JUMP Music Initiative Podcast

Marshall on the JUMP Music Podcast SE2-EP20 Marshall: Producing, Songwriting, and Dealing With Loss
@Marshall

Marshall  - Emmy award-winning songwriter and Juno award-winning artist. 

Formerly of Walk off the Earth, singer/songwriter/producer Marshall is a Multi-Platinum recording artist. He is an Emmy Award-winning songwriter, has #1 Hit’s on Billboard triple-A, along with multiple Canadian Music Awards, Juno Award, Streamy award, SOCAN Award, Youtube Music Award and has multiple cuts with top 40 artists across the world.

Marshall - “an infectious groove with an infectious beat reminiscent

JUMP Music Initiative @jumpmusicinitiative is a not-for-profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.   

JUMP Music Initiative - Empowering Young Musicians!  Education, Mentorship and Opportunities to Play Live 

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Matt Berry on the JUMP Music Podcast SE2-EP19
Matt Berry - @mattberry

https://youtu.be/-gHNFrACewU  

Matt Berry is the Music Director of Calgary's Alternative X92.9 and also on-air host Evenings Monday to Wednesday 7p to Midnight. Along with that, Matt Berry is also host and curator of the Alt 20 Countdown, which runs Saturdays at 9am, and Sunday at 7pm on X92.9 and X100.7 in Red Deer. Along with that, Matt is host and curator of Xposure, an indie Canadian show airing Sunday at 9pm on X92.9 and X100.7 Red Deer.   

Xposure has been ongoing since the launch of X92.9 back in 2007, and Matt Berry has hosted since 2013. It focuses on local Calgary and Alberta acts, but also plays bands weekly from all across Canada with the goal of shining a spotlight on some of our country's lesser-known talent.  

In his downtime Matt Berry loves discovering new music, adventuring with his new fiance, and their dog Coco, and he makes cocktails for fun on his Instagram account @TheChelseaRoom

Patton Magee from the Nude Party on the JUMP Music Podcast SE2-EP18
Patton Magee - @pattonmagee @thenudeparty  

The Nude Party is a six-piece American band from North Carolina consisting of Austin Brose, Alec Castillo, Shaun Couture, Patton Magee, Don Merrill and Conor Mikita. Formed at Appalachian State University in 2012, the band has released two full-length albums, “The Nude Party” in 2018 and “Midnight Manor” in 2020 on New West Records in addition to “Hot Tub EP” in 2016.

Sami Parker on the JUMP Music Podcast SE2-EP17
Sami Parker - @samiparker  

Sami Parker is a non-binary, neurodiverse musician and radio host from Calgary, Alberta. Inspired by the magic that local artists bring to their work, they began a radio program to showcase the talent embedded within Calgary's music scene. Broadcasting every Wednesday from 12-1PM on CJSW 90.9FM, Local Singles strives to highlight musical excellence from every walk of life.  

Sami currently plays drums in God Spilt The Milk, a 6 piece funk and soul inspired band, fronted by the amazingly talented Ainsley Christine. They were also previously involved with Krill Williams, having been the drummer on their latest EP "Cocktail Hour."

Ben Bloomberg on the JUMP Music Podcast SE2-EP16
Ben Bloomberg - @benbloomberg

https://youtu.be/lR3ICUI_pE8

Ben is a Grammy nominated creative technologist who imagines, designs and builds everything from electro-acoustic musical instruments to AI driven performances and tours. He specializes in the conception and implementation of advanced surround sound and interactive music systems.

His recent work with Jacob Collier involved the creation of Collier’s signature Harmoniser and the development of his groundbreaking one-man-show, for which he was praised by the Guardian as “the Tonto’s Expanding Headband to Collier’s Stevie Wonder.”

As a recent graduate of the MIT Media Lab, Ben worked with Composer/Professor Tod Machover, as sound designer for two recent operas; Schoenberg in Hollywood, and Pulitzer finalist Death and the Powers (a robot opera), as well as six City Symphonies, working with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal under Kent Nagano, Philadelphia Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Peter Oundjian.

In addition he worked with the Metropole Orkest under Jules Buckley for Collier’s Djesse Vol. 1 album, and with Jacob as a core part of the Djesse project. He was nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy in 2021 for his mixing and engineering contributions to Djesse Vol. 3.

Ben started recording and running live sound at age nine and has since worked on hundreds of projects in venues and studios all over the world, including Abbey Road, the Hollywood Bowl, Royal Albert Hall, and Carnegie Hall. He has crossed paths with many other artists, engineers and designers— from Björk to Ariana Grande, people seem to seek him out when there is a challenge that hasn’t been seen before, requiring novel, creative and highly customized solutions.

Ben is passionate about finding human-centric experiences even when technology is abundant and predominant. In doing this he strives to interweave creative, technical, social, and logistical aspects of production, all necessary to craft compelling musical experiences for the present day and beyond.

JUMP Music Podcast Season 2 – EP15 with Damian Keyes
@damiankeyes  

Damian Keyes is an award-winning Entrepreneur, Educator, Music Industry & Social Media Specialist, Musician, Author, YouTuber… And Jedi.  

When it comes to music education and mentoring musicians to strategise their career, Damian has proven he is the best in the world. At 23, Damian founded and built The British Institute of Modern Music (BIMM - now known as BIMM Institute), currently valued at over $250m, and they are the largest set of music colleges in the world. Artists that studied at BIMM under Damian include George Ezra, The Kooks and James Bay.  In addition to this, Damian has worked as a professional bass player internationally, alongside artists such as Eric Clapton, Alanis Morissette, The Who and Bob Dylan. After building BIMM, Damian went on to successfully build and invest in several other businesses, including a management company for musicians (DK Music Management) and a live agency (Warble Entertainment).  

The constant for Damian has always been educating & advising musicians throughout all stages of their career, whilst being at the forefront of navigating changes in the music industry. Damian has built an online community of over 200k musicians online, through YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. Damian has also released two Amazon best-selling books for musicians, The Rule Breakers Guide to Social Media & Stop Selling Music: Career Changing Lessons for Musicians.  

Damian is inundated with messages every day from musicians wanting his expertise & guidance for their career. He realised that he wasn’t able to keep up with the demand through YouTube & Instagram alone, so wanted to establish a community where musicians can have more access to him & his training. So in 2020 he set up DKMBA, where members have access to courses teaching them everything they'd need to know about the music industry from social media, to platforms, to releasing their music. Hosting weekly live sessions and being directly involved with the community means he can work closely with musicians and help them achieve the successes they'd only dreamt about!'  

JUMP Music Initiative @jumpmusicinitiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.   

JUMP Music Initiative - Empowering Young Musicians!  Education, Mentorship and Opportunities to Play Live @jumpmusicinitiative

JUMP Music Podcast Season 2 – EP13 Henri Cash  of Starcrawler  
@henricash

I eat candy and play guitar... Henri Cash  

Rock guitarist who rose to fame as a member of the American band Starcrawler. With the band, he is recognized for songs such as "Bet My Brains," "Pet Sematary," and "She Gets Around."  In the summer of 2015, Arrow de Wilde and Austin Smith came together to collaborate in making music. When the school year began in 2015/2016, the two decided to recruit new members, a guitarist and bassist. One day during school Wilde saw Henri Cash and asked: "You look cool, do you play guitar?" Cash was actually carrying a tuba...   

JUMP Music Initiative @jumpmusicinitiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.   

JUMP Music Initiative - Empowering Young Musicians!  Education, Mentorship and Opportunities to Play Live @jumpmusicinitiative

JUMP Music Podcast Season 2 – EP13 with Mike Schwartz
@mikeschwartz

Mike Schwartz is a musician-first fitness professional, author and educator. A.K.A "The Rock Doctor" he has contributed to Canadian Musician Magazine, appeared on Rick Barker's "The Music Industry Blueprint Podcast" and since authoring his 2017 publication "The Musician's Guide To Surviving The Rock Star Lifestyle", he’s been the driving force behind musician wellness and a key figure at Canadian Music Week, Australian Music Week, BreakOut West, Abbey Road Institute, Studios 301, Folk Music Ontario and the Canadian Country Music Awards.  When he’s not coaching musicians, you'll likely catch Mike making like Fergie up in the gym workin’ on his fitness, writing, or making music you can move to under the moniker “M3.” With the mountains and the ocean in mind, he enjoys travel and culture and is grateful to spend time with loved ones and his 4-legged best friend, Darwin The Pooch. 

JUMP Music Initiative @jumpmusicinitiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.

JUMP Music Initiative - Empowering Young Musicians!  Education, Mentorship and Opportunities to Play Live @jumpmusicinitiative

JUMP Music Podcast Season 2 – EP12 with Russell Broom   
@russellbroom

A music guy, Russell produces, engineers and mixes records, he writes songs and plays guitar. Russell has performed, written, and or engineered a whole bunch of music on film & TV too... Which has led to awards including...  JUNO songwriter of the year WCMA producer of the year X3 WCMA musician of the year WCMA engineer of the year WCMA pop album of the year SOCAN pop, #1 and classic awards JUNO producer and engineer nominations AMPIA dramatic score of the year X2  Sales awards for album productions with Jann Arden including: “Greatest Hurts” 2001 2X platinum “Love is The Only Soldier” 2003 gold “Jann Arden” 2005 gold “Uncover Me” 2007 platinum  

JUMP Music Initiative @jumpmusicinitiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.   

JUMP Music Initiative - Empowering Young Musicians!  Education, Mentorship and Opportunities to Play Live
@jumpmusicinitiative

JUMP Music Podcast Season 2 – EP11 with Richard Devine   
@richarddevine  

Recording Artist, and sound designer who specializes in field recording, sound effects, and sound design for T.V/Film, web media, Virtual Reality, and video games.  

During the past three years, Richard Devine has remixed top Warp artists like Aphex Twin and Mike Patton (Faith No More). He has released 7 full-length albums on Schematic, Planet-Mu,  Warp, Asphodel, and Sublight records and has performed his own ear-tearing music mayhem worldwide. Based in Atlanta, Georgia he has done film score work for Touchstone Pictures (with John Hues & Kyle Cooper). He has also collaborated with BT (Brian Transeau on the movie “Surveillance” Directed by Adam Rifkin, Odopod, Elias Arts, Wieden & Kennedy, AKQA Inc., and has worked on commercials for the Nike Shoe Company and worked with various companies doing sound design for Audi, BMW, Ford, Scion, Coke, LandRover, Peugeot, Dodge, HBO, Nestle, Nike Japan & USA, McDonald's, Sprite, Spike Television network and has also worked with Konami gaming division for the Dance-Dance Revolution game.  

In 2007 he signed a deal with Sony Media to release his first two Sound Effects libraries, "Pulse" and "The Electronic Manuscript" which won 2009's best sample library by Remix Technology Awards. in 2008 Richard launched a new sound design company "Devinesound" which was nominated for the Cannes Lions Award for the sound design work on the interactive website for Microsoft Gaming division-Halo Believe Campaign. In May 2016 he contributed sound effects and musical elements to the (Doom 4, Wolfenstein: The New Order) Soundtrack along with Mick Gordan. In 2017 He created UI Sound Design and Ambisonic Environmental Audio for Google's DayDream VR Platform/Google Earth VR.  

In 2018 he did Sound Design for the new Jaguar I-Pace electric car, which included the exterior/interior engine sounds. All in the system user interaction sounds, alerts, notifications, blinker, low battery warning, charging battery, navigation, and power on/welcome sounds. In November 2018 he released his 7th full album Sort\Lave on Planet-Mu records(U.K.) His new EP on BL_K recordings is slated for September 2020.   In 2019 He designed all of the user interaction sounds and opening sound logo for Google's Stadia streaming platform. On February 24, 2019, Richard created several soundtracks and hundreds of sound effects for CD Projekt Red's CyberPunk 2077, and on November 11, 2020, he released the "Systik" EP on BlackNoise records. He currently working on his next album slated for next year coming out on Planet-Mu records. 

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JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP#23 with Zach Gerber

Zach Gerber is an audio engineer and producer from Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.  Zach has been touring professionally for a decade and has done shows in over 25 countries around the world working for artists including Walk Off The Earth, Serena Ryder and Tim Hicks.  Zach is also the owner of Skytrack Studios, an audio recording and post production studio located in Cambridge, Ontario.  At the studio he focuses on guiding artists through the journey of finding their sound, and getting the most out of their songs.   

JUMP Music Initiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.   

JUMP Music Initiative - Empowering Young Musicians!  
@jumpmusicinitiative

JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP#22 with Beni Johnson 

Beni Johnson is a bonafide creative, idea acrobat and momentum maker whose purpose is to amplify others. From a recording artist to event planner, graphic designer and web developer to visual/creative director, Music A&R to Marketing consultant and entrepreneur, Beni Johnson wears many hats. He currently sits on the board of Music Calgary, Chinook Blast, and ADVANCE, Canada’s Black Music Business Collective. 

Beni Johnson is a top 40 under 40 recipient who has developed some of the most respected and unique cultural entertainment experiences in all of alberta. Motivated by his own personal mantra, 'let's build', Beni Johnson has built communities for enthusiasts and artists of all disciplines to meet, collaborate and, above all, celebrate the positive spirit that a true growing city embodies. 

JUMP Music Initiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages. 

JUMP Music Initiative - Empowering Young Musicians!
@jumpmusicinitiative

JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP#21 with Ian Blackwood

Ian Blackwood - A musician, photographer and actor as well as music producer/mixer and engineer, Ian Blackwood has worn many hats in his two decades long tenure. Anthems & Algorythms is the official follow-up EP from Blackwood’s singer/songwriter inspired ‘Cold Water’ LP & his second release on the Canadian Indie Label 'Golden Carrot Records.' AA is a throw-back to some of Blackwood’s earlier musical inspirations. Rooted in 70’s rock and 80’s synth-era pop with a touch of coastal 90’s & modern pop-punk, AA is an example of an artist letting loose and getting some things off his chest. There’s a little something for everyone on this EP, not to mention covers of ‘I’m On Fire’ by Bruce Springsteen & ‘Where Is My Mind’ originally by The Pixies. @ianblackwood 

JUMP Music Initiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.   

JUMP Music Initiative - Empowering Young Musicians! Music Education, Opportunities to Play Live and Artist Development.  @jumpmusicinitiative

JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP20 with Lindsey Ray  

Lindsey Ray is an artist, songwriter, producer that has written songs for artists such as Mariah Carey, Demi Lovato and DJ Tiesto and whose own artist projects have landed hundreds of syncs in film/tv and advertising since 2008.   

Her songs have powered advertising for brands including but not limited to Target, T-Mobile, Lexus, Special K, Kohl’s, JC Penney, XBOX, McDonald’s, and most notably and international spot for the release of Samsung’s S10 mobile phone in 2019. Lindsey’s songs have been heard in promos, trailers and popular television shows including Grey’s Anatomy, So You Think You Can Dance, Selling Sunset, Love Island, and HBO’s hit show Insecure among many others.   Lindsey currently releases music under 3 separate artist personas: Lindsey Ray, Rayelle and Olly Anna.  

JUMP Music Initiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.   

JUMP Music Initiative - Empowering Young Musicians! Music Education, Opportunities to Play Live and Artist Development.   
@jumpmusicinitiative

JUMP Music Podcast EP19 Miesha and the Spanks  

Best known as the front-woman for Miesha & The Spanks, Miesha has been involved in the Canadian Music Industry since 1999- as a teenager hosting touring bands in her small town community hall, to building her career as an artist in Calgary, she's been in it for the long haul. Miesha received 3 awards and 4 nominations at 2019's YYC Music Awards- Rock Recording, Single, and Female Artist of the Year. The awarded album Girls Girls Girls ranked #1 on the National Loud Charts for College/Community Radio, with single Summer Love charting at #1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown.  Miesha also facilitates and sits on the board for Girls Rock Camp Calgary, mentoring cis and trans girls, and non-binary youth, as they engage with each other through musical education and performance in a positive environment led by women.  

JUMP Music Initiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.   JUMP Music Initiative - Empowering Young Musicians!  Music Education, Opportunities to Play Live and Artist Development.  @jumpmusicinitiative

JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP18 with Ben Nixon  

Ben Nixon is a recording engineer, live event technician, video producer, production manager, educator, and musician. He is currently the head of audio at the Bella Concert Hall in Calgary, Alberta and has been running his own production company since 2009. Ben’s past experience includes recording, mixing, and producing a wide range of music and speech projects, mixing music festivals throughout western Canada, touring with a variety of musical acts, and working as a lighting designer for dance, theatre, and concert events. In addition to directly supporting creative projects, Ben has also been teaching technical skills for over a decade.

JUMP Music Initiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.   JUMP Music Initiative - Empowering Young Musicians!  Music Education, Opportunities to Play Live and Artist Development.   

JUMP Music Initiative
jumpmusicinitiative@gmail.com  
@jumpmusicinitiative 

5¢ Freakshow "The Frankenstein Of Horrorpunk And Psychobilly." Consisting of Nikky Casket (Guitar/Lead Vocals) Bilo Von Gacy (Upright Bass/Backing Vocals) and Steve Morbid (Drums.) Combining aggressive power chords, speedy upright bass runs, catchy hooks, and heavy hitting drums. 

Each member has their own unique and original face paint that has already turned into a brand and has put them on the map in the music industry. 5¢ Freakshow has a devoted and loyal worldwide following and has made their mark in the Horrorpunk and Psychobilly scene across the globe.

@5centfreakshow

JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP15 2020 with Ann Vriend

Ann Vriend - AV (Ann Vriend) is known most for her virtuosic, soaringly powerful vocals, and not far behind that for her multi award-winning abilities as a songwriter -- and she ain’t too bad at the piano, either. She has been delivering her unique brand of old-school, inner-city soul to audiences around Europe, Oceana, Asia, and North America throughout her under-the-radar but consistently award-winning, critically acclaimed career.

A “musician’s musician” and equally compelling solo as with a full band AV has sold more than 20,000 albums off the stage, independently, and can somehow turn even the most difficult rooms to her attention, which she attributes from having cut her teeth playing bars — solo, and with exclusively original music— in small towns in Alberta, Canada.

@AnnVriend

JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP14 2020 with Chad Schroter-Gillespie

Chad Schroter-Gillespie

Chad is probably the most humble person you'll ever meet but don't be deceived, his talent is immeasurable. He has a bachelor’s degree in Media Studies and Video production. Oh yeah did I mention he is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker!

Chad is driven by his passion to tell interesting and impactful stories. Whether he is doing it through songwriting (yes, he's also a musician) or video/audio work, his ability to capture emotion and convey a message is uncanny.

As a Digital Marketing Specialist for the National Music Centre - Studio Bell, he spends his time interviewing Canada's music legends and Grammy award winners - not a bad gig!

​In his spare time Chad enjoys, crazy long bike rides...like literally around the entire city, eating ice cream, laughing with friends and family, playing guitar, and singing in the Jack Lumber Band.

@ChadSchroter-Gillespie
@NationalMusicCentre

JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP13 2020 with Paul Toth

Paul's background starts in television, working at CTV Calgary for many years. While this was fun, he had always wanted to have his own business. Deciding to leave the safety of a regular gig, he struck out on his own with what is now known as Advance Entertainment, a video production company. His credits include major corporations like ENMAX, TC Energy, & Safeway but much of his work was in entertainment, getting to work with big names like William Shatner, and on big projects like the 18 month run of RAIN, A Tribute to the Beatles on Broadway in New York. Most recently working on the musicals by Queen “We Will Rock You” & Foreigner “Juke Box Hero”.   

As a musician, Paul has played in a number of bands with local successes including 4 top 10 college radio songs in the 80’s (Even the Unfair) and, releasing a 5 song CD that is now considered a rare CD (Switch: First Impression) which sells for over $50US to collectors all over the world. Paul continues to play music and gigs regularly, and he is also working on recording an album. This musical passion has spread to his children which lead them & him to the School of Rock Calgary South in Douglasdale.   

www.calgarysouth.schoolofrock.com
www.instagram.com/schoolofrockcalgarysouth
www.facebook.com/SchoolOfRockCalgarySouth

JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP12 2020 with Crystal McGrath  

Crystal McGrath is a Country Pop recording artist and songwriter from Calgary, Alberta. In September 2019, she released the Room to Breathe EP, and her latest release “Game On” inspired by artists such as Maren Morris, Carrie Underwood and Christina Aguilara is out September 2020. “Game On” is a song to empower women to go after what they want, whether it be a dance at a club or going after the CEO position of a company, anything is possible if you go after it.  No stranger to the stage, Crystal has performed all around the world including gigs in Canada, USA, Mexico, UK, and Australia. She has shared the stage with Canadian Country heavyweights George Canyon and Aaron Pritchett to name a few.  Continuously working on new music and releases, follow Crystal on social media to stay up to date on the latest news.   

www.crystalmcgrath.ca
www.instagram.com/crystalmcgrath
www.facebook.com/crystalmcgrathmusic
twitter.com/crystalmcgrath  

JUMP Music Initiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.   

JUMP Music Initiative EMPOWERING YOUNG MUSICIANS!
Music Education, Opportunities to Play Live and Band Development.   

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JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP11 2020 with Jenn Beaupre  

Jenn Beaupre has been a voice coach for nearly 15 years and a singer/songwriter, recording artist and entertainer for many more. Her career highlights include a stint on Canadian Idol, playing at “Alberta House” at the 2020 Vancouver Olympics and winning the (Calgary) Stampede Youth Talent Search. She has appeared on stages across North America in is currently putting music out under her artist name, Rozette. Jenn coaches students in Calgary and across Canada and the USA.   

www.JennBeaupre.com
www.facebook.com/jenn.beaupre
www.instagram.com/iamrozette
www.youtube.com/jennbeaupre  

JUMP Music Initiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.   

JUMP Music Initiative: Music Education, Opportunities to Play Live and Band Development.   

jumpmusicinitiative@gmail.com
www.jumpmusicinitiative.com
www.instagram.com/jumpmusicinitiative

JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP7 2020 with the Frank Mona Band

The Frank Mona Band  We are Frank Mona, an alternative rock trio from Calgary. We make dreams come true.  We have been playing together for over five years. We play mostly indie rock and some of our main musical influences include The Strokes, Weezer and Muse.  https://www.facebook.com/FrankMonaBand
https://www.instagram.com/frankmonaband
https://twitter.com/frankmonaband  

JUMP Music Initiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists. These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.   JUMP Music Initiative: Music Education, Opportunities to Play Live and Band Development.   
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JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP5 2020 with Lisa Jacobs   

Lisa Jacobs   

Multi-instrumentalist, Lisa Jacobs, declares the bass guitar her most beloved.  Playing her first blues festival at age 12, she has gone on to write, record, music direct and preform with a variety artists, including platinum recording pop artist Jocelyn Alice, Marshall (Walk Off The Earth), Juno winner Paul Reddick, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Wide Mouth Mason, Suzie Vinnick, Amy Bishop and Jann Arden (a personal highlight).  

In addition to working as a session musician, Lisa released an EP with her original project - jocelyn & lisa- in 2012.  A song from that project - “Bound to You” went gold after being re-released by Jocelyn Alice in 2018.   

Most recently, Lisa toured North America for 6 months with “We We Rock You”, a musical based on Queen’s music.  A major venue highlight was playing the theatre in Madison Square Gardens.    

In addition to preforming, Lisa has a degree in music therapy.  As a therapist she’s had the opportunity to create music with people of varied abilities in many different settings including schools, hospitals and even a maximum security prison.   

www.instagram.com/lisajuliejacobs
www.facebook.com/lisajuliejacobs   

JUMP Music Initiative - Empowering Young Musicians!  

JUMP Music Initiative is a Calgary-based not for profit that hosts music industry workshops, music showcases and provides mentorship to young musical artists in our city. The events are generally held in a central location for easy access, open to all ages and close to YYC Music Mile.   

All JUMP Music Initiative programs are all inclusive, all ages and cover most musical genres.   

JUMP Music Initiative
jumpmusicinitiative@gmail.com
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JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP#3 with Marcus Trummer

MARCUS TRUMMER  Inspired by the vibrant history of North American roots music, Calgary based singer-songwriter Marcus Trummer’s brand of blues and soul influenced rock & roll features a sound built on riff-driven guitar work, held together by soulful vocals. Since forming in 2018 Marcus and his 4-piece band have taken their lively show to numerous venues around Alberta including appearances as part of the 2019 Calgary International Blues Festival, and the 2019 Waynestock Music Festival. They have also had a monthly performance residency at The Blues Can in Calgary since September 2018. Marcus has had the opportunity to support several established artists as well, including opening for Juno Award winners MonkeyJunk, and Jim Byrnes.  

This summer Marcus was honored with the Calgary Blues Fest’s Randy Ouston Scholarship and also the Zackariah and the Prophets Emerging Artist Award at the YYC Music Awards. The band’s debut single Good Times, received radio support from CJSW, X92.9, & CKUA and was nominated for Alternative Song of the Year at the 2019 YYCMAs. Their song, Keep On won first prize in the youth category of the 2019 Ship & Anchor Songwriting Contest, and will be released as part of the band’s upcoming EP ahead of the 2020 summer festival season.    

www.marcustrummermusic.com
www.instagram.com/marcustrummermusic  

JUMP Music Initiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists.  These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.  

JUMP Music Initiative: Music Education, Opportunities to Play Live and Band Development.    

JUMP Music Initiative
jumpmusicinitiative@gmail.com
www.jumpmusicinitiative.com
www.instagram.com/jumpmusicinitiative

JUMP Music Initiative Podcast EP #2 with Josh Gwilliam - Producer, OCL Studios  

JOSH ROB GWILLIAM

Known for taking the best of traditional techniques and integrating them seamlessly with modern technology, Josh began his career as a producer and engineer in 2001. Gwilliam has held his place behind the glass for the last 14 years working with a wide array of artists. His work as an engineer with The Road Hammers & George Canyon resulted in Platinum Records and Juno Awards for both artists.  

Josh Rob Gwilliam has pursued his passion of capturing sound in searching for unique environments and unusual settings. Whether it’s in the forest, an old church, or a traditional studio his goal is always to capture music in its purest form.  

Gwilliam’s distinctive approach to music has led him to work with artists such as Cowpuncher, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Miesha & The Spanks, Ghosts of Modern Man, and Sidney York. Gwilliam has also worked as a respected freelance producer in various studios across Canada and the USA and has now made his home here at OCL.   

www.oclstudios.com
www.instagram.com/joshrobgwilliam

JUMP Music Initiative is a not for profit that hosts music industry workshops and live original music showcases for young artists.  These events are generally held in a central location for easy access and open to all ages.  

JUMP Music Initiative: Music Education, Opportunities to Play Live and Band Development.    

JUMP Music Initiative
jumpmusicinitiative@gmail.com
www.jumpmusicinitiative.com
www.instagram.com/jumpmusicinitiative