Getting into the music business wasn't exactly how I imagined it would be. But what a journey.

Sure enough growing up, music was always an integral part of my life and I was fortunate to have my mum constantly playing music around the house. In retrospect, you could say this is where it all started. Even though I'm a 90s kid, I was always drawn to the 80s music she played (mostly a mix of early Madonna and Duran Duran, etc), something about the synths and the way music was back then, remains timeless even to this day.

Fast forward to my teenage years. Career choices. I always knew I wanted to be around music whether it was working for a major label or being on tour with musicians and so applied everywhere I could think of. I started trawling through SoundCloud, going to more gigs and eventually started a blog to keep track of my discoveries. That ended up growing into something much bigger I didn't anticipate (more on that another time).

One of my treasured discoveries from that moment was an LA based musician by the name of Monogem and what a gem she is. It was her song "The Glow" edited to a video montage of the 80s movie Breakin'

The combination of that, the glistening production and 80s synths as well as her incredible voice, took me back to my childhood and intrigued me. Modern artists with a sound of the past?! I could go as far to say this is what sparked my interest in discovering more music and delving into more unsigned/emerging artists. Finding those rare gem's that are worthy of shining and being shared with the world. For me, that is Monogem.

To be continued...