Success Beyond The Score

There are a myriad of different jobs under the umbrella of music professions. They interconnect and collaborate to make the creation and sharing of music possible. Some of us specialize at an atomic level, some others pick up more than one skill, some are jacks of all trades. During my many decades in the industry, I have mainly enjoyed performing, teaching and mentoring. For the longest time, though, I had the dream to add music production to that set of skills. 

Whilst I am forever grateful to those who have helped me produce my music, including my album Reflective Notes and my single Take Me To The King, I always nursed the interest to produce for myself. Finally, over the last 15 months, I have been able to fulfill that aspiration by attending courses offered by the Xylo Aria's Music Production for Women initiative. 

I have learned so much, both at a technical and a creative level! Now I am able to do things like this special live arrangement for the band The Mowatts:

 

 

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Once done with our revisit of season 1 of the podcast Success Beyond The Score, today we want to direct your attention to season 2.

First aired in 2021, and produced under the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season introduced two big changes: the presence of guests, and the video call format. The episodes, available now on YouTube on top of all the usual podcast streaming platforms, started with a brief intro:

The first guest of the season was Tony Bean, the CEO and founder of 5AM Records. He is an international artiste developer, songwriter and record producer who has worked with major record labels such as Polydor, Motown and Warner Brothers. Tony has worked with Kelly Rowland of Destiny’s Child, Usher, Christina Aguilera, Lemar, Beverley Knight, Kenny Thomas, Tyrese, Alexandra Burke, Freddie Kofi, Nu Life, Monique Thomas and Eternal, to name a few.

The first part of the interview, which constitutes episode 2, starts with Tony talking about what it is like being a se...