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Amerie is hot property these days. She's just dropped her crunk'n single 'Touch' and now features on Ricky Martin's new track. But how does
Amerie keep writing such brilliant material? Being available 24/7 might have something to do with it!
Amerie says she's always open to ideas - even if it means interrupting her beauty sleep...
When you create tracks as hot as '1 Thing feat. Eve' and 'Touch', you know you've got to be doing something right. R&B star Amerie writes or co-writes all of her material, and has found an exceptional partner in musical crime in uber producer Rich Harrison. Together, they've created a killer sound, no more evident than on Amerie's most recent album, 'Touch'.
When it comes to generating ideas for her songs, Amerie says inspiration can hit at any time, any place.
"(Ideas) kind of just come to me anywhere - when I'm driving, in the shower. That's why I always carry a dictaphone with me cause it comes at any moment and sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night," she says, recalling a time she called Rich at some insane hour of the night and left him a message about an idea she had.
"The next day he played the message for me and all it was 'ahhh... mmmm' and then 'dah dah' ...I didn't know it came out that way cause I thought what I was saying was 'hey, I have this great idea, it's kind of like this melody like... mmm (sings) but definitely with some drums right there and the melody, so just call me,' but it turned out like 'ahhhmm' (slurred)," says Amerie with a laugh. "So I have an open door policy. Any time anyone has any ideas or anything they can call me at any hour of the night."
Even if it means interrupting precious beauty sleep?
"If it's for an idea," says Amerie. "Whether it's on the business side or the artistic side. Even my stylist who I am collaborating with for my videos, I'm like call me anytime. Even if you are like, 'hey I want to put a sheet there'. I'm just like call me, even if it's in the middle of the night. Call me when you get inspired. It's totally cool with me."
That's what we call giving it your all for the music.
Amerie's album 'Touch' is in stores now, along with the single 'Touch'
