{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62543eaac08854001491776b/627b75b484f3d50012d32208?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A Life Between Chalk, Blackboards, and Stages with Diana Jacobs","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62543eaac08854001491776b/1652258210146-45d5f584ec0d69f4e5b163b516bedf91.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Joining us today is the two-time Sammy Awards winner, Diana Jacobs. She is a super talented musician, writer, vocalist, arranger, pianist, percussionist, and performer of rock, gospel, jazz, and R&amp;B music.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Alongside her husband, Mettis Jacobs, she founded the Diana Jacobs Band, a high-energy funk, soul, and R&amp;B horn band. Their first album, Good Metticine, earned them the 2018 Sammy Award for Best R&amp;B Recording. She has also taught English for 34 years; she has four children and five grandsons.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we invite Diana to take a look back at herself, the influence of music throughout her childhood, her experience living in a small village in Alaska, and the relationship her sons and grandsons have with music. We also talk about how she feels making music live versus recording in a studio, how she manages to bring a live's presentation energy into the closed room, and her relationship with her husband as an artistic collaborator.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>We enjoy bits of her mesmerizing music, and we talk about her future plans as a musician and educator.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Some Questions I Ask:</strong></p><ul><li>Could you talk about your exposure to music as a child? (2:18)</li><li>From that early music exposure, you had your first band when you were 14 years old. Tell us a little more about that (3:43)</li><li>How did your children feel about mom and dad being out there performing a lot? (9:27)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>In This Episode, You Will Learn:</strong></p><ul><li>Diana talks about the first band she ever belonged to and their experience at a music contest (3:53)</li><li>Diana describes her experiences living in a bush village in Alaska (4:53)</li><li>The different processes of making music in a studio and performing live for an audience (11:23)</li><li>The love for open mic communities. Diana shares the creation process of the album that earned her the 2020 Sammy Award for Best Blues (18:43)</li><li>Future plans for Diana (22:45)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources:</strong></p><ul><li>Diana Jacobs <a href=\"https://dianajacobs.net/home\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Diana:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/dianajacobsmusic/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiEiHUT0M8eEv6PqH5KztkA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Steven Simon"}