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Photograph by Brett CarlsenVenzella Joy Williams is a Buffalo, New York native and currently the drummer for Beyonce. Williams grew up playing drums in church and school but now tours the world performing.Orchard Park, New York12/23/14

This week I got to interview Vanzella "Joy" Williams aka Joy The Drummer and a member of Beyonce all girl band!

Venzella Joy has been playing drums since the age of 10. She started perfecting her craft by learning to play by ear in church, and later learned the fundamentals of music theory in her elementary school band. Joy joined the high school orchestra, where she learned to play multiple percussion instruments and later, in college, she performed with the jazz ensemble. Joy also co-founded Heaven Bound: The All-Girl Band with which she's played various venues and collaborated with a number of gospel artists over the years.

In March of 2009, Joy was featured on MTV’s reality show competition, Making His Band, with Sean “Diddy” Combs where she worked alongside Combs and other industry veterans. 2009 was bittersweet for Joy because she lost her mother, Vet Howard, that year. Vet was very supportive of Joy’s career choice, and loved hearing Joy practice for hours. The following year, Joy graduated from Canisius College with a B.A. in Criminal Justice and a minor in music. In October of 2013, Joy was the performance drummer for BET’s Black Girls Rock, performing with artists such as Patti LaBelle, Jennifer Hudson, Janelle Monae, Ledisi, and have been on tour with Beyonce as her drummer for the all girl band.

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This week I got to interview Kristen Carter a award winning producer and owner of www.JazziDreamer.net

Kristen V. Carter is an award-winning filmmaker, television producer, and educator from Newark, New Jersey. She has produced for a variety of television’s top programs including NBC’s The Voice, Lifetime’s Project Runway, and TV One’s #1 docu-series R&B Divas Los Angeles. In addition, Kristen has served as a speech writer for Viacom executives, including BET’s CEO Debra Lee.

Kristen has a deep-rooted passion for entrepreneurship and content creation. In 2007, she founded JazziDreamer Entertainment LLC, a multimedia company specializing in writing and production services. Since that time, Kristen has continued to write and direct projects for tv, web, and film including the award-winning short film First Date (2013), which broadcasted on Comcast Xfinity On Demand from August 2013-November 2013 and currently airs on Magic Johnson’s cable network ASPiRE TV (June 2013-Present).

Kristen’s latest independent project is a natural hair care web show Head Cases, executive produced by production phenom Issa Rae, which scored a whopping 10,000 hits online in under 72 hours of its release in December 2014. Currently, Kristen is pitching docu-series projects for television and writing her next narrative piece. Kristen is the recipient of the Goldman Sachs Institute for Entrepreneurial Thinking National First Place Prize, 2011 Hanks-Miller Screenwriting Fellowship, 2013 San Francisco Black Film Festival’s First Time Filmmaker Award, and was nominated for the 2014 FOX Global Directors Initiative.

Kristen loves to inspire students to explore their passions. She has found even greater purpose through speaking at many schools including Prairie A&M University, Stony Brook University, and her alma mater Hofstra University. Whether it’s through screen or stage, Kristen’s ultimate goal is to inspire the world through edutainment!

Here is some of Kristen Carter work!

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This week I got to interview Tim B a celebrity Stylist and owner of EpikStyle.com 

Buffalo, New York born and bred stylist Tim B fell in to fashion at an early age. Forever using fashion as a method to put his thoughts and feelings on display, Tim began using himself as a canvas to display the artwork flying around the confines of his mind. Where words could not express, clothes did, gaining Tim a level of fashion forward notoriety while a student at East High School. Realizing his natural niche, Tim continued on to Buffalo State College, where he laid the foundation for industry education, studying fashion merchandising all the while sketching and styling, determined to make his name known everywhere…as the adage goes “anything worth having is worth working for.” So, Tim put in work…

Tim Founded Epik Style (his own boutique agency) in 2011,and within three short months he landed his first Client  Multi-Platinum Grammy award winning Hip -hop icon Lil’ Kim., where he creatied iconic outlays to be displayed on the world’s stage. Tim hard work ethic and determination was honored by Capital Change of Western New York in 2012 as he was initiated in to the second class of Western New York’s Distinguished Power 30 Under 30. Constantly expanding his brand Tim appeared on season three of LALA's Full Court Life and BET'S 106 and PARK, and was also named one of the Eleven most Stylish New Yorkers by Bleu Magazine. ,

From interning for haute heavyweights like Michelle Ten and Crystal Streets, to assisting style superstars like Julie Matos and Jason Rembert, Tim B. can now add his name to the list of Who’s Who in the forum of fashion. With a style savvy that shines bright all its own, Tim B.’s star shows no signs of dimming. Blessed with an artistic imagination and keen attention to even the slightest detail as his sword and shield, Tim continues to fight the good fight for fashion, unwavering and unapologetic, as he saves the world one look at a time…​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Here is some of Tim work on TV

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This week I got to interview Michelle Barron who is the founder of Women In The Spotlight Goinglobal. Michele shared this about the organization.

"In 2010, we knew we wanted to create a truly different type of organization for women. A group that would include us at its center. A group that would make a difference. And here we are! With over 1500 members and counting in Buffalo New York, Atlanta Georgia and Charlotte North Carolina and across the US, we are now a force to be reckoned with.

Our mission is simple. We bring together women so that we can all benefit. Empowering women is our central goal, and the core reason why we formed. As you can see, this is no small task. It makes me profoundly grateful for the many of you have come forward to help build our dream.

Misfortune is often the mother of opportunity. In our case, we created WITSGG after realizing that we could no longer wait for success. We had to collaborate and fight for it. Many of our women rose to this challenge, and we became bonded, as sisters, as we realized that we needed each other."

In the podcast you will get to know who Michelle Barron is and how her misfortune was truly the mother of opportunity"

Checkout this weeks Episode which is Focused on "Meet Michelle Barron"

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As I was preparing for the month of August it hit me like a tone of bricks. It hit me that this month was the 8th month of the year and not only that what the number 8 means.

Listen in as I share my view about this month and what you should expect from the G Code.

This Episode Focus is "New Beginnings"

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