FEBRUARY 3, 2016
"Katy Perry caught Max Martin's interest 15 years ago by playing their own songs on acoustic guitar. Today they have several albums behind him and the whole eight songs that have climbed the top of the US list.
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Get believed Katy Perry pop star in the early 2000s, she was dismissed from the contracts of both Def Jam Group and Universal. Max Martin began to work with her after having been deeply impressed when he heard her play her own songs on acoustic guitar. Katy Perry's second album, One Of The Boys from 2008, was her breakthrough. The single I Kissed A Girl became a worldwide hit.
"Max and I have worked together for a long time," adds Katy.
"He is a good person, a kind person. He always creates conditions that are creative, conditions that make you låtskrivarmässigt will be ready to explore any path. Max is also a person who is not spoiled by the industry. He could push through his will, but his attitude is always that he wants to learn something new. He is always willing to take chances. The exchange is up and down, a volley. And he really loves music. "
By the way, he takes chances?
"He takes chances like that he always listens to what the artist wants to do. He never tries to force the artist something. At the same time he is very prepared. He also has a superb team around him, a team that he himself has created, people who know him very well. All are young and have good ears. They know what is what. It is they who create the new coming. Max pushes me too like no other. I say: 'No, I've already written about Teenage Dream three times, I can not go on'. But he knows that it is possible. And finally let Teenage Dream as it does today. "
He is extremely detailed in their comments and is itself a very good singer.
How do you work with vocal melodies?
"He is extremely detailed in their comments and is itself a very good singer. He sings nonsense stuff, without lyrics, but his melodies are always incredible, so sophisticated yet simple. Max drives me to the point where I am no longer in my head, but sings from the heart."
Is there any specific Swedish aspects within himself?
"Yes. The way you Swedes talk sounds in my ears as you sing, it's a special kind of melody. I also have (big smile) a theory that there must be something in the drinking water in Sweden that makes it come up so many great Swedish songwriter. "
http://storytelling.di.se/max-martin/2/
Surely that's a translation error or something? That would mean he discovered her when she released Katy Hudson when it only sold like 200 copies
Came in here thinking the same thing.