The writing camp for Rihanna's album "had to cost at least 200 grand," Daniels says. To get that twelve minutes of inspiration from a top songwriting team is expensive - even before you take into account the fee for the songwriters.Īt a typical writing camp, the label might rent out 10 studios, at a total cost of about $25,000 a day, Daniels says. They wrote the lyrics to "Man Down" in about 12 minutes, Daniels says.
The Thomas brothers knew producer Shama "Sham" Joseph, but they had never heard his Caribbean-flavored track that became "Man Down."Īccording to Daniels, the brothers listened to the track and said, "Let's give Rihanna a one-drop! Like, a response to 'I shot the sheriff!"
Here's who shows up at a writing camp: songwriters with no music, and producers toting music tracks with no words.
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