Where Are The Females in The Music In Industry?

Points that I would be talking about:

• Generalizing the term “glass ceiling” in all areas of the working industry

• And applying what has been said to the music industry.

• Is it true that there is a glass ceiling for women?

Music Industry

• there is gender imbalance in the music industry.

• surveys shows some of the issues that is discussed regarding issues with the term “glass ceiling” in the music scene.

• its pretty common in the working world where women are not treated equally.

Surveys:

John Webster, chief executive of the Music Managers Forum, explains how only 15% of itsMembers are female.

*this image is used to show the large difference in management in the music industry, between men and women.

Artists and those behind-the-scenes

• In the realm of live music - backstage is apparently almost exclusively a male domain.

• Agents, managers, record label employees, PRs, radio station employees, music magazine writers - most of them men.

Cont.: • not all female artists really experience a

gender imbalance when they’re at work with their music.

• some female artists do feel dominated by men when they’re making their own music and those producing them are 80% men.

• Artists now produced and make their own music.

• E.g: Beyonce in I Am.. Sasha Fierce album. (produced the album)

Cont.: • it is mostly those who work behind-the-scenes thatfeels that there is a barrier.• Article: “This is an issue that divides the women of the music industry, from publicists to booking agents to artists themselves. • while some complain, others argue that the lack of women is more down to choice than discrimination.

There Are Those Who Have Succeeded

• Gail Davies - became the first female producer in country music.

• Jonell Polansky worked on one of the first 24-bit digital recording sessions in the world at theOcean Way studio on Music Row.

Others: KK Profitt, Trina Shoemaker, Lari White.