We're launching “Partnership Talks” – a series in which we interview partners from joint ventures, diving into their creative and collaborative process. Grab a hot beverage and join us for our very first session, where we’ll discuss effective collaborative leadership, the importance of teamwork in achieving common goals and more.
How do you find a collaborator to make music with? What does it take to release a single on a US record label, created by artists on two different continents? Our first guests, American songwriter Anthony Parker (AKA Wordsmith) and Ukrainian punk rock band Cardinal Birds know the answers!
During this virtual event, Wordsmith and Cardinal Birds will talk about:
Their collaborative single “Trust!” released November 2020 on US record label, NU Revolution.
How they met and began to work together.
Punk rock and hip hop: the perfect match?
Communication and creativity while working from different geographical locations.
About the speakers:
Anthony Parker, known by his stage name Wordsmith has released five albums over his career, and is a member of the nominating committee for the Grammy Awards as a songwriter. In 2009, he founded the NU Revolution record label. In 2018, he was the recipient of the Independent Music Award for Best Album – Rap or Hip-Hop for his fifth studio album, Perspective Jukebox. In 2018, he was the recipient of the Independent Music Award for Best Album – Rap or Hip-Hop for his fifth studio album, Perspective Jukebox.
Cardinal Birds is a Ukrainian punk rock band based in Kyiv, founded in 2014. Their debut ЕР "Children Of The 1990's has more than 120,000 streams, and has garnered attention in the USA, UK and Germany. They are currently working on their first international EP, which will involve collaborators from all around the world, among them Billboard Hot 100 hit charters. Their single “TRUST” featuring Wordsmith was released on NU Revolution in November 2020, and an accompanying music video will soon be released. The band also created a video documenting their work on the single: https://bit.ly/2W01EVP
We’ll be streaming this session to our Facebook page on December 17th at 7 PM. Join us and feel free to ask any questions you have.
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