Babes Behind the Beats

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.

This week we chat with singer songwriter Olya Sonica! Olya moved to New York on her own when she was just 17 years old to pursue her dreams in music. She chats with us about moving to America without being able to speak any English, the struggle of being an immigrant and establishing herself in the music business, finding her sound and style and her upcoming new music!

This week Jess and Bowie have a good old fashioned chin wag about Bowie’s nonstop DJ schedule as well as getting the update from Jess’ shoulder surgery!

This week we chinwag about the Pink documentary and then interview the awesome Jordan Kelsey Knight, music photographer! Jordan tells us about officially diving into the music photography world when she began shooting for Tonight Alive on Warped Tour, the competitiveness in the photography world, shooting
editorials vs shooting live music, and so much more!

This week we chat with DJ Ray Ray from Taiwan. DJ Producer and singer, DJ Ray Ray has performed at huge festivals around the world including Ultra, Glastonbury and Tomorrowland. She chats with us about how she got her first gig in a club, getting a booking agent and touring worldwide!

This week we chat with Merchandise Manager and Vinyl slinger, Nicki Ricci! Nicki chats with us about how she got into the industry, working in record stores, repping at a local music venue and managing artists! 

This week we chinwag about our favorite food whilst being on tour in different countries. Afterward we chat with New Zealand born singer/songwriter Kelsy Karter about her latest album release, the Harry Styles face tattoo prank, her close relationship with her fans, new music, and so much more!

Cali talks to us about how she got her first publishing deal, living in Nashville and learning the craft of songwriting, moving to LA to pursue her music, doing co-writes, working with Emily Wright and breaking into the industry!

Jess and Bowie have a good old chinwag about Jess performing at Madison Square Gardens with Jax, Jingle Ball tour, rotating stages and performing in arenas! 

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!

This week we chat with singer/songwriter Tay Jardine of We Are The In Crowd and Sainte. Tay tells us about growing up in the music scene in Poughkeepsie, how her band WATIC was first discovered and signed to Hopeless Records, reminiscing about her time touring in the Philippines, starting her new project Sainte, upcoming plans for both of her projects, and so much more. Not to mention Jess and Tay have known each other for over 10 years, so there’s some great stories in this episode!   Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Gordi chats about her covid cancelled tour, getting signed in the USA, working as an ER doctor during COVID, working with Troye Sivan and writing songs in country NSW.. we had such an awesome chat with her!! Podcast: Play in new window | Download