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Jessica BZartley Interview + Images Lizabeth Nieves THE ARTS 42 | BOROMAG.COM | OCTOBER 2013 J essica Bartley is a singer, Esthetician and make up artist who combines all her talents to come up with some pretty amazing projects. I was so young when I became interested in music. When I was little my mom and I would always listen to music in the car. At 6 or 7 I’d gotten my first karaoke machine, and I would put on shows for my fish tank singing Mariah Carey songs. And I thought I was great! I loved Motown, I wanted to be a Supreme, and there were more complications than I thought when that came to my future and me. I think I always wanted to do it, but it always scared me too. I started my first band when I was 16 with my first serious boyfriend… I studied mass communications and broadcast media. I really thought that I wanted to work in radio. I moved to NY in January of ‘05. I didn’t tell anyone I was moving, but my brother and I threw everything in the car and he helped move me out here. I wanted it to be a clean break, and not have anyone talk me out of it. I wound up living in Astoria after I met Erin (who I am in Cudzoo with). We met because we were the only white girl nanny’s at the rich kid school. I fell in love with Astoria immediately. I remember getting a ticket on the subway in Bushwick when I first moved here. The police officer was like, “Oh sweetheart. You should move to Queens.” I was like, what does that even mean? He said, “You are a good girl, you shouldn’t be living in this neighborhood.” I was so annoyed, I was like, I’m cool, and I could live in the hood… I loved that my apartment was big and beautiful. Also, that there was a sense of neighborhood and a lot of creative people and a (continued on page 44)


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