And Never Again plus many others. She writes the whole song and sits down with a guitarist or pianist to make it work with a melody and changes a word here and there but since she's so gracious, she gives whoever writing credits.
Let's not forget how she wrote Let Me Down in 10 minutes and was getting radio spins with just its leak cuz it's that amazing.
"They were just unbelievable, how structured [the songs] were and her understanding of music, which is not something you would expect from a pop artist," said former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody, who co-wrote and produced the songs after Clarkson sent him the tape. "She had these ideas already in place for songs; all I really had to do was build music around them and develop them. It was quite easy." http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/150...t-single.jhtml
Point is, Kelly has no solo songwriting credits. I'm not saying she's a poor songwriter, you just can't compare what she has done in that category with someone who wrote all the songs on one of her albums.
And Never Again plus many others. She writes the whole song and sits down with a guitarist or pianist to make it work with a melody and changes a word here and there but since she's so gracious, she gives whoever writing credits.
Let's not forget how she wrote Let Me Down in 10 minutes and was getting radio spins with just its leak cuz it's that amazing.
Point is, Kelly has no solo songwriting credits. I'm not saying she's a poor songwriter, you just can't compare what she has done in that category with someone who wrote all the songs on one of her albums.
Taylor is a better writer, I'll be the first to admit it. But the gap isn't that big compared to the gap in their vocal abilities
Point is, Kelly has no solo songwriting credits. I'm not saying she's a poor songwriter, you just can't compare what she has done in that category with someone who wrote all the songs on one of her albums.
The people she co-writes with handle the music, while she writes the lyrics and melody mostly. The same was with Already Gone (the instrumental was Tedder's, the lyrics her own etc.)
Kelly only has credits on a song when she's basically written all or most of the lyrics. She doesn't credit herself for small co-writes, she's explicitly said.