UNBALANCED MIX – Women account for less than 5 percent of producers and engineers — but maybe not for long

Published in Nashville Scene June 03, 2010 News » Cover Story By Steve Haruch

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A varied and quite comprehensive feature on female participation in the US-based recording industry. Interviews with Grammy award winning engineer Trina Shoemaker; Terri Winston (founder and executive director of Women’s Audio Mission);  Jessica Hopper (author of ‘The Girls’ Guide to Rocking‘); Gail Davies (hit songwriter, performer, the first female producer in country music); Jonell Polansky (producer, engineer, holds a degree in electrical engineering); KK Proffitt (owner and chief engineer at JamSync studio); Lari White (producer, engineer, musician); Wendy Waldman (veteran producer); Heather Sturm (engineer, instructor at the Art Institute of Tennessee).

While it does not get interviews from women with experiences so bad in industry that they were pushed out – and getting those numbers would be very difficult – this is one of the best features I have seen on the issue of female participation in music industry as recording producers and engineers.

Read the feature at Nashville Scene. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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