Robin is live sound engineer base in Seattle. Robin’s interest in live sound started when she was told “it was something that “girls” couldn’t do, and I was confident it was a language I could learn to understand – especially coming from a music background. Then I started to do it and fell in love with it.”

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Sonic Tourism

Have you ever planned a vacation around your ears? As in a location with something unique to offer in aural pleasure instead of gastronomic or visual? If you have not, it is time to become an epicurean for your ears. Many places host ear-pleasing experiences, but some are local secrets. Here are a variety of options to kickstart your listening adventure.

Nicole Kirch is a North Carolina based recording engineer and musician. In her short career, she has worked on location sound, post-production, stage crew, and electronics.

Where are You Going?

When you stop thinking of yourself as an employee and start framing yourself as an independent contractor, you realise that you are free to do what you want. There’s no point in complaining about your boss keeping you in a bad work situation because your boss is you

Beth O’Leary is a freelance live sound engineer and tech-based in Sheffield, England.

5 Easy Steps To Becoming Rich and Famous While Working in the Sound Industry

There’s no such thing as a get rich quick scheme gone right, and the internet savagely preys on poor, unsuspecting dreamers to feed their click-bait web of lies. Don’t do it! Scroll away

Elisabeth Weidner is a sound designer, composer, and engineer based on California’s Central Coast. She is currently the Sound Director and Resident Sound Designer/Composer for PCPA, Pacific Conservatory Theatre.

Hello, I’m Susan. Educator. Microbudget Film Producer. Ginger.

Susan Williams is an educator in Winter Park, FL for a creativity and technology-focused university. Previously she was a local theatre technician and independent micro-budget film producer. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre with a minor in Cinema Studies from the University of Central Florida. Susan has spent her career working for various theatres around the country, including the Orlando Repertory Theatre, The Garden Theatre, and the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival.

Sexism in the Alternative Music Scene

Female musicians aren’t treated as equal to their male counterparts, girls at shows, whether they be fans or people working in the industry, are still dealing with harassment, and no viable solutions have been offered to counter this rampant problem. But, by educating each other on sexism in the scene, we can work towards eradicating this issue.

Being the Intimidating Woman

Intimidating; for my interests, life choices, and career path. Intimidating because I like to live life on my terms. Intimidating because I don’t fit into whatever box they want to put me in.

Heather Holm, holds a BA in Broadcasting and Digital Media Communication and an MS in Organizational Change Leadership. Heather has over seven years of working in higher education dealing with event logistics and production technology.

The Double Glazed Glass Ceiling

267 individual Grammy nominations have been made since the category’s inception. Several producers have been selected more than once. 7 of these 267 nominations were presented to women. That means less than 3% of those considered for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical has been female.

Ainjel Emme is a musician, songwriter, and producer. She has spent the past 20 years immersed in the study and practice of record production and making records via her Los Angeles-based production house, Block of Joy.

Valuing Your Worth and Getting Paid

You’re spending hours on a song, an EP, an album, and you haven’t even seen half of what you should’ve made yet. I know I have spent hours in front of Pro-Tools working on a mix only to do the math and realize I have made less than minimum wage

Virginia Haladyna is a musician, songwriter, performer, and freelance recording engineer based out of Austin, Texas.

My Love of Guitar Part Two

My guitar time was being replaced by audio time. I was buying books, downloading programs, going to classes, and spending hours upon hours learning the ins and outs of digital audio technology. I was starting to create sounds I had never heard before, using them to create soundscapes I’d never interacted with before, and writing lyrics and melodies I’d never think up before.

Elena Carroll is a songwriter, producer, and performer who has been making original music for 15 years. .

At Boom Box Post, we like to consider sound design challenges as creative opportunities. So, when I spotted an episode in which the characters travel via microscopic submarine through a human body, I was excited. This was the perfect opportunity to get creative with some recording!

Kate Finan works in post-production audio and is a co-owner of Boom Box Post. Kate has been nominated for MPSE Golden Reel Awards, Music + Sound Awards, and a Daytime Emmy.

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A resource for people interested in social equity in audio. We’ve put together a list of concrete actions you might take. These recommendations are for people working in education, industry, audio production and other related fields.

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