Jason Wilkinson

Photo credit: Kaya florczak When Neekoe first walked into the Artist Alliance studio, there was something very compelling about her. She was only there as a visitor with another artist. When she messaged me a couple months later about helping her get her music done next level, I was excited to work [...]

Photo credit: Sean Sisk I had the pleasure to sit down with local country vocal powerhouse “B”, to talk about her upcoming release and plans for the future. Ottawa Life: Hello B! Tell us a little about your artist background and when you decided to do country music as a career? B: As [...]

Photo credit: Sean Sisk Dubbed as overly ambitious, ELLE G’s debut launch is ambitious yes, but even more so, it’s achievable. No matter what your career is, if you work harder than everyone else around you, you inevitably will get further ahead. As long as you have the talent, the drive, [...]

July 20, 2019, marks the opening of a new record label in the city of Ottawa called Young, Wild & Free Records, and it just so happens that it’s my label. I am extremely grateful to Ottawa Life Magazine for allowing me to write one of my articles about my label and it’s launch. It’s [...]

For someone who landed her first record deal at just 16, Kira Isabella has not let her foot off the gas at all. Ten years later she reflects on the single and album "Love Me Like That" that broke her into the industry and onto country’s big stage. The opening act on tours with Carrie [...]

Photo credit: Christine Tannis I first heard Brea Lawrenson about seven years ago when she released the fantastic song “Honey”. I was hooked. It had all the elements of a great song, coupled with a great voice. Over the years since, I had heard a few of her singles and was happy to see [...]

Inspiration comes from many places. As a songwriter, when inspiration hits you need to grab it and hold on tight, because those moments can be fleeting. It is interesting however where inspiration can come from. One of those avenues for me has always been great movies or television shows based on music [...]

So this is something that’s been on my mind for a while now. The further I get into the artist development plans for all of the artists I am working with, the more apparent it seems that something is missing in local music marketing. That something is old school marketing and promotion: hitting [...]

The times they are a changing. Being an artist in this day and age brings about a lot of memories of yesteryear, a time when artists could make money by selling full albums. Long gone are the days of the single in the late fifties and early sixties. Obviously there were a lot less avenues to get your [...]

Serious longevity in the music industry comes and goes with the wind, and most artists now struggle to stay around for anything over 10 years. So how have such a large number of acts from eras gone by, stayed relatively relevant for so many years? First of all, different genres play a big part in that [...]