"OK, campers," declares Disney Music Publishing VP Barbara Vander Linde to attendees of DMP's annual songwriting camp, "After breakfast you'll be expected to earn your archery badges, make papier-mâché holiday gifts in arts and crafts, swim laps in the lake and write the topline for a 17-year-old reality star's first single. She wants a Diplo-meets-"Despacito" vibe. After that, calisthenics! Chop chop."
Seen just before writing a super-catchy letter home are (back, l-r) DMG A&R Director Brandon Kitchen, songwriters Tony Ferrari, Jintae Ko, Doug Rockwell, Louis Schoorl, Nick Pingree, Steph Jones and A&R Director Peter Lloyd; (Front Row L-R:) Vander Linde; songwriters Dewain Whitmore Jr., Jason Mater, Blush, Tina Parol, Jordan Power, SVP Creative DMG Mio Vukovic and songwriter Johnny Dibb.
"OK, campers," declares Disney Music Publishing VP Barbara Vander Linde to attendees of DMP's annual songwriting camp, "After breakfast you'll be expected to earn your archery badges, make papier-mâché holiday gifts in arts and crafts, swim laps in the lake and write the topline for a 17-year-old reality star's first single. She wants a Diplo-meets-"Despacito" vibe. After that, calisthenics! Chop chop."
Seen just before writing a super-catchy letter home are (back, l-r) DMG A&R Director Brandon Kitchen, songwriters Tony Ferrari, Jintae Ko, Doug Rockwell, Louis Schoorl, Nick Pingree, Steph Jones and A&R Director Peter Lloyd; (Front Row L-R:) Vander Linde; songwriters Dewain Whitmore Jr., Jason Mater, Blush, Tina Parol, Jordan Power, SVP Creative DMG Mio Vukovic and songwriter Johnny Dibb.