This event is sponsored by Finessed Media, Inc. and hosted by Kitkat Fisher.
RSVP to attend.
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Over the last decade, women only accounted for 2.8% of the producers and 12.7% of the songwriters on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Chart (NPR). If you're reading this, you most likely are working to change this current reality - to make the music industry more accessible and inclusive. So many of our favorite songs are, in fact, created by talented women - and they definitely should receive more recognition!
This Saturday, we will get to meet some of those producers, songwriters, and audio engineers. We'll discuss the ins-and-outs to making a hit song, tips + tricks to elevating your production, and conclude with listening to some of YOUR music!
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LISTENING SESSION
The event will be concluded with a listening session. 6-8 artists will have a chance to play their music in front of a live audience and will receive constructive criticism from our speakers.
To be considered for music play in the listening session, artists must purchase a SUBMISSION REVIEW ticket and submit one song LINK (preferably Spotify) by Friday 10/7 at 5pm ET with subject line "SATURDAY SUBMISSION" to info@finessed.media.
Our team will screen your music for relevancy to audience, quality, and how beneficial the feedback will be. If your submission is not accepted, you will receive a full refund. Submissions that are accepted will have 1:30 to 2 min of their song played in front of the audience.
Must be a Finessed Media VIP Career Development member or purchase a SUBMISSION REVIEW ticket for consideration.
Obtain membership here.
Songs will be reviewed before the listening session and your purchase will be refunded if the song is not accepted.
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Speakers:
Elev8 - Artist, Entrepreneur
Christal Jimenez - Mixing & Mastering Engineer at Christal's Sonic Lab
Alexis Idarose Kesselman - Songwriter, Producer, Composer
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Agenda:
12 - 12:10pm EST Introductions
12:10 - 1:00pm Discussion with speakers
12:45 - 1:00pm Audience Q&A
1:00 - 1:30pm Listening Session
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ELEV8, a singer-songwriter, producer based in Toronto. With a passion for the creation of music running through her veins. ELEV8 grew up with influences from Sade, Alicia Keys, and Earth Wind & Fire to name a few.
Originally from Montreal, ELEV8 is signed to Koze Music Publishing (Los Angeles) producing music for film and television. She has worked with Canadian artist Francis Skyes (formerly known as Islove), who performed and produced the double platinum hit “Goodbye” Ft. Glenn Morrison for ROBIN Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing.
Now she is currently working on building her music catalog as well as working with up and coming artists such as Mia Zoe, Eunice Janine, ARMOURY, Arkitek Mrj to name a few.
Her latest single "My Life" (July 2022) speaks about realizing her value. She speaks about taking control of her life, putting herself first and acknowledging the situation she was in was not good for her and needed to move on. “Guess we got caught up in a rush. It's time we let go, time we let go. I need someone who ain’t gon’ love me nn the down low I gotta take control, Ouh of My Life “ she sings. This single is her top performing release to date.
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Christal Jerez is currently working out of Los Angeles as a recording, mixing, and mastering engineer. Christal studied audio production at American University for her Bachelors degree and at New York University for her Masters degree in Music Technology with a focus in immersive audio. From 2015 to 2019, Christal worked at Platinum Sound Recording studios where she eventually became a Senior Staff engineer. In 2019, she moved on to work as Alex Tumay’s Mix Assistant at his personal studio, Do What Sounds Good. Most recently, she has served as a recording engineer and vocal producer for NoName Records, a new label founded by MixedbyAli. Her credits include Lil Kim, Partynextdoor, dvsn, Gunna, and more.
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Alexis Kesselman is a gifted and prolific platinum songwriter, producer, composer, vocalist and rising star in both the LA and New York music scenes. She is a natural-born storyteller whose superpower is intuitively weaving any story or concept into sharply impassioned lyrics, unexpected yet striking melodies and left-of-center production.
As a songwriter, her recent successes include Joji’s Spotify Global and US number one and Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 single “Glimpse of Us”. Other cuts include “Doughnut,” for Kpop group Twice, which went Gold in Japan, as well as “F is For Friends” for Tainy, Trevor Daniel and Becky G for the latest Spongebob Movie. As a producer, Alexis has crafted her own distinct and exciting sonic identity, which can be heard Grace Vaanderwaal’s latest single “Lion’s Den” among other projects. Along with writing and producing for other artists, Alexis developed her own artist project under the name “Idarose” through which she has amassed a dedicated fanbase and is nearing two million streams on her self-produced breakout single “When I Don’t Have You”.
Alexis’ versatility allows her to make moves in the sync world such as writing and producing a musical number for the upcoming Jonathan Van Ness Netflix show, as well as in the theater world, co-writing a new musical with collaborator Jake Weinstein. She has also scored multiple short films and recently co-wrote with Jon Mills and sang the ending theme to the award-winning international short film Wings. She is signed jointly to Warner Chappell and EP Entertainment for publishing.
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