Recap: Second Annual RoadNation Pre-GRAMMY Party with ROVE Benefiting Women In Music
We were proud to once again work with RoadNation to produce, curate and co-host the Second Annual RoadNation Pre-GRAMMY Party benefiting Women In Music to celebrate the 2020 GRAMMYS on Tuesday, January 21st at The Spare Room inside of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. We had live musical performances, DJs, a portrait artist, free bowling, a red carpet and more.
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Photos by Al Noelle (@alnoellewalter).
See all Red Carpet Photos here.
DJ Sets By-
Allie Teilz: Allie Teilz is a highly sought after all-vinyl DJ known for her eclectic musical taste, skills behind the turntables, and style in front of them. Based in Los Angeles, Ms. Teilz has spun records alongside Grace Jones, Radiohead, Arcade Fire, and M83, opened for Frank Ocean, Haim, and Lorde, and amassed a loyal cult following for her knockout mixes, which glide seamlessly from hip-hop and funk, to disco, R&B, soul, reggae, and house records. Described by Vanity Fair as "Smart, cool and delightfully precocious" and a "DJ fixture on the lavish Hollywood party scene," Ms. Teilz has carved out a name for herself in the music world.
Disco Shrine: Disco Shrine, aka Persian Barbie, is the LA based, pop spark plug known for being a songwriter, world traveling DJ, and event curator. Disco Shrine released her debut single 'Up In The Air' in 2018 through French label Kitsune in partnership with the NBA. The electro-pop track was inspired by her parents' immigration story to America from Iran. 'Up in the Air' has touched global audiences receiving acclaim from such outlets as Refinery 29, charted in numerous countries including Spain, Greece, France, and Sweden as well as being played at major retailers including H&M, Zara, Uniqlo and Kitsune.
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Live Music By-
Z Berg: Z Berg is a true Angeleno, born and bred, and her music reflects the contradictions of the city. The beauty, the anxiety, the idyll encroached by asphalt, the utopia always one gust of wind away from being swallowed by an inferno, one drop of rain away from drowning in mud. She describes her sound as such: ‘If Laura Palmer didn’t die... And Roman Polanski made a movie about her twenties, scored by Andre Previn, with lyrics by Scott Walker, sung by Dusty Springfield.
Rayvon Owen: Rayvon Owen is a Pop/R&B artist who cut his teeth studying Commercial Voice at Nashville’s Belmont University. Since moving to Los Angeles, he has released music that has garnered millions of streams, millions of YouTube views, placed on Spotify Viral Chart’s and New Music Friday Playlists and has been covered by Billboard, The Huffington Post, USA Today and was featured on The Today Show and iHeart Radio as Elvis Duran’s Artist-of-the-Month. His brand new EP “Las Virginia” and starring role on a new TV show is coming in March!
Brandon Jenner: You may recognize his last name but Brandon Jenner is very different from what one who is familiar with his family might expect. As a singer/songwriter from Los Angeles, CA, he writes music and lyrics that are organic, honest and thought provoking. The millions of streams he has amassed are a credit to his trademark soulful, warmly inviting vocals and raw, loose guitar and piano driven vibe, which serve as channels for narratives that take us straight to the bare-bones emotions of his heart – and slowly pierce our own in the process.
RÅDĮØ ÅHŁËË: There's something special about the magic that is RÅDĮØ ÅHŁËË. Born Ahlee Ruffin, the Minneapolis native radiates curiosity and a distinctive aura that's mirrored in his sound. This kid is must see TV!
RoadNation:
Empowering Creators and Fans.
Building Tours Together.
Start a RoadNation campaign to generate revenue in advance of your tour, identify where to play by giving fans the power to choose the cities, and build momentum for your tour with the support of devoted fans.
The idea of RoadNation began with a casual conversation between CEO and Founder Steve Marks and his son’s piano teacher. The teacher was describing the challenges of touring. The uncertainty of knowing where your fans were located. The daunting and potentially paralyzing financial risk.
This got Steve thinking about the lack of innovation in the touring industry. Nothing had really changed during the last half century: artists book shows and ask fans to buy tickets. It frequently worked… but not always. Sometimes fans missed out when artists bypassed their towns. They craved more of a connection to their favorite artist.
Meanwhile, artists needed more options to create tours, optimize revenue and minimize risk, and better engage their most avid fans. What if there was a platform for artists to create tours directly WITH fans? What if the fans had the power to choose cities for an artist’s tour? How could this happen without an artist asking for donations or simply asking for a fan’s opinion on where to play? Steve’s goal was to build a platform that empowered both fans AND creators of all kinds to work TOGETHER to forge a stronger relationship, one that led to more shows, in front of more fans, in more cities.
ROVE:
Founded in 2016, ROVE produces, curates and promotes pop-up entertainment-related experiences: concerts, comedy shows, screenings, festivals, parties, etc. Our mission is to support artists, build community and, whenever possible, use the arts to give back. We love creating special, artist-centric events and have worked with hundreds of artists across artistic disciplines, genres and levels of "success". While we work with creatives across several verticals of entertainment, we tend to concentrate the most on music and comedy. ROVE is also a media platform with more interviews and features coming in 2020.
Women In Music:
Women in Music is an organization with a mission to advance the awareness, equality, diversity, heritage, opportunities, and cultural aspects of women in the musical arts through education, support, empowerment, and recognition. Our seminars, panels, showcases, achievement awards, and youth initiatives celebrate the female contribution to the music world, and strengthens community ties.
Audio Sponsored By:
Streetlight Events - Streetlight Events is live event audio and lighting service, with clients ranging from concerts, tours and festivals to weddings and other private events.
Bar Sponsored By:
Yola Mezcal - Created in collaboration between Yola Jiminez (of La Clandestina Mezcaleria fame), Lykke Li (Swedish songwriting sensation), and Gina Correll Aglietti (chef and stylist), YOLA counters the patriarchal system which is so ubiquitous in the Oaxaca. YOLA is run by women and bottled by women.
Raffle Sponsored By:
KINDRÊD Meditation (Creative Retreat + Private Coaching Session)
Fender Guitar
Art from Outside Voice Studios and Bo Spencer
Haircut and Style in Beautiful Malibu Salon Overlooking Ocean by Kecia Heinz
OTHER PRESS MENTIONS:
Billboard
Variety
Hits Daily Double