Writing songs can be a tricky business, especially when your own life is the main source of the material. Deco went to Criteria Studios in Miami and sat down with a local artist, who talked about that very personal process.<\/p>\n
Daniel Arison is a member of the Triple S Club. He\u2019s a sensitive singer-songwriter.<\/p>\n
Daniel Arison: \u201cI\u2019m a very literal songwriter. I write from my own experiences, what I know, what I went through.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Miami-based musician\u2019s writing has a few steps to it.<\/p>\n
First \u2014 the song has to have a name.<\/p>\n
Daniel Arison: \u201cMost of the time I have a title in my mind and from that title I kind of go into my notes, I write whatever I\u2019m feeling about this thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then comes \u201cthe hook,\u201d that\u2019s the part we all sing along to.<\/p>\n
Daniel Arison: \u201cI like to start with the chorus and kind of work the way back, and I start with a chorus, and if we know we\u2019ve got a chorus, then we know we\u2019ve got a song.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arison put those steps together to come up with his latest single, \u201cwouldn\u2019t change a thing\u201d.<\/p>\n
The song sums up the philosophy of Daniel.<\/p>\n
Daniel Arison: \u201cIt\u2019s really about just myself and what I went through as a kid, a teenager, all the hard things in life, and accepting and saying, \u2018I wouldn\u2019t change any of that, \u2019cause if I would, I wouldn\u2019t be here today, you know, wouldn\u2019t be myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s an independent artist. He\u2019s not signed to a record label. Not having any corporate pressure means he can do what he wants.<\/p>\n
Daniel Arison: \u201cThe fact that I\u2019m not on a label, I feel like I really have the freedom to do what I want to do and put out just the songs that I like.\u201d<\/p>\n
His Miami roots run deep. He\u2019s the nephew of Miami Heat owner, Mickey Arison. That doesn\u2019t mean he gets any perks.<\/p>\n
Daniel Arison: \u201cI mean, honestly, I buy tickets like everybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s definition of success sounds pretty good to us.<\/p>\n
Daniel Arison: \u201cI think becoming successful is kind of the by-product of people actually listening to you and loving what you\u2019re doing, and I think that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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