A SHERO's Journey: Julia Bailen

Guitarist and singer-songwriter Julia Bailen is one third of the
NYC power pop trio BAILEN with her elder twin brothers, David and
Daniel. On the heels of releasing the second full length BAILEN
album, Tired Hearts, Julia sits down with Carmel Holt to discuss
her journey to discovering the empowering stability that her
instrument and"owning it" brings her, the democratic process of
making records with her brothers, and working through some of the
negative effects and thought patterns caused by our ageist and
sexist music industry. Julia started playing guitar when she was
just 7 years old, taught by her father. While the elder twin
siblings began playing in bands, Julia was exploring musical
theater, and started writing songs. Soon enough, Daniel and David
decided to start their own project, The Bailen Brothers, but a
desire to create bigger harmonies created the opportunity for Julia
to join, and BAILEN was born, which features not just gorgeous
harmonies, but dynamic, tight arrangements and a collaborative
chemistry only siblings could have. Julia on lead guitar and
vocals, David on drums and vocals, and Daniel on bass, synth, and
vocals. This year marks a decade since their first live show
together, the first of hundreds of shows before they landed their
record deal with Fantasy Records, and released the trio’s first
album Thrilled to Be Here, in the spring of 2019. Now BAILEN is
back with their fantastic follow up, Tired Hearts, and Julia Bailen
joins us as this week’s SHERO in the Spotlight.