JANE NICOLA DOUGLAS
Musician and Recording Artist
Welcome to my site! I am a UK recording and performing artist and I write my own songs. More recently I have started to collaborate with film makers to develop and extend the recordings that I have created into a visual form. I have traveled all over the globe and lived in countries such as China, Singapore and Hong Kong. I also created several podcasts in my time living abroad as a means to develop deeper insight and dialogue into the special ways in which many creative expatriate artists have forged forward in their careers all around the world.
Living out Rough is my first film in collaboration with Remo Notarianni, an award winning film maker and writer. This original song Living out Rough, was produced by Graeme Holdaway and recorded at Sky Production studios in Hong Kong. It was officially selected for Rome video awards, Prague video awards and was also a winner for Cineverse Festival. Below you will also find my podcast with Remo and he speaks about his work throughout Asia and Europe, revealing what it is like to work as an expatriate film maker abroad.
CREATIVE PROCESS: "Most of my work has been recorded live in different studios around the world, as a result I have just re-released 5 albums and one single independently of a record label. I have spent a lot of time scribbling lyrics, jamming out chords into a tape recorder. Nobody actually taught me to songwrite but I was immersed around a lot of music, so it felt very natural to be creating my own songs. I get a kick out of turning up at random places throughout the world and songwriting. Getting lost in a new place is often my muse. I was so lucky to have had Graeme Holdaway as my sound engineer and producer for many of my albums. I hope you will enjoy my music, as much as I do creating it!"
Jane Nicola
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ABOUT: Jane Nicola Douglas is a Soul-Folk Artist from the UK. She is also the Producer of Jane Nicola Soundvibe podcast founded May 2022 and is currently based in Shanghai, China. Jane Nicola has previously lived in the countries of the UK, China, Singapore and Hong Kong. Jane Nicola's 5th independently released album 'Railtrack’ (2018) was produced by Graeme Holdaway in the UK and recorded at Sky Production studios in Hong Kong. She initially began songwriting as a young child, performing at local events in the Southwest of the UK, she recorded her first album "Stacey J. Douglas" in London (1996). Later Jane Nicola moved to Asia and she continued to record her work in Singapore and Hong Kong. Jane Nicola undertook a Popular Music Degree at Middlesex University, London, followed by a Masters Degree in Music Therapy, Cambridge. Initially trained as a classical guitarist by Pat Benham, she later began to delve into compositional and improvisational styles, as well as exploring song-writing. Jane Nicola is also a music teacher and a state registered music therapist. She taught in Singapore, China and Hong Kong. Jane Nicola officially changed her artist name from Stacey-Jane Douglas to Jane Nicola Douglas in 2016.
Tune into my podcasts which were created in China - I created a series of 21 as a tribute to my time working in different countries abroad. I spoke in depth with artists, writers, musicians, film makers about their work abroad, how they got started and what has been the secret to their success.
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