Women in Music
By: Victoria Boyington
Women have come a long way from just being in the band. This year women are the focus in California as number of women focused events have already happened, and more event are planned. (more…)
By: Victoria Boyington
Women have come a long way from just being in the band. This year women are the focus in California as number of women focused events have already happened, and more event are planned. (more…)
By: Malle Kaas
“I hate it”! That’s kind of how I feel every time I’m going to an exhibition for sound technology. I feel, I’m walking into a nerdy club for boys only. Women do account for only about 1% of the visitor’s including exhibitors. (more…)
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SoundGirls – Gaston-Bird Travel Fund This fund has been established to increase the presence of women (and those that identify as women) at trade conferences. Women who have been invited to speak, or sit on panels at audio conferences and trade shows.
SoundGirls Scholarships Open in June 2022
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A Bloomberg study revealed that women with MBAs earned a median of $35,000 less than men eight years after graduating from business school. One particularly painful effect of that earning divide is that it makes paying off student debt loans, which continue to balloon, harder for women at work.
As gender pay gaps widen, loans weigh more heavily on women than on men. It can take women with MBAs over a year longer than men to pay back their student loans.
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Meet singer-songwriter LP, who it is rumored can captivate audiences with just one note of her rough-edged vocals. Her songwriting credits include the Backstreet Boys, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, and Joe Walsh. LP spent the better part of four years touring the country in a van, honing her skills as a fierce performer. (more…)
No matter how dedicated you are to a process, there comes a time when you lose patience with it. Have you ever stopped to wonder why that is? It doesn’t make sense, in a way. You know you’re doing the right things, for the right reasons, and you’re sure that given enough time, your efforts will yield great results. And you’re still doing the same stuff that you were psyched about a few short months ago. So why does the shine rub off? (more…)
We are super excited to be able to offer to our members a Dave Rat Seminar on April 30, 2015. The Seminar will take place at Rat Sound HQ in Camarillo, CA and is only open to SG Members. (more…)
Chez is an independent sound engineer based out of Los Angeles that enjoys work surrounding FOH, including mixing, teching, and designing sound systems. She is currently touring with the artist, LP (iamLP.com) as her Tour Manager and FOH Engineer. (more…)
Please check back soon for my first post!
March 19 – Come Tour the dark and dingy club on the Sunset Strip that Johnny Depp made famous. During the 90’s the Viper Room had a celebrity roster of fans from ranging from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Counting Crows (more…)