Pop DJ-vocalist DJ Pebbles is managed by music industry mogul Randy Jackson.
DJ Pebbles DJs NYC events and parties and is also a model. She is from Australia and is now based in NYC attending NYU Tisch School of the Arts! She walked the red carpet with her mentor Randy Jackson at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts 2017 Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street.
Check out our exclusive chat below:
How did you first discover DJ Pebbles? What’s the story?
Randy Jackson: We met, we were on a boat. No, I’m just kidding.
DJ Pebbles: I wish it was like that. I wish I was on a boat.
Randy Jackson: I’m always scrounging, looking for artists. Trying to find new artists. Someone brought Cartier to our attention and I was like “Wow. She’s talented. She’s cool. She’s an Aussie girl from Brisbane” and we’ve been working together, about a year, maybe a year and a half.
DJ Pebbles: Yeah, about a year and half now.
Randy Jackson: Launching the second single now.
DJ Pebbles: Yeah, we launch the second single tomorrow, which is really exciting and we’ve been trying to find the right song for a while and it launches tomorrow. So we’re really excited about it. (Listen here)
Randy Jackson: So she’s a singer and a DJ and she’s enrolled in Tisch.
It’s a fantastic school, right?
DJ Pebbles: Yeah it’s a busy schedule.
Tell me a little bit about the rise of the DJ. The DJ is so powerful these days. Can you speak a little bit about that?
Randy Jackson: Yeah I think the DJs come up over the last 10 or 15 years but I think they’ve always been around forever, especially if you think about New York and you think about Frankie Knuckles and all of the great DJs. I mean it started here in New York and in Europe but I think the girl DJs have really come up. So I think that’s a whole, new different thing, because you know, first of all it’s equality and if you’re talented, you’re talented, whether you’re a guy or a girl. And I think you got a different perspective.
DJ Pebbles: Absolutely. And it’s like a secret weapon almost. Yeah I find it like a secret weapon, if you can sing, there’s a lot of singers. But if you can DJ, you have so much creative freedom to change your music, collaborate with people.
Randy Jackson: And then if you can do both, you’re like DJ Pebbles! Ah ha.
And what has it been like to have such a legend as your mentor?
DJ Pebbles: It has been really, really, unreal, I was so lucky to meet Randy a year and a half ago and he’s so involved with all my creative choices and is a really great mentor and guide to my future!
Randy Jackson: I don’t know about legend, just a kind man.
DJ Pebbles: No, I think a legend. I do.
Photo Credit: Nate “Igor” Smith
