WAY UP
WAY UP
Introducing upcoming artists and new music
EPISODE 1: WRITING & COMPOSING
Six upcoming artists who haven’t met before arrive at the House of Talents in Barcelona. They form teams of two and start their mission to create songs in three days, leading up to a final performance of their work in an intimate concert. The first episode captures the beginning of this creative journey, from the artists getting to know each other, to writing lyrics and composing melodies.
EPISODE 2: STUDIO TIME
On the second day in the House of Talents, the artists get the chance to experiment with their tracks in the villa’s home studio. Producer Jesus supports them with refining song layers and exploring new instruments. Yamaha artist Miki Santamaria pays a visit to support the new talents in their creative process.
EPISODE 3: FINAL PERFORMANCE
On the final day in the House of Talents, the artists get ready to perform the songs they have been working on the past days. In an intimate concert, they showcase their results in front of each other.
Ignacio Serrano
JNR Williams
Rubin Henkel
Rubin Henkel is a German/Canadian pianist and composer for film and media based in Berlin. When Rubin composes a piece of music, he likes to establish a particular concept behind the song first. In the House of Talents, he soaked up the atmosphere by recording live sounds from the villa.
Marc Mâhfoud
Marc Mâhfoud is a vocalist, lyricist, instrumentalist, composer and producer who as a child, migrated from Syria to Germany with his parents. Marc later moved to the Netherlands and intensified his passion for art and music. His mission is to liaise (social) science and sound into an honest fusion of traditional instruments and electronically driven compositions.
TOKYO, JAPAN
U.K. artists JNR Williams and Wyldest meet with U.S. artist Maggie Miles at the Yamaha Ginza Hall in Tokyo. There, the emerging artists share experiences in songwriting and discuss how music empowers them to express their emotions and convey a message.
