter you keep writing but not everything becomes a hit. Which are some of your songs that you think are underrated?
I really hoped Shayne Ward's No U Hang Up was more of a hit, and same with Cher Lloyd's With Ur Love. I guess they were hits in the UK, but I wish they were bigger globally.
That Shayne Ward album is full of Rami/Arnthor Birgisson collabos!
And I think these songs weren't hits because of the artists: Cher Lloyd isn't a global superstar and doesn't have quality enough to me.
Here you can listen to Savan talking about his songwriting career:
http://www.ascap.com/100
He also sings a bit and talks about Max Martin and Shellback for a second.
So "What Makes You Beauitful" is actually a song written by Savan for his wife, interesting!
He has a really good voice aswell ha!