This blog was first written for Yorkshire Sound Women as Who Counts In The Music Industry Last autumn I published a piece of research called Counting the Music Industry: the gender gap in music. This was an audit of the artist and writer rosters of over 300 of the UK’s record labels and music publishing …
This article first appeared on the Festival Insights website Thank goodness we have a back to normal festival season on the horizon for the summer of 2022. But what does ‘back to normal’ actually mean for the thousands of musicians who are being booked to play? For many musicians it means facing a much more …
The past few months has seen music, indeed all the creative industries, worry about its existential future. There has been a collective although cautious sigh of relief at the government’s focused £1.5 Billion bail-out for the arts, a glimmer of hope amongst the decimation. And yet I worry how this crisis will exacerbate inequalities. We …
I am a parent in music and a board director of Parents and Carers in Performing Arts (PiPA), campaigning to improve the working conditions of parents across theatre, dance and music. This is my second article this past month regarding parenting and managing a music career…the first was published by the ISM here https://www.ism.org/advice/parenting-under-covid-19 . How have …
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It’s Brits time again on the annual schedule of music award ceremonies. The Brits unveiled new gender ‘neutral’ award categories this year, a move I initially felt might be detrimental to women, but on reflection I believe this can do some good as it has shone a spotlight on inequity in the music industry and …
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This article first appeared in the Huffington Post I don’t talk often about my experiences of balancing a career in the music industry with being a parent – it is something I, alongside thousands of others, just get on and do. But my start to parenthood was perhaps tougher than many – my partner left …
