The Smeezingtons at the 2012 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO (Part 2 of 2)

www.ascap.com The Smeezingtons are ASCAP songwriters Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine, who have written and produced smash hits for artists like B.O.B. ("Nothin' On You"), Flo Rida ("Right Round"), and Cee Lo Green ("F**k You"). In their master session at the 2012 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO, The Smeezingtons talk about getting the powerhouse songwriting trio together, the songwriting process, and writing "F**k You" with Cee Lo Green. The master songwriters also improvise a special tune just for the ASCAP EXPO, "One Day".
The ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO puts you in the heart of ASCAP's community of today's most successful music creators for three days of education, networking and inspiration. To register, go to: www.ascap.com/expo.
ASCAP's hundreds of thousands of songwriter, composer and music publisher members all have one thing in common: they are driven to create. ASCAP's KZbin content is intended to explore the art and craft of music in all of its facets -- from its creation and development to its use and enjoyment around the world. Any content we feature is intended to educate, highlight, support and celebrate our members and their music, and to help inspire and nurture other music creators in their own evolution as artists. If you are a music creator and want to join ASCAP, go to: www.ascap.com/join/.

[@neatnita95]

I fucking died when Phil started singing. OMG too funny.

[@Celservant]

"One day, you'll have a rolex watch" caught me. I laughed so hard. 😂

[@bronxkies]

I want to say something intellectual that indicates that I've studied music and am a classical pianist, and how much I appreciate their musicianship but um... Bruno's hot.

[@josemariareyes3448]

bronx hippie 😂😂

[@julietannan5642]

Bronxkies, you did say something intellectual....Bruno is HOT, thats a fact.👏👏🤭😆🤣

[@indiegirlandi]

Bruno's sense of humor 🤗💕💖

[@888lelouchlamperouge]

i love that, "You have to write a song that defines exactly who you are" now I understand why Bruno survived the Industry even after all the greatest events in his life that could depress him and change him..He loves the music, he loves what he's doing and he's expressing the very definition of his personality in his works.. Maybe if another producer produce for him and ask him to be like a person they want him to be on the kind of music they will produce time comes when personal life events that could give depression plus you as an artist you don't know which you couldn't find yourself may make you a person who lost him/herself. I understand now why some artists lost themselves in the event of life it's most depressing.... By the way that's what I get from this ASCAP 2012.. wonderful

[@rxldhdm1233]

Zellie Tohil you got it. He is happy doing his own music coz he express hisnown self. That's why there is unorthodox jukebox. He doesn't want to be dictated or put in a box. He has something different to offer, something unique. He's out of this world. A music genius.

[@marie-cm2tz]

when phil said "go ahead, take a break" that was the cutest, yet funniest thing ever omg

[@sunny1777]

Phil's amazing he's like an awesome writer

[@ayenmendoza8071]

The One and Only 😍 I need a BrunO Mars In my Life 😍

[@TheBlueGirl18]

omg bruno at the piano XD and phil hahaha singing lolol

[@dulcejoydullerdeduro3744]

So cute there friendship..I love bruno mars

[@emma-ne6es]

bruno is so funny

[@KweeNJenii]

4.03 - 5.15 best part of the interview .. 😂😂

[@aew200627]

Aw ! Bruno pretending to be sad when he said "I used to be signed to Motown ! " I promise I can sing !" Even though we know what happened ! He's successful ! It made me want to give him a hug & reassure him !

[@ikasrirahayu]

Hahaha yes. They have the same gold rolex. That's what you call friendship, right?

[@morganite100]

bruno mars is amazing and he's a beautiful person from the outside and the inside

[@THEDOORIZCLOSED]

Good advice! And I got stomach cramps from Phil's part--" Naw, I went throught it. Like, y'all don't even KNOW. S**t was real fo yo boy!" Then they break into song. ROFL!

[@itaviannahill3486]

I love the part where he said fuck it he is the shit lol

[@summer.renaissance]

Bruno Mars singing All By Myself at 2:33 ❤️

[@babydoll0124]

@ 7:07 "No, fuck that. I'm the shit. I'm gonna do this." Lol i love him (:

[@pan852]

Somehow I knew straight away he would eventually sing about that Rolex :D

[@LunaticAtBrooklyn]

3:33 --> seven secondes to open the bottle x) that make me laugh ♥

[@Ladylikeislife13]

The way bruno says "yeah" at 1:22

[@jessc8888]

Hahahaa All three are funny! Love Mars 📣

[@kingbrandon60]

lmao the glasses missed his shirt

[@abramreyes8288]

he's a genius!

[@empowermph]

..embodies all of Ralph Murphy's succesfful songwriting laws..primarily to girls, w/ irony, humor..he's got it

[@godscience7821]

Man these dudes had me rolling lol

[@itaviannahill3486]

Bruno mars got the buns lol Bruno and Phil are so funny messing with their shirts lol I also love the part where Bruno walking to the piano stuff the thing in his back pocket wasn't trying to look at his butt Bruno mars got the buns and cake. I love Bruno mars laugh so cute

[@brunomarsandy4]

Thank you ASCAP for uploading the whole interview

[@thefluffygeneral9890]

lol this is so funny!!

[@hhe8475]

At 4:24 Bruno be like " That's my boy"

[@davidt1384]

4:15 I wish we also had another angle of this video shot from the stage. I would've loved to see the reaction of the audience.

[@melissaflynn4]

@1:30 ohh bruno leave your shirt the way it is...its finee ;)

[@shakthi5610]

8:44 Justin Bieber enters in the studio with suggestions...... hahahah😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@yourlovelyduck_1306]

1:44 look at bruno😂 I felt that😭🤣sry for my English😂

[@MisaMisuMajide]

I was staring at his chest the whole time o.o

[@fashionista101model]

Finally!!! :D thank you so much for posting

[@SHANGOOYAsCLOSET]

I love this!

[@THEDOORIZCLOSED]

YES! I love that!

[@noochpoung]

thank you so much for sharing.

[@MrJacksonvill]

like what he says about seeing that one thing through...

[@zuzuzuhairi1114]

its so sad because theres no more the smeezingstone :(

[@LunaticAtBrooklyn]

4:15 - 5:25 --> The next Hit !! x)

[@BMhooligan01]

lol, Phil at 1:31 haha :D

[@PINKYPYE44]

Looking at bruno's glasses ;)

[@anagon9434]

the rolex watch was given by the said sponsor ascap

[@shanatelevision]

LOLLLLL @ 3:53

[@aew200627]

He learned from it though ! As Bruno himself has said !

[@davinaelisabeth951]

someone can traduce this interview in french please!

[@amlameena2592]

1:44 Bruno what is that?? 😂😂😂

[@kadianward2615]

Ari kinda shy

[@hellokittycutie2003]

Damn, I wanna know what they were laughing at @ 7:59.

[@capacopita]

8:07what are you touching there mr bruno xP

[@HANNAHHROBINSON]

sweat patches Bruno?

[@lapologangmmonwa8359]

Bruno was drunk! hhaahahahh1

[@simonforryansolopianist8603]

Ari looks so left out :(

[@breakthroughmoment1647]

Phil panders to Bruno too much. Why does he have to get up there and act like a buffoon? You can tell Bruno sucks up to Ari. But, if Phil has co-written the songs, why isn’t he right up there with Bruno Mars? Today, in 2020, Bruno has a net worth of $175 million and Phil TO MY SHOCK has only earned $100,000 to 1 million to date in the ten years he’s been with Bruno. What??!

[@breakthroughmoment1647]

Arya Mini Manoj Thank you for the clarification. I just realized I was looking at Phil’s estimated yearly income, not his net worth. But, even that seems meager compared to Bruno. Bruno’s backing band has been with him for roughly ten years and they too are top-notch musicians. So, how is Bruno signed as a solo artist? He’s always singing, dancing, recording, and doing live performances with the Hooligans, whom he heavily relies on. They are an integral part of his sound and look and are not just playing instruments, but dancing simultaneously too. Incredible coordination! I get that Bruno is the leader and frontman of the group, but should Jamareo Artis (an out-of-sight bass guitarist) have a net worth of only $1-3 million? Shouldn’t Bruno be paying his band members more? They seem to be making disproportionately less than him even though they’re working just as hard.

[@vt-ly4tw]

Phil is annoying.