";s:4:"text";s:4329:" We all respected each other’s opinion. They’re all very generous collaborators and I, as the showrunner, was the tiebreaker.
And we fought sometimes. It was like band camp. I owe that to Adam being so much better of a music producer than I am.We had an after-party after the first season at my house.
It was relentless.I would always try to get him to soak up the glory more. I think she was being nice to me, she knew the answer to that, but she also knew that she would be replacing me with him as music producer. Like when we would shoot the music videos, I would tell him to come to set. So if those instincts conflict, sometimes you can dig your heels and get a little stubborn about it. After they won the Emmy, you can request a certificate for someone who contributed to the Emmy. He loved the show. I’m making this too much about me, because that’s what an egobituary is,” she continued. Hanx.”“I have so much to say about Adam Schlesinger that I am at a complete loss for words,” she tweeted. So you got one. I love all the memories. Rachel Bloom and Adam Schlesinger perform together in New York City in 2016.
He had a ton of people who he worked with and became close with through the years in different arenas.
We sang karaoke in my backyard and it was crazy.
But we developed a lot of trust.As amazing as he was as a songwriter and multi-instrument musician — he played the guitar, the piano, bass, drums, percussion — it was really his sense of comedy and his command of the English language that shines through in his TV work, and Fountains of Wayne as well. He wasn’t trying to impress anyone or prove anything.
And he got me a certificate but he didn’t tell me I was getting it.
Any song.
He had a ton of work families ’cause he had been in two bands and worked on Broadway, so he knew a lot of people. Aline and Rachel gave me that chance and that changed my career. We would challenge each other’s ideas to get better. And I sent him a text, and I asked, “What is this amazing certificate you gave me?” And he said, “They sent me a form to order some certificates. Adam Schlesinger, who co-wrote over 150 songs for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, among many other film and TV songwriting credits, died this week of coronavirus complications.
He just did what he did. We made each other laugh. I wouldn’t have taken me seriously as a musician but he did.
It really felt special.My favorite Adam solo efforts for us were “What It’ll Be” and “Gettin’ Bi.” If “Gettin’ Bi” was 20 percent less jokey, it would be a Fountains of Wayne song. His kids were in New York, and he wanted to go home and be with his family as much as he could . And it really worked out for everyone. I only have one Adam in my life, but I think Adam had a lot of Jacks in his life. We would trade around a bit. When you have four people in a collaboration, if you include Aline, everyone has a good reason to trust their instincts. He’d walk into my house and go, “Gosh, I guess I shouldn’t have gone to that Chinese wet market, huh?” That’s Adam. He was an interesting combination of being very shy and very social. Lost him to Covid-19. Because he was such a smart guy and a great linguist and an amazing conversationalist, he was so fun to hang out with … We had several little vacations together with other friends during the Christmas, New Year period.
Adam did not like any near rhymes. I was able to stay on as a songwriter on the show and become a writer on the writing staff, which is really what I wanted. I hadn’t been on tour in a long time and we were on planes, which was a luxury for me.
What he did exactly was a learning process for me. “Yes! Even though I was the non-musical person, he was always very kind about the way I expressed myself and he was always very accepting of my opinions, and could translate them into actual music lingo.After we made the pilot, Aline asked me if I knew who Adam Schlesinger was.