Getting Close UP!

Getting Close UP! Season 2, Episode 3 welcomes Alan Kneeland; owner of The Combine at 2999 Troost Ave, Kansas City Mo, and the first African American President of The Greater Restaurant Association. Danielle and Alan have an in-depth conversation about having passion that intertwines with a dream that results in establishing. your own business that feeds the most hungry connoisseur of pizza to als...

Season 2 Episode 4 brings to you a dynamic musical duo; Melinda Edlin and Oliver Hughes make up the group Madness & Melody. Accomplished singers and songwriter in their own right, found themselves on a colliding path of devastation and unfortunate that brought then together to combine their talents and tales that create a unique melody all their own! Join Danielle as she gets into what makes t...

Season 2 Episode 5 introduces us to comedian and promoter Barton Richardson, better known on stage as B-Rich. Traveling across the world, from comedy venues to Def Jam comedy specials, B-Rich shares intimate details about what it takes to be a stand-up comedian; dropping gems of knowledge for any of you out there trying to break into the business. Don't miss this episode, it is truly one of the mo...

Season 2 Episode 6 introduces you to a singer, songwriter, producer and entertainer who's ambition and vision cannot be contained in a musical box. Danielle and Jamogi go memory deep into how, growing up as a church boy, moving from California to Kansas City and a family migrating from Belize to the US, has influenced his musical creations. This episode is sure to inspire anyone with aspirations o...

Season 2 Episode 7 introduces you to rapper, storyteller and now..........singer, Bugzy Beast! Join Danielle and Bugzy in this hilarious interview (maybe Bugzy should try comedy to) as they get into the ins and outs of defining someone wanting to embark on a music career vs. just being a rapper. I hope you walk away with a better understanding of the drive and commitment it takes to forge a path i...

As we are quickly approaching the end of Season 2, our Episode 8 allows us to switch up from music to a different type of creative. Steven Hooks Jr. is an entrepreneur, owning. his on Image Consulting, Event Planning, Production Company. Join Danielle and Steven as he allows a glimpse into his world as he delves into his beginnings, challenges, triumphs, culminating into his future endeavors.

Talented, Original, Innovative, Unafraid, Unique, Uninhibited, Self-Aware are just a few words to describe our S2E9 guest; Zee Underscore. Growing up in a musical family, going to a performance arts school and finding her voice while pursuing a career some might think of as contradictory to her creative nature, this independent creative sits down with Danielle in an episode of discovery (or what I...

We've come to the last show in season 2. Episode 10 features grammy nominated singer, songwriter, producer and now educator........Jo Blaq. With a plethora of industry experience; producing artist like Arianna Grande, Jill Scott and Justin Bieber (just to name a few), Danielle and Jo come together to talk his return to settle in his home town of Kansas City and his endeavor to share the industry k...

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 2 welcomes theSanctuary, a gospel recording artist. Host Danielle Cox takes us on a journey of musical beginnings, influences, up and downs, to the culmination of their last single and music video released on Memorial Day 2023, "In My Victory" (of which you can find on this channel.) Check out this episode as Danielle and theSanctuary laugh, joke and have fun te...

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 3 welcomes Jarvis Rhone; founder and inventor of U-Keys, a keyboard overlay to add pizazz to your look on stage or as an educational tool for the seeing and the deaf.   Host Danielle Cox takes us on a journey of musical beginnings, staring his own business and the journey into expanding the unknown gifts of those having a desire to play piano or keyboards. Check...

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 4 welcomes LaWanza Spear the author of "Southern Stories: The Family Secret". Pinned under the pseudonym "Albe Charles", her story of a family and the highs and lows they go through is so relatable, you will find yourself thinking through memories from your only family's secrets. Host Danielle Cox is enamored with the chance to interview an author of Ms. Spears...

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 5 welcomes Telepharo; a rapper, singer, song writer and barber. Check out this episode as Danielle and Telepharo talk about his turbulent past and a praying Grandmother. See how both have influenced his 30 + years journey to releasing his first project of deep feeling and inspirational relationship beliefs. Delivering a musical message that will offer positive v...

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 6 welcomes Ryan C. Hamilton; a photographer, music blogger, and documentarian. Check out this episode as Danielle and Ryan discuss the road to finding your passion and the sacrifice, the confidence, the struggles, the commitment, and the determination it takes to live there. Out of his love of music Ryan co-founded the music and apparel business "Music and Other...

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 8 welcomes Mike Murphy; singer, songwriter, and lead vocalist for the band Sunny Side Down. Tune in to this episode as Danielle and Mike dig deep into the emotional abyss from where the melodies and words are birth. 

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 9 welcomes MeShall Shumate; award winning filmmaker, photographer and CEO of Shu Productions. If you've watched the GCU! Game Time with MeShall Shumate, you can just image what this interview is like. Between the laughs and during the fun Danielle and MeShall talk about the early years of being behind the camera, shooting music videos to original music comprised...

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 10 welcomes Sean Tyler; Direction of Communications and Artist Management at Strange Music, Radio Personality, Content Creator, Singer, etc.....etc.....etc. We thought Sean would be the perfect guest for our season 1 finale. Being an intricate component of the #1 independent record company "Strange Music", his knowledge and wisdom from being in the game for over...

Getting Close UP! Season 1, Episode 1 welcomes Diallo Javonne French, a music photographer and filmmaker. Host Danielle Cox and Diallo talks musical beginnings and the journey to becoming a writer, director and filmmaker. His most recent film "Kansas City Dreaming" is a documentary about the rich musical heritage birth from generations of gifted artist from Kansas City. Join us as we Get Close UP!...