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James Carpenter: Following the Thread

I was impressed with James Carpenter from the beginning. Not merely because of his body of work or that he brought great ideas to our project. Quality speaks for itself. It was because he was open and approachable. That he was free of the need to impress is what impressed me the most. At the time I was living in Qatar, working on a fancy urban redevelopment scheme with teams of accomplished architects, engineers, planners, and construction-related consultants of every stripe. Among this esteemed, designerly crowd Jamie’s approachability was a rare trait, which made it all the more notable. We only met briefly but this impression stuck with me. When we fortuitously crossed paths a few years later in a TriBeCa coffee shop I had no reservations about re-introducing myself. And when I pitched him on it, the fact that he agreed to take part in this new Deviation thing was testament to his openness.
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Nikki Pope – the intersecting life as a performer and entrepreneur

Nikki Pope is a British Singer/ Songwriter. Her first EP 'Electric Energy' was released in May 2016 and caught the attention of the BBC and America's prestigious radio network 'SiriusXM' gaining her national and international coverage. Her music has been played across the world through Radio and TV with coverage on ITV's 'This Morning' hosted by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. Nikki became a BBC Introducing Artist back in May 2016 and was described as an 'artist who's debuting track caused a stir' and that her music was 'the best music from a new artist we've ever played'. Shortly after, Nikki went on to perform a live session at New York City's SiriusXM in their famous 'fishbowl' studio following interviews with the very notable Larry Flick and 'America's Next Top Model's' very own Nigel Barker. The second EP 'Karma Deja Vu' came about in February 2017 followed by sold out show's where music bloggers gave rave reviews and within a month 'Richer Unsigned' made her 'Artist of the Week' and soon swept up spotlight features on 'Reverb Nation'. She made her mark in the USA with three sold out show's on Broadway in the famous Iridium Jazz Club and at the Triad Theatre. Duetting with Academy and Emmy Award winning actor, Danny Aiello, Nikki teamed up to cover the well known song 'Feeling Good' which would later open her second show on the 'Great White Way’. Pope is also a successful entrepreneur, founding three successful businesses in the past five years.