Explore every episode of the podcast Babes Behind the Beats with Jess Bowen & Bowie Jane

Festivals trying to fill "female" quotas but insisting that just a female drummer in the band doesn't count as female representation and instead needs to be a female lead singer? C'mon... we need representation in all areas of music!

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How absolutely FABULOUS to chat with TOP Music & Entertainment Attorney, Dina LaPolt!

Her stories are soooo good! Dina chats with us about how she got into the law from performing, hanging out at the Playboy mansion, setting up her own law firm, representing Steven Tyler against Donald Trump, working heavily in Copyright reform, SONA, representing Fifth Harmony on their last album and tour with Camila Cabello, the importance of a good manager and SO MUCH MORE!

She is a wealth of knowledge, super entertaining and we just know you are going to enjoy this interview!

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Ciara Doran - A chat with Ciara Doran, drummer of the band Pale Waves

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This week on Babes Behind the Beats we chat with singer songwriter Boy Jnr about her work on socials, writing music, the future of the music industry and more. 

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Well we absolutely loved hearing about Miss Dre's musical journey! She talks about the importance of having a mentor with producing, learning Logic only to move over to Ableton, getting a great management team around you, the glamour of traveling as a DJ (haha) and incorporating her own vocals into her tracks. Any budding producers will love this episode!

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Karina Depiano is currently on tour as the keyboardist with Taylor Swift and has worked with artists such as Troye Sivan, Fifth Harmony, Miley Cyrus, Daya, mxmtoon, and so many more!  She received her Bachelor of Music - Popular Music Performance from USC, and she tells us about how much that experience helped prepare her for her future in the industry!

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This week we chat with Nigerian singer songwriter, Kah-Lo! She chats about moving to New York and the culture shock with that, being in so much demand for her vocal but having a year of saying "No" so she could focus on her own music, her huge tracks Fasta & Fake ID, living off massive syncs with FIFA and Old Navy, getting signed to Epic during COVID and the importance of a good entertainment lawyer!

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This week we chat with bassist and songwriter, Aubrey Harris! She began playing electric bass at age 13 and sitting in on gigs with her father, a jazz drummer. When Aubrey was 16, she was awarded a full scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music where she graduated in 2017. She chats with us about doing her 10,000 hours performing at Disney World Orlando to performing with artists such as FLETCHER, Keith Urban, and Jacob Collier! 

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After coming on the professional music scene in 2005 with the world-acclaimed, all-women metal band Kittie, guitarist Tara McLeod has garnered a reputation in the music world as one of the best at her craft. She chats with us about crossing genres, how she got in the business, how she met her band members and being a touring musician!

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It was so cool to hear about the world of Artist Relations from Allison Sorrell! She chats about how she moved around in the industry to landing her amazing job at Veeps. Veeps is the world’s leading streaming platform for live music and entertainment, where fans can watch and connect with their favorite artists through premium live and on-demand concerts, so Allison chats all about her role there. If you are wanting to work in the world of Artist Relations, make sure you listen to this episode!

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This week we chinwag about the Pink documentary and then interview the awesome Jordan Kelsey Knight, music photographer! Jordan tells us about officially diving into the music photography world when she began shooting for Tonight Alive on Warped Tour, the competitiveness in the photography world, shooting
editorials vs shooting live music, and so much more!

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This week we chat about the devastating LA fires, about how we both got evacuated with about 3 minutes notice, volunteering and the recovery efforts! 

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Jess & Bowie have a good old chinwag about Babyface and the red carpet shunning, Chappell Roan's amazing performance and Beyonce's win!

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What an interesting chat this was! Karla Ortiz, former VP of Marketing and Label Services for Vydia and Digital Marketing executive at Universal Music Group, founded Monark Entertainment in 2020 during the pandemic. Karla talks about how she got her breaks working in music marketing which started with her first internship with Ryan Seacrest, to moving into a new media internship at Universal and eventually converted into full time employment working in the latin department and working with Rihanna & Kanye! She chats about all things marketing including the importance of maintaining relationships at the big socials and the evolution of radio pluggers, tik tok driving pre sales and spotify playlisting!

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Lindsey Raye Ward sits down to chat with us about her drumming influences, being nominated for Youtube Drummer of the Year for the Drumeo awards, and so much more!

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This week we chat with bass house artist Kendoll who has been making huge waves in the scene having performed at Beyond Wonderland, EDC Vegas and more. Kendoll talks about moving to LA, going to production school and diving deep into the world of djing and production. 

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  This week we chat with Lauren Noll about her short “Heart of Texas” which is eligible to be Oscar Nominated!  

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What an honor to chat with the ICONIC Donna Lewis about her amazing career and of course, I love you always forever!

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This week we chat with DJ Ray Ray from Taiwan. DJ Producer and singer, DJ Ray Ray has performed at huge festivals around the world including Ultra, Glastonbury and Tomorrowland. She chats with us about how she got her first gig in a club, getting a booking agent and touring worldwide!

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This week we had an awesome chat with Devin from Honey Revenge about all things music, touring and more!

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This week Jess & Bowie recap Jess' latest tour, habits on the road, stories and more!

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This week we have a super interesting chat with singer songwriter Bekuh Boom who has had such an extraordinary life! She got a publishing deal at such a young age and has written so many hits for other artists including Black Pink, J Lo, R Kelly, Jessica Mauboy and many many more.

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It was so good to chat with Gabi Henriques about all things music publishing and creative sync! Gabi used to work in sync at Capitol Records and was the Film and TV Creative coordinator at Warner Chappell so it was great to have her insight on what works in sync and what you should do to get your song signed! We have a limited offer you can use now, that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code BABES20 at checkout. You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/babes

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It was so good to chat with Gabi Henriques about all things music publishing and creative sync! Gabi used to work in sync at Capitol Records and was the Film and TV Creative coordinator at Warner Chappell so it was great to have her insight on what works in sync and what you should do to get your song signed!

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Robyn Balliet, a DJ/Producer with roots in New York and Detroit, finds no greater joy than witnessing people lose themselves in the music. Growing up in a family of artists and becoming a first-string violinist at a young age, her passion for music began early and evolved into a fascination with the magical effect it had on the crowds in the Detroit house & techno rave scene.

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This week we had an amazing chat with Demi Lovato's touring drummer, Britt Bowman! Britt chats about how she got into drumming, what it's like doing arena tours, being on the road, the importance of social media and more!

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This week Jess and Bowie have a good old chinwag about Jess being booked to play drums for Chapel Roan, sliding doors and Big Brother!

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Jess & Bowie Jane chat with Cory and America about being in the Big Brother house and life afterwards together in Nashville!

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LØLØ’s journey started long before she became the  fully formed pop rock force we now know today,  gracing the stage with her hard hitting passion and tour de force performance energy. We chat about touring life, her amazing career, new music and more!

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Ok we loved stepping outside the music box to chat with fellow Big Brother house mate Reilly Smedley. Reilly tells us about her casting process, what it was like to be evicted and then watch the live feeds, her strategy, her upcoming podcast and more!!

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This is seriously another ripper interview. Kayla Starr has had a fascinating career both with her solo projects and also as a backing singer performing with Kanye West, Macy Gray, ODESZA, Iggy Azalea, Shamir, Rachel Platten, Sabrina Carpenter, and Marina. Don't miss this chat!

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Jess & Bowie chat with singer songwriter Jax who has had a huge amount of success with her single Victoria's Secret. We chat in depth about the industry, signing with major labels, keeping creative control, dealing with fame and more! A two hour hilarious and informative interview!

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This week we chat with the amazing Laura Whitmore who has had such an amazing history in the world of music PR! She chats with us about her extensive work doing AR at Korg, Guitar World, the Women's International Music Network and the She Rocks Awards!

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Brooke Alexx talks about moving from her musical theater background to releasing and writing music, touring and more.

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What an impressive career Leanne Bowes has had! Leanne tells us about her journey to working in music, playing bass for huge bands such as Demi Lovato, Big Time Rush, Tones & I, Dove Cameron and so many more! She also talks all about her role as Demi Lovato's music director, and touring!

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This week we chat with Xie! Xie is a producer, DJ and vocalist who chats with us about her asian background, learning to produce on garage band, coming from a serious classical music background, DJing Coachella, figuring out the agent world, the importance of personal relationships in the industry, incorporating art into her artist vision, the importance of never stopping, creating edits for live performance, the festival scene and more!

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What a freakin awesome chat this was. Bonnie McIntosh is one hell of a chick and boy does she have some awesome stories! She is currently on tour with Post Malone as his keyboardist and has worked with Selena Gomez, Halsey, Kehlani and more. To hear how she got to the top, behind the scenes of being on tour and more, don't miss this episode!

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Jess and Bowie have a good old chinwag about what's been going on in their life including Jess' RATM Drumeo video, Bowie's trip to Seattle and her meet up with Big Brother's Hisam!

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Emily Shackelton is a songwriter who has had songwriting cuts with Reba McEntire, Sara Evans, Jana Kramer, David Cook, Seth Ennis, Mickey Guyton, and Cassadee Pope. She is such an inspiring songwriter and wonderful performer and she tells us all about how she got her breaks as a songwriter and the ups and downs of the industry.

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Boy did we have an awesome time chatting with Han from Hot Milk! Han talks about how she got into music, getting management, touring, living in Manchester, loving her band mates, touring, Foo Fighters and more!

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This week we chat with AMAZING vocalist and DJ Kaleena Zanders! She chats about how she got into music, songwriting, writing the Superbowl commercial, singing live whilst djing and her live set up performing at EDC Vegas, getting signed to Helix Records and Wasserman, and so much more! A seriously good chat!!!

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This week Jess Bowen and Bowie Jane chat with Vicky T who toured the world with multi-platinum pop band cobra starship for 10 years. An experienced keytarist and songwriter, Vicky chats about her music career, studying film at Tisch, being the daughter of multiple Grammy winning procure Peter Asher, and working for Britney Spears!

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Chinwag - being a female working in the music industry, the Summer Set new music & upcoming gigs!

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Jess Bowen & Bowie Jane chat about tour bus toilets vs big brother toilets, the importance of working out on the road, Jess' upcoming gigs with the Summer Set, dry (or should we say damp January) as well as her electronic drum kit!

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In an unconventional BBTB exclusive, Big Brother season 25 winner Jag Bains joins ranks with
the Babes to talk about his experience in the house with Bowie and his strategy that won him
the whole game. Don’t miss it!

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We chat with Nikitaa who was born and raised in Mumbai and now lives in LA! She chats about her music career as well as being deeply inspired by her family's ties to Indian classical music! 

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Jess Bowen gives the very first IN DEPTH interview with our own Bowie Jane (3rd place Big Brother 25) where she chats about her experience in the Big Brother house! You don't wanna miss this one!

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We are back for 2024! Jess and Bowie chat about their most recent gigs, the role of music directors and what is coming up for this year!

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This week we chat with Mona Tavakoli, drummer/percussionist of Raining Jane, Jason Mraz, Sara Bareilles, and the co-founder/co-director of Rock n’ Roll Camp For Girls Los Angeles. During our chat Mona tells us about learning drums at age 11, adapting to learning the cajón while taking a flamenco dance class in college, starting her all-female band Raining Jane, touring and recording with Jason Mraz, recently playing on Sesame Street with Sara Bareilles, and more!

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Singer Songwriter from Africa Marieme chats with Jess Bowen and Bowie Jane on Babes Behind the Beats about getting signed to Universal and have an Apple Placement!

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