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Give Credit, Don't Take It
Always seek to give credit, but never to take it.
Charlie Puth is has written mega pop hits, with multiple billion-streamers. He's worked with superstars of the music industry, and is known as a musician’s musician. He’s a self-proclaimed music nerd. He can sing, he can play, he has perfect pitch. He can write. He can perform.
He’s got every reason to toot his own horn, tout his own skills.
In fact, it was these skills that led Studio.com to create a popular online class on pop production featuring Puth.
But in the course, where Puth is supposed to be the main attraction, the Master, he instead repeatedly gives credit away to others. He names all of the great musicians and producers who taught him.