THE TEAM
OCTAVIA
ARTIST
Erica Octavia is a singer, songwriter and multimedia producer born and raised in South Carolina. As a teenager, she was a background vocalist for a youth gospel choir Christ N U and participated in nationwide tours, released an album titled “Forever”, in which she performed studio vocal overdubs, opened for numerous renowned gospel artists including Shirley Caesar, Donald Lawrence, Tye Tribbett along with a host of others. She relocated to Los Angeles and has worked in television licensing for 11 years —7 years with Montage Music and 4 years as the owner and operator of Octavia Music Group. Their clients include Disney, Warner Brothers, NBC Universal, Hulu, Netflix and others. In September 2021, she released her first solo music demo titled “The Octavia Project” in which she was the writer, singer, producer, and arranger. Along with the EP, she released an accompanying book “The Project Song Book” which includes lyrics, photos, and insight for every song. Her musical licensing expertise landed her an opportunity to score and music supervise the film tilted “Orion’s Quest.”
AMAC
ARTIST
Ali “AMAC” McGuire is a Mixing/Recording engineer and Vocal Producer. Having worked with artist from Joji (receiving a Platinum Record for her work on “BALLADS1”) to WifisFuneral, Shordie Shoridie, Slushii, Sophia Reyes, Lizzo, Phi11a, Kelly Rowland, PNB Rock, The Kooks and more. A MAC got her start in Philadelphia doing FOH at live sound venues all over the city then moving on to touring with acts like Fetty Wap, Post Malone. In 2017 A MAC decided to move to LA to work in the studio with the best in the world. After getting her first studio job at Melrose Sound in Hollywood she branched off to work with labels such as Atlantic, Warner, GOOD Music, 88 Rising, Hitco and more.
NASHI
ARTIST
Hailing from Tokyo, Japan with an Indian background, Natasha “Nashi” Patel has built a sound that reflects her heritage and pays homage to the R&B music she grew up listening to and loving. After relocating to Los Angeles post college, after studying Music Business on a partial scholarship award, she poured herself into songwriting and has garnered attention on social media from the likes of Jermaine Dupri, Bryan Michael Cox, Novawav and Eric Bellinger. She has worked with legends including Jean Marie Horvat, most well known for his contributions to Michael Jackson’s catalog as a mix engineer, and song-writes for local artists such as Athena Poulous and Michaela. She also brings her skills in sound, production and engineering. Her pen is eclectic, having experience writing everything from EDM, Pop to R&B and even having the ability to switch language in these genres to Hindi, and Japanese. She is a powerful and integral piece of our team.
MICAH
ARTIST
Micah Kolk is a musician originally from Wilmington NC, where his love of music and songwriting began. At the age of 19, Micah started an indie rock band with a longtime friend and drummer Christian Black. After lots of up and downs with the band they decided to call it quits and Micah relocated to Nashville TN. There, performing in bars and clubs, he continued to write songs. Music was not quite paying the bills so he took carpentry jobs for extra cash. With Nashville exploding in popularity Micah’s freelance carpentry exploded as well, leaving him no time. So after 8 years in Music City, with music taking a back seat he decided to move yet again… this time to the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico served as a musical reset where Micah could spend his days writing and playing music full time.