As we take a brief hiatus, let's rewind, shall we? Determined to get her artist to perform at 9:30 Club, Kenya gives it one more try. But with this new plan, even if she strikes out, she'll still win the game. UPDATE!!! Since the recording of this episode, Barry Farm has received its https://wpgc.radio.com/blogs/poet/barry-farm-is-officially-a-historic-landmark?fbclid=IwAR3TqMvSKXc8jEo--Q2V0sBVo-EnwHZihtAiCDuNfq8uZL4W6AQ_fWglXJY (Landmark Status). Learn more on the credits page for this episode. For full credits and sources on this episode, go to: https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-8-little-miss-nobody (https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-8-little-miss-nobody) CREDITS Narration Episode narrated by Kayona Ebony Brown Episode Written, recorded, and produced by Kayona Ebony Brown at Siingle Studios in Washington, DC MUSIC LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE IN THE EPISODE All music for this episode provided by Filmstro - arranged for this episode by Kayona Stomp Clap Slap by Leon Felekyan Niña by Mona Wonderlick (Free Download): http://bit.ly/nina-download (http://bit.ly/nina-download) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHdWpT7La2k ((Look out) She’s America) by Otis McDonald Credits music: Quarter Past Six by Le Gang by Le Gang Word of the episode: I Saw A Ghost Last Night by Leonell Cassio https://incompetech.com/ ( ) Sound effects: Audio Blocks Edited with Adobe Creative Cloud and Filmstro To have your music considered for placement in the show, send us a link where it can be streamed and downloaded. Soundcloud and Bandcamp are two great sites to do so. Go to http://ofmusicandmen.com/ (ofmusicandmen.com) to submit your music. Support this podcast

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Episode 1.8: Little Miss Nobody [REWIND]

As we take a brief hiatus, let's rewind, shall we? Kenya and Tk show up for their big radio break, but things go different than planned. And we finally meet Lucas, a 20-year-old singer-songwriter, the other artist on Kenya’s burgeoning record label, and evidence that youth—and talent—is wasted on the young. For full credits and sources on this episode, go to: https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-7-never-say-never (https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-7-never-say-never) CREDITS Narration Episode narrated by Kayona Ebony Brown Episode Written, recorded, and produced by Kayona Ebony Brown at Siingle Studios in Washington, DC MUSIC LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE IN THE EPISODE All music for this episode provided by Filmstro - arranged for this episode by Kayona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eMFtO3EAp8 (Made in Japan) by HUSH Lv https://sethpowermusic.com/ (Who) by Seth Power Credits music: https://soundcloud.com/thisislegang/i-dont-need-u-2-say-anything (I Don’t Need You to Say Anything) by Le Gang Word of the episode: Trio for Piano, Cello, and Clarinet by https://incompetech.com/ (Kevin MacLeod ) Sound effects: Audio Blocks Edited with Adobe Creative Cloud and Filmstro To have your music considered for placement in the show, send us a link where it can be streamed and downloaded. Soundcloud and Bandcamp are two great sites to do so. Go to http://ofmusicandmen.com/ (ofmusicandmen.com) to submit your music. Support this podcast

Episode 1.7: Never Say Never [REWIND]

As we take a brief hiatus, let's rewind, shall we? Demoralized, with just two days left to find a way to get her artist on the card at 9:30 Club, Kenya goes back to the drawing board, but finds inspiration for her next move in an unexpected place. Not only is this a story of music, but it's also a music experience. So sit back, put on your headphones, and enjoy the show... For full credits and sources on this episode, go to: https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-6-fair-weather (https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-6-fair-weather) CREDITS Narration Episode narrated by Kayona Ebony Brown Episode Written, recorded, and produced by Kayona Ebony Brown at Siingle Studios in Washington, DC MUSIC LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE IN THE EPISODE All music for this episode provided by Filmstro - arranged for this episode by Kayona Virgo by Mikael Manvelyan Laundrette by Mona Wonderlick - http://bit.ly/laundrette-download (Free download - )Subscribe to Mona Wonderlick's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIoLf3kLDfTtVIEa427f8ig?sub_confirmation=1 (Mona Wonderlick) Credits music: by Luca Francini Word of the episode: Sleep by https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/ (Scott Buckley) Sound effects: Audio Blocks Edited with Adobe Creative Cloud and Filmstro To have your music considered for placement in the show, send us a link where it can be streamed and downloaded. Soundcloud and Bandcamp are two great sites to do so. Go to http://ofmusicandmen.com/ (ofmusicandmen.com) to submit your music. Support this podcast

Episode 1.6: Fair Weather [REWIND]

As we take a brief hiatus, let's rewind, shall we? Kenya gets a chance to redeem herself with the folks over at 9:30 Club. She has everything planned out--what she's going to say and how she's going to say it. She wants to get her artist, Lucas, on that stage, opening for Gavin DeGraw. But there's just one thing that maybe she didn't think of. Not only is this a story of music, but it's also a music experience. So sit back, put on your headphones, and enjoy the show... For full credits and sources on this episode, go to: https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-5-that-brown-brown (https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-5-that-brown-brown) CREDITS Narration Episode narrated by Kayona Ebony Brown Episode Written, recorded, and produced by Kayona Ebony Brown at Siingle Studios in Washington, DC MUSIC LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE IN THE EPISODE All music for this episode provided by Filmstro - arranged for this episode by Kayona Credits music: https://soundcloud.com/thisislegang/i-dont-know-anything (I Don’t Know Anything) by LeGang - Get a https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-5-that-brown-brown (FREE download) on the credits page! Word of the episode by https://youtu.be/2SujSmkDeYU (Sophia Bush) Music by https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/tears-in-rain/ (Tears in the Rain) by ScottBuckley To have your music considered for placement in the show, send us a link where it can be streamed and downloaded. Soundcloud and Bandcamp are two great sites to do so. Go to http://ofmusicandmen.com to submit your music. Support this podcast

Episode 1.5: That Brown Box [REWIND]

As we take a brief hiatus, let's rewind, shall we? Taj Kamal is an enigmatic, soft spoken, lyrical genius... and she's the reason Kenya started her record company in the first place. Not only is this a story of music, but it's also a music experience. So sit back, put on your headphones, and enjoy the show... For full credits and sources on this episode, go to: https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-4-take-taj-kamal (https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-4-take-taj-kamal) CREDITS Narration Episode narrated by Kayona Ebony Brown Episode Written, recorded, and produced by Kayona Ebony Brown at Siingle Studios in Washington, DC MUSIC LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE IN THE EPISODE All music provided by Filmstro; arranged and designed for this episode by Kayona. Additional music: 7s Club by Jeff Lopez Word of inspiration Scars by https://khalilismail.com/ (Khalil Ismail) - Licensed by KI Creatives To have your music considered for placement in the show, send us a link where it can be streamed and downloaded. Soundcloud and Bandcamp are two great sites to do so. https://ofmusicandmen.com/music-license-application/ (Click here )for more info. Support this podcast

Episode 1.4: Take Taj Kamal [REWIND]

As we take a brief hiatus, let's rewind, shall we? Kenya is adventurous, cool under pressure, and confident... when it comes to her business. It's a different story, however, when it comes to men. Not only is this a story of music, but it's also a music experience. So sit back, put on your headphones, and enjoy the show... For full credits and sources on this episode, go to: https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-3-and-men (https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-3-and-men) CREDITS Narration Episode narrated by Kayona Ebony Brown Episode Written, recorded, and produced by Kayona Ebony Brown at Siingle Studios in Washington, DC This episode featured info about Wuilly Arteaga. Learn more about https://www.instagram.com/wuillymay/?hl=en (Wuilly Arteaga), and read about his story in the https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/opinion/venezuela-violinist-wuilly-arteaga.html (NY Times). MUSIC LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE IN THE EPISODE All music provided by Filmstro; arranged and designed for this episode by Kayona. End credits music Ascent by Mona Wonderlick Free download: http://bit.ly/ascent-download (http://bit.ly/ascent-download) Subscribe to Mona Wonderlick’s https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIoLf3kLDfTtVIEa427f8ig?sub_confirmation=1 (YouTube Channel) Violin: Bobby Cole - SI Publishing Word of inspiration Scars by https://khalilismail.com/ (Khalil Ismail) - Licensed by KI Creatives To have your music considered for placement in the show, send us a link where it can be streamed and downloaded. Soundcloud and Bandcamp are two great sites to do so. https://ofmusicandmen.com/music-license-application/ (Click here )for more info. Support this podcast

Episode 1.3: And Men [REWIND]

As we take a brief hiatus, let's rewind, shall we? Kenya's life is about more than just helping to nourish the music careers of her artists and building her fledgling company. Her longtime friends, Ty and J, help reveal more to you about the young entrepreneur's personal life, and how they all manage to navigate DC as single millennial women. Not only is this a story of music, but it's also a music experience. So sit back, put on your headphones, and enjoy the show... For full credits and sources on this episode, go to: https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-2-victims-perps-me (https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-2-victims-perps-me) CREDITS Episode narrated by http://kayonaebonybrown.com/ (Kayona Ebony Brown) Written, recorded, and produced by Kayona Ebony Brown at Siingle Studios in Washington, DC MUSIC LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE IN THE EPISODE A.L.O.N.E. by https://soundcloud.com/mikeleite (Mike Leite) Licensed by CC — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Filmstro- music arranged for this episode by Kayona Ready Set Swing by https://www.amazon.com/Ready-Set-Swing/dp/B07CTFBHW8 (Michael Nickolaus)- Licensed by Audioworks - Copyright 2018 Sometimes by https://khalilismail.com/ (Khalil Ismail). Licensed by KI Creatives - Copyright 2009 Words by https://khalilismail.com/ (Khalil Ismail). Licensed by KI Creatives -Copyright 2016 Improvised Jazz guitar by Valentin Sosnitskiy. Licensed by CC — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Filmstro - music arranged for this episode by Kayona Self Driving by https://sromuchsound.bandcamp.com/ (Sro) copyright 2019 Licensed by CC-SA Scars by https://khalilismail.com/ (Khalil Ismail), The Hoping LP copyright 2016 To have your music considered for placement in the show, send us a link where it can be streamed and downloaded. Soundcloud and Bandcamp are two great sites to do so. Click here for more info. Support this podcast

Episode 1.2: Victims. Perps. And Me [REWIND]

As we take a brief hiatus, let's rewind back to the beginning, shall we? Meet Kenya Shaw, a single 20-something from DC working to build an independent record label while also navigating the worst city in the country for single women and not exactly the place you’d expect when it comes to entertainment -- Washington, DC. Not only is this a story of music, but it's also a music experience. So sit back, put on your headphones, and enjoy the show... For full credits and sources on this episode, go to: https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-1-funny-stories/ (https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-1-funny-stories) CREDITS Episode narrated by http://kayonaebonybrown.com/ (Kayona Ebony Brown) Written, recorded, and produced by Kayona Ebony Brown at Siingle Studios in Washington, DC MUSIC LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE IN THE EPISODE Music in ads and promos provided by http://khalilismail.com/ (Khalil Ismail). Strangers by Le Gang (Sweden) https://soundcloud.com/thisislegang (https://soundcloud.com/thisislegang) I Knew a Guy by Kevin MacLeod (USA) https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/ ( http://incompetech.com/) Lightness by Nomyn (France) https://soundcloud.com/nomyn (https://soundcloud.com/nomyn) Snowfall by Scott Buckley (Australia) https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/ (https://www.scottbuckley.com.au -) Jazz Club by Kriss (Italy) Trail by Nobara Hayakawa (Columbia/Japan) - https://soundcloud.com/nobara (https://soundcloud.com/nobara) Supreme by JayJen Music (India) https://soundcloud.com/jayjenmusic (https://soundcloud.com/jayjenmusic) Finally by Loxbeats (Greece) https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats (https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats) Sound effects: https://www.audioblocks.com/ (Story Blocks Audio) To have your music considered for placement in the show, send us a link where it can be streamed and downloaded. Soundcloud and Bancamp are two great sites to do so. https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-1-funny-stories/ (Click here) for more info. EPISODE SPONSOR This episode was brought to you by http://doctorstoyou.com/ (Doctors To You), DC’s most trusted house call medical service provider. What are you sitting in an emergency room for? That’s so old school. You get your food delivered. You order everything from Amazon. Why not have your doctor come to you? No rush, plus you’re in the comfort of your own home, dorm, or hotel room, no waiting room. Go to http://doctorstoyou.com/ (doctorstoyou.com) to book your house call today. Support this podcast

Episode 1.1: Funny Stories Blueprint [REWIND]

Back on one of our bonus episodes in https://ofmusicandmen.captivate.fm/episode/bonus-personality-types-and-updates (May 2020), we explored the personality types of all the female characters. It was a really fun episode and you seemed to like it; it got a really great response. In this BONUS episode, I have some fun revealing the male characters' personality types using https://www.16personalities.com/articles/our-theory (16personalities.com) as reference. Also, visit our https://www.pinterest.com/ofmusicandmen/boards/ (Pinterest) for more on their style. So this episode, I’m going to give you the personality types of all the male characters that we’ve met thus far. Stax: Brandon Stacovski is Kenya’s friend from growing up; she’s known him the longest and their friendship has had (and will have) several different identities. He’s described as a white boy in the books and podcast with a cool “Brad Pitt/Tyler Durdan (Fight Club)” type of personality. He’s one of those people who knows everybody, very outgoing and good-looking, and a player (like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Malone (Sam Malone )from Cheers). So he gives Kenya real, unfiltered insight into men. He works in the financial industry and only loves his job because of the life/lifestyle it provides, but that will change in season 1 - https://www.16personalities.com/esfj-personality (ESFJ) Soloman: Solomon Dyal is also one of Kenya’s close male friends; she met him during her stint in college (he finished at the fictional Prince Hall U). He’s that guy who wants to be married. It could be a mixture of culture/religion (Indian) that brings about an expectation of marriage or it could be his personality; some people are just the relationship type. He generally seeks Kenya’s insight. He’s a nice guy who seems to always attract women who don’t want anything serious, so there’s that constant conversation about what women want. He’s an entrepreneur too; he runs a start-up that helps concierge doctors. - https://www.16personalities.com/isfj-personality (ISFJ) Lucas: Lucas is Kenya’s artist; she’s only known him for about four years but he’s become like a little brother. He’s young, only 20, and he’s one of those cute, guitar-playing types who’s super talented, so it’ll prove hard for her to wrangle his impatience (Beiber type). Because of popularity on social media, he wants success now. This relationship will prove to be Kenya’s most challenging as she balances having to play almost a mother-type role to him despite this being a professional relationship. - https://www.16personalities.com/isfp-personality (ISFP) Derek St. Cyr: Kenya’s primary love interest. Derek is very enigmatic, but not intentionally. We only see him through Kenya’s eyes, so we are force to see only what she sees (and in some cases, we don’t even get that much), and because she’s self-conscious and a little inexperienced, she’s a little intimidated by Derek in the beginning. He comes across very much like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Big_(Sex_and_the_City) (Mr. Big )on SATC, where we are forced to believe he’s great, but only because Kenya tells us he is. We find that he’s very mature for 27; he has some growing success in whatever it is he does for a living, but he’s grounded so this obvious increase in money and popularity doesn’t seem to be really affecting him. But it takes a while to learn all we, and Kenya, want to know about him. - https://www.16personalities.com/infp-personality (INFP) And on that last episode where I explored the female characters, I gave you a breakdown of my own as an ENFP (Campaigner). So go to 16personalities.com to take the quiz and find out your own type, tag me on social media and let me know what your type is Music for this episode is “https://soundcloud.com/liqwyd/weightless (Weightless)” by LIQWYD Listen to the https://ofmusicandmen.captivate.fm/episode/bonus-personality-types-and-updates (Bonus: personality types of female)... Support this podcast

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Meet Kenya Shaw, a single, young entrepreneur struggling to build an independent record label, while navigating the country’s worst city for bachelorettes and an unlikely place for music success: Washington, DC.

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