Bitesize Bodacious Babes Podcast

Mira and I met in snowy Novia Scotia at their music week and we hit it off.Mira has her own agency and management firm called FORT and is a true gem. Her background and expertise is in live touring, an artist agent and artist manager (a lot of that role is development & marketing).

✨ Currently also helping to produce her artist's music videos

✨ Also co-writes for a comic book series, called [Kissaten](https://www.kissaten.ca/), which her best friend, Gandhi Delsoin created.

W E. T A L K. A B O U T.

✨ A supporter of an artist building organic friendships with other artists

✨ Tricky to tell who is genuine in the music industry

✨ Growing up in Saudi Arabia and pirating radio stations from Bahrain to dub music like **Trip-Hop**, **Hip-Hop**, **Jungle**, **Garage** from those radio stations (Bahrain used to bring in British DJs) and listening to electro **Arabic Beats**

✨ Initial dream job was to work at NASA

✨ Being a woman, especially a woman of colour, and having many doors slammed in her face trying to get into the industry

Listen back to [Ep 10] for more on Nova Scotia Music Week and the role a **Special Projects & Conference Manager** for the festival with my guest Dana Beeler.

Talking NME, Top of the Pops, Fandom, inclusivity, and the joy of freelancing. Jenessa wants to demystify music journalism - it is not a gang, it is not impenetrable and not just in London. If your work is good and you have a good attitude about it you are going to be fine!

This week I chat with Natalya (Nat) about her podcast ‘Beer with Nat’ whilst having a delicious stout from local Tempest Brewery! Similar to mine, it is a career-focused podcast where she speaks with women in the beer industry.

A career focus podcast, speaking with women in the beer 🍻 industry. The goal is to highlight what roles there are in the industry and that females hold them. It's a chat over a beer - giving listeners the opportunity to learn more about the industry and know who to contact if interested or just learn a bit more about the beer.

'Say your peace - have no regrets'. Host & producer of 'No Regrets' podcast Aniya Das, whose day job is working at BMG in London, joins me to share bitesize chunks of information about her podcast, free image editors (befunky.com, pixlr), and audio tips (socks & duvets). She notes inspiration from Elizabeth Day's podcast How to Fail.

A&R "sissy-in-law" Jelly (A&R scout at Communion Records) and Ophelia (Head of A&R at Marathon Artists). Currently in lockdown together, they joined me for a chat about what an A&R role involves: signing new artists, TikTok, marketing, PNL, record making process, and more.

Lockdown learn on FREE bio link LinkTree 🌲.A step-by-step guide on how to set up and why I 💚 that it connects my audience to all of my content with just one link. Perfect for my Bitesize Bodacious Babes Instagram Bio. Another way to share some good vibes from lockdown.

Tom Stabb who co-host Money Tennis Podcast 🐵(an Alan Partridge Fan podcast) shares bitesize chunks of information on Acast, Simon Greenall, Ko-Fi vs Patreon as a means to support your podcast and more.

Raissa Pardini talks about creating artwork with bands including;Pond, IDLES, Squid. Designed book covers for; Velvet Mafia (gay producers behind the music scene in swinging London), Dolly Parton's 'Not Dumb, Not Blonde' and Pamela Des Barres "I'm With The Band".

Talking #typography #womensaid & recent collab with @BOTWevents @brohoodmedia & launching new font ‘GROUP’ to raise money for @WHO #COVID19 funding.

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There are a lot of fees that you are due and entitled to. Sentric finds what royalties you are owed. We talk about the tech and legal side in creating a more transparent and fairer playing field for artists and songwriters.

Both my guests work at Sentric Music. Head of Legal Loren McShane and Head of Business Operations Sabine Douglas.

Our first cross-Atlantic chat via Zoom with my guests Georgia Roberts (SKIDDLE, UK) & Shanna Jade (DICE, North America) sharing their experience in the industry and working at ticketing platforms.

WHAT WE TALK ABOUT:

✨ What do you do in your job?

✨ How did you get into the role you are in now?

✨ Day to day tasks in their roles

✨ BBC Bitesize - Georgia talked on a panel, and discuss this

✨ What do you think would be useful skills to have to get into your jobs?

✨ What job sites they recommend people look at

✨ Shout outs to other bodacious babes they admire