Welcome to Making Conversation with Grant Brydon, a podcast about music, creativity and careers.

For this episode I spoke to DJ and promoter Oh Annie Oh. Annie was born in Korea, grew up in Toronto and moved to London for university with dreams of becoming a fashion designer. However she fell in love with the city’s club and music scenes and began working in the music industry while promoting and DJing on the side. Now a full time DJ she runs her NightDreams parties and has monthly shows at Rinse and Foundation FM. We spoke about the different approaches she takes to playing in clubs and on the radio, and how she’s had to constantly step out of her comfort zone in order to progress with her career.

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My debut book, "Life Lessons from Hip-Hop" is available now: geni.us/LifeLessonsFromHipHop

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@OhAnnieOh

@GrantBrydon

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Artwork by @smithsmithsmithsmith

Recorded at Keakie.co.uk

Intro/Outro music by @kiina_dd

Welcome to Making Conversation with Grant Brydon, a podcast about music, creativity and careers. 

For this episode I spoke to photographer and co-founder of PLACES+FACES, Ciesay. 

He took some time out of his busy schedule between throwing sold-out parties to preparing for the release of his latest clothing drop to share his journey so far, including growing up between Gambia and London, the importance of travel in his work, building the relationships that have allowed him candid access as a photographer and how he’s been able to make a successful business out of his lifestyle - and the things he’d likely be doing whether he was getting paid for it or not.

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My debut book, "Life Lessons from Hip-Hop" is available now: geni.us/LifeLessonsFromHipHop

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@Ciesay / @placesplusfaces 

@GrantBrydon 

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Artwork by @smithsmithsmithsmith 

Recorded at Keakie.co.uk 

Intro/Outro music by @kiina_dd

Welcome to Making Conversation with Grant Brydon, a podcast about music, creativity and careers.

For this episode I spoke to creative consultant and one half of Bossy LDN, Dhamirah Coombes. I’d recently bumped into Dhamirah while I was considering a crossroads in my own career, and she put me onto an article about the advantages of generalising - and working across several interests - over specialising - and focussing on one thing - as a creative professional. I think she’s an amazing example of that, having juggled a number of her interests across her ever evolving career - including, but not limited to, make-up, photography, DJing, events management and PR. We spoke about the role of a creative consultant, taking the dive from a stable job and regular income to go freelance, learning how to manage her time and being an introvert in the music industry.

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My debut book, "Life Lessons from Hip-Hop" is available now: geni.us/LifeLessonsFromHipHop

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@DiddyCoombes / @DhamirahCoombes / @BossyLDN

@GrantBrydon

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Artwork by @smithsmithsmithsmith

Recorded at Keakie.co.uk

Intro/Outro music by @kiina_dd

Welcome to Making Conversation with Grant Brydon, a podcast about music, creativity and careers. 

For this episode I spoke to rapper, singer and producer Ragz Originale. Last year Ragz put out his debut album ‘Nature’ which was one of my favourites of the year, and still one that I recommend to people on an almost weekly basis. He’s an incredibly diverse producer and vocalist who makes timeless music that is rooted in feeling and doesn’t sound like anyone else. Ragz is also at the centre of the Mini Kingz collective, which features a line-up of similarly exciting, genreless artists including Oscar #Worldpeace, Cartae and BenjiFlow. We talked about the evolution of taste, building a movement, mentorship, the importance of artist development and his ambition to create a trust fund for black female creatives.

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My debut book, "Life Lessons from Hip-Hop" is available now: geni.us/LifeLessonsFromHipHop

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@RagzOriginale

@GrantBrydon

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Artwork by @smithsmithsmithsmith

Recorded at Keakie.co.uk

Intro/Outro music by Ragz Originale

Welcome to Making Conversation with Grant Brydon, a podcast about music, creativity and careers. 

For this episode I spoke to singer and producer Baby Rose. She recently released her debut album ‘To Myself’ as well as making an appearance on ‘Self Love’ with Ari Lennox and Bas after sneaking into DreamVille’s 'Revenge Of The Dreamers III' sessions at the beginning of the year. We talked about growing up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, learning to produce and engineer her own songs, and losing most of her recorded music during a break-up. Luckily she had already sent a set of 10 songs to her management, which became the album that’s brought her to London where last night she supported Snoh Aalegra at a sold out show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire.

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My debut book, "Life Lessons from Hip-Hop" is available now: geni.us/LifeLessonsFromHipHop

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@BabyRoseMusic

@GrantBrydon

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Artwork by @smithsmithsmithsmith

Recorded at Keakie.co.uk

Intro/Outro music by Baby Rose