[ep 096] Priscilla Jimenez on creative flow, the evolution of music and tech & remembering your roots

About this episode

Priscilla Jimenez discusses her journey in music, tech, and design, highlighting her cultural roots and creative evolution.

Priscilla Jimenez has a sharp intelligence and curious gaze, and to call her talented is an understatement. She’s the founder of Push More Buttons—a multidisciplinary creative studio merging music, tech, and design—as well as a music producer and DJ. An established creative & art director, Priscilla has designed work for Madonna, Eric Clapton, and My Chemical Romance, as well art directed for clients Pinkberry, TNT, TBS & more. Born to parents who immigrated to Los Angeles from Mexico, her upbringing was shaped by a vibrant East LA culture. Her mother was a seamstress and her father an upholsterer, working hard to build a life for Priscilla and her brothers. She spent childhood summers in Ensenada, Mexico, where her parents are from, a memory she recalls in detail to this day. Priscilla spent solo time as a kid watching films and playing with photography, media & computers. Her music love began with her siblings and an uncle, who influenced her through the genres they listened to and instruments they played—when she was 14, one of her brothers got into DJ-ing and opened her up to a new world of music-making. In her early 20s, a mentor encouraged her to apply for a…

People in this episode

Host: May Globus

Guest: Priscilla Jimenez

Topics covered

• creative flow
• music evolution
• technology in music
• cultural roots
• entrepreneurship
• design

Keywords

• Priscilla Jimenez
• music producer
• DJ
• creative studio
• East LA culture
• entrepreneur
• design
• music evolution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Push More Buttons, Pinkberry, TNT, TBS, warnerrecords, ArtCenter College of Design, Pentagram

Places: Los Angeles, Ensenada, Mexico

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