This week I have the pleasure getting to know a longtime friend even better from insights into his professional world. An internationally recognized recording artist, vocal coach, songwriter/writer, style influencer, and entrepreneur, Ghanaian-Cuban-American, Jeremiah Abiah inspires artists around the world to learn, love, and live their voice. His creative talents and expertise have made him a sought-after coach for national and international singers, actors, rappers, and public speakers. His influence and involvement have launched the careers of many musicians currently on the charts. As a singer, producer and writer, his recording contributions have been nominated for Grammy Awards, the Latin Grammys, the NAACP Image Awards and the 2020 Oscar Awards with Cynthia Erivo. He works with an array of celebrated artists such as Common, Brandy, Robert Glasper, Ro James and others.

He launched TheABIAHway, an artist development platform, to enlighten, inspire, and empower music artists globally and expanding his influence in the music industry. His work has launched the careers of many current music artists on the charts and on Broadway. Clients include Sony, RCA, Atlantic, Columbia Records as well as numerous Broadway and Opera Stars. This former Professor of Voice at Berklee College of Music can be seen on the stage at music festivals, concert halls and teaching Masterclasses worldwide.

In 2020, he debuted his popular new Facebook Live talk show, Inside the Singer’s Voice where each episode is an intimate conversation between great singers about great singing. As you’ll hear, there’s much, much more to Jeremiah’s own voice and story.

Where to find Jeremiah?
On LinkedIn
On Instagram
On Facebook
On X
On YouTube

Topics of interest:
About George Michael
Opera Greats William Warfield and Leontyne Price
Rochester School of the Arts
About Patricia Seymour Alexander
About the Art Song Repertoire
NAACP ACT-SO Acheivement Program
Eastman School of Music
New England Conservatory
About The Chi’s Ntare Mwine
Otter.ai
Ain’t Too Proud, The Musical
About Michael Swanson
Ron Simon’s SimonSays Entertainment
About Pamela Cooper’s, The Cooper Company
About Shanice
What is the “Whistle Tone?”
About Gospel Great, Yolanda Adams
Laylah Hathaway
Mint Condition’s Stokley Williams
Claude Kelly
R&B and Soul Legends Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross and Barry White
About Bill T. Jones

Special Guest: Jeremiah Abiah.

This week I have the first of a “spirited” two-part conversation with the authors of Black Mixcellence--Cuban-Jamaican-American writer, Tamika Hall and another fellow countryman, Ghanaian mixologist, Colin Asare-Appiah. First up is Tamika who is is a mom, freelance writer & content strategy manager. She has created editorial content and marketing strategies for The Vitamin Shoppe, Mass Appeal, The Examiner, Mommynoire/MadameNoire, stupidDOPE.com, ICONIX, and Yellowbrick.co. She’s written branded content for a variety of brands including Bacardi, Maker’s Mark, PepsiCo, Anheusur-Busch, and Viniq. in addition to her commercial portfolio, she co-created the curriculum for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry Essentials online course with NYU’s Jonathan Tisch Center of Hospitality and was the winner of the 2021 Budweiser Hashtag Sports Award for Black Storytelling honoring her work on the pilot program for The Sneaker Essentials K-12 initiative.

I had a wonderful time getting to know more about Tamika and her explorations of black culture plus some of her inspirations. I look forward to sharing more insights on the global impact of the spirit industry on cultures across diasporas in Part 2 with Colin.

Where to find Tamika?
Buy Black Mixcellence!
On LinkedIn
On Instagram
On Facebook

What’s Tamika reading?
Will by Will Smith
The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz
Sometimes I Trip on How Happy we Could Be by Nichole Perkins
Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
All About Love by Bell Hooks

What's Tamika watching?
Sex and the City
New York Undercover
Works by Spike Lee

What’s Tamika listening to?
Deep Purple
Teddy Pendergrass
Prince

Other topics of interest:
Sylvia’s Soul Food Restaurant
Women’s Day Magazine
Nkiru Books
Black Wall Street
Tom Bullock

Special Guest: Tamika Hall.