Girls Twiddling Knobs

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Girls Twiddling Knobs

The #1 feminist music tech podcast, featuring deep-diving episodes into all things music production and home recording and fascinating guest episodes with women making music with technology, hosted by Isobel Anderson.

  1. Burnout, gender and music technology with Denise Devenish

    20 NOV

    Burnout, gender and music technology with Denise Devenish

    Send us a textLuckily, there’s far more conversations happening about musicians’ mental health these days. But how might gender impact our experience of things like depression and anxiety? And how might this differ in a music technology setting, specifically? Because, while this is something that’s often touched upon in wider conversations around gender and music technology, it’s rarely fully explored in its own right.Inside this conversation, Isobel chats with musicians’ therapist and counse...

    1h 16m
  2. The Art Of Authentic Production In A Post-Internet World: In conversation with Maria Uzor

    6 NOV

    The Art Of Authentic Production In A Post-Internet World: In conversation with Maria Uzor

    Send us a textIn a world that’s always online, how do we stay true to ourselves as artists? This week on Girls Twiddling Knobs, we tackle this question with the fiercely original electronic music producer Maria Uzor.Growing up as a Black artist in a predominantly White area of the UK, Maria often felt like an outsider. But she turned that feeling into a sound that’s bold, raw, and unmistakably hers. Join us as we explore how Maria channels her unique experiences into a blend of basement gritt...

    1h 2m
  3. EP#95: Pushing the Boundaries of Sound: Oram Awards Special

    23 OCT

    EP#95: Pushing the Boundaries of Sound: Oram Awards Special

    Send us a textWhat unique facets of our existence and identity does sound allow us to explore as women and gender diverse artists? This is one of the big questions that emerges inside this conversation with three of the five 2024 Oram Award winners.Whether it be through choreography, performance art, hacking or design, Lola De La Mata, xname and The Silver Field are all artists who have come to sound through alternative pathways. Inside this episode, you’ll learn about the role that sound and...

    1 hr
  4. Season 06 Trailer

    17 OCT

    Season 06 Trailer

    Send us a textJoin Isobel for all the juicy details on what you can expect to find inside of Season 06 of the podcast, dropping on October 24th. Listen and subscribe to the podcast: https://femalediymusician.com/podcastAnd share the podcast with a friend so we can spread the word, and making music technology a better place for women and gender diverse people.Ready to level up your music making with the powerful art of field recording? Download my new FREE Essential Gear Checklist to Star...

    22 min
  5. EP#94 {BONUS EPISODE} Live in Conversation with Daisy Stewart-Darling at Towner Gallery

    8 AUG

    EP#94 {BONUS EPISODE} Live in Conversation with Daisy Stewart-Darling at Towner Gallery

    Send us a textJoin us for the first ever Live Girls Twiddling Knobs episode, recorded at Towner Gallery on August 2nd, 2024. inside, Isobel talks with sound and lino artist, Daisy Stewart-Darling about her new project Lino Waves: Soundscapes of the Living Coast, which documents the changing East Sussex coastline through field recordings and large scale lino works.We touch on critical acoustic ecology, recording non-human voices, combining sound with visual mediums and how to present this demo...

    56 min
  6. Season 05 Wrap Up

    14/11/2023

    Season 05 Wrap Up

    Send us a textFollowing last week’s epic binaural finale episode, Isobel is back for one last music tech chat to bring Season 05 of Girls Twiddling Knobs to a close.This final wrap up episode is the perfect way to get a whistle stop tour of any episodes you might have missed and glean any final little golden nuggets from the last few weeks.This season, we've had some of the most amazing guests including NYX, DJ Paulette, Cathy Lane, Josephine Zwaan and many more, and they've all shared their ...

    28 min
  7. EP#93: {Binaural S05 Finale} Embodying Electronic Music with NYX at Hidden Notes Festival

    08/11/2023

    EP#93: {Binaural S05 Finale} Embodying Electronic Music with NYX at Hidden Notes Festival

    Send us a textReady for a binaural sound adventure?We’re wrapping up S05 of Girls Twiddling Knobs with an extra-special episode where, together, we take an immersive binaural deep dive into the ecosystem that is NYX.NYX are often described as an electronic drone choir and are a group of women and non-binary vocalists and non-vocalists who use music technology to create dense, musical creations and performance experiences with artists such as GTK alumni Gazelle Twin, amongst many others.Record...

    1h 3m
  8. Decolonising the Loop & Reimagining the DAW with Josephine Zwaan

    18/10/2023

    Decolonising the Loop & Reimagining the DAW with Josephine Zwaan

    Send us a textHave you ever questioned the way that music technology software is designed? And how the tech tools and gear we use might look and feel completely different if they were designed by different humans (i.e. not just predominantly white, cis, heterosexual men living in the West). Well, this question didn’t just bother today’s guest, producer and researcher, Josephine Zwaan. It led her to write a masters thesis that totally reimagines how a DAW could behave through the lens of Afric...

    1h 2m
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The #1 feminist music tech podcast, featuring deep-diving episodes into all things music production and home recording and fascinating guest episodes with women making music with technology, hosted by Isobel Anderson.

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  • Creator
    The Female DIY Musician
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    117
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Girls Twiddling Knobs
  • Show Website
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