"Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist Aaron Stokes made his musical start on a 20-dollar Fisher-Price keyboard. Since then he’s performed alongside top artists such as Solange Knowles, Chris Martin and The Kronos Quartet, crisscrossing the unchartered path between Pop and Classical genres."

You can find out more about Aaron on his website, https://aaronstokes.nyc, @kidinter on Instagram

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Carla Siegel, founder of Agentsie, provides restaurants with a visual voice through her skill in graphic design and experience working within the hospitality industry. She has worked for Daniel Boulud's restaurant management company, The Dinex Group, for approximately eight years, leading their creative team by overseeing all branding, design and creative needs for the group’s 18 restaurants worldwide. In today's episode, we learn her story about how she got involved within the restaurant industry, and the adventurous life she has working for restaurants all over the world.

You can find out more about Carla on her website, https://agentsie.com, @hungrycarly on Instagram

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Jerry Jean is an award-winning songwriter, producer, and musician. He is the founder of Vocal Artist House, which is a dynamic music production studio in Harlem. At the studio, Jerry creates recordings and collaborates with world-class musicians and engineers. He also provides vocal coaching to singers both seasoned and new. Jerry has independently garnered over 3 million plays for his music among the major digital platforms.

You can find his work at http://www.jerryjean.com, http://www.vocalartisthouse.com, @jerryjeanmusic across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/jerryjeanmedia
His latest single, Liberated: https://ffm.to/liberated

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Aleksandr Karjaka is a photographer and clarinetist. The subject of his photography spans from portraiture to commercial photography for brands like Yamaha and Scholastic. Aleks also performs professionally as a clarinetist at stages like Carnegie Hall and Metropolitan Opera. He also teaches Fashion Photography at Parson School of Design - The New School.

You can find his work at www.Karjaka.com

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Julia Choi is a violinist and member of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Julia dive’s quite deeply into her grueling process of auditioning and while most people would have given up in her shoes, she persevered and made it to the end of the tunnel, landing her dream job.

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Ljova Zhurbin is a composer, violist and fadoliníst. He has composed over 70 original compositions encompassing classical, jazz and folk music genres. Some of his works have been commissioned by Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, Brooklyn Rider Quartet and he arranged pieces for the LA Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony and many others. Thank you for listening! :) Add us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artellectuals/

Alan Hankers is a composer, pianist and teacher. One of his most recent accomplishments was having his original music appear in luxury car commercials. Thank you for listening! :) Add us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artellectuals/

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Clyde Daley is one of the busiest and successful freelance musicians I know of. In this interview, you will hear his story of how he was able to achieve great success in this highly competitive field. Thank you for listening! Enjoy :) Add us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artellectuals/

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Amy Shoremount-Obra is a Soprano, who regularly performs with the Metropolitan Opera and internationally with world-renowned musicians and orchestras.

Brandon Peralta is an audio engineer, mixing engineer, and producer. You can find his work at www.brandonperalta.com, instagram @brandonperalta and on youtube.