In this episode of "Love Talk Live," Jaime interviews Bruce Sudano
Through his biggest influences, experiences, and memories, singer/songwriter Bruce Sudano shares his stories of love, heartache, struggle, and spirituality by way of song.
At only 20 years old, Sudano scored his first hit on the music charts with the song "Ball of Fire", In 1977 Bruce & 2 of his two Brooklyn friends released the debut album of their band Brooklyn Dreams...signed to famed producer Jimmy Inner's label, Millennium Records (distributed by Casablanca Records). That year, Sudano met Donna Summer, who was signed to Casablanca. Brooklyn Dreams and Summer immediately began writing songs together, and within a few months, Sudano and Summer were dating. For Bruce's current album Talkin’ Ugly Truth, Tellin’ Pretty Lies, he teamed up with hit-maker mixer/producer Ken Lewis, who has worked with Taylor Swift, Drake, Kanye, and BTS, and he released his danceable rhythmic anthem “Make The World Go Away”
Topics discussed are as follows:
- How Bruce knew he was meant to be a songwriter
-What it was like to write a hit song at twenty years old
- The key to having a 30-year marriage with Donna Summer
- The special song he and Donna wrote about his parents' divorce, called "Starting Over Again"
- How his current marriage is different from his last one
- All about his new album
- His advice for young songwriters just starting in the biz