Jam Factory (music publisher)

Jam Factory
Industry
Headquarters
South Korea
ServicesMusic Production
WebsiteOfficial website

Jam Factory (Korean: 잼 팩토리) is a South Korean music publisher which sources song tunes and lyrics for K-pop, J-pop and Mandopop artists from songwriters predominantly based in the US. Writers of the tunes are often songwriters for American companies, such as Brandon Fraley, a well known provider of tunes to South Korean girl and boy bands, who is a songwriter for Sony Music Publishing in Los Angeles. Korean, Japanese and Chinese language lyrics are usually provided by Jam Factory's own lyricists based in Seoul.

As with the songwriters of America's Motown era Jam Factory's songwriters and lyricists may support a band's development over many years. For example, Girls' Generation songwriter team has included Korean lyricist Kim Hee-jeong for over 8 years, his lyrics growing with the band.

Personnel

American songwriters

British songwriters

Canadian songwriters

German songwriters

Korean songwriters

L Diary

In January 2013, Jam Factory established L Diary Lyrics & Toplining Academy, where aspiring Korean songwriters could learn to write song lyrics and vocal melodies. Since then, L Diary has produced around 100 professional songwriters through over 40 songwriting camps where students are given the opportunity to write lyrics and toplines for prominent K-Pop artists.

L Diary instructors

L Diary songwriters

Notable works

References

  1. ↑ About Us
  2. ↑ Girls' Generation Twinkle Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine "As it is lately true in much of kpop it’s done by non Koreans: Brandon Fraley, his wife Jamelle Fraley and Javier Solis (drums)."
  3. ↑ "[리뷰]'소녀시대' 욕심과 자신감, 대중성·실험성 둘 다…Mr. Mr" [[Review] 'Girls' Generation' both greed and confidence, popularity and experimentation... Mr. Mr.]. February 25, 2014. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ 엘다이어리, 프로페셔널 작사,작곡 전문학원-. "about L Diary > 프로페셔널 작사,작곡 전문학원 - 엘다이어리". Professional Lyrics and Composition School - L Diary (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-07-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)