JANE NICOLA DOUGLAS
International Musician
Welcome! I am Jane Nicola, an international musician, music teacher, state registered music therapist and a podcaster from the UK. I currently live in Shanghai and my creative journey involves travel, getting lost and journaling as a means to sketch out the foundation for my songs. Most of my work has been recorded live in studios around the world, as a result I have created 6 albums 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. In the past 14 years, I have lived in Asia, including the countries of China, Singapore and Hong Kong. This has influenced me to create music in different ways. Most significantly, is that I have found sojourning in a foreign country has been one of the most powerful influences to my work, giving me a fresh kaleidoscope of images and unfamiliarities that are scribed and improvised into the bedrock of my songs. I like to write about the negotiation of self within and outside of relationships, it has always been a fascination of mine.
The last few months I have gigged in Ningbo and Hangzhou for Pink Fest and Explode Festival. I also helped to host Battle of the Ballads for writers, poets and musicians. The next few months, I will be involved in creating music films to some of my songs and celebrating a year of my podcast show called Jane Nicola Soundvibe which features different artists and creatives. Click on the podcast below to hear about some of my podcast work!
The last few months I have gigged in Ningbo and Hangzhou for Pink Fest and Explode Festival. I also helped to host Battle of the Ballads for writers, poets and musicians. The next few months, I will be involved in creating music films to some of my songs and celebrating a year of my podcast show called Jane Nicola Soundvibe which features different artists and creatives. Click on the podcast below to hear about some of my podcast work!
ABOUT HER - Jane Nicola Douglas is a Soul-Folk Artist from the UK and the Producer of The Jane Nicola Soundvibe show founded in May 2022. She is currently based in Shanghai, China and previously lived in the countries of the UK, China, Singapore and Hong Kong. Jane Nicola's 6th independently released album 'Railtrack’ (2018) was produced by Graeme Holdaway in the UK and recorded at Sky Production studios in Hong Kong. Jane Nicola 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 specialises in early years music education and has taught in international music schools in Singapore, China and Hong Kong.
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