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Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Moana Avvenenti, as they discuss her work as a singer-songwriter Moana A, her collab with her husband under MoAnanda, which is has a serious foot on the ground in the world of sync.

About Moana A

Singer/Songwriter Moana A (that is her real name, sorry Disney) grew up on a sailboat in Saint Martin, Caribbean. After graduating from Berklee College of Music summa cum laude in 2011, she wrote her first solo, original album “dotted” which was crowdfunded via IndieGogo in 2013, and followed by an endorsement deal with Daisy Rock Guitars. Based in LA, she has toured the world: Abu Dhabi, Indonesia, India, the Mediterranean region, the Caribbean, and all over the USA. Moana has mainly two original projects: Moana A, whose sound falls into the cinematic pop genre, with big, epic, orchestral, dramatic builds. And MoAnanda, with her fiancé Ananda Dhar-James, a mix of acoustic and electronic pop. Moana's singing and songwriting credits include Netflix, Disney Parks, Domino's Pizza, Renault, NBC, The CW, The SIMS, Arknights, Hulu, MTV, FreeForm, Oxygen, Lux, Ora2, TouchFocus, TBC Japan, and more...

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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.

Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks. ⁠⁠

Stream⁠⁠ the Album or ⁠⁠Buy it on Bandcamp⁠⁠ and get the chocolate! ⁠⁠More about Vivienne here.

In this episode:

Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Ajda Snyder AKA Ajda The Turkish Queen as they explore her many projects, her love for exploring new instruments and how drive to always look for something new learn

About Ajda The Turkish Queen:

Originally from Houston, TX, Ajda the Turkish Queen is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Boston, MA since 1996. With over 20 years of live performance experience in settings from clubs to churches, and appearing on over two dozen recordings, she is a versatile and seasoned veteran of music who believes the journey of growth never stops. She is also an independent voice teacher, whose passion is working with adults on contemporary styles like rock, pop, jazz, blues, country, r&b, etc.

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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.

Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks. ⁠⁠

Stream⁠⁠ the Album or ⁠⁠Buy it on Bandcamp⁠⁠ and get the chocolate! ⁠⁠More about Vivienne here.

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Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Itzel Reyna as they talk about the role of AI and NFT in the music industry, how she became a saxophone player and how she is thriving in her life and work as a professional musician

About Itzel Reyna

Itzel Reyna is saxophone player, producer, and composer from Mexico City. She was awarded the first-ever Latin GRAMMY Prodigy Scholarship in partnership with pop star Enrique Iglesias. She has recorded several albums as a sideman and performed professionally in Boston, Mexico City, and New York. She is a Berklee College of Music alumni and current alumni ambassador for the Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation in Miami. Itzel Reyna has written music for Arts Electronica Festival exhibits as well as for digital media art installations.

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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.

Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stream⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ the Album or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy it on Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get the chocolate! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More about Vivienne here.

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Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Australian LA-based Gabbi Coenen, a multi-instrumentalist multi-genre singer-songwriter, who also found her way into the film industry as a music supervisor. She explains the ins and outs of that side of the music business and how she manages what seems to be many careers at the same time.

About Gabbi Coenen:

Gabbi Coenen is an Australian vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. She is known for her “expansive and electrifying” songwriting and her versatile vocal abilities, which have seen her professional career span a range of genres, from modern jazz to indie pop, early to contemporary classical music, and nearly everything in between. Based in New York City since 2011 and Los Angeles since 2020, she has released four EPs and an album as RVBY MY DEAR. Her debut album Waiting (Villainy Records, 2019) was produced by Andrew Lappin and garnered high praise from indie tastemakers such as The Line of Best Fit and The Deli Magazine, as well as landing on Trip-Hop Nation’s Best of 2019 list. The single “Try” was also a semi-finalist in the Unpublished category of the 2019 International Songwriting Competition. Her follow-up self-titled EP (Spirit House Records, 2022) was featured on Bandcamp’s New & Notable and received airplay on Triple J’s Home & Hosed. Gabbi is currently a soprano with the new music collective C3LA and the All Saints Beverly Hills Choir.
When not writing, recording, or performing, Gabbi is a freelance music supervisor for independent films and also teaches private voice and piano lessons to students of all ages and skill levels. She is certified in Somatic Voicework Levels 1-3 and holds a BFA in Jazz Voice from The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music (Salutatorian) and a Bachelor of Music from the West Australian Academy of Performance Arts. Gabbi’s music supervisor and consultant credits include The Otherkind (2023), Bonding (2023), and “Crone” from the feminist horror anthology film Give Me An A (2022).

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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.

Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks.

Stream the Album or Buy it on Bandcamp and get the chocolate! More about Vivienne here.

In this episode:

Listen to a conversation between your host Viviennne Aerts and composer, piano player and arranger of the 'Typuhthâng' song: Concept of Falling, Ga Young Bae

About Gayoung

GaYoung Bae is a contemporary jazz pianist, composer, and educator from Seoul, South Korea. She studied at Berklee College of Music for Bachelor and Master of music in Boston, MA. GaYoung’s purpose and passion work in making a bridge to help connect the public to society through the arts which have the power to raise awareness and facilitate communication by bringing the issues of our society. Currently, she is teaching at Universities in Korea to share the newfound power and beauty of music that she discovered through her music and life. She has released two albums which is “Sepia Painting” and “Gugak and Jazz on Canvas Live Album”. She studies the connection between Korean traditional rhythm and jazz and records her original songs that are incorporated into jazz-based on the rhythm of Korean traditional music.

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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.

Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks. ⁠⁠

Stream⁠⁠ the Album or ⁠⁠Buy it on Bandcamp⁠⁠ and get the chocolate! ⁠⁠More about Vivienne here.

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Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Susanne Bachmann on her career, her many projects of guiding and teaching your musicians and how to survive the music as a single mom

About Susanne Bachmann

Began with violin at the age of 13, studied education, in this time started to play sax (autodidactic), at the same time started to teach (sax/violin/viola). Since quite a long time I teach these instruments at a high school with musical profile. Doing a lot of playing in bigbands (all saxes/flute), small bands, projects (pop, hiphop, rap ...you name it ...), since several years I compose and arrange music, especially for our bigband. My recent main projects are lsited on the homepage.

About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.

Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks. ⁠⁠

Stream⁠⁠ the Album or ⁠⁠Buy it on Bandcamp⁠⁠ and get the chocolate! ⁠⁠More about Vivienne here.

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Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Anna Litvinenko, as they dive into Anna's roots, how she moved to Europe and her current work with Kalea trio, among others

About Anna Litvinenko

American cellist of Cuban and Ukrainian heritage Anna Litvinenko has captured the attention of audiences in Europe and the Americas. Since an early age, her talent and dedication gave rise to regular performances as a soloist and chamber musician, sharing the stage with artists of great renown, and performing in many of the world’s great concert halls. Anna is a graduate of the Juilliard School, the Royal College (London), and the Koninklijk Conservatorium (The Hague), and is currently based in The Netherlands. She is an active early musician and improviser, and a member of Kalea and the Chekhov Trio. ⁠

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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.

Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks.

⁠⁠Stream⁠⁠ the Album or ⁠⁠Buy it on Bandcamp⁠⁠ and get the chocolate! ⁠⁠More about Vivienne here.

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Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Sound Engineer Jess Fenton as they analyze their work together on creating the album 'Typuhthâng'

About Jess Fenton

Jess' longest running passion is music production. As an awkward teen multi-instrumentalist, she spent many evenings and weekends in her parents' basement recording songs on cassette with her Fostex 4-track. She has since caught up with technology and prefers her Mac & Pro Tools combo. She records in her humble yet highly efficient home studio in Brooklyn, NY with many analog signal chains to choose from in addition to a large variety of virtual and real instruments. After constantly hearing that "women don't do music production" and "women aren't interested in studio work" and "I'd hire a women but can't find any," Jess snapped one day and decided to prove those statements to be entirely false. She bought some basic video gear, taught herself how to use Adobe Premiere, and booked flights all over the country to interview some of the most talented women in music production. And with that, the Proof In Music series was born.

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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.

Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks. ⁠⁠

Stream⁠⁠ the Album or ⁠⁠Buy it on Bandcamp⁠⁠ and get the chocolate! ⁠⁠More about Vivienne here.

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Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Hayley Lam as they discuss life as a musician in New York, recording her original music and playing in multiple bands at the same time

About Hayley Lam

New York based pianist, Hayley Lam is an award-winning composer who specializes in both contemporary jazz and classical music. She began her studies in music at a very young age, earning her Associate Diploma, ATCL Recital Piano from the Trinity College of London when she was just eleven. She then proceeded to earn her Licentiate Diploma, LTCL Recital Piano and Associate Diploma, ATCL Recital Violin a couple of years later. Hayley is also a holder of the Yamaha Teacher’s Grade specializing in Piano since the age of twelve. With a profound interest in contemporary and jazz music, she was awarded a scholarship to further her studies at the prestigious Berklee College of Music. With her exceptional musical abilities, she completed her Bachelor of Music with a Five-year Dual Major Degree Program in Performance and Jazz Composition in just one and a half years. With her musicianship compared to as "Stravinsky meets Brookmeyer", she was selected as the Finalist at the Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) Annual Jazz Composition Contest for Women Composer in 2016. Hayley Lam is also a 2017 Global Music Awards (GMA) winner in the Composer and Jazz Big Band category. GMA is a top-tier international music competition that honors talented musicians around the world. In 2017, her solo piano work "Distant Structures" is selected to be the winner of the "Contemporary Piano 2017" international composition competition held at Athens. She is also selected as the composer showcase winner of the International Jazz Conference JEN at New Orleans. Her works were also commissioned for the London Women of the World equator festival in 2017. Her other accolades include winning the 2018 KMEA Composition Competition, 2018 American Prize in Composition - Light & Pop category, 2018 Semi-finalist of Maurice Ravel International Composition Competition.Hayley holds the 1st runner-up title for the International Songwriting Competition - Jazz Category. She emerged as one of the winners among some 16,000 entries from 140 countries around the world. ⁠

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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.

Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks. ⁠⁠

Stream⁠⁠ the Album or ⁠⁠Buy it on Bandcamp⁠⁠ and get the chocolate! ⁠⁠More about Vivienne here.

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Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Enya Lim AKA NyaLi, as they dive into music culture in Singapore and her experience with being a singer in the music industry.

About NyaLi / Enya Lim

Born and raised in Singapore , tropical songbird NyaLi is described as a musical whirlwind of a hustler by friends - Enya Lim to friends and family off stage, she is known for versatility across genres and being the zealous small girl with the big sound whether in singing or songwriting. ⁠

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About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng.

Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks.

⁠⁠Stream⁠⁠ the Album or ⁠⁠Buy it on Bandcamp⁠⁠ and get the chocolate! ⁠⁠More about Vivienne here.