To celebrate our 10th anniversary, shesaid.so is teamed up with Marshall back in May to give away memberships that unlocked access to 12 music makers based in the US and Canada to the shesaid.so community for one year. The selected 12 winners also received a pair of Marshall headphones each.
Diana Chica
Diana Chica is a music producer, composer, and singer from Bogotá, Colombia. She began her musical journey studying music theory and classical piano before earning a degree in music and audio engineering. In 2018, Diana founded Memophonic Studio, her recording studio, where she produced music for independent and emerging artists in Bogotá.
She also co-founded Monía, a female pop duo that gained local fame and built a significant online following, becoming a symbol of representation within the LGBTQ+ community. After relocating to Miami, Diana completed a Master's in Music Business and began working as a music producer for both Latin and U.S. artists. She also launched her new project, Cata Myla.
Currently, she serves as a Marketing Coordinator at Universal Music Group’s Regional and Iberian office in Miami.
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Jessy Covets
"I'm grateful for this community (and the headphones I won). It is truly an honor to be a part of something so authentic & great!"
Jessy Covets is a genre-blending artist hailing from New York, now thriving in Los Angeles, the city that fuels her creativity. Known for her powerful vocals, heartfelt lyrics, and distinctive guitar work, Jessy seamlessly merges electronic pop with raw emotion and dynamic storytelling. Her music has been featured in major campaigns for Estée Lauder and Intuit, as well as on Netflix and HBO, showcasing her versatility as a composer and performer.
On stage, Jessy delivers electrifying performances that combine live vocals, guitar, DJing, and immersive visuals. She has captivated audiences at iconic venues like EDC Orlando, Red Rocks, and Wakaan Fest. Jessy has collaborated with celebrated EDM artists such as Liquid Stranger, Ravenscoon, Sully, and BUKU, consistently pushing creative boundaries. With every track and performance, she invites listeners into a world of innovation and authenticity, cementing her place as a force in electronic and alternative music.
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Michelle Hopkins
Michelle Hopkins is a twenty-three-year-old singer-songwriter determined to introduce Swahili to the West. Michelle grew up in Dar-Es-Salaam and moved to Toronto when she was fifteen. She remains deeply connected to her culture infusing her lyrics with Swahili and Tanzanian influences.
Hopkins writes emotive, introspective lyrics, exploring themes of love, loss, and personal growth. Michelle creates R&B, Soul, Folk, and Afro-pop inspired music. Throughout her career, Michelle has participated in various programs and competitions that have helped shape her artistry.
She is currently a member of Soundstock Academy (2024). She was a member of the Remix Project round 18.0 (2023), a participant of Honey Jam (2021), and the winner of the RBC She's The One Bluesfest competition in Ottawa (2019). Michelle secured FACTOR funding for her 2023 Single “One Hour on Earth” and OAC funding for the music creation of “How Did We Get Here?” her Debut EP set to release in 2025.
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Marie Jenkins
Kyns is Marie Jenkins, an artist, producer, and songwriter based in Los Angeles.
She has been producing her own music since the start of lockdown 2020 and despite facing a slew of challenges that came with battling severe chronic illness over recent years, she has pushed to release a handful of singles, has secured song placements in shows across NBC, ABC, MTV, and more, and is gearing up to release her debut EP later this year.
Having now crafted songs for herself and other artists in a variety of genres, she is currently loving experimenting with new approaches to production and storytelling, and aims to push the boundaries of genre and expression with her future releases.
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Miranda Joan - Photo by Mikaela Gaue
Miranda Joan
Born in Montréal, Miranda Joan spent her formative years growing up on the north shore of Vancouver, filling diaries with emotions and experiences that would go on to form the basis of her songwriting. Her self-released album ‘Overstimulated’ has garnered over 500,000 streams since its release in November 2023. Miranda pressed/distributed the album on vinyl as an independent artist, headlined London’s 100 Club, supported Adi Oasis in New York and performed at SXSW. Miranda is currently on tour as a backing vocalist with The Killers.
Releasing ‘Overstimulated’,, she commissioned remixes from UK producers Ash Walker and ISHA, and garnered tastemaker support from NPR, CBC, BBC 1Xtra, BBC 6Music , Jazz FM, EARMILK, Wonderland, Consequence of Sound, KCRW, KEXP. Singles have received Spotify editorial support on Fresh Finds / Fresh Finds R&B.
Miranda recently starred in The Killers “Bright Lights” video and has performed with Kylie Minogue, Shawn Mendes, Lorde, and Andy Grammar. She has taken to the stage at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal multiple times, alongside the National de Jazz Montréal, CARRTOONS and Sly5thAve. She was selected as one of First Up with RBCxMusic Emerging Artists, leading to a sync placement on Canadian TV show The Strays.
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K Á R Y Y N
Armenian-American vocalist, songwriter, videographer and composer/producer KÁRYYN is a quantum spiritual time traveller. Following a prolific period of inward healing and creating, she readies her Calm KAOSS! EP, a work created in partnership with British record producer James Ford.
The project sees KÁRYYN commune with her past, present and future selves, traveling through time to reveal transformative premonitions from the future in scientific and spiritual language. Her debut release The QUANTA Series saw her unpack and explode her past to dizzying effect. The press dubbed her “a sonic architect” (Dazed); “an electronic adventurer” (FACT) who “makes music as a way of travel, moving through memories with sound” (CLOT Magazine).
In the album’s Pitchfork review, Sasha Geffen wrote: “Death hangs heavy over the record, but in its shadow, KÁRYYN projects herself into the future.” KÁRYYN’s recent Calm KAOSS! EP was met with acclaim from the press, who described the work as “techno-symphonic grandeur” (The Guardian) and “a stylistic triumph” (CLASH). Accompanied by remixes from HAAi and Airspace, the EP served as a bridge to carry KÁRYYN from her formative inspirations into the future. On her latest track ‘Ground (which featured in a new campaign for Apple) she invites us to look deeper and act on our earned spiritual wisdom.
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Jaslyn Loftin
Jaslyn Loftin (AKA, J.Lyn) is a singer/songwriter based in Hawai'i and specializes in writing songs for various artists around the world. She has played in world-renown venues such as the Troubadour in Los Angeles and the Blue Note Hawaii in Waikiki with ukulele virtuoso, Jake Shimabukuro.
In the early stages of her career, she penned the Chinese EDM hit “Make Me Forget” by Singer Ann-E1, which gained over 200,000 streams on NetEase Cloudmusic, reaching #23 on the Cloudmusic Soaring Chart and #6 on China’s Global Song Chart. She also partnered with TikTok for their Creative Learning Fund, sharing songwriting and music business tips.
In Spring 2024, her songs got placed in various opportunities for sync (TV/Film), including the hit reality show, “Love is Blind,” through the State of Hawaii Creative Lab Music Immersive. She is currently an “On the Rise” performing artist with the Henry Kapono Foundation and is currently a lecturer of Music Theory, PR, and Songwriting at the Music & Entertainment Learning Experience Program at Honolulu Community College.
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Lucia Luna
"I am incredibly grateful to be part of a global community that is truly dedicated to uplifting women, femme, and nonbinary individuals in the music industry. Every aspect of this network ensures that diverse voices are not only heard but celebrated, creating space for creative expression and professional growth. Being part of this community has been empowering, inspiring, and an essential part of my journey in the music business. It's a powerful reminder that when we support each other, we all rise."
Lucia Luna is a trans nonbinary darkwave musician from Portland, OR. They channel ethereal melodies and spellbinding synthesis through voice, keys and creative sound manipulation; composing through temper and creating texture with shrill sounds and hollow layers.
Their moods hit the listener with elation, despair, and discernment of the subtleties between. Luna’s range traverses a journey from dreamscape to dancewave, relishing in the empowerment of imperfection, vulnerability, and deliciously raw expression.
Luna released their debut solo EP “Hunting Midnight” in 2020 on Occultists (Berlin), followed by a remix EP in 2021. Lucia released their first music video for “Shiver” (Orkis remix) in November of 2022. Other music projects include: Human Hollow (PDX) and Unicorn Domination (PDX / Joshua Tree). Lucia frequently collaborates with other producers, lending their vocals to various electronic and experimental projects.
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Lucki Price
Lucki Price is a business-savvy singer-songwriter with a degree in music business and a passion for R&B music. She currently serves as a Global Copyright Coordinator for Sony Music Publishing in Nashville, Tennessee, where she leverages her expertise to protect and manage intellectual property rights. Prior to this role, Lucki gained valuable experience as a Metadata Temp at Capital Music Group.
With an enthusiastic commitment to the music industry, Lucki's long-term goals are both ambitious and inspiring. She aims to establish a writers catalog of groundbreaking songs, own and operate a successful R&B-focused music company in Nashville, and create a pipeline for brown and Black students from MNPS to enter Nashville's music industry. Lucki is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion within the industry, believing that these values are essential for driving creativity and innovation.
Recently, Lucki participated in a songwriting workshop hosted by ASCAP. Out of many applicants, nine participants were selected and divided into groups of three, each guided by a mentor. Each group consisted of two songwriters and one producer, working together to create the best song possible and Lucki’s group excelled, winning the first-place prize!
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Eb Rebel
EB Rebel's musical journey would begin in 2016. Rebel felt compelled to act after the murders of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown. Rebel would write a Black Lives Matter anthem they hoped would inspire the movement. In May 2016, EB released the single and video for “Don’t Care”, the lead single from her EP "TRANCE". After sharing the single with BLM activist DeRay Mckesson, the song began to spread.
The song landed on Dallas/Fort Worth’s Central Track, and was featured in the national publication Afropunk. Within a week, the song would make it to the team of "Stay Woke" a BET documentary directed by Laurens Grant and produced by Jesse Williams. The documentary aired on BET May 26, 2016.
The soundtrack also featured hip hop heavyweights such as J.Cole and Kendrick Lamar. Since then, Rebel has released a number of single which have gone on to gain the attention of national publications/brands such as Afropunk, MTV, Sofar Sounds, Bose, and more.
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Alicia Walter
“A tremendous thank you to the shesaid.so community for gifting me this incredible opportunity! I love getting to know the shesaid.so network more personally - I'm such a fan of the community's mission and ethos. I look forward to meeting more people here, sparking inspiring discussions and finding new ways to collaborate!"
Alicia Walter is a singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist in New York City, originally from Chicago. Known for her “near-cosmic voice” (WIRED) and “stratosphere of songwriting all her own” (Consequence of Sound), Walter has released two albums under her name, Right Noise (BIG EGO Records 2023) and I Am Alicia (Sooper Records 2021). She is currently performing in venues around the country, and she rose to acclaim as leader of the Chicago-based indie art rock outfit, Oshwa.
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TABOO ZERO
“Hello everyone! My name is Mária Timchenko, and I’m so grateful to be part of the shesaid.so community. It’s inspiring to be surrounded by such a supportive group that celebrates music and art. I’m excited to connect, collaborate, and create together!
I’m an emerging dark pop artist from Honolulu, Hawaii, and I perform with my live band. We're currently seeking touring opportunities and exploring options with labels. I’d love for you to check out my music—your support would mean the world! Thank you all, and I can’t wait to get to know each of you better!”
Maria Timchenko, renowned as TABOO ZERO, emerges as a formidable figure within the realm of dark pop, drawing inspiration from the vibrant landscapes of Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA. Seamlessly blending elements of rock, electronic beats, and emotional ballads, she crafts a mesmerizing sonic tapestry that captivates listeners from the very first note. Influenced by the sounds of Evanescence, Billie Eilish, Led Zeppelin, Linkin Park, and Tatu, TABOO ZERO's music resonates with depth and intensity.
Her most recent work, the EP ‘Not Sober,’ is dedicated to exploring mental health, challenging stereotypes, and sparking crucial conversations. TABOO ZERO believes that vulnerability is a source of strength and aims to provide a safe space for her listeners to explore their emotions and find solace. Through her music, she hopes to foster a community where individuals can connect and heal together.
