Women in the Music Industry

So through an internship that I did with Jr. Music Executive, an awesome non-profit in Philadelphia that helps youth explore careers in music, I’ve met a lot of other aspiring female music industry professionals. Well a few of us decided to start getting together every so often and talk about up and coming projects that we are working on, how we can help one another, etc. And as gay as it might sound, lol, I actually like the idea of it. I mean no doubt we live in a male dominated society and so in turn the music industry is male dominated as well. There is a lot to look out for when you are trying walk this career path. There are a lot of people that don’t necessarily care about your talent … For instance being at an “Unnamed Studio” and exchanging numbers with producers that hit you up on some very unprofessional terms. Like are you really serious right now dude? So it’s nice to feel like you have an alliance to fall back on. Some type of security that makes you feel like your not going through things on your own. I can’t tell you how many events I’ve been to and I’ve been either THEE only woman or one of two. Hopefully just a few friends getting together can turn into something bigger, maybe a summit for young girls that might not be the next Beyonce but the next great A&R or engineer. I mean even as a writer it shocked me that so many men, write a lot of the great women anthems that we dance to in the club and bang in the car. I mean, seriously? We can’t even write our own songs? There are a lot of great women in the industry doing their thing, believe me, but I also think that there is room for a lot more. All that feminism I just wrote will probably hold me over for about the next six months, cause it’s really not my fight of choice normally, but I just wanted to put that out there…