{"id":12498,"date":"2015-08-02T09:50:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T08:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=12498"},"modified":"2015-08-02T09:50:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T08:50:20","slug":"ilana-j-free-falling-from-the-ground-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/08\/ilana-j-free-falling-from-the-ground-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilana J &#8211; &#8216;Free Falling From The Ground Up&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12501\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/08\/ilana-j-free-falling-from-the-ground-up\/ilanaj7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IlanaJ7.png?fit=671%2C445&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"671,445\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"IlanaJ7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IlanaJ7.png?fit=640%2C424&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12501\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IlanaJ7.png?resize=640%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IlanaJ7\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ilana Jeavons turned down the opportunity at 13 to enter the prestigious London College of Music, choosing instead to follow a more traditional academic institution. She followed this up with a successful career in healthcare, but always craved an outlet for her creativity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After an extended visit to the US in 2008, Ilana had a seachange, and decided songwriting and recording was the way she wanted to go. She commenced guitar and piano training, and started writing &#8211; finding that the lyrics just poured out of her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Influenced by the likes of Sting, Coldplay and Keane, and now recording as Ilana J, her\u00a0musical style has had a natural evolution, and her passion has brought her into the circle of people like Mark Alexander, ex-keys for Meatloaf. Mark is now her producer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ilana J&#8217;s debut EP, &#8216;Free Falling From The Ground Up&#8217; is inspired by how she feels now that music is back in her life:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I am letting the music and the lyrics &#8216;free fall&#8217; out of me and am growing everyday from the &#8216;ground up&#8217; which is intensely fulfilling on a whole new level&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Paper Planes&#8217; is based on\u00a0her teenage trauma about when her younger brother tragically died &#8211; the pain of which has\u00a0thankfully now receded &#8211; \u00a0it&#8217;s dedicated to his memory with a message of hope and peace. It will be released on 14 September, preceded by a video filmed in New York City, released the first week of September.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find Ilana J online on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilanaj.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/ilana-j\" target=\"_blank\">SoundCloud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ilanaj_sings\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IlanaJ.songwriter\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGHTEnQ_vN5ThJzwxUO8OGw\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/ilana.j.music\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>. &#8216;Free Falling From The Ground Up&#8217; is available now on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/free-falling-from-ground-up\/id1006693147\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video for &#8216;England&#8217;, also from &#8216;Free Falling From The Ground Up&#8217;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; 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