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Nadirah X

After winning numerous accolades and awards in her home of Jamaica, Nadirah (aka Nadz) moved to Los Angeles where she has continued to shine. She is the only rapper to have written and performed with the legendary Annie Lennox (two songs on her 2007 solo album Songs Of Mass Destruction). She has written and performed with Mick Jagger on the Golden Globe award-winning score to the feature film Alfie. Nadirah has also produced two books of poetry with forewords and introductions from Deepak Chopra, Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Tim Kring (creator of Heroes TV show), and Bruce Rubin (writer of the acclaimed movie Ghost). She is currently working with luminaries of the hip hop world including Charli 2na (Jurassic 5) and Bishop Lamont (Aftermath).

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Dominique Ilie

BWH Music Group

5 hours ago
4 min

Dominique Ilie

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. Hmmm, I never thought about it this way, but I guess the pandemic lockdown was the trigger. My first EP was released in late 2020, and 2 of the songs on the EP are about my own vision of the world at that time. I pretty much poured all the anxiety, fear, and frustration I was feeling during the pandemic in my single “Sad”. I was only 12 years

Evening Hallucinations

BWH Music Group

3 days ago
5 min

Evening Hallucinations

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. The biggest catalyst for me starting to write music had to just be the desire to tell my own stories through song format. I had been producing music for years and as much as I loved producing instrumentals, I was fascinated with the story you could tell through lyrics. Instrumental music is very abstract and there was something about the direct

Jennifer Alvarado

BWH Music Group

6 days ago
4 min

Jennifer Alvarado

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it I have been writing songs since the age of 4. From as early as I can remember, music has always been a part of my life. Let's get this out of the way. What is the CRAZIEST thing that has ever happened to you in your music career? The craziest thing was probably when I went to do a local television show in Georgia and the camera guy started stalk

Reese Warren

BWH Music Group

May 11
3 min

Reese Warren

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. When I was ten years old, I wrote my first song. I started writing music from a bad experience I had, and I needed a way to express how the situation affected me. Let's get this out of the way. What is the CRAZIEST thing that has ever happened to you in your music career? I am still pretty young so at this time, I don't really have a CRAZY thi

Sam Pio

BWH Music Group

May 10
3 min

Sam Pio

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. There is only one being. God. Let's get this out of the way. What is the CRAZIEST thing that has ever happened to you in your music career? The craziest thing that ever happened in my career is probably being able to sing with the Goo Goo Dolls and having a guitar delivered to my house on Christmas Day from Johnny Reznik with mine and all the

Steve Dunn

BWH Music Group

May 9
3 min

Steve Dunn

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? I found an old guitar in my parents garage and I was instantly obsessed. There was always music playing in my house or in my mother's car. Guitar playing and songwriting has been a constant in my life. I can't get enough of either. Let's get this out of the way. What is the CRAZIEST thing that has ever happened to you in your music career? There have been so

Isabelle Dubroy

BWH Music Group

May 4
3 min

Isabelle Dubroy

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. Ever since I was a baby my mom sang and dance around me. I believe this is where my love and passion for making music began. At 4 years old my Pre-K music teacher Ms. Scully told my mom I was a good singer and recommended chorus classes. I received a music certificate stating I did well in music. That's really where I started to tend my craft

Andrew Moore

BWH Music Group

May 3
4 min

Andrew Moore

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. Not really, I think I just started gravitating towards writing music because it came naturally to me. Luckily my parents put me in piano lessons when I was eight and I think that was the first building block. Let's get this out of the way. What is the CRAZIEST thing that has ever happened to you in your music career? Hard to pinpoint the crazi

Kristina Menissov

BWH Music Group

May 3
3 min

Kristina Menissov

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. I think it was a very logical for me after my classical music background to start writing myself. I have played piano since I was 5 years old. In college I started to sing opera. So, when I moved here felt the urge to have more freedom as a performer and that urge made me also to start writing my own music. Let's get this out of the way. What

Brian Berggoetz

BWH Music Group

May 2
5 min

Brian Berggoetz

Was there something or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. Yes. I picked up the guitar and started writing after my pop passed away suddenly when I was in high school. It was devastating. I found release in the learning how to put chords together with a lyric and melody. Then I found that people could relate to some of the things I was doing, which is an amazing feeling. I had so much emotion at that point; it al

Kacey Fifield

BWH Music Group

May 2
3 min

Kacey Fifield

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Nope! I've always been singing and writing songs - I wrote some pretty interesting ones when I was a child haha! Each of my songs has its own inspiration that is typically drawn from my life, but there wasn't one specific event that triggered my love for songwriting. Let's get this out of the way. What is the CRAZIEST thing that has ever happened to you in your

Joshua Turchin

BWH Music Group

Apr 25
3 min

Joshua Turchin

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. I started plunking out songs on my piano when I was around 5. There wasn’t really a catalyst for me to start writing music, but the catalyst which really caused me to want to pursue music was when I was 6. I saw the musical Once on tour and realized that music was something I really wanted to pursue. Let's get this out of the way. What is the C

Marcelo Maccagnan

BWH Music Group

Apr 7
4 min

Marcelo Maccagnan

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. I really got into music around high school. I was listening to a lot of Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pearl Jam, 90s rock in general and I can say that Flee from RHCP was the reason why I chose to play bass. Back then I had a teacher that was a wonderful guitar and bass player and he introduced me to Weather Report and Jaco Pastorius. And it was then

AJ Raggs

BWH Music Group

Mar 17
5 min

AJ Raggs

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. Well, since no one was writing music for me (yet *wink*wink*), I quickly learned that I had to write my own! When I met with one of my first mentors, Irene Dreayer, I played some cover songs for her. She told me I needed to write my own music! So, then I began writing! Years later, I met Sheree Spoltore, president of Global Songwriters Connecti

T Hawk

BWH Music Group

Feb 17
3 min

T Hawk

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. Me being in my High School Marching Band inspired me to write music besides just playing it! Let's get this out of the way. What is the CRAZIEST thing that has ever happened to you in your music career? Being invited to a music event where they forgot to load up my artist profile pic & info and had my music volume low on the mic so I couldn'

Saylor Dollar

BWH Music Group

Jan 18
3 min

Saylor Dollar

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. Since we are both life-long musicians, we had both written original music in the past. Our meeting was the beginning of a unique collaboration that has inspired us to write more than 70 songs in three years. We are each other's muse. Let's get this out of the way. What is the CRAZIEST thing that has ever happened to you in your music career?

Laura Jane

BWH Music Group

Dec 31, 2021
4 min

Laura Jane

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. I don’t know if there was one thing or someone, I have been creating stuff my whole life, you know? When I was little I used to write poetry. I wrote a book , I mean not a real book , but I wrote a short story that a friend of the family “typed” up for me and put in a hard copy. I have always been creating, playing piano or just creating melodi

Laura Cheadle

BWH Music Group

Dec 28, 2021
4 min

Laura Cheadle

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. Absolutely. I grew up with an incredible musician father who literally shared his passion and talent with me since birth! I remember there being famous musicians just casually jamming in my basement. I loved how it felt to be around musicians and energy around music in general. I started writing my own deeper music as a teenager after a break

We Left As Lions

BWH Music Group

Dec 28, 2021
6 min

We Left As Lions

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. Some of us grew up in musical families - Neil was particularly influenced by his two older cousins who showed him bands like Metallica. Then growing up, we were all super influenced by the community of musicians in our town of Riverview, New Brunswick. It was as a time when everyone was starting bands and creating cool music, doing shows, and

Darla Z

BWH Music Group

Dec 27, 2021
4 min

Darla Z

Was there something (an experience) or someone in your life that was the "catalyst" for you to start writing music? Tell us about it. I started writing in the mid 80s when I was working as a legal assistant for my husband's law firm. That's when I discovered I liked to write. After that and in my spare time, I started writing poetry and I wrote some children's books. My first, Tale of a Christmas Angel (part of a Cat Detectives series), was published in 2000 and I had thre