I was flattered and excited.Ĭongratulations on a superb record!! (Nevertheless) There are melodies and harmonies an the album, that you just don't hear often enough, or of quality like that. Magnus Soderkvist called me up from Sweden and asked me if I would like to meet with him and Christer Wedin from Empire. How did your solo deal come about with Zero, and with Empire? You wrote a few on his solo record 'One'. He reads alot and can converse on any subject intelligently. Good guy to write with?Ĭarl is a very intellectual person. It seems you have to have titles like "Waiting For Love". I don't know, maybe it always has been and I am just now noticing it. It seems that the business of trying to get songs on other peoples records has turned into a very corporate commercial game. I like writing for myself mostly these days. I think that other people tend to see you more as what you are than you do.Ĭan you tell me some of the artists you have written with/ or for? I know of your hit with Alias, and also a song covered by Jim Jamison you and Carl Dixon wrote. Other people that know me well tell me I am definitely a solo artist. So it just seem natural to make music as a solo artist. But after I got a bit older, I realized that my lyrics only made sense to me when I was writing about something personal or close to my heart. When I first started playing as a teenager, I always pictured myself in a band. Was always your intention to have solo records? So Brett, you have been working as a songwriter for a number of years. So I caught up with Brett to see how one makes such a good record. Now I stole all that from Brett's web page (thanks Brett!), and that sort brings us up to where Brett released his awesome debut album 'Nevertheless'. "Waiting for love" recorded by Alias, went on to become Brett's first top ten single in 1990.Īfter being courted by several companies, Brett signed a major publishing deal with Virgin Music in 1991. In 1989, Brett wrote two charting singles one for Jimi Jamison and the other for the band Alias. He continued working on his own, and on the strength of his tape, went to NYC to work with renowned producer David Prater (producer of Fire House and Dream Theater). A It also marked his introduction to the world of professional song writing.īranching out on his own, Brett began seriously pursuing a career as a singer/songwriter and in 1988 had his first cut on a record on a major label record. Born and raised in Norman, Oklahoma Brett Walker picked up the guitar at age 15 and soon began playing school assemblies and town functions.Īt age 20 he made the decisive move to Los Angeles where he found himself as a "hired gun" playing with such artists as Tahnee Cain and Nick Gilder.
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