Media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) sits down with rapper on the rise, Drake to give him advice on conquering the music industry. Janessa helps Drake, or should we say Aubrey Graham, come up with a better stage name while Drake helps Janessa try understand the meaning of YOLO. Janessa also does us all a favor by convincing Drake to make a JDate profile. It’s Drake time.
Media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live) talks to pop star Demi Lovato before she embarks on her world tour. The two talk about being public with their struggles and really don’t care if you like it or not. Janessa also asks Demi if she will spare some fans.
Media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night LIve, Trainwreck) loves rapper Travie McCoy’s unique look. In this episode Janessa talks to the Gym Class Heroes lead singer about what movies to reference in songs and how to jive with the hip-hop scene.
El Hefe, Fat Mike, Eric Melvin, Erik Sandin of punk rock band NOFX and media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) sit down and talk all things music industry related. Janessa tries her best to market a band with a name that makes no sense. Her strategy? Change the name.
Janessa offers up some sound advice to American indie pop band FUN., including feedback on their song lyrics.
Sara Bareilles is a platinum selling female pop star, yet she somehow manages to say out of the tabloids. Media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) aims to rectify this by giving the Brave singer advice on how to be edgy in the music industry. If there’s one thing Janessa is qualified to do, it’s give advice on having a public meltdown.
Media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) talks to two of the Haim sisters, Alana and Este, about navigating the music industry. The official Taylor Swift squad members talk Nelson, hair and hebrew. Danielle may be the sister who is sick today but Janessa only has remedies to cure Este of her serious case of bass face.
Tegan and Sara meet with media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) to discuss the music industry. Tegan and Sara talk about their album Heartthrob, being open about emotions and collaborating with The Lonely Island for The Lego Movie. This episode also features a special appearance from Janessa’s coffee running intern Jack. What fun.
British-Irish boy band The Wanted (Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes) sit down with media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) to talk their album Word of Mouth. The meeting probably would have gone better if Janessa could understand the boys’ accents. But then again, maybe not.
British indie-pop band Bastille sit down with media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) to talk about the music industry. Janessa talks to band members, Dan Smith, Kyle Simmons, Will Farquarson and Chris Wood about what influenced Dan’s hair and tells the band why participating in web videos is a real career killer...
LeAnn Rimes is one of the few country singers that media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night LIve, Trainwreck) has actually heard of so this meeting is sure to go well. In this episode, Janessa tries to convince LeAnn to transition to rap and the two ladies talk about rising to fame at a young age.
Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson and Catherine Popper from Brooklyn’s finest alternative country band Puss n Boots sit down for a meeting with media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck). In this episode, Janessa compares her Sunday Night Football song with the band’s and offers Puss n Boots a gig they can very easily refuse.
Media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) sits down with indie rock duo The Both (Aimee Mann and Ted Leo) to prepare them for life in the music industry. In this episode they talk about being an Oscar-loser, not being a pharmacist and why starting The Both isn’t part of a mid-life crisis.
Media Coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) talks to part-time baristas and members on indie rock band TV on the Radio about preparing for Gov Ball. In this episode, band members Jaleel Bunton, Kyp Malone, Andrew Sitek and Tunde Adebimpe pick their favorite 90210 characters and Janessa practices scatting with the band.
In this special episode of Sound Advice, media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) talks to Tanlines, Frank Turner and attendees at Governors Ball Music Festival in NYC.
In this special episode of Sound Advice, media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) talks to Jack Antonoff of bands Fun. and Bleachers, Michael Fitzpatrick from Fitz and the Tantrums, and Sam Fogarino from Interpol at Governors Ball Music Festival in NYC.
Art rocker/alien St. Vincent (Annie Clark) braves a session with media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck). Janessa tries to think of a good St. Vincent scandal to leak to the media and St. Vincent tries to convince Janessa to actually listen to her music.
The king of musical parodies, Weird Al Yankovic might pull a Snoop Lion and start going by Norm Al Yankovic if media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) gets her way. In this episode, Janessa and Weird Al talk about their mutual love of MC Hammer, possible celebrities to feud with and Weird Al comes up with a parody song for Janessa.
Media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live,Trainwreck) talks to Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss of the band Sleater-Kinney about their album No Cities To Love. The band helps Janessa clarify her vague understanding of the term riot grrrl and talks about a Nancy Drew moment they had at a show. Janessa admits she’s never seen Portlandia but she hears her hairstylist is a fan.
Pop genius Nick Jonas sits down with media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) for what we believe is a meeting but may actually just be an elaborate scheme set up by Janessa so she can hit on him. Nick talks about the struggles of dating a former Miss Universe and why he still gets jealous. They also jam, so if you’ve ever dreamed of seeing a Jonas Brother improvise a beautiful Turkey Day song this video is for you.
Media coach Janessa Slater (Saturday Night Live’s Vanessa Bayer) meets the Montreal electro-funk duo Chromeo. Janessa brushes up on her French, so she can speak eloquently to the guys about music and love.
Science has proven that there is nothing better than a British boy band but media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) seems to disagree. In this episode of Sound Advice, Janessa tries her best to Americanize pop rock band The Vamps (Brad Simpson, James McVey, Connor Ball and Tristan Evans) so that American audiences will start taking them seriously.
Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) sits down with media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) to talk about her pop album Heartstrings and making the transition from acting to music. The two discuss success and dating and Janessa helps Leighton out with some new song ideas.This meeting is just the start of what could be a beautiful friendship between two ladies who are killing it at life.
Weed is the main topic of discussion when singer, songwriter and actress Jenny Lewis sits down and talks to media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck). Janessa tries to cheer Jenny up and Jenny makes Janessa sad enough to write an album by ruining gel manicures for her.
Media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live) hangs out with her favorite duo of pop rock brothers Joel and Benji Madden a.k.a. The Madden Brothers a.k.a. Ben Joelvi to discuss the project the two have been working on since the womb. Janessa teaches the two The Voice Australia coaches how to deflect questions about their celebrity wives, Nicole Richie and Cameron Diaz, while the brothers give Janessa a taste of what life as a Spice Girl would be like.
Haim sisters Este Alana and Danielle are back and talking all things music industry related with media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck). The pop rock sisters discuss The Fonz, snacks and leather jackets. Janessa auditions to be the fourth Haim sister so maybe you’ll see her on their next tour.
Should New Jersey rock band Blues Traveller be rebranded as a boy band? Media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) tries to convince band members John Popper, Chan Kinchla, Brendan Hill, Tad Kinchla and Ben Wilson that they should. First step - renaming the band. Keep an eye out for Five Little Cute Old Guys.
Singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson braves a meeting with media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck). In this episode, Janessa helps the 'Girls Chase Boys' singer find a good deal on a car and teaches her how to answer questions about Grey’s Anatomy.
Modest Mouse is a great name for a rock group but would it be a better title for a Pixar movie? Media coach Janessa Slater (Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live, Trainwreck) talks to Modest Mouse lead singer and guitarist Isaac Brock and gives her take on this question and the music industry as a whole. The pair also discuss the music festival circuit and Janessa tries to convince Isaac to change the band’s musical style.