Patrick Tsang interviews songwriter, record producer, and Grammy winner Philip Lawrence, host of Come Dance with Me on CBS. Philip shares with Patrick how in 2006, he traveled on a bus spending his last $5 to blindly meet an up-and-coming artist that would lead to him becoming part of the songwriting and production team The Smeezingtons, alongside Bruno Mars.
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00:00 Intro
00:51 Musical love
01:56 Journey into songwriting
02:50 Collaboration with Bruno Mars
04:35 Day that changed his life
05:08 Working with Disney
05:36 Religious upbringing
07:10 Working in LA
08:07 Starting to write music
08:58 Lessons from parents
11:16 Perseverance to keep going
13:37 Biggest Setbacks and Challenges
15:56 Negative to Positive
17:30 Winning Mentality
19:26 Principles and Ethics
20:38 What is Success
21:13 Life Ethos
22:10 Legacy
23:01 New show Come Dance with Me
23:51 Next Big Thing
24:44 #1 Advice
