Mariah Carey Connection

LifeofaRockStar Editor Nicole Hanratty spoke to Lindsey Ray about the big news and how the collaboration with Disney and the five-time GRAMMY® winner Mariah Carey came to be:

Featured artist Lindsey Ray – Interview via Telephone – February 6, 2013

Nicole: This is huge for you.

Lindsey: Right. I know. It’s insane. It’s crazy. This is the biggest cut that I’ve ever had. It’s incredible.

Nicole: How did the whole thing come about?

Lindsey: One of my co-writers, Simone Porter had a meeting with this guy at Disney® last summer. I guess he told her in the meeting that they were looking for songs for this new movie. She called me and asked me if I wanted to write it with her…or try writing something for it with her. I went, “Yes.” I write on the piano but I’m not a producer. I ended up calling Justin Gray who is [another] co-writer. He’s a friend of mine. He and I have worked together a bunch in the past. He’s an amazing producer. …The three of us got together back in July. It was a really long project. We never knew if it would even be used or anything. I’m sure there were lots of other people writing for it as well. Yes, it’s crazy now sitting here in February being like, “Oh my God. Six months ago we were working on that, and now here we are with a song that Stargate and Mariah Carey co-wrote and collaborated on and Mariah Carey is singing it. It’s crazy.”

Nicole: When you were writing all this time, did they give you guidelines and parameters to start with?

Lindsey: We read the script. They sent us the screenplay. We did read the script, and we knew that they wanted it to be an uplifting and inspiring song. They wanted it to sound poppy enough that it could be a song that could be a major artist single or be on the radio. They also wanted it to make sense with the storyline as well. We had to toe that line of writing something that would work on the radio but that also works with the story. We did have some guidelines, and of course every time we sent in a version that would give us feedback. It was a long process.

Nicole: Did you feel like any of you were drawing from any personal experiences writing it?

Lindsey: Oh, sure. it’s a song about believing in yourself and going after the greatness in you. All of us could relate to that. Anyone who is in the music business, and struggling and trying to go after a dream can relate to that. It wasn’t a far stretch for us to think about how we wanted to say that.

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Source: LifeofaRockStar | Thanks to Adam