Noisy and Outspoken Em Marcovecchio

Kat Kennedy is an artist manager, working with the likes of We Are Scientists, Emeli Sandé and Liz Lawrence.  She has built a renowned reputation for herself within the industry, working at BigLife Management for over 16 years.  Kat was selected as a participant in the 2020-21 Keychange programme and often speaks at various conferences and industry events.  This conversation was fascinating, speaking to someone with so much experience working in the music industry was really eye-opening.  Generally, I am surrounded by others who are relatively 'new' to the industry, however, speaking with Kat put a lot of my thoughts into perspective.  In this episode, we talk about how she started at BigLife, her journey through student radio, as well as what being a manager consists of.  I hope you LOVE this episode, if you're wanting to get into working directly with artists in a management capacity, this episode is definitely for you.

Check Kat out here:

@katkennedy

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Megan Graye is the founder and editor in chief of Vocal Girls Club, a publication which focuses on creating diversity within the music industry, championing new artists, with a focus on marginalised genders.  Through events, written articles and their podcast, they help to showcase a huge variety of up and coming artists, helping more women and non-binary creatives to get into the music industry, through their platform.  Megan founded the platform in 2020 after years of wanting her own challenge; she had always created content but wanted her own project, feeling frustrated by the lack of women working in music, Vocal Girls was naturally born.  Megan is also a radio show host on Islington Radio and has a huge amount of experience working within the creative world.  This podcast episode left me feeling so inspired, I  wanted to throw my whole body into making and doing after talking to Megan, I hope you feel the same!

Check Megan out here:

@megangraye

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Hannah Brodrick is a live sound engineer, who has over 10 years of experience working in the live music industry.  From artists such as Dodie to L Devine, Hannah has recently embarked on a new project, touring with Florence and the Machine.  In 2019 Hannah won the Shure 24 Audience Choice - A celebration of people pushing the limits of audio culture around the world, brought forward by Shure and Mixcloud.  She is also the Co-Founder and Director of 'Women in Live Music', aiming to equalise the gender imbalance across the music industry through workshops, mentoring and much more.  I hope you absolutely love hearing Hannah speak about her work and her craft, until this episode I had never spoken to a Live Sound Engineer in such depth, so it was a total joy to hear what a day in her life looks like, and how she started working within her job role.  

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@hannahbrodrick

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Edited by Al O'Connor:

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Coach Party for intro/outro music
FromFinn for Branding
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Orla Gartland released her debut album 'Woman on the Internet' last August, reaching number 10 in the Official Charts, released as an Independent Artist.  No label, just Orla and her legend manager Claire.  We talk all about how we met back in 2019, how she finds herself working as a musician without a label, as well as her experience touring as a session musician for Dodie.  As I type this Orla is sitting next to me, as we are currently on tour across Europe !! Super exciting however I'm a little sleep-deprived.  Anyway, I hope you adore and take something away from this, Orla is one of the most hard-working and down to earth women I have ever been able to work alongside.

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@orlagartland

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Edited by Al O'Connor:

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Email: hello@alysaocreator.com

Special thanks to:

Coach Party for intro/outro music
FromFinn for Branding
Neal Megaw for Imagery
Jennie Rawling for Copy

Eliza Williams, known on socials as Doolittle Illustrations is absolutely smashing it as a freelance illustrator.  Her unique and fun illustration style has allowed her to grow a very organic plethora of clients, regularly working with Spotify on their 'Our Generation' project.  The project has taken the form of posters and installations at festivals such as Latitude, as well as exclusive artwork to celebrate moments in artists careers, such as Holly Humberstone at The BRIT Awards.  Eliza has illustrated artists such as Girl in Red, Matilda Mann and many more.  Eliza was born in Australia and lives in Melbourne; throughout this conversation, we talk about how she found her illustration style, stumbled into working in the music industry and also finds inspiration for her illustrations.

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@elizawilliams

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Edited by Al O'Connor:

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Special thanks to:

Coach Party for intro/outro music
FromFinn for Branding
Neal Megaw for Imagery
Jennie Rawling for Copy

Tina Hizon, commonly known as Tina Keys is a true icon within the music industry, working as a MD and Session Musician to some crazy cool artists.  Her bio is incredibly impressive, with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Roger Taylor, Clean Bandit, Maisie Peters and Dua Lipa as just some of the talent she has played alongside.  In this episode, we discuss Tina's backup plan of accounting in case music didn't work out, as well as the ups and downs of being a self-employed musician.  If you're wanting to start session playing, and don't know where to start, or if like me, you're fascinated by the people who work behind the scenes in music, you're going to love this episode.  I truly think this is one of my favourite ever episodes!

Check Tina out here: 

@tinakeys

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Edited by Al O'Connor:

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Email: hello@alysaocreator.com

Special thanks to:

Coach Party for intro/outro music
FromFinn for Branding
Neal Megaw for Imagery
Jennie Rawling for Copy