Babes Behind the Beats

Boy has Nakkia had an UNBELIEVABLE life… from being a professional gymnast, then dancer, then rupturing her archilles, being the carer for her extremely I’ll Mom, dealing with grief then homelessness to turning to songwriting and getting signed!

What a fabulous chat we had with singer songwriter Cece Frey! Cece talks us through how she got into music, studying music, moving into the pop music scene, slogging it out on the road, X Factor, meeting her manager and releasing her new music! Cece has such an awesome perspective and it’s fabulous to hear all about her journey! Don’t miss this one!

Jess and Bowie have a good old chinwag about Jess’ family trip to the Philippines and also her Blossom Tour with the Summer Set! Literally from the backseat of the Summer Set Tour Bus!

This week we had a fascinating chat with one of Billboard’s top business managers in music, Kristin Lee! Kristin is a celebrity money manager who has clients with a net worth of up to $50 million!

This week we chat with Ruby Dacy from the Australian brother sister band “Dacy”! Ruby chats with us about being signed to EMI, getting a publishing deal, writing music for TV shows, getting gig ready by doing thousands of cover gigs, how they utilize the loop pedal live and working with Matt Beckley and Jack Joseph Puig in Los Angeles!

What an amazing career Mona Tavakoli has had! Do not miss this episode!

This week we chat with the amazing Laura Whitmore who has had such an amazing history in the world of music PR! She chats with us about her extensive work doing AR at Korg, Guitar World, the Women’s International Music Network and the She Rocks Awards!

This week we chat with the hilarious Tillie!! We had a ball chatting with her in studio at Idobi about how she got into music, starting with cover gigs to doing huge tours, learning the guitar, studying music, moving to LA and 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.

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!