Bitesize Bodacious Babes Podcast

This week we chat perms, pay ode to Legally Blonde, and not being afraid to learn a new skill with my two lovely guests Emmylou and Ale who work in the Vevo UK office we me. 

DINNER:  I made Thai red aubergine coconut curry with coconut rice. Emmy brought the wine, Ale her homemade chocolate salami dessert and then we opened this whiskey!

EPISODE GUESTS:

✨ Emmylou - Originally from Paris and did law first, has a Master Of Law!! Emmylou has worked at Vevo for the last 4 years, currently Lead International Manager for Content & Programming for Vevo UK. Also, runs French Market: the label relations with all French Labels and producing content for France

✨ Alessia - Originally from Milan. Senior Manager of Content & Programming for Italy, looks after label relations and artist bookings for Italy, Italian productions, editor for playlists, programming social media.

WE TALK ABOUT:

✨ What the role of an International Content Manager is

✨ Their path to now 

✨ Advice 

✨ Shout outs to bodacious babes we admire!

ADVICE:

✨ Embrace your origins

✨ Be prepared to multitask 

✨ Don't be afraid to go into a field you do not know - as long as you are curious and passionate you can learn!

SHOUT OUTS:

❤️ Legally Blonde

❤️ PIAS Recordings

❤️ Warp (Record Label)

❤️ Disney Record Label

❤️ 7digital - streaming platform

❤️ General Assembly in Clerkenwell

❤️ Cristina Bedon 

❤️ Jay Som album

❤️ Book: Educated by Tara Westover

❤️ Circolo Magnolia

❤️ She Said So Italy

❤️ She Said So France

Lauren is Senior Digital Marketing Manager at RCA (Sony) and Anya is Head of Audience Engagement (Parlaphone Music) at Warner Music Group - when we recorded this she was Head of Digital Marketing at Syco (Sony). We talk about digital marketing at a major record label, what the role involves and discuss their career paths to where they are now.

WE TALK ABOUT:

✨ What Digital Marketing is + Anya and Lauren's roles at their labels now

✨ Their path to now which includes us chatting about The O.C and Dawsons Creek soundtracks!

✨ Advice to get into Digital Marketing and various job roles

✨ Shout outs to bodacious babes we admire!

This week's podcast is dedicated to Phoebe Waller-Bridges : Photo above of her looking like a 1920's movie star at Emmy's after-party - surrounded by her Emmy's on a balcony, smoking a fag and drinking a margarita BODACIOUS icon

GUESTS: 

✨ Anya Du Sauzay

Head of Digital Marketing at Syco which is part of Sony Music Entertainment. She has been at Syco for 6 years and previous to that a Senior Account Exec for in PR for Ogilvy Group. 

✨Lauren Fitzgerald 

Works in digital marketing and is currently Senior Digital Marketing Manager at RCA, Sony. Previously, freelance prior to that Digital Marketing Executive at Glassnote, Consumer Marketing at Twitter, Digital Channel Manager at Columbia. She's worked as a digital marketing and social media manager for over 5 years in the music and tech industries working with artists and brands to build online marketing and streaming strategies, create industry-leading content, and develop audiences.

DINNER:

Yogurt marinated chicken, then breaded in lemon rind, parmesan and desiccated coconut and Japanese bread crumbs with homemade pesto, pasta + wine! 

DIGITAL MARKETING JOB ROLES:

✨ Head of Role - their role is to think of strategy, partnership. What will move the dial? + day to day management

✨ Audience Development Manager - used to be called Channel Managers

✨ Audience Development  - (used to be called Channel Management - managing channels, having logins, updating photos, website maintenance, metadata relevant). Now role focuses less on what looks like - now more strategic in terms of building an audience

✨ Digital Marketing management - Lauren's job now. Works closely with the Audience Dev team. The role now: what is the campaign? what is the overall tone? what are the right channels to do this on (aka focus on YT)? Plus, look after paid advertisements.

ADVICE:

✨ Recognise the skills you already have in your day to day aka if you use Snapchat, if you have your own YT channel - you know how these platforms work - that is a skill. Have you ever done HTML? Do you run a blog? Have you ever shot a video for anyone? Start writing that list to help you figure out what job you want to apply for.

✨ The new generation is more digital-savvy than a-lot of people in the industry now! So recognise if you are and get reach out to labels!

SHOUT OUTS:

❤️ Ally Watson - CEO Code Like A Girl

❤️ Phoebe Waller Bridge + her sister Isobel Waller-Bridger who is a composer, artist, musician and did the soundtrack for Fleabag

❤️ Jason Reed, who I met at Domino Records Co. when we both worked there, he now works at FUGA 

❤️ Alexandra Patsavas is an American music supervisor who has worked on over sixty films and television series, most notably The Twilight Saga, The O.C., Grey's Anatomy and Gossip Girl. 

❤️ Code First Girls

FUN NOTES:

✨ 2018 streaming became chart legible

✨ 2014 streaming became chart legible

✨ The OC soundtrack

✨  Sergey Brin - one of the Google Funders, funded a science project funding science project to create humane meat - how can you create meat without the animal?

MUSIC WE MENTION THIS WEEK:

✨ Modest Mouse

✨ Phantom Planet

✨ The Killers

✨ Little Mix

✨ Imogen Heap

✨ George Ezra

I'm joined by my lovely pal Joanie Eaton and her partner in all things Mexican Summer and fun, Ami Phipps - legend! Both are Project Managers at Independent Record Label Mexican Summer. Their main advice take away was, "Don't be a dick".

DINNER:

Corn tortilla, lime black bean mix (onions, peppers, cumin, paprika, cinnamon, chipotle chilies), guacamole, homemade salsa, yogurt + BEER!  

GUESTS: 

✨ Ami Phipps

Project Manager at Mexican Summer alongside Joanie. Ami grew up in Bristol, loved going to record stores where she learnt everything she could about music by listening, reading CDs/LPs back to front.

✨Joanie Eaton

Also a Project Manager at Mexican Summer. We met at Domino and have been pals since! She's from Tunbridge Wells and talks about the record shop in her town which used to be a hairdresser and bought come of her first records; My Chemical Romance and The Clash. The Forum in Tunbridge Wells - where you found music but can be intimidating for girls!

WE TALK ABOUT:

✨ Focusing on talking about Project Management

✨ What do we do right now

✨ Path To Now

✨ Advice to get into PM at a label

✨ Shout outs to other bodacious babes loving right now

PM TOOLS:

✨ Basecamp - project management tool

✨ Ami, is all about getting on the phone

✨ Trello

✨ Notion

✨ Evernote

FUN NOTES:

✨ Sarah Silverman - American comedian. She has a book called 'The Bed Wetter'

✨ Jane Lynch autobiography - she was in Glee

✨Ami had tea bags made for Weyes Blood record

✨ PM Lingo: UK vocabulary 'Wheat Pasting' vs US 'Sniping' = putting posters up outdoors. Not to do with Wesley Snipes

MUSIC WE MENTION THIS WEEK

✨Weyes Blood

✨ Cate Le Bon

✨The Clash

ADVICE:

✨ Ask everyone everything - the older person has the knowledge and wisdom

✨ New person, help them out!

✨ Give people credit!

✨ Just don't be a dick!

SHOUT OUTS:

✨ Natasha Youngs, she co-owns Resident in Brighton, runs with her partner Derry. Natasha (helps run DINKED which is coop of indie record shops across the UK. They do exclusive presses for Records - a platform to support the music they love, big or small. She also works with AIM (Association for Independent Music)

✨ Noreen McShane at Stranger than Paradise

✨ Partisan Records - an amazing label! Fontaines and IDELS nominated for Mercury 2019. Shout out to Ellie Rumbold who is a Project Manager there.

✨ Amelie Bonvalot, worked at Kobalt/AWAL, now at Domino

✨ Matt Hendon

✨ Sarah Joy (again! BODACIOUS) - Joanie stared Babelogue with her to manage bands. She runs ATC booking agency. She is an agent for Squid

✨ Risca Pardini - Italian lady, she is a graphic designer

We talk about their various jobs at the BBC, Beats, and Amazing Radio. Both my guests have or are radio presenters and producers. Emma is currently a Project Manager at Partisan Records, previous roles include radio presenting and production. Shiona is a reporter and presenter for BBC Radio.

GUESTS: 

✨ Emma Snook 

Who I met when she hosted a show on Amazing Radio (all new music show) and currently works at Partisan Records as a product manager. She has been there for over a year now, and before that worked at Beats 1 which is a radio station owned and operated by Apple for 2 years before. Emma also manages a band called Breathe Panel.

✨ Shiona McCallum 

Has worked in radio for over 8 years. Currently, a reporter for Newsbeat BBC Radio 1 & 1 Xtra reporter, has done a couple of shows for Radio 2 called New Country from Nashville all about new country music and also a columnist for Maverick Magazine interviewing and reviewing country music.

Podcast loose agenda:

 ✨ Path to now 

 ✨ Day to day of being a radio host and producer + what radio reporter job entails

 ✨ Advice to get into artist management

 ✨ End with shout outs other bodacious babes we are loving right now / people doing amazing things we want to share!

DINNER: Coconut breaded chicken fajitas with peeled cucumber, and salsa (tomato, olive, sweetcorn, chili, pepper, lime) in corn wrap + millionaire shortbread.

SHOUT OUTS:

✨ Katie Adie - journalist

✨ Katie Jackson - a producer on Beats and host radio show on Soho Radio

✨ Dolly Parton 

✨ Annie Nightingale - first female national DJ

✨ Nick Grimshaw 

PLACES THEY WORKED:

✨ Amazing Radio

✨ Beats 1

✨ Bauer radio

✨ Virgin Radio 

✨ BBC Radio 1

✨ BBC 1xtra

MUSIC WE MENTION THIS WEEK:

⭐️ IDELS

⭐️ Carrie Underwood

⭐️ The Mavericks 

⭐️ Lyle Lovett

⭐️ Maren Morris

Full podcast playlis heret: https://open.spotify.com/user/l5ov2rylpjxxrz1ltmnylg0zi/playlist/4pNdY9rmT31vjcVOZL4FGH?si=qWz3M7uBToCeUd07jLOpog

This week we are chatting about Artist Management with Tash Cutts and Ina Tatarko. They are two of three bodacious babes who set up their own management company called Hoof Mgmt. (what a name) alongside Sinead who unfortunately could not make it for dinner and chat. 

And finally, I made finger food BAO BUNS - no more cutlery sounds! Plus, we eat vegan tonight!

GUESTS: 

This week I had 2 of the 3 ladies that make up Hoof Mgmt.

✨ TASH - also manages a band called Squid + Lazurus Kane

✨ INA - also manages Squid and additionally manages a saxophone player and producer called Laura Misch (who I love). Ina has also just started working with signer and pianist called Martha Skye Murphy. Ina's DAY JOB (that right manages 3 bands and has a day job, the inspirational lady here) she is artist manager for End Of The Road (looks after Ezra Furman).

Podcast 🎤 loose agenda:

* Intros: Tell us what you do in a few words - what is artist music Mgmt

* Path to now

* Advice to get into music Mgmt.

* End with shout outs other bodacious babes you are loving right now / people doing amazing things you want to share!

DINNER:

* Bao buns (6 for £2 at M&S) with smoked tofu marinated in soy/chili/ginger/rice wine vinegar/sugar and pickled veg + tomatoes & olives + wine!

FUN NOTES:

* Ina’s / Squid bands van - https://www.google.com/search?q=vauxhall+vivaro&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiovvq_7oLjAhUVSBUIHTI3DmAQ_AUIECgB&biw=917&bih=688

SHOUT OUTS:

* Joanie Eaton (along with Sarah Joy) who both have day jobs separately but also run a label and mgmt. company called Babelogue, Joanie also is a Project Manager at Mexican Summer. Sarah Joy runs ATC Booking Agency.

* Louise Healey - lovely lass, part of Modest Mgmt.

* Holly Whitaker - photographer

* Ally Horn - layer at Russells

* Luke Ellis at PIAS

* Dan Carey (producer), Pierre, Lex

* Feedy - manager

* Sarah Brooksbank - artist manager

* Ellie Giles - artist manager (Bill Ryder-Jones)

* Baddass Tour managers - Jess Clarke, Nyla Davidson

* Sofia Lopes - sound engineer

* Jess Partridge - runs London in Stereo

* Lauren Down, one of the directors at End Of The Road

* Clotilde Bayle -A&R

* Jacqui Rice - Domino Records Co-Founder

* Brooke Salisbury - Head Of Marketing, Domino Record Co

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST OF MUSIC IN PODCAST:

https://open.spotify.com/user/l5ov2rylpjxxrz1ltmnylg0zi/playlist/4pNdY9rmT31vjcVOZL4FGH?si=qWz3M7uBToCeUd07jLOpog

Chilled chat about working in Music Publishing with my guests Arnaz Marker (A&R Coordinator at Universal Publishing)and Aoife Corbett (Audio Coordinator at NPL).

Podcast 🎤 loose agenda:

* Intros: what is music publishing?

* Path to now - temping and volunteering as a way to get into first music job

* Day to day of A&R at a music company

* SOFAR sounds (gigs in intimate places around the world)

* She Said So (global network for women in music)

* FLEXX (a female-focused, music and creative networking event, originally set up by Jamz Supernova of BBC Radio 1Xtra and, Radio and TV plugger, Amy Collins_.

* Advice to get into Music Publishing

* End with shout outs other bodacious babes we are loving right now / people doing amazing things we want to share!

GUESTS:

* Arnaz Marker who works as A&R at Universal Publishing, set up SOFAR sounds Nottingham

* Aoife Corbett who works as an Audio Coordinator at NPL

DINNER: Oven baked aubergine miso (miso/honey/chili/lime/water) with pak choi, rice, cucumber + gorgonzola, apple and walnut salad + choc ices for dessert.

OVER DINNER WE TALK ABOUT:

* Day to day of A&R at a music company

* Temping and countering as a way to get into first music job

* SOFAR sounds

* She Said So (global network for women in music)

* FLEXX (founded by Jam Supernova, also network for women in music)

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST OF MUSIC IN PODCAST:

https://open.spotify.com/user/l5ov2rylpjxxrz1ltmnylg0zi/playlist/4pNdY9rmT31vjcVOZL4FGH?si=qWz3M7uBToCeUd07jLOpog

Bodacious Babes and good friends of mine Aoife Kitt (Senior PR at Domino Record Co.) and Libby Nicol (previously worked at Domino Record Co. and now works at Brook a sexual health charity) join me for the pilot episode where we all talk about our experiences working at Record Labels.

Podcast 🎤 loose agenda:

* Intros - we all used to work at music record label based in London, Domino Record Co, Aoife still works there!

* Path to now - interning, freelancing, redundancies

* Advice to get into working at a Record Label

* End with shout outs other bodacious babes we are loving right now / people doing amazing things we want to share!

GUESTS:

* Aoife Kitt, currently Senior PR at Domino Record Co.

* Libby Nicol, who worked at Domino Record Co. in the international team in marketing and now works at Brook a sexual health charity.

DINNER: pesto pasta with prawn, tomato, courgette + butternut squash salad + chocolate

FUN NOTES:

* Lizzo top 10 flute videos: https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/lizzos-10-best-flute-videos/

SHOUT OUTS:

* Gabby Edlin (Bloody Good Period)

* Katy Bowman

* Proper Gender neutral toilets

* Lizzo (song were she mentions bagpipes) - body positivity, so herself and wonderful

* Jamila Jamille

* Little Simz

* Ferly (and app to feeling confident, healthy and sexually empowered)

*Africa Brooke - Mindset coach + speaker

* Geek Girl Meetup - a community who are trying to get more women into tech and provide really great female role models

* Red Box Project

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST OF MUSIC IN PODCAST:

https://open.spotify.com/user/l5ov2rylpjxxrz1ltmnylg0zi/playlist/4pNdY9rmT31vjcVOZL4FGH?si=qWz3M7uBToCeUd07jLOpog

Bitesize chunks of information about the music industry by women; sharing knowledge and creating a digestible resource.

Helping to demystify our industry, inspire more bodacious babes to get involved and a chance to celebrate one another 💕

Produced and presented by me, Gabrielle Corbett ✨

I host friends I’ve made in the creative industry to chat about: What they do now, Their path to now, Advice and tips to get into that field of work, And finally, we end with shout outs to other bodacious babes we admire 💕

✨​What is a bodacious babe I hear you ask? A bold, beautiful, brilliant, admirable woman ✨

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