In 2012, I recorded my first album as a leader, and decided it was time to get that music in the world. In January of 2013, I launched Outside in Music as an artist-centric media company that helps artists to make the most of their releases, regardless of budget or point in career. When working with OiM, I’ll be helping with the overall marketing strategy, and making sure your release hits the street with the best chance for success!
Alan is a jazz trumpeter and educator based in Nashville, TN. Joining Outside in Music in 2016, Alan assists in helping artists’ musical visions reach their audiences as he works closely with them through every step of releasing their projects with our four imprints (Outside in Music, NextLevel, Outside in Arts, and Outside in Selects).
Alan has been with OiM since 2016
Simeon Nathanael Davis is a saxophonist, composer/arranger, and violinist originally from Cape Town, South Africa currently based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Simeon holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies, saxophone concentration, from the University of North Texas (2020) and is a current Master of Music in Jazz Composition candidate at UNT. Davis holds multiple awards for his performance in both classical and jazz across two continents, including The Andrew Ford Trophy for Jazz Performance, various Eisteddfod distinctions, and selection as the Lead Alto in the South African National Schools’ Big Band. As a composer and bandleader, Davis won the inaugural Innovative Music Programming Competition at UNT for his ensemble iKhaya Lam’s concept of fusing South African jazz with multimedia presentations. Additionally, Davis was awarded Pi Kappa Lambda’s Undergraduate Achievement Award for his original programmatic composition “The Diver” in Spring 2020.
Davis currently leads two main projects: iKhaya Lam, a quartet who performs tributes to South African Jazz, and The Simeon Davis Group, who perform through-composed original programmatic music with jazz-infused elements. Additionally, The Simeon Davis Group recently released their debut quartet album, “Bah Humbug: An Absolutely Unnecessary Christmas Album” featuring tributes to icons of jazz history through arrangements of holiday classics.
As a writer, Davis has been published in academic journals and is an avid reader and writer of folk poetic forms and spoken word.
Simeon has been with OiM since 2020
Luciano Quezada is a double and electric bassist located in the DFW metroplex. He can frequently be found performing in a variety of genres and musical situations. Quezada holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Business from Oklahoma State University. Quezada is currently a graduate student at the University of North Texas college of music, where he performs in multiple ensembles.
