“We aim to maintain and promote well-being and safe studio spaces. It is important that we carry the torches today so we can be visible and pass them on to our daughters, granddaughters, sisters, nieces - the women of tomorrow who WILL be heard!”
Earlier this year I was interviewed as part of We Are The Unheard podcast series, founded by Eve Horne - an inspirational, award-winning Author, Campaigner, Singer, Songwriter, Sound-Engineer and Producer with over twenty years experience in the music industry. Our mutual love of music was the safe space I needed to share my own personal story. Listen to the podcast episode here.
“In the music industry, we are dedicated to taking action and are focused on developing women, women of colour, and gender minorities in production and songwriting.”
I am now thrilled to be back learning from Eve’s wealth of knowledge as a participant at the We Are The Unheard Academy. At the age of 42, a gift to myself; I am learning how to produce my own music, and a new skill which I will use in my work for even deeper creative connections and collaborations.
The first session last night on Zoom introduced us to Ableton Live 11.2, software and hardware for music production. Within half an hour, women from across England, Ireland, Scotland and further afield from Berlin, already recognising how different it felt to be learning about music production in the company of other women.
“Structural sexism in the music industry is undeniable when you see the stats on the underrepresentation of women/non-binary in all areas. It is a shocking testament to inequality in 2022. The Unheard campaign WILL have a part in changing those statistics by helping to increase the percentage of women and non-binary across all industry sectors to 50%; by raising awareness, staying visible, shouting aloud, and taking action!”
If you want to know more about the Academy or wish to support the campaign, more information is on the website We Are The Unheard.