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Why Andrew Watt’s Next Producing Gig Is A Childhood Dream Fully Realized · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. If you're a big
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  Speaker 1: pop music fan, you've more than likely heard of Andrew Watt,
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  Speaker 1: or simply Watt, who's gone from being an aspiring artist
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  Speaker 1: to a studio guitar player for higher to writing hits
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  Speaker 1: for everyone from Selena Gomes Duelipa, now the most recent
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  Speaker 1: winner of the Grammys Producer of the Year. But before
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  Speaker 1: all that, he was simply a kid who loved rock
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  Speaker 1: and playing guitar, which is why his new gig producing
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  Speaker 1: legendary nineties grunge band Pearl Jam's next record, is a
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  Speaker 1: monumental deal for him. He tells Billboard. I used to
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  Speaker 1: go to Pearl Jim concerts as a kid holding a
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  Speaker 1: sign that said, let me play the guitar solo to Alive.
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  Speaker 1: But last year I met them and found myself on
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  Speaker 1: stage at a festival finally playing the guitar solo to
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  Speaker 1: Alive with Pearl Jams. So producing them is a full
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  Speaker 1: circle moment that I've been ready for all my life.
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  Speaker 1: It's not supposed to happen to have bands posters on
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  Speaker 1: your wall, then be in a position where you're creating
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  Speaker 1: with those people. What is expected to begin work with
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  Speaker 1: Pearl jam soon that's direct from Hollywood