Sophie Moser 0:02
Hey, I'm Sophie.
Sophia Barber 0:03
And I'm Sophia.
Sophie Moser 0:05
And this is the That's Showbiz, Baby! podcast.
Sophie Moser 0:12
Hey, Sophia, how's it going?
Sophia Barber 0:14
Hey, Sophie, I'm good. How are you?
Sophie Moser 0:16
Great. So for today, we want to kick off our episode with a little bit of music industry news. So I can go first on this one, I've been seeing stuff abo- out and about about Article 17, which doesn't apply to the US. It's a European Union, like copyright law proposal. But I think it's really interesting, it's definitely moving in a much more artist protective direction, which is cool. So basically, this Article 17 would require user uploaded content platforms, so think like Tik Tok, YouTube, stuff like that, to obtain licenses from rights holders to host and disseminate copyrighted works. So under this directive, these online platforms would actually be liable for copyright infringement by their users, which is kind of a big step in the direction of protecting the artist and holding these platforms accountable. And then they just would not have to be liable if they met a few requirements, which are- I'm not going to go into the details. But basically, it sets a very high standard, that they would have to be liable for copyright infringement unless they could, you know, potentially meet these really stringent requirements. So I think that's pretty interesting. And it will be cool to see if anything, like that ends up happening in the US.
Sophia Barber 1:41
Yeah, that is interesting. And it's different from we what we have in the US right now. If the listeners at home, go back to our Tik Tok episode. You can learn more about this. But we chatted about the DMCA. And how in the United States, the obligation is on the users and those who have been infringed to get those taken down and the actual platform is not held liable. So it's different. They're moving towards definitely, yeah, uh, better protections for the creator. So we'll see what happens with that. Today, my news story I brought was a headline that really piqued my interest. And it's called- the headline was "New Device Can Beam Music Into Your Head Without Headphones." So obviously, I was intrigued. So according to the Associated Press, Noveto, Noveto systems has invented a new product that can beam music directly into your head, no earbuds or brain implants necessary. So it's called sound beaming. And the technology uses a 3D sensing module to locate and track the ear position, and then sends audio via ultrasonic waves that build sound pockets by the ears. So pretty much it's out loud music and sound but somehow only your ear can hear it. And they hope to have the Sound Beamer 1.0 ready for consumer release by December 2021. So we'll see what happens with that.
Sophie Moser 3:13
Yeah, I have to say my initial reaction to that is not really positive. I don't know it kind of freaks me out. But it's cool that they can do that.
Sophia Barber 3:21
Yeah, so I guess we'll just have to stay tuned and see. But anyway, today we're also going to be interviewing the incredible band JUICYPEAR, so stay tuned for us chatting with them.
Sophia Barber 3:41
So today, we're joined by the awesome band JUICYPEAR. Their fresh, So-Cal made hybrid sound has the soul of Emily King plus Pharrell, the vibe of The Cardigans plus Daft Punk and the style of Future Sex/Love Sounds era Justin Timberlake plus Dua Lipa just crashed your roller skating party. So I think that is just such a fun description. And thank you JUICYPEAR, aka Jasmine and Jacob, for joining us today. How are you both doing?
Jacob 4:10
Great.
Jasmine 4:11
We're doing great. I know that is a mouthful of an introduction.
Audio 4:16
*Everyone laughs*
Jasmine 4:17
But yeah, we're doing awesome.
Jacob 4:19
We're doing great loving life. We're doing, uh, COVID in Kauai.
Jasmine 4:25
Yeah, quarantine not COVID, we don't have COVID.
Jacob 4:30
Right.
Sophia Barber 4:31
So jealous.
Jasmine 4:32
It's been great.
Sophie Moser 4:32
All right. Well, to kick it off, we like to ask our guests if they have any music recommendations. So I don't know if you guys have any songs or artists that you've been loving recently. But we would love to hear.
Jasmine 4:44
Yeah, that's a great question. I think a lot of the artists that we pull our inspiration from the one- artists you just mentioned are some of our favorite artists. And we always mention Emily King, we have such, like a sweet spot for her in our heart. We got to go see her live and she's just an amazing performer, incredible voice we love her songs, she's super fun. Um, I have been on a Dua Lipa kick, for sure. Her last album was so fun. "Levitating" I think is like the number- I forget what- where it is on the charts, but it's doing great. And I'm trying to think who else do we love? We love so many artists.
Jacob 5:27
Yeah I mean, one artist that I've been listening to a lot is Bruno Major. He is definitely one of my favorites. I love his guitar playing and just the way he arranges and uh-
Jasmine 5:37
His voice is great too.
Jacob 5:38
So that's a recommendation.
Jasmine 5:39
Yeah, Bruno Major, especially if you're like, studying or like if it's rainy, or whatever. Like he has such a good vibe. And let's see who else? Let's give them one more. Um, who else do we listen to?
Jacob 5:57
Classic. Like, everyone probably says this, but we've been jamming with The Weeknd.
Jasmine 6:02
Oh, yeah. We love The Weeknd.
Jacob 6:05
Yeah, we're definitely influenced- JUICYPEAR is definitely influenced by, by The Weeknd's sound.
Jasmine 6:10
Yeah. So-
Jacob 6:12
And then if you haven't listened to Beach Boys.
Sophia Barber 6:17
Oh, of course. Well, thank you guys for sharing those. Some great recommendations. So you guys are married, which is so fun. Can you tell us how you guys met?
Jasmine 6:28
Yes. So this is probably one of my favorite stories to share. Because it started as a rivalry. It's- it's like your total like, Hallmark movie, like how we met you know. So Jacob and I-
Jacob 6:45
Yeah the nerdy boy meets the girl.
Jasmine 6:50
But it's funny because we were both out of college- we both graduated college at the same time. We didn't know each other, but we both applied for the same job. And guess who got it, Jacob got it. And I was so angry. I thought I was the shoo-in. I thought I for sure was going to get this job. And this guy, random guy named Jacob Mayeda got the job and I was super bitter. And so- but because it was at a church and, um, because he was kind of coming into my circle in my church and my group of friends, we became friends and then that bitterness or rivalry kind of turned into a crush. And then okay, he's really cool and cute. And, and then we were friends for five, six years, and then Jacob all of a sudden, like, will you go out with me? So that was really random for me. I had no idea that that was gonna happen. We've been friends for so long. And then shortly after we got engaged a year after we started dating, he flew out- I'm telling, just bragging about you. Because he flew out to the Philippines. And I was there with my family for Thanksgiving, two Thanksgivings ago, and he flew out and surprised me on this beautiful like gazebo.
Sophia Barber 8:19
Aw.
Jasmine 8:20
Perfect. And we got engaged then we got married April 2019. So that's kind of like a very, very short version of our story, but we met in 2013 I think it was when he stole my job.
Sophie Moser 8:39
That's such a such a sweet story. Well, when did you guys decide to make music together?
Jacob 8:45
Um, when we were dating- Well, I guess before that when we had met, we met I don't know if you mentioned the job was like a worship leader position at a church in Palos Verdes. And so we ended up singing a lot of worship stuff together at church and playing. So that was pretty often that we did that. We ended up playing a couple wedding gigs together, things like that. And then once we started dating, a friend of mine was like, you guys better create music together. Like, oh, he was actually like, you need to start writing music with her and if it doesn't work out then you probably shouldn't date her. Wow, that's intense but we'll try. And so yeah, so then she was working on a project with these amazing producers that we work with for JUICYPEAR. And then- but JUICYPEAR wasn't created at that time. And then I ended up just coming in randomly on the second day and ended up like tracking and kind of- a ton of guitar work over it. And it was our song "Caught Up In A Moment" which is our most recent release and that was like the beginning of JUICYPEAR and that was- kind of got us off to- it was before we were married and it got us off to a really fun start.
Jasmine 10:00
Yeah. Making music together.
Jacob 10:01
And creating together and since then we've kept that project going. And we're also continuing to write, like, church music together as well. So, yeah.
Sophia Barber 10:12
That is such a cute story. Um, so JUICYPEAR is a very unique band name. And I would love to know the story behind the name.
Jasmine 10:20
Yep. Well, JUICYPEAR was not my first, uh, was not my first, what is it called?
Jacob 10:29
Choice?
Jasmine 10:30
Choice. Thank you. Of a name. I really wanted to be called something cool and like timeless. And like, I don't know, I really liked Jacob's middle name, Joel. I thought that was like a cool, like, whatever, name I'm like we can be called Joel. And it's four letters. And it could be looked- it will look really minimalistic and a little cool. And she's like, no- but anyway, going back to JUICYPEAR he, a long time ago, when we were just joking about doing music together. He randomly brought up this joke saying, no, we should be doing R&B love songs or I don't know, what dis you say? Slow jams.
Jacob 11:13
Yeah.
Jasmine 11:13
We should do R&B slow jams, and be called the juicy pear and like have a pear as our logo with like a single dewdrop coming down. And I'm like, that is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. No, we're not. Like, I want to be called Joel or something cool. And we ended up telling our producers like kind of as a joke, like, told them that whole thing as we started to get more serious into writing music and creating this band. And we told our producers like yeah, we have this idea. Jacob thinks it's- or I think it's funny, JUICYPEAR. They're like, Oh, we love it. That's what you guys are gonna be called. You're gonna be called JUICYPEAR. That's so awesome. And so I had to get over it really quickly. Because I was totally outnumbered. Everybody loved it. And I was like, all right, I guess I could get used to it. So. So I caved. And now I love it. I think it's so cute and catchy and weird. And I think it is good for us and the band too.
Jacob 12:13
Yeah.
Jasmine 12:13
Sorry, that was a long winded answer, but-
Sophia Barber 12:16
It definitely grew on us over time.
Jasmine 12:18
Yeah.
Sophie Moser 12:19
Yeah. No, that's so fun. It definitely has like, a catch to it. We really like it as well. But since you guys are married, I guess what are some of the like pros and some of the challenges of working with your spouse?
Jacob 12:35
Well, a pro is that I have a super cute songwriting partner.
Jasmine 12:44
Thanks, J.
Jasmine 12:45
You know, and but I mean, we're together every day. So it's nice. You know, we don't have to be like, hey, do you want to get together tomorrow? And, and write songs. But then I think at the same time, that can be a con. Because if you don't schedule anything, sometimes it just never gets done.
Jasmine 13:01
That's true. Yeah, we get busy.
Sophia Barber 13:03
Yeah, we've realized we actually have to schedule things.
Jasmine 13:06
Yeah. But it is nice. Because it's like after dinner, he's like, you want to write right now? And I'm like, yeah, let's do it. You know, it just kind of, I mean, it's good to have schedules, but it's really fun to do things spontaneously. We're just like, in the same space. And, and it just, we could just make it happen anytime, which is really cool. That's a huge pro.
Jacob 13:25
And it's just another way for us to connect like, as people.
Jacob 13:28
Yeah, that's a really big pro too, I think. Yeah, being able to do that was- to create and be artistic and to just, yeah to do that with your partner, or someone you really love too is, it's an awesome thing. And we feel really blessed that we get to do that. And I think-what's one of the challenges? Like, Jacob and I are kind of on the same level, I think- or like not level, like the same page a lot of the time with music, I don't think we really like have butt heads or creatively like butt heads either like, Oh, I like this- other than the name of our band. But I think with lyrics, or- I just really trust Jacob and his musicality and his skill and his talent. So I just really trust it. So if he says he wants to do this, I'm just kind of like, Alright, that's great. I feel like I could just kind of go along with it unless I really have another idea. But it's the way we've been writing recently has been such a collaborative thing. And not one of us has come in with like, Oh, this is what we want to do, like a very like, um, I don't know. Sorry, words are escaping me.
Jacob 14:48
I mean, I studied guitar at USC. And so you know, um, I kind of bring a lot of the technical sides of things-
Jasmine 14:59
Yeah.
Jacob 14:59
to our writing and Jasmine is like raw emotion. Unfiltered.
Jasmine 15:06
Yeah. So it can work.
Jacob 15:07
Yeah.
Jasmine 15:08
Yeah. It's interesting now that I think about it I don't think we've had too many challenges writing together.
Jacob 15:14
I don't, I don't really know that there's a con to it.
Jasmine 15:17
Yeah.
Sophia Barber 15:20
Awesome. Thank you guys so much for sharing. And speaking of writing together, you just released a single last month called "Caught Up." Can you tell us the story behind the song and its release?
Jasmine 15:30
Yes. So, "Caught Up" was our first song that we wrote as a pair. And that's why I think it's just such a special song for us. It's been our favorite for almost two years. And I think it really just set the tone for the rest of the music we were going to create. So that's what made it's so fun, because it just felt fresh and new and different than anything that Jacob and I were used to writing or singing or playing, even like. So when I, I found, well, I connected with our producers, in like, 2018, I connected with our producers, and I was gonna, I was gonna write a Christian- a worship song with them. And I went in with this idea. And as we started developing that idea, as he started producing, laying down track for it, his wife, who- they're actually a duo, the producers are a husband and wife duo, which is kind of cool. His wife was sitting next to me on the couch. And as he was kind of playing, trying to find some chords for the song she started singing and humming this melody. And it was like
Jasmine 15:33
*Singing an instrumental melody*
Jasmine 15:45
And I looked at her, and I was like, what the heck was that? Like, where did that come from? She's like, Oh, I don't know, I'm just singing. Like, alright, you guys, stop everything. Like, we're not gonna write, we're not gonna write the song we're trying to write, we're gonna write whatever song she's singing right now. So we scratched everything and we started over. And we started writing the song called "Caught Up." And so then the next day, we brought Jacob in and he got to play guitar on it. And just like- like Jacob said earlier JUICYPEAR was born. so "Caught Up" is like our, our very special song. Like I said, it just, it created a whole world for us that we had no idea. So we're really proud of it. We love it. We hope you guys like it, too.
Sophie Moser 17:36
So what is happening next for you both?
Jacob 17:39
That's a good question. You know, I think a lot of people are rethinking what's next for them, you know, because of COVID and trying to figure out what that looks like, especially as we're approaching a new year. So what's next for us, as far as we know, today, is that we are, you know, we're not thinking, you know, the same as we might have thought a year ago, like we're not thinking about, okay, let's go on a tour. Let's do this. Let's travel, let's go to all the places we know and, you know, set up shows, talk to our friend. And so none of that's happening. So our plan with JUICYPEAR is really to keep writing. And we're working with an amazing like management team called Aesthetic, and they're trying to help us with licensing and distribution. So our, our dream for JUICYPEAR is to like, see it on TV or or hear it on TV or hear it in a commercial. So-
Jasmine 18:43
Or like a net- new Netflix movie or show or something like that. We love that.
Jasmine 18:48
Yeah, that would be, that would be our, our dream. As of now for JUICYPEAR. We're also moving to Nashville in January. And I'll be working remotely from there. And we'll be, we'll both be pursuing music like to a greater extent.
Jasmine 19:03
Yeah.
Sophie Moser 19:04
That's really cool. Nashville is such a fun city.
Jacob 19:07
Yeah we're excited.
Jasmine 19:08
We love it.
Sophie Moser 19:09
You guys will have a great experience. Um, so anyways, talking about shows, you both recently played a virtual show for USC students, it was called The Skyline Sessions and we actually have Bri Cummings here with us who is part of Overdrive Productions, which was the group that produced this show.
Jasmine 19:29
Yay!
Sophie Moser 19:29
So yeah. Bri is a student at USC studying cognitive science and music industry. Growing up in LA she spent nearly every free weekend since she was 15 going to shows. Music has played a huge role in her life and she wants to be part of creating these memories for other people that have meant so much to her. So Bri, thanks for joining us. How are you doing?
Bri Cummings 19:51
Thank you for having me. I'm doing well. So excited to be here.
Sophie Moser 19:55
So can you tell us a little bit about the show you put on featuring JUICYPEAR?
Bri Cummings 20:01
Yeah, so we put on a virtual show streamed on Moment House, featuring JUICYPEAR, their friend Pearl Botts and our friend in New York, Mai Anna, it was a nice, like, afternoon show of pop R&B for a lot of our family and friends. And it was really fun to put on.
Jacob 20:20
Yeah.
Sophie Moser 20:22
That's awesome.
Sophia Barber 20:23
That's amazing.
Sophie Moser 20:24
How was working-
Sophia Barber 20:24
How would you find JUICYPEAR? Oh, sorry. I was just wondering how you found JUICYPEAR and why you felt they'd be right for the show?
Bri Cummings 20:33
So I know JUICYPEAR through, uh, Christian Challenge, which is an organization at USC. Jacob and Jasmine have led worship for our retreats in the past. And so I was connected to them and listen to "Roller Coaster" for the first time, sent it to my group mates and they just were like, you need to reach out to them right now. So I reached out as soon as I could. And especially with the virtual platform, we knew that we needed a band with music that just made people excited. And I really feel that JUICYPEAR has the sound that like, you hear one of their songs, and you're just hooked.
Jasmine 21:10
Thanks Bri.
Sophie Moser 21:13
So a question for both of you guys. How was the virtual concert experience? Bri from your perspective organizing it and then obviously Jacob and Jasmine from you know your perspective performing in it.
Jacob 21:27
I think it was a really fun experience. It was our first time really doing anything like that as JUICYPEAR. We've definitely done things like that in the past. So we have experience and, uh, we appreciated it as artists, you know, busy artists, because sometimes I was not responding to emails or texts at all. And I felt bad and Bri would just send us gentle reminders. I was like, thank you for texting me for the third time, I will respond. So hopefully, maybe Bri you got some experience, you know, what artists are like
Jasmine 22:02
Working with flighty, busty artists. But yeah, it was a really cool experience. We felt very taken care of.
Jacob 22:10
Beautiful area.
Jasmine 22:10
Beautiful space. We felt like we could- Yeah, it was just a cool thing. We just popped in and got to do our thing. We, like I said, felt very organized and taken care of and it was fun. It was really fun. I think it was helpful to have Bri a few people there socially distanced, but just so that we were- we were talking to somebody. We know that there were people out there. Obviously we know that there were others watching virtually. But yeah, it's definitely different. It's different. For me, I like seeing people's faces, I like seeing the people we're interacting with. It's just easier for me to connect, then, like in my mind trying to pretend that they're there. So yeah, it is definitely a different experience. But we had a lot of fun. And we were so thankful for Bri inviting us. Yeah, How was it for you Bri?
Bri Cummings 23:06
I mean, you guys were really fun to work with you talked about not responding. But I think you guys, just for our for over- Overdrive Product- Productions, I think working with you guys, you were the best possible band for us to start with. Just so easy to work with. And I think what the virtual concert, it was hard like not to see the audience's faces. But Moment House was super easy to use. They have like a chat feature. So everyone can respond during the show. Jacob and Jasmine were able to like message a bit and the audience messaged. I feel like that was a really fun layer. Um, and it just you have to be really creative to keep people engaged with the virtual show. Whereas like an in person show everybody's obviously, like, totally en- encaptured in what's going on. But the virtual show, you just have to be really creative. So the text interaction, I think was pretty helpful.
Sophia Barber 24:07
That's great. I'm so glad that I went well for you guys. Um, we just have kind of a fun wrap up question. And it's what is one new area of the music industry. So for Jasmine and Jacob besides performing and Bri besides live events that you could see yourself working in?
Jasmine 24:27
Good question. I think, well, I have an administrative background. That's what I've done for most of my day job. So, I think and I've actually worked as an intern right after college for a production company. And I got to work with communications. I got to work with advertising and marketing. I got to do set up for the VIP events at the you know, the venue got to make sure that artists had everything on their rider. And it was it was really fun. I could totally see, I definitely am more of a supportive, I like to be a supportive role. Being the person on stage is like, okay, it's I guess I guess I have both I have both I could perform and I also could be backstage but I think it's really fun for me to support the artist. Make sure they feel comfortable I would definitely love to be, I don't know, more I guess I could see myself if I wasn't performing being a supportive role somehow backstage.
Jacob 25:34
I guess for me, I, I think what, what our, our goal is right now, and what we want to be doing that's maybe different than what we've done before as performing artists is to be writing but not only on our own projects, but on-
Jasmine 25:54
Yeah.
Jacob 25:54
other people's projects.
Jasmine 25:55
Oh that's a good one. I want to change my answer.
Jacob 25:58
Like, especially in Nashville, I'm gonna hop on too, but especially Jasmine's gonna be going to a lot of writing sessions. She's been meeting a lot of people up there, and so I think that'll be that'll be a neat thing. Like-
Jasmine 26:11
Yeah.
Jacob 26:11
One of her songs she wrote on just got released by like a major Christian artist. And it's really neat to see that happen. So-
Jasmine 26:18
Yeah, yeah, to be a songwriter, and have other artists sing your songs.
Jacob 26:23
Right. Right. Like a real songwriter.
Jasmine 26:27
Like a real one.
Bri Cummings 26:32
Jasmine, I know you have a passion for creative marketing. But for a little bit of our show, I dabbled with Canva, and just making flyers for the event. And I thought that was the most fun thing I've done in so long. So I would love to do some more creative marketing for shows.
Jasmine 26:50
That's really good.
Jacob 26:51
Nice.
Sophie Moser 26:51
Yeah, those are really fun ideas, fun areas. And before we wrap up, where can people find you guys? If you have social media anywhere you want people to be directed to, let us know.
Jacob 27:07
Mel street in south Kauai.
Jasmine 27:09
Jacob why would you tell them that?
Jacob 27:13
They were asking!
Jasmine 27:16
Okay, Jacob's a jokester. We are on social media. You can find us on Instagram, juicypearmusic. You can find us on Facebook. I think we are juicypearmusic there also.
Jacob 27:30
YouTube.
Jasmine 27:31
YouTube.
Jacob 27:33
Juicypearmusic. We did just release a couple music videos and one like full on music video. It was out frist time ever doing that. So if you want to see her act and me act a little bit. You can go watch that.
Jasmine 27:49
Yeah for "Rollercoaster" So yeah, you can find us on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook. I think we have a Twitter so you can tweet if you'd like. We're all over.
Sophie Moser 28:00
All right. Well, thank you all for coming and talking to us. That was really fun.
Jasmine 28:06
It was fun. Thank you so much for having us.
Jacob 28:08
Yeah. Thank you.
Sophia Barber 28:08
Thank you all for listening. You can find us on Instagram at Sophia.productions. And please go rate, download, and follow wherever you get your podcasts.
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