вЂ¦ If you listen to most pop music, the best riffs kind of stop during the song, so you donвЂ™t get tired of it, but for вЂMoodвЂ™ I was, like, вЂItвЂ™s gotta throughout the whole song. вЂњI just like to create a vibe and just rock вЂnвЂ™ roll,вЂќ says the modest musician, who almost acts as his own A&R - taking pride in finding talent early and developing acts before they become big.Д¬ase in point: 24KGoldn, whose вЂњMoodвЂќ hinges on a guitar riff of FediвЂ™s creation - as the foundation and melody.ДЄs Fedi recalls: вЂњMe and my boy K-Beazy, when we made the track, we were, like, вЂLetвЂ™s do some early 2000s stuff, but if it was fast. FediвЂ™s crew includes 24KGoldn (he executive produced 24KGoldnвЂ™s new album, вЂњEl Dorado,вЂќ and co-wrote/co-produced nearly every song on it), fellow UMPG writer Blake Slatkin (with whom he worked on both вЂњMoodвЂќ and вЂњWithout YouвЂќ), and producer Keegan Bach (aka K-Beazy). вЂњThey tried at the beginning, and I love my publisher, but I was, like, вЂNo, IвЂ™ll just work with my friends, thank you.вЂ™вЂќДЇortunately for all parties involved, that strategy has worked out well. ThatвЂ™s not to say that FediвЂ™s publisher, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), hasnвЂ™t tried to get him into writing sessions, but he was adamant that his was a better way forward as a songwriter from the start.

вЂњIf you donвЂ™t vibe together as a human, even if both of you are incredible musicians, you just canвЂ™t make good music.вЂќ вЂњI donвЂ™t understand how you can make music with someone that isnвЂ™t your friend, or someone random,вЂќ he says via Zoom from New York, where he recently had some business to attend to. In fact, Fedi is against the very idea of strangers teaming in a studio to write for a top-tier star. Unlike many new songwriters, Fedi didnвЂ™t take a traditional path to success, which usually involves slogging through hundreds of songwriting sessions in order to catch a lucky break and slide into the upper echelons of the charts after landing a big cut with a known artist.

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