Listen to that reverb! Celine heard through it. (I think she used some too on the final version)

If I Were You

1991 Aretha Dreams with Albert Hammond. My favorite mentor. She didn't cut it but Yazz did. 

03 Have Mercy (orig Demo)

9 Where Do We Go From Here 6-20-25 copy

5. 21st Century (Just Not Enough) 6-20-25 copy

14. Circumcise Your Heart 7-1-25 copy

4. An Elective Procedure 7-1-25 copy

13. Foreskin 6-20-25 copy

When you have no access to a studio you do what you have to do. 

"Rotten To The Core" Bathtub Mix**

IT WAS VALENTINE’S Day. I walked into a session and asked my
dry-witted collaborator, Aimee Proal, how many songwriters she thought were writing a song called “Valentine’s Day.” And she said, “Yeah, I know what you mean. We should write a song called, ‘Fuck Love.’” And so we did.

F*** L0vE*****

This chapter is about how I equate the process of songwriting with having sex. :) First book free on Audible: http://adbl.co/2v1zflm

COASS- Audio Book

"SongSex" from "Confessions of a Serial Songwriter" Audiobook

Everyone's tapping away at a screen. Here's a song about writing it down.

handwritten

Inspired by too much listening to Lucinda Williams.


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2.0 Etc

Just Wanna Be Your Girl

A re-imagination of Christina Aguilera's iconic first #1 song of the century. My first #1 too!
Listen to  it here: https://cmg.ffm.to/spwagw
And check out my new music video for it too:  http://bit.ly/SPWAGWYT

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What A Girl Wants

On a writing trip to London I told Phil Thornally, a fellow Beatles Super fan, that I always wanted to write a song that equated losing half of myself in a heartbreak with losing half of the Beatles. His eyes lit up. A couple of weeks after I returned home I received an mp3. I didn't want to listen to it because I couldn't imagine that any piece of music would be good enough but of course I listened. And...it was perfect. I didn't take the headphones off until every word was written.

(c) and (p) ROR Songs/BMI/Songs of Kobalt/ Phil Thornalley: UNIVERSAL MUSIC-Z TUNES LLC /ASCAP  David Munday: UNIVERSAL MUSIC-MGB SONGS

George & John

The Anthem for Mothers everywhere!

Featuring Guitar by Hamish Anderson

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Notebook

Shelly Peiken is a GRAMMY nominated multi-platinum American songwriter who has been a behind-the-scenes force in the music business for over 20 years. She is best known for penning culturally resonant, female- empowerment anthems such as Christina Aguilera’s No. 1

hit, “What a Girl Wants,” the first #1 song of the century and GRAMMY nominated #2 Rock hit, “Bitch.”

Shelly’s songs have appeared in many films and TV shows including “What Women Want,” “The Blind Side,”“Music from  the Heart,” “Orange is the New Black,” “30Rock,” “Glee,” “Smash” “Little Fires Everywhere” and many more. Her book Confessions of a Serial Songwriter, earned her a secondGRAMMY nomination for Best Spoken Word Album. 

After decades of writing songs and years of creators’ rights advocacy with SONA (Songwriters of North America), Shelly is thrilled to be making an album of her own. 2.0 etc. will be a mix of songs she has written with and for artists over the years as well as some personal favorites that you will hear for the first time. The first two singles “Just Wanna Be Your Girl” and “What A Girl Wants” landed on Apple Music’s Easy HitsPlaylist. Keep up with all things Shelly at www.ShellyPeiken.com.

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