Babes Behind the Beats with Jess Bowen & Bowie Jane

This week we have an awesome chat with Broadway star, N’Kenge! She’s had a fascinating career and has worked in both Opera, Broadway and now in her role as producer with an incredible show coming up at Carnegie Hall telling the amazing story of Dorothy Dandridge. N’Kenge chats with us about her role as producer and what that entails, getting the show together from concept to organizing actors to the music, studying at Julliard and Manhattan School of Music and what was involved, moving from pop to opera to musical theater, as well as her routine before performing on stage!... Read more »

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What a treat it was to chat with music producer Esjay Jones. She talks about her frustration with the music industry initially which led her to teach herself music production and Logic and then move into the producing side. She had her first major cut in the U.S. alongside co-writer Justin Tranter in 2013 with the single “I Choose U” by TimeFlies on Def Jam Records. Since then, she has worked with Grey Daze (Chester Bennington), Sean Kingston, Jeffree Star, Olivia Holt, Escape The Fate, Mystery Skulls with Nile Rodgers and Brandy, Alien Ant Farm, and many more.

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  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!  

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This week we chat with Nashville singer songwriter Christy McDonald and boy is she a laugh! She lets us in on her amazing journey through the music industry from working the front desk at a major record label to being signed!

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What a fantastic chat we had with Jen Ochej, tour manager for Lights! She is currently on tour with Jess so we all had a good old chat together about life on the road, how she got the job as tour manager, working the merch stand, life on the bus, her day to day roles and trouble shooting things that pop up every day! If you have ever wondered what it’s like to be on the road as a tour manager, this is the interview for you!

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This week we chinwag about a funny story Jess encountered with her pup, Pepe. Like, it’s really funny! Afterwards we chat with Goldenvoice social media manager Kristina London, who is also the founder of Amplify Her Voice. In May 2019, London used her background in marketing and social media to create an active online space for women in the music industry to learn and find a sense of community. She also talks about her various jobs in the industry leading her to where she is today!

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  We are absolutely thrilled to chat with Berlin Techno DJ and Producer Stella Bossi. Stella chats with us about how she learnt how to produce techno tracks, how she snuck in to huge gigs and performed, building her career, signing with United Talent in America and her new track with techno legend Da Hool!

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  This week we chat with A-List Backup Singer and Songwriter Tabitha Fair. Tabitha has toured doing back up vocals for so many huge artists including Sting, Lady Gaga, Amy Grant, Bette Midler, written with Carole King and so much more. She tells us all about how she got into the world of being a back up singer, writing with Carole King on a writing camp with the song being featured in film as well as her recent single!

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This week we chat with Chief Creative Officer and Marketing guru, Sherin Nicole from our very own Idobi Radio! Sherin chats with us about how she got to work in radio, her radio show Geek Girl Riot, rebranding and marketing and the changes in digital radio! If you are wanting to work in radio, don’t miss this episode!

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This week we have a chinwag about “top-lining” in the music industry, and what exactly that entails. Afterwards we speak to Inaya Day, a chart topping house music vocalist, songwriter, and label owner. We chat about her experience on Broadway, starting her own record label, her song “Keep Pushin” that was re-recorded by Dua Lipa for an Adidas campaign, and so much more!

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