Aaron Dessner on Songwriting & Collaborating With Taylor Swift, Noah Kahan & Gracie Abrams | Billboard On The Record
From Taylor Swift to Noah Kahan and Gracie Abrams, Aaron Dessner is one of the industry’s most sought-after collaborators.
The musician, producer and record label owner has built a career across many different corners of the music industry, from his work with The National to producing and writing with some of today’s biggest artists to launching a studio, record label and a number of music festivals.
Dessner joins Billboard’s Kristin Robinson on this week’s episode of Billboard On The Record to talk through his music industry journey, the art of collaboration, and how his experimentation with founding record labels and music festivals fed his artistic drive.Love what you hear? Don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe so you never miss an episode of Billboard On The Record.Love what you hear? Follow Billboard On The Record on Instagram, TikTok, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Youtube @billboard so you never miss an episode.
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It’s, like, built into my psyche.
Kristin Robinson Gracie and Noah and Taylor, three collaborators of yours, what do each of them bring to the table that you find to be particularly their special sauce? Aaron Dessner I mean, they’re all brilliant.
Taylor is … It’s like watching some master painter create a masterpiece within minutes.
Kristin Robinson Back when you guys were first getting started, you guys founded Brassland, your own record label.
Aaron Dessner Yeah.
That wasn’t the first label we made.
Later, we made something called ‘People.’ You have a new label through Interscope, Long Pond Music.
What are your goals with that? The idea with it is really, like, to give a home to music, which might need more time to develop.
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