This week we chat with fellow Arizona Singer Songwriter Kailee Morgue! Kailee chats about first posting on Youtube and gaining traction, signing with Republic Records, getting in writing rooms and being thrown into a formalized work like writing schedule but still having to find creativity, Medusa, now being on Thriller Records as one of their only female acts doing her style of music and her love of alternative rock music!
This week we talk about the effects Covid has had on touring. There are so many flow on effects! There is a backlog on gear (even drum sticks!), equipment, venues, staff, bus drivers, buses, musicians and more. We chat about life on the road post Covid. We also reflect on the sad passing of Queen Elizabeth II of which we found out whilst on air. What an amazing life the Queen had.
Lyndsey Byrnes has had an amazing career as commercial photographer and creative director of a plethora of campaigns and editorials including Rolling Stone, Atlantic Records, Chanel, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Wildfang, Good Dye Young and many others. She chats with us about her career and the hurdles she faced along the way as well as how she got her big breaks!
Today Jess Bowen & Bowie Jane chat about the role of the music manager, the benefits of having a manager or being self managed, being independent and self funding projects, as well as the pros and cons of signing to a label! All upcoming artists should listen to this behind the scenes episode!
It’s Chinwag time! Jess & Bowie have a good old catch up after Slam Dunk Fest in the UK with the Summer Set, Jess ensuring that there be at least one female hired on all gigs (and all things Diversity Riders) as well as Jess & Bowie both being first time Aunties!
This week Bowie caught up with Jess whilst out on the road for Sad Summer Fest. Jess has been touring with her band the Summer Set and gave us the run down on her bandwagon being pulled over by the police for being too heavy (and a number of other crazy fines) on their only day off, upcoming tours, doing a live stream of their headline show at the Basement East Nashville (and what goes along with that), tour logistics, her Dad’s band Shine on Floyd and Bowie gave us the run down on her gigs and depleting green rooms!… Read more »
Yarden Saxophone (Israel), tours the world performing saxophone with some of the biggest names in the industry and huge events and festivals worldwide whether it be opening for big acts or doing whole house/techno dj sets. Listed in Forbes 30 under 30, Yarden has opened for Sean Paul, DJ Marshmello, The Chainsmokers, Flo Rida, Afrojack, Nervo, Korolova, and recently performed in front of thousands at the AC Milan Championship celebrations. She talks about how she got her first gig, the hustle involved, utilizing social media to make her performances go viral, performing with big name artists and making sure her social… Read more »
This week we chat with live show designer Laura Escudé who has programmed and designed shows for artists including Kanye West, Jay Z, Cirque Du Soleil, as well as composed and performed string arrangements for Kanye West and Jay Z. She talks all things gear, how she got into the industry and what her big breaks were!
This week Bowie chats with our superstar drummer Jess Bowen about all things tour life. Jess lets us in on a few of her tour bus hacks, the differences between buses on each of her tours, making sure she has back up sticks on stage with her (cause she whacks it so damn hard that she breaks them) and also little tricks to things that work on a rider (believe it or not, string cheese is a must!) If you have always wondered what living on a tour bus is like or if you are a musician who needs… Read more »
Today we chat with Nashville music publicist, Jules Wortman! Wortman is a veteran public relations and marketing strategist who has developed a number of national and international campaigns for record labels, brands, commercial developments, authors, music, sports entertainment, special events and many others. Her clients include or have included Country Music Television (CMT), Warner Bros. Records, Universal Music, Sony Music, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Blake Shelton, and so many more. She currently manages The SteelDrivers, a GRAMMY® winning super group on Rounder Records.
