The Five Percent

Skaivi is a Chicago-based singer, songwriter, music producer, and recording engineer with six years of experience working in recorded audio. An independent artist with entrepreneurial ambitions, she produces and engineers her own music and hopes to eventually establish a company encompassing all aspects of her creative and music-related work.

Hannah Brodrick is the Monitor Engineer for Florence + The Machine, where she combines technical expertise, RF knowledge, and a collaborative approach to deliver world-class performances night after night.

Although Helen spent her life writing songs, performing, and playing music, it wasn't until she was 28 and recording her first album in a Nashville studio that she discovered the creative possibilities of audio engineering. Watching the engineers shape the music from the other side of the glass revealed a new artistic path, one where...

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For Charae Degrow, the path to audio engineering began with a leap of faith. Based in Ottawa, Canada, Charae is the founder of Rhythm With Rae and works primarily in live sound as both a front of house and monitor engineer. She also provides audio workshops for local high schools and community organizations and occasionally...

For Erika Pursiainen, a career in live music wasn't something she discovered early in life—it was something she found through determination, curiosity, and a willingness to reinvent herself. Today, Erika works as a tour manager, merchandise manager, and stage manager, bringing more than a decade of experience to the road while helping artists and crews...

Joan Hammel is a Chicagoland-based singer, songwriter, and producer with over three decades of experience in both live and recorded audio. As the founder of Paxton Productions, Joan’s work spans performance, production, and engineering, rooted in a lifelong commitment to music and storytelling.

Sass (She/Her) is a Victoria, BC–based hip-hop artist, producer, and engineer whose work lives at the intersection of emotion, storytelling, and sound. With a foundation in poetry, Sass discovered audio not just as a career path, but as a lifeline, an outlet to transform internal experiences into immersive sonic realities.

Evie Clark-Yospa is a London-based recording, mixing, and production engineer with over a decade of experience in audio. Currently working as an Engineer at Baltic Studios, where she has been part of the team for the past three years, Evie balances her studio work with independent projects, bringing a versatile and intuitive approach to every...