The Brassy Broadcast with Jen Edds

Kat Downs is a Musician, Artist, Teacher, Composer and Performer originally from Green Bay, WI.

Now based out of San Francisco, CA, Kat’s current projects include the powerhouse Hard Piano Rock duo, Sit Kitty Sit, and the goth rock band, Saints of Ruin. She is the staff composer for Wily West Productions, does composition work for a wide range of theatrical companies and individual artists, and has an exclusive studio of piano and flute students.

You can learn more about Kat at katdowns.com

We talk about why and how she was able to take a $72k paycut to become a full time musician, forcing yourself to grow through your limitations, and how she handles negative energy and people. 

Angela Mastrogiacomo talks about networking, how to grow your audience, and PR in the music business.  We also talk about the cross country adventure she took by herself and what she learned along the way.

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Jen chats with Brooke Segarra, Campaigns Manager at CypberPR, about interning, managing expectations, and good PR.

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Brooke Segarra is affectionately called “the blog whisperer” by Ariel Hyatt, due to the fact that she creates astounding results for our clients. Before coming onboard as Campaigns Director, she spent some time working in editorial and PR at Painted Bride Quarterly literary magazine and as a contributing writer for various publications such as CMJ and Blare Magazine.

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With an enormous singing voice that transcends her small frame, an extraordinary rock sound full of robust piano hooks, and a one-of-a-kind storytelling ability drawn from a remarkable and emotional history, Mary has carved out her own unique niche in the industry by doing things her way. Her latest release Metamorphosis release in June 2015 has garnered her much critical acclaim.

While the music alone makes Mary Jennings an artist that fans can easily relate to, her somewhat quirky personality and a diverse range of interests have also gone a long way towards building a bond with her fan base. An avid horror movie fan, she has more than 400 fright flicks in her own private collection and openly admits that being scared and thrilled is probably her biggest geek factor. Her love for thrifting and secondhand clothing, something she learned from her mother, is a major influence on her vintage style and the inspiration behind the enormously popular clothing swap shows that she has hosted in a number of U.S. cities. More recently, Mary has turned her unique style, love of thrifting, and drive to create into a new project, No Sass Creations, through which she makes and sells bolo ties.

Whether you experience Mary Jennings on stage or on one of the handful of albums she has released, you’re witnessing a very special artist who has confidently found her voice over the course of a long, and at times, heartbreaking journey.

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Jenn Cristy and I chat about what she learned from touring and recording with John Mellencamp, building a successful music career in the Midwest, and starting 1Pulse Entertainment. Now on her fifth album, Jenn began her career with John Mellencamp, meeting the Hoosier rocker in Bloomington, Indiana, where she was in the midst of an all-American swimming career at Indiana University. During her stint with Mellencamp’s band she proved her versatility, playing flute, piano, percussion, organ, and violin in addition to singing. When she embarked on her solo career in 2003, she wanted to create a sound that both honored all of her varied influences – from Ben Folds to Pink and Bruce Hornsby to Queen – while creating something decidedly original. It is clear that her music has found a hungry audience. Cristy has played around the country, sharing the stage with a veritable who's-who of artists – Shawn Mullins, John Eddie, Antigone Rising, Indigenous, Bree Sharp, Jeffery Gaines, Danielia Cotton and Michael Gabliki (Rusted Root) –or dominating it herself. Her songs have earned praise everywhere from blogs and small-town newspapers to The New York Times. The piano-driven rock is a platform for lyrics that encompass everything from matters of the heart to politics to straight-ahead fun…or murder. In Cristy’s world, every story has a melody.

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April Duran chats with Jen about founding Rag House Records and organizing the 1st annual SoCal Girl Fest.

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Stacey Messier chats with Jen about why you have to share your secret recipes with the world, her keys to success, and life as a a creative strategist at iZotope.

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Michèle Vice-Maslin is an Emmy Winning, #1 hit music producer, arranger, and songwriter that has had numerous hit songs and cuts all over the world, as well as over 4000 music placements. 

Michèle shares the keys to her success in the music business in our conversation.

Claire Hollenbeck chats about her career, and how her passions for music, technology, education, and business have all come together in her work as VP of Education at iZotope.

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Debra Barsha shares stories about landing her first music publishing deal while still in high school, playing disco in NYC piano bars in the late 70s, the wisdom of George Clinton, and her many musical adventures on and off Broadway.