020 When We Work Together, We Rise Together with Linda Coogan Byrne

In this episode Linda talks about being an activist and campaigner and their courageous fight to change the music industry.  We discuss their Gender Disparity Data Reports that have had a huge impact on the industry and the attempt to silence them by hacking their computer and deleting their whole book!

“I mean, not only that, but we do for those that are yet to come, like, you know. Because if they can't see it, they can't be it. So unless we have visibility and unless we have people being heard  you know, the LGBTQIA community, the black community, people of colour, you know, women.   Unless we are given the same equal opportunity as men.

We're just not, it's going to continue being the same situation where there's one token person on a panel. You know but it can't be like that. Imagine if it was, just imagine if it was the other way around?”

ABOUT THE GUEST - LINDA COOGAN BYRNE

Linda Coogan Byrne is a Music Industry Consultant with 15 years of experience in the international and domestic music industry and is CEO of Award-Winning PR & Marketing Company Good Seed PR. They are also an activist and campaigner for gender diversity and equality and is managing director of Culture Change company Why Not Her?. 

Hailed as the woman who has retuned Irish and UK radio airplay towards gender parity, their Gender Disparity Data Reports focusing on the lack of diversity and gender parity across Radio in the UK and Ireland, has become one of the biggest equality movements in the music industry and has garnered over 150 million+ in audience reach,  leading the way for the music industry’s #WhyNotHer movement.

Linda was named as one of the Top 100 most influential women in Ireland (in 2021) who are choosing to challenge perceptions to change the world. Linda’s work has been widely praised and featured across notable outlets such as The Guardian, Sunday Times, Clash, BBC, RTE, The Independent and many more. They have been a speaker/lecturer/panellist at Hotpress MixSix, Women’sWork, OutPut, MUTEK Barcelona, Belfast Metropolitan College, Trinity College, IMPALA, Dublin City University, and BBC The Biggest Weekend Festival to name a few.

Name That Tune Songs:

BLACK DOG - Arlo Parks https://amzn.to/3M1fzmT

CONNECT WITH LINDA:

https://lindacooganbyrne.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindacooganbyrne/

https://www.whynother.eu

https://www.goodseedpr.com

ABOUT THE HOST - EVE HORNE

Eve Horne is an Award Winning Singer, songwriter, producer, sound engineer, podcast producer and more recently, a creative transformational coach, Mentor and Advisor. She has over 20 years experience in the Music Industry and is founder of PeakMusicUK and the UNHEARD Campaign which demands equality for women in the Music Industry.

Eve helps women to realign their vision and realise their potential through her unique programme that combines creativity and mental well-being. Eve is passionate about  unlocking the ‘forgotten you’ and clearing those subconscious blocks so that each woman can remember her worth, regain her confidence and achieve inner success.

Eve is also co-author of children’s book “How Nova Got The star In Her Eye” a beautiful children’s picture book about an interracial, same sex couple and their journey to becoming a family! A book can help educate all families! https://amzn.to/3wz9NSw

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