Songwriting collaborations beyond albums 1 & 2

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Steve James:

From humble beginnings in the small town of Johnstown Pennsylvania, Stephen Philibin aka Steve James is kicking off 2016 with a head of steam, having charted at #1 on Hype Machine 5x & amassed 20 million+ online plays all by the age of 17. The budding DJ/producer spent this past summer in the studio working on his artist project, which was highlighted by a co-writing/production credit on the title track of Justin Bieber’s return album, “Purpose”.

His breakout single ‘Renaissance’ debuted at #1 on Spotify’s US + Global Viral 50 with over 5 million streams in less than a month, and has since been upstreamed to Ultra/Sony Music. Classically trained on the piano, and with a finely tuned ear for unique productions, Steve now resides in Los Angeles pursuing his young artist career.


http://stevejamesofficial.com/bio/

He's 17:

Steve James seems almost like a normal high school kid. He has a girlfriend. He's quick to use his easy, carefree laugh. In June, when he moved from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to L.A., he discovered — and got hooked on — Thai food.


And not too long ago, he co-produced the title track on Justin Bieber’s new album Purpose — an album which also happened to debut in the No. 1 slot on Billboard's U.S. album chart.

...The fact that James went into music is no surprise to anyone that knows him. He grew up in a musical family, playing classical piano. “My mom was a church musician and her dad was a band [teacher], and they started me off learning piano when I was three or four,” he explains.

At first, it was Bach and Mozart. A foray into synth-pop with Owl City’s “Firefly.” But like any little brother, James was drawn to his older sibling’s tastes.

“My older brother worked in Miami a lot back then, and he’d come back listening to electronic music. It was big down there, not like in Johnstown,” James says. “It was my introduction to progressive house. I heard songs like Alesso’s ‘Pressure,’ and I learned that DJs don’t just DJ — they produce.”

James got his first computer when he was “like, twelve and half,” and has been toying with producing ever since. At 14, he saw an Avicii show with his brother. “I said to him, ‘This is what I want to do. I’m doing this.’”

...His hard work got him noticed by the Chainsmokers, who brought him along as an opener for several dates on their Friendzone tour this year. And of course there’s the whole Bieber thing, which James is equally nonchalant about.

“I was working with Jeremy Snyder just on my own music, and one night he invited over Poo Bear, who wrote a lot of stuff for Bieber’s album. Poo Bear liked what I was working on, and when we got together later that week we made ‘Purpose.’” Simple as that.

http://www.laweekly.com/music/steve-jame...er-6347858

So someone may be pairing Haley with a talented 18-yr-old writer and a talented 17-yr-old producer. If it's to produce material for her, this could be an exciting development.