The Five Percent

Profiles of Women in Audio

Profiles

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Lillian McMurry – Record Producer & Owner of Trumpet Records

Lillian Shedd McMurry was one of the earliest woman record producers and owner of Trumpet Records. She was influential in the development of blues music particularly through her recordings of Sonny Boy Williamson II and the discovery of guitarist Elmore James. Lillian was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1998.

Interview with Engineer & Producer Missy Thangs

Missy Thangs is an engineer, producer, songwriter, and keyboardist based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Thangs is currently a house engineer and producer at The Fidelitorium.

Shannon Deane – Post-Production Engineer and Stunt Car Driver

Shannon Deane has been working in post-production sound for over 15 years. Shannon has been working as a freelance engineer for the last ten years, and her specialties are sound design, editing, and mixing for film, TV and new media. She owns, operates and works as creative director and ninja for DeaneCreative.

Girls Can’t Do That! Robin Kibble – Live Sound Engineer

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.”

Arica Rust: In Love with Live Sound Technology

Arica is a systems tech at Sound on Stage in San Francisco. “I want to be able to make people experience music the way that I do with that same feeling where it lights your brain on fire. I figured the best way to shape people’s experience was to be on the technical side of...

Berenice Hardiman FOH Engineer/ Tour Manager

Berenice Hardiman is a veteran of the industry having first been inspired after seeing Pink Floyd at the Liverpool Empire, which was her very first concert.  “I immediately knew that I wanted to be part of whatever that “thing” was that I had just witnessed. Now Bernice is FOH Engineer and Tour Manager for Midge...

JoJo Worthington – Independent Producer and Composer

Interview with JoJo Worthington - Independent Producer and Composer

First to Record Elvis – Marion Keisker

“I think that if women stand behind women – both women as audience, women as listeners and viewers and women as co-workers within the broadcast field – we’d just be supportive and give each other a little encouragement, it would make all the difference.” Marion Keisker MacInnes

Cristina Allen Live Sound Engineer and Mother!

Cristina Allen is a Live Sound Engineer working at the Knitting Factory in Boise, Idaho. She has been working in live sound for over 15 years, and it has been the only job she ever wanted.
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