LIVE Filmzine #275 September 2019

Songland:
Premiere
You know the award-winning
voices. You know the
chart-topping hits. Now
discover where the magic
behind the music really
happens. Welcome to “Songland.”
Every artist is looking for one
thing – their next great song.
NBC’s new groundbreaking
series “Songland” serves as
a destination for music’s biggest
stars to find their next hit
and represents a new chapter
for music in television.
Undiscovered songwriters
are put center stage as they
pitch their original creations
to top recording artists and a
panel of chart-topping music
producers in the hopes of
creating the artists’ next big
hits.
The 11-episode series is an
authentic peek into the creative
process of songwriting
and provides one talented
winner per episode with the
opportunity to have their
song recorded and released
worldwide by chart-topping artists.
Featured guest recording
artists include Jonas Brothers,
John Legend, Charlie Puth,
Meghan Trainor, will.i.am,
OneRepublic, Kelsea Ballerini,
Macklemore, Aloe Blacc, Old
Dominion and Leona Lewis.
Each week one guest recording
artist comes to “Songland”
to hear unknown songwriters
pitch their original material.
Four songwriters will perform
their original tracks in front of
the guest artist and three of the
most successful and sought-after
producers in music – Ryan
Tedder (lead singer of OneRepublic
and four-time Grammy
Award-winning songwriter and
producer of Adele, Taylor Swift
and Beyonce), Ester Dean
(Grammy-nominated songwriter
and producer of Rihanna,
Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, as well
as an actress, having starred
in the “Pitch Perfect” film franchise)
and Shane McAnally
(Grammy-winning songwriter
and producer of Kacey
Musgraves, Kelly Clarkson