Jane Nicola Douglas
Musician - Songwriter (UK)
MONTHLY NEWS; Welcome! This month has been a busy one with new compositions in the pipe line. More recently I have started to collaborate with film makers Remo and Luca to develop and extend the recordings that I have created into a visual form. We are now working hard at Railtrack which was initially released in 2018 and are creating a special short film to illustrate the music. Thank you for listening into my latest albums and I look forward to sharing more creations with you soon! Jane x
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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
Jane Nicola
ABOUT HER； Jane Nicola Douglas is a musician and tutor from the UK. She is also the Producer of Jane Nicola Soundvibe podcast founded May 2022. Jane Nicola has previously worked in the countries of the China, Singapore and Hong Kong collaborating with a wide range of recreational and educational organisations. Jane Nicola's 5th 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, improvisational styles and song-writing. Jane Nicola is also a music teacher and a state registered music therapist. She has taught in Singapore, China and Hong Kong. Jane Nicola officially changed her artist name from Stacey-Jane Douglas to Jane Nicola Douglas in 2016.
FILM-TIME: Living out Rough is Jane Nicola's first short 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. Together with Remo, they collected footage in China and collaborated together, it was aired at Homey 88 in Hangzhou. Later Living out Rough was officially selected for Rome video awards, Prague video awards and was also a winner for Cineverse Festival. Below you will also find Jane Nicola's podcast with Remo who speaks about his work throughout Asia and Europe and delves into what it is like to work as an expatriate film maker abroad.
"Songwriting came naturally to me, it was a form of expression that came through jamming, recording and writing in my diaries! I loved it and it was something that felt exciting to do. Songs come quickly to me and then they take a new and more diverse shape as I perform or record them!"
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