{"id":39654,"date":"2026-02-23T16:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=39654"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:44:51","slug":"john-legend-reacts-to-demos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/john-legend-reacts-to-demos\/","title":{"rendered":"John Legend reacts to your demos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It&#8217;s not every day you get to have your demo heard by one of popular music&#8217;s icons.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video above, multi-platinum, 13-time GRAMMY winner John Legend sat down with us to react to the Splice community&#8217;s demos, submitted via <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Splice Discord.<\/a> Listening through pop, soul, and R&amp;B tracks, he provides thoughtful and honest feedback on arrangement choices, lyrics, chord progressions, and more. If you&#8217;re a songwriter or artist yourself, there can be a lot to learn from hearing the creative insights of one of today&#8217;s most influential voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in incorporating John Legend&#8217;s sonic signature into your own music, be sure to check out the new <em><a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/instrument\/packs\/john-legend-ordinary-people-piano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Legend: Ordinary People Piano<\/a><\/em> for <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/instrument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Splice INSTRUMENT.<\/a> And for more of his exclusive stories and insights, watch our in-depth <em><a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/tag\/ctrlb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ctrl+B<\/a><\/em> interview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-blog-splice wp-block-embed-blog-splice\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qC8ziRiaxR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/john-legend-interview\/\">John Legend reflects on his early career, songwriting process, upcoming album, and more<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;John Legend reflects on his early career, songwriting process, upcoming album, and more&#8221; &#8212; Blog | Splice\" src=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/john-legend-interview\/embed\/#?secret=CDPJZry2k4#?secret=qC8ziRiaxR\" data-secret=\"qC8ziRiaxR\" width=\"370\" height=\"209\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And there you have it! Which demo was your personal favorite? Who would you like to see us feature next to review your demo submissions? 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