Songwriting Credits

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Kelly

However, I cannot understand how, with a song like Gypsy, more people do not believe that Lindsey deserves more than a production credit?! I do not hear the melody in the original demos. The piano demo has no melody, at least to my ears.

The original demo might not have a lot of the melody you hear, but...Somebody could easily take the lyrics and the chord progression and come up with a completely different sounding song. I could easily imagine a reggae band doing something with "Gypsy" that would never have crossed Lindsey's mind. But, the song's lyrics and chord progression would still be what Stevie wrote.

Originally Posted by Kelly

Frozen Love is unique... BUT she gave him that credit because she admired the ripping guitar solo, she has said that many times.

I thought that it was the acoustic middle section with the recorder, which was something he had done on his own, was why he got credit.

Originally Posted by Kelly

My point is, imho, Lindsey probably never asked or even expected credit, even when deserved. As for why Stevie never felt like she should credit him, well that is a can of worms.

Because, he produced her songs. His ideas were more on the production end. Even when he does make suggestions about lyrics, it's done more in regards to the asthetics of the song, which is the producer's main concern with the song. Still, she could have just as easily used another producer who would have taken her songs in a completely different direction. The fact that she keeps coming back to Lindsey, after swearing him off so many times in the past, speaks VOLUMES about how she feels about his talents.