All the gear, but no idea Sophia Hughes
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All the gear, but no idea is a new series by Sophia Hughes aimed for young people taking their first steps in the music industry. It's made for women, non-binary people, those in the LGBT+ community, essentially anyone who is a minority in this industry. We will be going into more depth on various jobs within the industry, learning how to navigate this space as a minority, and gaining confidence and optimism that the industry is moving in a positive direction.
Cover illustration: @thecoconutconfessions
Music: Jaako & Sophia Hughes
Twitter: @AllthegearPod
Instagram: @allthegear.podcast
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From Basic Plans To Big Brands with Sadé Lawson
My guest this week, Sadé Lawson, started her career with the goal of working at Wireless Festival or Notting Hill Carnival. 😅 Now, she's a producer, artist manager of Lil C and formerly FKA twigs, and co-founder of creative agency, Cozy Global, which offers production services, artist management and development, event management and more.
We talked about so much, including connecting to brands, taking all opportunities, accountability, and the importance of a trusted network. ⠀
Episode Links
Website: https://sadelawson.com/ | https://cozy.global/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sadelawson/ | https://www.instagram.com/cozy.global/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sadelawson | https://twitter.com/cozydotglobal
And find me online:
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Queers To The Front with Maja Liv Groves
To round out Pride month, Maja Liv Groves, founder of artist management and booking agency 'Queers to the Front', joins me to speak candidly of their experiences and treatment in this industry. We discussed being queer in the music industry, creating safe and accessible spaces for marginalised people and how to be a good ally to the LGBTQI+ music community.
Episode Links
Website: https://www.queerstothefront.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queerstothefront/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/qttf_booking | https://twitter.com/maja_qttf
And find me online:
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Harsh Realities for Women In Music with Mirca Lotz
In the latest episode I sit down with Mirca Lotz to discuss a wide range of things from some eye-opening stories of sexism, plans for safer spaces for women in music, to preparing funding applications. She is an inspiring person who has done so much work to make gender equality happen within the German music industry!
Mirca has worked in a variety of positions in the industry, including as a booking agent and event curator with her company fwd:like waves, and as a founding member of Music.BY.Women, the Bavarian chapter of Music Women Germany. Her new organisation, Network The Networks, helps to connect music networks globally to learn from one another.
Episode Links
Website: http://www.fwd-like-waves.de/ | https://network-the-networks.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/network_the_networks/| https://www.instagram.com/sjaelv/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/networkthenetworks | https://www.facebook.com/musicwomenBY
And find me online:
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Pledging for a Gender Balanced Industry with Keychange
In this episode, I am joined by Maxie Gedge and Mia Ternström - project managers at Keychange. Keychange is a movement to bring total gender balance to the music industry. They work with festivals who pledge to 50/50 balanced line-ups, support underrepresented talent in the industry, etc.
We discussed the founding of this incredible movement, how people can get involved, where the industry is heading in terms of gender equality and why a gender balanced industry is essential. It was an inspiring conversation with people who are making amazing things happen!
Episode Links
Website: keychange.eu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KeychangeEU
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keychangeeu/
And find me online:
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Making Space for Diversity with Alexandra Ampofo
My guest this week is the amazing Alexandra Ampofo! She works as a promoter for Metropolis Music, leads Live Nation's diversity group 'Embrace Nation' and is one of the co-founders of Women Connect! She joined me to teach me more about the job of a promoter, how diverse this space is, her experiences with tokenism, barriers for black women reaching higher positions, and so much more. It was so insightful and necessary for me to learn about the experiences of another young, black woman navigating the music industry. Women Connect is a femxle forward collective creating safer, all-inclusive spaces, and equal opportunities for women, non-binary people and gender-fluid folk working in the creative industries and beyond.
Episode Links
Website: https://planetalex.co/ | https://www.womenconnect.co/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/planetalex_ | https://twitter.com/womenconnectuk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetalex | https://www.instagram.com/womenconnectuk/
And find me online:
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Staying Green in Festival Season with Claire O'Neill
On this week's episode, Claire O'Neill, joins me to discuss her career of travelling the world accessing and consulting live events for sustainability best practices with her company A Greener Festival. We touch on her jumping straight into this work straight out of university, what us festival goers can do to be as environmentally friendly as we can, and a lot more in between!
Episode Links
Website: https://www.agreenerfestival.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/agreenerfest | https://twitter.com/@erialC_Claire22
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agreenerfestival | https://www.instagram.com/claireoneill22
And find me online:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AllthegearPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allthegear.podcast/