The Advantage of Struggle, Listening to The Universe & Britney Spears w/ Shelly Peiken!

Shelly Peiken is a Grammy Award Nominated songwriter, an artist and author, best known for writing songs for the likes of Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore, Meredith Brooks, Miley Cyrus, NSYNC, Brandi, Demi Lovato and so many more.

Shelly has an incredible songwriting resume, including one of my favorite songs, “Bitch” by Meredith Brooks. She had the first number 1 song of the new millennium with, “What a Girl Wants” by Christina Aguilera.

Twenty years later, after a whole career of writing for other people’s voices, she finally decided it was time to step forward and put her songs out, herself. She did this by revisiting some of her most beloved hits with an album called 2.0, which will be out this summer.

From our conversation you’ll learn:

• The backstory of how her first hit song, “Bitch” was written
  
• Why she almost gave up right before she got her first hit
  
• How songwriting has changed in the last 20 years
  
• How to know who to take creative advice from
  
• Why the universe responds when you follow what feels good
  
• Behind the scenes details of what it was like to almost work with Britney Spears (and what she's really like)
  
• Why it can be an advantage to hustle and even struggle for a while before you make it
  
• Tips for Creative Moms
  

Pre-save Shelly’s New Song: https://cmg.ffm.to/notebook

Listen my single, "Rise" out Now: https://ffm.to/laurenlograssorise

Read my People Magazine Article: https://people.com/music/lauren-lograsso-new-song-rise/

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