Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 9 welcomes MeShall Shumate; award winning filmmaker, photographer and CEO of Shu Productions.

If you've watched the GCU! Game Time with MeShall Shumate, you can just image what this interview is like. Between the laughs and during the fun Danielle and MeShall talk about the early years of being behind the camera, shooting music videos to original music comprised by she and her cousin's collaboration, to now; still behind the camera, but taking it to the next level of writing, directing and shooting her original movies.

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 8 welcomes Mike Murphy; singer, songwriter, and lead vocalist for the band Sunny Side Down.

Tune in to this episode as Danielle and Mike dig deep into the emotional abyss from where the melodies and words are birth. 

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 6 welcomes Ryan C. Hamilton; a photographer, music blogger, and documentarian.

Check out this episode as Danielle and Ryan discuss the road to finding your passion and the sacrifice, the confidence, the struggles, the commitment, and the determination it takes to live there.

Out of his love of music Ryan co-founded the music and apparel business "Music and Other Drugs", where he features independent artist which also helped guide his path into photograph.

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 5 welcomes Telepharo; a rapper, singer, song writer and barber.

Check out this episode as Danielle and Telepharo talk about his turbulent past and a praying Grandmother.

See how both have influenced his 30 + years journey to releasing his first project of deep feeling and inspirational relationship beliefs. Delivering a musical message that will offer positive vibes in the navigation of love.

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 4 welcomes LaWanza Spear the author of "Southern Stories: The Family Secret". Pinned under the pseudonym "Albe Charles", her story of a family and the highs and lows they go through is so relatable, you will find yourself thinking through memories from your only family's secrets.

Host Danielle Cox is enamored with the chance to interview an author of Ms. Spears caliber.

Check out this episode as Danielle and LaWanza give insight into the determination, procrastination and the revelation of God's timing that is needed to complete a 20 year labor of love.

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 3 welcomes Jarvis Rhone; founder and inventor of U-Keys, a keyboard overlay to add pizazz to your look on stage or as an educational tool for the seeing and the deaf.  

Host Danielle Cox takes us on a journey of musical beginnings, staring his own business and the journey into expanding the unknown gifts of those having a desire to play piano or keyboards.

Check out this episode as Danielle and Jarvis give insight into the determination and dedication need to conjure an idea and see it through to fruition.

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 2 welcomes theSanctuary, a gospel recording artist.

Host Danielle Cox takes us on a journey of musical beginnings, influences, up and downs, to the culmination of their last single and music video released on Memorial Day 2023, "In My Victory" (of which you can find on this channel.)

Check out this episode as Danielle and theSanctuary laugh, joke and have fun telling their story!

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 1 welcomes Diallo Javonne French, a music photographer and filmmaker.

Host Danielle Cox and Diallo talks musical beginnings and the journey to becoming a writer, director and filmmaker.

His most recent film "Kansas City Dreaming" is a documentary about the rich musical heritage birth from generations of gifted artist from Kansas City.

Join us as we Get Close UP! with Diallo Javonne French.