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  • Creator to Creators S6 Ep 25 Sisaundra

    Creator to Creators S6 Ep 25 Sisaundra
    Jun 26 2024
    Country is introduced to soaring, old school gospel, with R&B making the introduction,
    in “You Remain,” a joyous song of worship from Sisaundra, host of The Sisaundra Show
    on AFRO TV.
    “You Remain,” released March 5, is worship music that can get believers dancing and
    make non-believers wishing they believed.
    “It’s a beautiful tapestry of music that my friends and I put together to — of course
    —honor God,” said Sisaundra. “It’s basically talking about God, that He remains the
    same today, yesterday and forever.”
    The song begins in bluegrass as her country self begins with soft, fast drums, guitars,
    fiddle and banjo in the background. Then it’s off into joyful music and Sisaundra’s
    powerful voice running up and down the scale in three minutes of worship that are
    surely pleasing to the ears of God and people.
    She and her band, For the Culture, began working on it last year, shortly after she
    released another worship song, “Yes (You’d Hear My Mom Say).”
    “The music is all live,” she said, “from violins to guitars, from upright bass to steel guitar.
    We have amazing singers, amazing players.”
    Singer, songwriter and producer, Sisaundra has worked as vocal director and
    choreographer for Celine Dion, recorded and performed on stage with artists such as
    Peabo Bryson, Janet Jackson, George Duke, Sheila E., Gloria Estefan, Enrique
    Iglesias, Patti LaBelle and Najee.
    She was on Blake Shelton’s team in season 6 of “The Voice.”
    The first single she ever put out, “Shout,” was a No. 1 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club hit.
    Monday through Friday, at 7 p.m. Eastern time — sharp — she hosts The Sisaundra
    Show on Comcast Xfinity Channel 1623, streaming on NOW. That’s her regular work,
    filming five days a week.
    She also has a monthly show, AFROJams, where she hosts some of today’s top artists
    as they give live performances.
    As she says in the opening of “You Remain,” Sisaundra is a country woman, Southern
    born, and in this song, she is presenting her country self to God and the world.
    The subject is in the roots of her faith, talking to God, telling him she knows that “You
    remain the same.”
    “He’s the one thing that we can depend on, the constant that we can depend on,” she
    said. “That’s what ‘You Remain’ is about.”
    Though the song was written about eight months ago, she said now, the Easter season,
    is the proper time to release it.
    “Easter is coming up, and it being country at heart, the idea of the song makes the
    timing perfect in today’s world.”
    Soon, “You Remain” will get its own, exclusive performance on The Sisaundra Show.
    “I’m hoping that the song is going to touch the hearts of everyone who hears it,” she
    said, “that they will open their hearts to it and that it will bless them.”
    Receive the blessing and connect to Sisaundra on all platforms for new music, videos,
    and social posts.

    Website: https://www.sisaundra.live
    Afro TV: https://www.afrotainment.us/sisaundra-lewis
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sisaundravevo170
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7I3OlQtC8f1Ag3zfroG39q
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisaundra/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sisaundra
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sisaundra
    X: https://twitter.com/Sisaundra


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    29 mins
  • Creator to Creators S 6 Ep 24 Se7enDigits

    Creator to Creators S 6 Ep 24 Se7enDigits
    Jun 26 2024
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    Musician and producer Nate Young—otherwise known as Se7enDigits is set to release his latest
    single, “Change Your Mind” on June 3 through his label, AWGIU Entertainment. The single
    invites listeners to reflect on the failed communication that often occurs in relationships.
    Born in South Korea, Se7enDigits was adopted at age one and raised in Pennsylvania with his
    sister. His passion for music began developing early on, inspired by his sister’s participation in
    band. By age six, Se7enDigits began to learn the piano and, later on, orchestral music.
    For Se7enDigits, music is a means of connection and healing. He brings personal experiences of
    pain and struggle into his compositions, which are based in the style of hip hop and R&B.
    Se7enDigits cites musical influences including Tory Lanez, J. Cole, and PNB Rock.
    Now, Se7enDigits is a multitalented musician and producer with a bachelor’s degree in
    Recording Arts and a focus in mixing engineering. The name “Se7enDigits” is both a play on the
    digits in a telephone number and a personal experience. When Se7enDigits was younger, he
    was teased at school for having seven fingers instead of ten; now, he takes any misinformed
    negativity in stride, teasing back with his moniker.

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    17 mins
  • Creator to Creators S6 Ep 23 Timothy Chey

    Creator to Creators S6 Ep 23 Timothy Chey
    Jun 14 2024
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    Timothy Chey's latest project, 'The Firing Squad,' starring James Barrington, Kevin Sorbo (“God’s Not Dead”, “Let There Be Light”), and Cuba Gooding, Jr., is a compelling true story of redemption that delves into transformation through faith. The film showcases the power of Christianity in turning the lives of drug dealers into devout believers, offering a message of hope, healing, and renewal.

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    33 mins
  • Creator to Creators S6 Ep 22 Penny Taylor

    Creator to Creators S6 Ep 22 Penny Taylor
    Jun 14 2024
    https://officialpennytaylor.com/https://music.apple.com/us/artist/penny-taylor/1237270332https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkArDMh88WPxCttijcTHSsghttps://www.instagram.com/pennytaylor24_/https://www.tiktok.com/@penny24taylorSince his first track in 2019, Penny Taylor has released more than 50 songs, which includes two six-track EPs, a five-track EP and a 16-track album.With “Cuff,” dropping on June 5, he believes he has found his sound.He calls it “R&B with an edge.”“‘Cuff’ was my first attempt at writing an R&B song from start to finish with a mainstream appeal to it. It is basically a song expressing the desire to actually be in a relationship with someone, with all the perks that come with that.”Until “Cuff,” he also hadn’t written a song where the theme is wanting to be in a relationship — to cuff.That said, this song doesn’t have any double entendres.“No double meanings,” he said, and that applies to the clean, radio cut as well as the explicit one.Kiss on them lips be how I make you wetterCrossing the finish we’ll do it togetherBody a canvas I’m painting it vividTalking is cheap so I paid you a visit“Cuff is like a slang for getting together. It doesn’t even have to be on a sexual level, it could just be personal, having to do with wanting to set expectations and walk into something official,” he said.In either version, “Cuff” is an easy listening, swinging R&B number in which Penny puts his smooth voice to a soulful melody that is very different from his previous work, which was a lot of streetwise hip-hop and rap — more edge than R&B.His earlier output had the pounding beats and flow of the street. “Cuff” has the soft, rhythmic melodies of the bedroom and the interaction between lovers.Penny is a Coloradoan transplanted to Anchorage, Alaska, where he moved to be near family and for opportunity.“I’ve been doing music for a while. I officially started releasing music on platforms with professional engineering, and mixing in 2019, but I was learning myself as an artist, trying to find my lane and what fits me the best, and I think with ‘Cuff’ I found it. This is the version of me that’s ready to be out there worldwide. I regard this as my first official release.”Even in his edgy days, his work had some unique touches. The love-gone-wrong motif of “Favorite,” for instance, also had some Christian themes of forgiveness, which he said is a big part of his music.“I would say my earlier self was more of me having fun being confident and whatever it is that I was trying to do.”But, he said, he turned away from that route in favor of a more R&B vibe“I’m more in touch with the R&B side because it is just so relatable. Everybody goes through some sort of relationship, and things aren’t perfect — ever. I felt like there’s a chance for me to speak on things that may be hard for other people to put into words.”“Cuff” represents yet one more milestone in his career. “I’m proud to say that I wrote it all myself, and it blows me away that people who have had a chance to hear it are really impressed by the structure and the writing,” he said.The video also drops on June 5. His previous catalogue, which has a lot of fine hip-hop, will stay up as a kind of history of his music.“Cuff” will be the lead single on another six-track EP he will release sometime in the next year. The working title is The Butterfly Effect.He is working hard toward his goal of gaining a million listeners by the end of this year or in early 2025. He and his production team spend about six or seven hours on every song, playing with various mixes before mastering, working toward having something to show to big labels.He had a show recently, in May, and will be doing shows throughout June. In October, he will be the headline at one of Anchorage’s premier entertainment clubs, Koots.He wants his music to reach a mass audience, and, he said, “I want ‘Cuff” to be heard by everyone. I want it to be reached by masses of people. That’s why I put it out in a clean version as well as an explicit one — just giving the option.”He said that, as an artist, “you have to gravitate toward what you are, who you are.”And with his sound, he said, “I am ready to grow.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/creator-to-creators-with-meosha-bean--4460322/support.
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    34 mins
  • Creator to Creators S6 Ep 21 Gable Burnett

    Creator to Creators S6 Ep 21 Gable Burnett
    Jun 14 2024
    AppleamazonFacebookYoutubeInstagramGable Burnett’s new song “Trouble” starts off with a bang and takes off from there in a flat dead rocking country run. Her career as a recording artist, beginning with “Trouble,” should follow the same trajectory. “Should” not only because she writes some great music and “should” because she has the talent and the power voice, but “should” because she is working it.The song is clearly country, but rock is also in the mix, in generous measure. She agrees with that opinion to an extent. “I think it’s all subjective at the end of the day. With the rock style instruments we put in there, we have a kind of rockabilly, old school sound, but people who are hardcore into rock and the sub genres of rock might not consider it rock.”However it might be considered, the music is fun and danceable and the lyrics are fun and listener singable. You will be singing it out loud before you know you’re doing it.“Trouble,” which she co-wrote with Andi Renfree, who wrote “The Buffalo Grass” for Chris LeDoux, is the first song in this new phase of her career. She has been performing for years, and for the last couple has been putting out music on the streaming platforms, but with new manager Lisa Kyser of Ten East Ten West, she now has direction.Gable has pulled her previous catalogue and it will be re-released in the distribution plan for her music. Before 2018, she was in opera as part of a studio in Richardson, Texas, and did opera kinds of things, like singing in seven different languages and performing in the Carnegie Hall honors series, where she won some scholarship money.She participated in National Association of Teachers of Singing competitions “and all this kind of high classical stuff.” “But I really didn’t start trying to figure out what I wanted to do and performing more of what I wanted to do until 2018, when I moved to Nashville. Even though I had that classical background and education, I knew I didn’t want to be a teacher and I knew I didn’t want to sing opera over in Europe, and those are pretty much the only two options you have in that classical path.” Country at first wasn’t in the running for what she wanted to do. She was “messing around with pop and different stuff,” but her family didn’t want her to go to Los Angeles or New York. Family friends connected to the Gatlin Brothers suggested country. “At the time, the main thing was the Florida-Georgia line and a lot of bro country, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but it just wasn’t my style. I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t want that. I don’t want to sing about boots and trucks and blah blah blah.’ And they said, ‘No no no! You’re good. Listen to some Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton. Here’s some artists and some songs. Go listen to that and come back.’”She took the advice.“They were right,” she said. “I love the storytelling aspect. I love the history behind it. I love the culture behind it. I love everything about country music. It ties into so much of my life, where I grew up and everything, that I was taken aback that I hadn’t discovered how wonderful it was sooner.”She paused for a second, thinking about that, then said, “Well, I grew up in a household where I was only allowed to listen to Christian music for years.” She says now her two main inspirations are Dolly and David Alan Coe. She also references The Judds, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette — “all the women who’ve been really big in country music, who’ve come before me and definitely paved the way for me to be able to do what I’m trying my best to do.” When she says “trying,” she means putting in some hard work. “This is basically the start of everything for me,” she said. “I’ve got four jobs, and both my parents helped me, too. I got all these different side hustles just trying to make the dream come true.” She has shows booked in August, more songs ready to put out, “other things in the pipeline that we’re getting pre-recorded to put out after thatBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/creator-to-creators-with-meosha-bean--4460322/support.
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    32 mins
  • Creator to Creators S6 Ep 20 Alayna Bell Price

    Creator to Creators S6 Ep 20 Alayna Bell Price
    Jun 7 2024
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    In the most recent season of 9-1-1, Alayna got to expand the colors of the series with Bobby and Athena’s characters on a cruise. She worked with hundreds of background actors to establish a light and colorful tone that suddenly shifts once the pirates invade the ship in dark tactical colors. Dealing with water, she also had to design costumes that would look good underwater and still be comfortable for the actors. She also works heavily with aging of the uniforms ensuring they have continuity, including adding blood, ash/soot, mud/dirt and more.



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    34 mins
  • Creator to Creators S6 Ep 19 MAJOR SEVEN

    Creator to Creators S6 Ep 19 MAJOR SEVEN
    Jun 7 2024
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    Major Seven is a distinguished multi-platinum record producer, songwriter, musician, and visionary based in Atlanta, Georgia. Of Jamaican descent, his music profoundly reflects his culture. His extraordinary journey in the music industry began under the mentorship of R&B legend Keith Sweat, which culminated in a pivotal moment when he produced The Devil Is a Lie featuring Jay-Z, the lead single from Rick Ross’s sixth studio album, & Mastermind. Major Seven, is derived from the Major 7th chord in music theory, as well as his Mother's journey of enduring six miscarriages before his birth – a testament to resilience that underpins his approach to his craft and his dedication to quality over quantity. In 2019, working with DJ Khaled on “Holy Mountain”, featuring iconic Reggae artists like Buju Banton, Sizzla, and Mavado, Major Seven experienced a reawakening of his cultural roots. The overwhelmingly positive response sparked a desire to contribute more significantly to the culture that created him. In partnership with Vas Productions, he is working on a fusion project of hip hop and reggae that has evolved into more than an album; it represents Major Seven's newfound purpose. Throughout his illustrious career, Major Seven has collaborated with an impressive range of artists, including the likes of Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Future, Rihanna, DJ Khaled, and DJ Snake, earning numerous Gold and Platinum certifications from the RIAA. His unique approach to music production, blending his abundant talent with a steadfast belief in integrity and collaboration, led to the creation of The Major Seven is a global collective of equally dedicated and gifted creatives. Major Seven also serves as an owner and Director of Partnerships at WAVS, a platform committed to empowering music creators and simplifying the production process. By forming strategic collaborations and ensuring a continuous stream of high-level talent, he has aided in developing an invaluable resource for beat-makers, songwriters, and creators seeking to enhance their craft. Guided by principles of Quality over Quantity and Building over Chasing, Major Seven continues to shape the landscape of music production. His commitment to blending cultures and genres reflect his versatile creativity and unwavering commitment to excellence. Influenced by a quote his mother taught him. Heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upwards through the night. Major Sevens career strategy is firmly rooted in meticulous craftsmanship, sustainable growth, and the value of networking.

    #MajorSeven #DjKhaled #DJSnake #JayZ #RickRoss

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  • Creator to Creators S6 Ep 18 Mark Bram aka Ruby Topaz

    Creator to Creators S6 Ep 18 Mark Bram aka Ruby Topaz
    Jun 4 2024
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    Mark Bram, AKA Ruby Topaz, has a myriad of musical influences that bleed into his sound, but
    what sets him apart as a musician is the ability to take these styles and morph them into
    something entirely unique.
    “I think it’s the mixture of music, because it is so diverse,” Bram said. “When you take the
    Beatles, the Monkees, Herman’s Hermits, the Turtles, and you mix it with bands like King
    Crimson, Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, Edgar Winter. It’s just so diverse.”
    Ruby Topaz has just released an album titled Mark Bram/Ruby Topaz Again, which is a 23rd
    anniversary remaster of a record that will blow the listeners’ hair back.

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    36 mins