VOCAL GIRLS PODCAST – Details, episodes & analysis

If you've always wanted to work in music, but aren't sure where to start, then this episode is for you!

Back in July, VOCAL GIRLS was invited by Truck Festival to do a panel talk at their Tap Room stage: ‘Breaking Into the Music Industry with Vocal Girls’. Hosted by VOCAL GIRLS founder and music journalist, Megan Graye and VOCAL GIRLS content producer Dani Murden, the panel featured Cherym, Indy Brewer, and members of the VG team.

With different guests working in different areas of the industry (musician; management; PR; graphic design; and journalism), we chatted about how everyone started out, their fears, failures, and hot tips for those taking their first few steps.

We want to send a big thank you to all of our guests for being so gracious and honest and to Truck Festival 2023 for inviting us down! You can now listen to the full audio now from wherever you get your podcasts!

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The VOCAL GIRLS podcast is the series where music journalist and VOCAL GIRLS Founder, Megan Graye, chats to artists about their past, present and future, and the music that intertwines these experiences. This series is a collaboration with The Great Escape Festival, so for this series Megan will be interviewing four key artists from their line-up. This week, Megan's speaking to singer-songwriter, Rachel Chinouriri. 

After recording some songs on a budget mic and her mum’s laptop aged 17, Rachel released her first ep ‘bedroom tales’ on Soundcloud. Since then she’s signed a record deal with Parlophone, had her music shared by her personal idols Coldplay, and most recently bagged a Hottest Record on Clara Amfo’s show on R1 with her latest single, ‘All I ever asked'.

Rachel’s sound is delicate, soothing and layered. Her lyrics touch on relationship struggles and personal darkness, but her vocals feel bright and sincere. Her acoustic version of her song ‘So my darling’ has been streamed almost 10 million times.

Megan and Rachel chatted a few weeks back about her stage fright, why she decided to speak out against unconscious bias in the industry and what we can expect from incoming new music.  

Rachel's song choices:

Past: The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather 

Present: Haunted House - Holly Humberstone

Future: Etta Marcus - Salt Lake City

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This podcast is produced, edited and presented by Megan Graye. Music for this podcast was composed and recorded by Jessica Edwards and the graphics are by Alayna Hunte. They are both members of the VOCAL GIRLS team. 

This podcast series was created in collaboration with the Great Escape Festival - the festival for new music. The Great Escape is a three-day music festival in Brighton which kicks off this year’s UK festival season. It is renowned for highlighting emerging artists and for showcasing new music and this year is no exception with over 450 incredible up and coming artists from all over the world on the line up! The Great Escape will be running from the 11th - 14th May 2022 across 35 venues, all within walking distance of one another.

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The VOCAL GIRLS podcast is the series where music journalist and VOCAL GIRLS Founder, Megan Graye, chats to artists about their past, present and future, and the music that intertwines these experiences.

The first episode of season 3 with Baby Queen will be dropping on 2nd March 2022. Keep an eye on our socials for more details.

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Music for this podcast was composed and recorded by Jessica Edwards from the VOCAL GIRLS team.

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You're listening to CHANGE THE RECORD podcast by VOCAL GIRLS and tmrw! For our last episode of the series, host Megan Graye, is speaking to the emerging singer songwriter, Olivia Dean. The 21-year-old from East London previously toured as part of Rudimental’s band before starting to release her own music back in 2018. Now she’s on the way to big things having just released her brilliantly open new EP ‘What Am I Gonna Do On Sundays?’, including hit singles like ‘Echo’ and has sold out shows at London's Jazz Cafe. Listen now to hear Olivia talk about the music that inspired her, the impact of 2020 on her identity and her ambitions for the future. You can listen to Olivia’s song choices from her 'yesterday' 'today' and 'tomorrow’ HERE: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3coU45Rhmi8VwUo8OsYyiJ?si=-kql2-hhQiaT8zEZehhkqw Subscribe to get the latest episodes of CHANGE THE RECORD and follow us on Instagram or Twitter @tmrwmag and @vocalgirlsclub / @megangraye_ | Music for this podcast is by Joe Garside. *Note: We only sample songs where we have permission from the artists to do so.*

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You're listening to CHANGE THE RECORD podcast by VOCAL GIRLS and tmrw! This week, host Megan Graye, is speaking Eshita Kabra Davies - the Founder of ByRotation, which is the first UK peer to peer fashion rental app. After realising she was part of the problem of fast fashion, Eshita wanted to create something that would enable people to wear new outfits without a cost to the environment. Listen now to hear Eshita talk about the inspiration behind ByRotation, why we need to change the way we think about our clothes and her hopes for a more sustainably conscious fashion industry. You can listen to Eshita’’s song choices from her 'yesterday' 'today' and 'tomorrow’ HERE: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pODmrvgJXJyHyoBDh3P7x?si=82eu7bbxSOKjVbNCdk9KQg Subscribe to get the latest episodes of CHANGE THE RECORD and follow us on Instagram or Twitter @tmrwmag and @vocalgirlsclub / @megangraye_ | Music for this podcast is by Joe Garside. *Note: We only sample songs where we have permission from the artists to do so.*

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You're listening to CHANGE THE RECORD podcast by VOCAL GIRLS and tmrw! This week, host Megan Graye, is speaking to the amazing portraiture, music and fashion film photographer, Vicky Grout. Vicky grew up loving music and immersed herself in the scene she now works in, starting out by taking photos at the events she was already attending. Now 24, she’s shot for big names like Levis, Adidas, and Reebok and artists like Lloyle Carner, Tom Misch and Jorja Smith. Listen now to hear Vicky talk about early music memories, the realities of being a photographer in 2020, and tips for breaking into the industry. You can listen to Vicky’s song choices from her 'yesterday' 'today' and 'tomorrow’ HERE: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PgRKdCXj3uoYe04Rseojk?si=YVvZqQd5TDGuHZEqGGniYw Subscribe to get the latest episodes of CHANGE THE RECORD and follow us on Instagram or Twitter @tmrwmag and @vocalgirlsclub / @megangraye_ | Music for this podcast is by Joe Garside. *Note: We only sample songs where we have permission from the artists to do so.*

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You're listening to CHANGE THE RECORD podcast by VOCAL GIRLS and tmrw! This week, host Megan Graye, is speaking to the most talked about artist of the year - Arlo Parks! The 20 year old singer- songwriter from South West London has been on the cover of NME, had her music played across daytime Radio 1 and 6music, won BBC introducing artist of the year and gained fans like Billie Eilish! Arlo’s medicinal music has provided salvation at a worldly moment of need, brilliantly tackling difficult topics like depression with her singles ‘Black Dog’ and ‘Hurt’. Listen now to hear Arlo talk about early musical influences, how she’s coped with this year of change as well as what to expect from her highly anticipated debut album ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’ - out on 29th Jan 2021. You can listen to Arlo’s song choices from her 'yesterday' 'today' and 'tomorrow’ HERE: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0dAj9zv5FXUWlL0jV1Gl7q?si=XoTz4PdSRn2lXdDSXhxwWQ Subscribe to get the latest episodes of CHANGE THE RECORD and follow us on Instagram or Twitter @tmrwmag and @vocalgirlsclub / @megangraye_ | Music for this podcast is by Joe Garside. *Note: We only sample songs where we have permission from the artists to do so.*

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You're listening to CHANGE THE RECORD podcast by VOCAL GIRLS and tmrw! This week, host Megan Graye is speaking to artist and writer, Lily O’Farrell (or @vulgadrawings as you might know her) about the music from her past, present and future. Lily is from London and started @vulgadrawings in 2018 after finding that drawing her experiences of everyday sexism provided a much needed outlet for the harassment she was facing. When she realised how much people related to her work, she was inspired to create more and encouraged her audience to share their own stories. She has since amassed almost 160k followers on Instagram! Listen now to hear Lily talk trolls, shared experiences, and why her work is not just hilarious - but fundamental. You can listen to Lily’s song choices from her 'yesterday' 'today' and 'tomorrow’ HERE: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7IervRLAUdtznJvlNomRwe?si=H24tttDNT-SQnGtj5iORIw Subscribe to get the latest episodes of CHANGE THE RECORD and follow us on Instagram or Twitter @tmrwmag and @vocalgirlsclub / @megangraye_ Music for this podcast is by Joe Garside. Note: We only sample songs we have permission from the artists to do so.

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You're listening to CHANGE THE RECORD podcast by VOCAL GIRLS and tmrw! This week, host, Megan Graye is speaking to pop-star, GRACEY about the music from her past present and future. GRACEY is a 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Brighton who's just released her mini-album 'The Art of Closure', which features top-10 charting single 'Don't Need Love' with 220 KID. Listen now to hear GRACEY talk setbacks, social media and what it feels like to realise you dreams. You can listen to GRACEY's song choices from her 'yesterday' 'today' and 'tomorrow’ HERE: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0d53sHOADxz1kEPgPTHomw?si=a0Fg5mviTDGku1hiDzFZiw Subscribe now to get the latest episodes of CHANGE THE RECORD and follow us on Instagram or Twitter @tmrwmag and @vocalgirlsclub / @megangraye_ Music for this podcast is by Joe Garside

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You’re listening to CHANGE THE RECORD, the brand new podcast in which Megan Graye talks to guests about their past, present and future - and the music that connects them. In this collaborative series tmrw has teamed up with VOCAL GIRLS to promote and elevate womxn’s voices from across the creative industries. Host and VOCAL GIRLS founder, Megan Graye, speaks to some of the most inspiring womxn from music, art and fashion about their experiences in everything from trolls to topping the charts. With 2020 highlighting how fundamental music is to sane survival, we asked each guest to pick three songs that represent their 'yesterday' 'today' and 'tomorrow’. They share their personal discoveries from the past, their relationship with the now and their attitude towards the future and how music pervades that journey. Subscribe now to get the latest episodes of CHANGE THE RECORD and follow us on Instagram or Twitter @tmrwmag and @vocalgirlsclub / @megangraye_ Music for this podcast is by Joe Garside

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