Fraser T Smith reveals plans for new production collective
Sony/ATV composer Fraser T Smith has laid out plans for a new production collective after joining forces with Changed The Way You Kiss Me producer Michael Woods and publishing stablemates Chris Loco and Igloo.
Smith said the group planned to work differently from already established songwriting and production cooperatives such as the Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine) or StarGate (Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel Eriksen).
Rather than spending time in the studio together as a quartet, Smith said he planned to pitch ideas for projects to his partners based on their specific strengths.
“The idea is to get different producers’ input on releases where it feels right – rather than getting a bunch of us in the studio together,” explained Smith.
“As a producer, it’s all about moving things forward and bringing the newest sounds to the table, and when you’re talking to a 20-year-old producer it’s clear that they will have a different take on a track.”
Already this has seen Smith work with the trio on songs, which Smith said his role in the new outfit would be to act like a sweeper on the football pitch – cleaning up tracks and making them complete.
“I have the ability to work equally well on lyrics, beats or mixing and it will be nice to be able to take a step back and collaborate with someone on a production level and then work with them to bring the final track over to the finishing line.”
His plans came as the British songsmith enjoyed a brief spell at the top of the US iTunes chart earlier this month, with Inventing Shadows – a track co-penned with US songwriter Josh Kear for American television show The Voice.
He added he was keen to continue with the collaborations and work with his collective over the coming months as he looked to build on his US success following productions on Adele and Britney’s current albums.
Smith said he was aiming to get tracks on the next Christina Aguilera and Rihanna albums.
“And it would be great to get some things in America off the back of what’s happening out there at the moment,” he said.
“The beauty of my current success there is that I’m not really getting asked to necessarily repeat one particular thing – the success of Adele has meant that we are working with a lot more singer-songwriters but on the flip side I have done a lot with Britney and Tinchy [Stryder] which featured a lot of cutting-edge beats. My options are still wide open.”
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