1. Pepper Jay, born May 12,1949, in Hollywood, California, is a music producer, teacher and lecturer, an actress, an author [Dynamic Song Performance, a Singer's Bible], and a former attorney licensed in the state of California.
18 Facts About Pepper Jay
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Pepper Jay began her performance career as a child writing and performing in playground, local theatre, and backyard plays.
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Pepper Jay appeared in two episodes of the television sitcom, The Real McCoys starring Walter Brennan, which premiered on ABC in 1957.
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Thereafter, Pepper Jay obtained a lifetime teaching credential from the State of California.
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Pepper Jay was assigned to the campuses of Hollywood High School, John Muir Junior High School, and at Crenshaw High School, where she taught tap dancing and produced shows by the 100+ member drill team.
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Pepper Jay taught school and lectured for several other school districts, including Bakersfield, CA, and San Diego, CA.
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Pepper Jay transitioned from her public teaching career in 1983 and earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law.
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In 1990, Pepper Jay established the entertainment company, Pepper Jay Productions, LLC She created the Working Actors Group, where, from 1993 through 2010, she and teaching partner John Michael Ferrari offered on-camera and cold-reading workshops to selected union actors.
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Pepper Jay continues today to coach performance skills for singers, actors, teachers, lawyers, students, and speakers.
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In 2008 Pepper Jay Productions created the Actors Podcast Network and its first channel Actors Reporter and in 2009 her company established a second channel Actors Entertainment, which consists of 12 internet and cable shows, including ActorsE Chat, Models Best Friend, Sidebeat Music, and Tinsel on the Town.
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Pepper Jay is the author of "Dynamic Song Performance, The Singer's Bible," available on Amazon, with contributions by John Michael Ferrari, preface by Allison Iraheta, and photographs by John Michael Ferrari, Jeff Knight, and John Wright.
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Pepper Jay was honored by the Multicultural Motion Picture Association with the Diamond Rose Award in Entertainment.
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Pepper Jay is an American Ambassador for Arts 4 Peace Awards, and traveled to Lagos, Nigeria and Paris, France on behalf of that organization.
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Pepper Jay was awarded the Dr Dante Sears' Heartpreneur of the Year Legend Award by the eZWay Network Virtual Wall of Fame Awards.
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Pepper Jay's keynote speaking, teaching, acting and music producing career continues.
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Pepper Jay has produced music for more than 30 years with her performing singer songwriter recording artist partner, John Michael Ferrari, for whom she has created four crossover country pop albums, a dozen singles, and, recently, an inspirational EP.
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From 2015 through the present, Pepper Jay produces live entertainment with The John Michael Ferrari Bands, one from Las Vegas, Nevada, and the other from Nashville, Tennessee.
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Pepper Jay Productions is a music publisher, under the record label Cappy Records, and is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.