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 »
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 »
It’s chinwag time! Jess Bowen is currently on tour with Lights so Jess & Bowie chat about how she prepared for tour, life on the road, the first few gigs together (one of them being in the snow!), Jess’ Mom absolutely loving Lights and the Philippines connection as well as the process of learning the set! Jess also chats about what her day entails before getting on stage and Bowie talks about her upcoming DJ gigs in San Fran and LA and the dramas of flying with music gear!
This week we have a chinwag about the world of sound engineers on tour and why we feel there are so few females in that position. Afterward, we chat with Memphis native Amanda Davis, FOH (front of house) engineer for Janelle Monáe and Tegan and Sara. Amanda tells us about her first job as an audio engineer working at a church, to then working on a cruise ship, to getting a phone call from Janelle Monáe’s tour and production manager informing her that Monáe wanted a female FOH, and the rest is history.
This week we chinwag about the job of sound engineers on tour, and why we feel there are so few females in that position. Afterward, we chat with Memphis native Amanda Davis, FOH (front of house) engineer for Janelle Monáe and Tegan and Sara.
Amanda tells us how she graduated with a BA in Vocal Performance before realizing she didn’t want to sing but wanted to stay in music, so she enrolled in an audio tech program at SAE in Atlanta. She tells us about her first job as an audio engineer working at a church, to then working on a cruise ship, to getting a phone call from Janelle Monáe’s tour and production manager informing her that Monáe wanted a female FOH, and the rest is history. Amanda is also the first call for one of our personal favorite’s, Tegan and Sara. We chat about all of this and more!
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Jess & Bowie Jane chat with Cory and America about being in the Big Brother house and life afterwards together in Nashville!
This week Jess Bowen and Bowie Jane chat with Vicky T who toured the world with multi-platinum pop band cobra starship for 10 years. An experienced keytarist and songwriter, Vicky chats about her music career, studying film at Tisch, being the daughter of multiple Grammy winning procure Peter Asher, and working for Britney Spears!
Singer Songwriter from Africa Marieme chats with Jess Bowen and Bowie Jane on Babes Behind the Beats about getting signed to Universal and have an Apple Placement!
On Episode #249of Wesam’s World, we have the Babes Behind the Beats! Jess Bowen and Bowie Jane interview females working in the music industry both behind the scenes and on stage. Come join us for an Idobi family gathering as we take a deep dive into their experiences in the music industry, as well as our usual antics you’d expect from the show!
This week Jess Bowen & Bowie Jane have a good old chinwag about Jess’ recent Summer Set Tour and all that went along with it!
