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GIEL and Jim Bianco

How Professionals Create on Command

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Two musicians walk into a room with no song and walk out with one — live! GIEL and Jim Bianco reveal how real creatives stop waiting for inspiration and start building momentum in the moment.

Singer-songwriter GIEL and music producer Jim Bianco have collaborated on more than 20 songs together. In this rock star interview and spontaneous performance, they share their hard-won philosophy on creative process and professional collaboration, then demostrate it by crafting and producing a brand new song live in front of the audience. GIEL is the creator of THE SHIFT, an immersive live music experience at Lisbon’s Badassery, and founder of Reignwel Global, a wellness platform for creatives of color. Jim spent 15 years touring before his song “Easy Street” went viral on The Walking Dead, leading to a decade of writing and producing for film, TV, and advertising. Together they co-founded ReWIRE Music to bring session-room wisdom to artists and leaders. This is an event about what it really means to create on command and what happens when two creative professionals allow us to glimpse their craft-making live and in-person.

About the speaker

GIEL (pronounced "Jai-Elle") is a Miami-born, missionary-raised singer-songwriter, producer, and architect of spaces that don't exist yet. Rooted in gospel, she left corporate America, moved to Lisbon with 12 bags and a purpose, and built a world filled with underground music nights, a wellness platform for creatives of color, and coaching frameworks she invented herself.

She's the creator of THE SHIFT, an immersive live experience where audiences co-create songs around a shared theme at the speakeasy Badassery; founder of Reignwel Global, expanding mental health access across the global diaspora; and co-founder of ReWIRE Music with veteran songwriter and producer, Jim Bianco. GIEL doesn't just perform, she builds the room.

JIM BIANCO is an LA-bred singer-songwriter, producer, and creative philosopher who spent 15 years touring the world and playing late-night TV before a song he wrote called "Easy Street" landed on The Walking Dead, went viral, and quietly rewired his career. For the past decade he's been writing and producing music for film, TV, and advertising, logging hundreds of songwriting sessions and developing a hard-won philosophy about what it means to create on command.

He's a collaborator who fills a room with 50 ideas so the right 5 can surface. He believes professionalism begins the moment you stop waiting for inspiration. Based in Lisbon, Jim co-founded ReWIRE Music with GIEL, bringing his session-room wisdom and experience to a creative experience for artists and leaders.

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