The Five Percent

Profiles of Women in Audio

The Ground Breakers

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Dedication and Perseverance – Meegan Holmes

Meegan Holmes has worked in live sound for over 25 years doing everything from system teching to mixing monitors and FOH. She is now in Global Sales for one of the largest sound system providers in the world, 8th Day Sound - Los Angeles.

University of Crash and Burn – Rebecca Wilson

Rebecca Wilson is an industry veteran, working in live sound for over 25 years. Touring solely as a monitor engineer, except for a brief stint as FOH Engineer for Flemming and John (while out with Ben Folds), she has worked for Sound Image, at Humphrey’s by the Bay and toured with Nanci Griffith, Wilco, The...

Kira Roessler – Bass Player, Roadie, Fan, Academy Award Winner

Kira Roessler might not view herself as a groundbreaker and even downplays the fact that she has been paving the way for women in male-dominated fields for most of her adult life. She is a bass player, singer, and songwriter and is best known for her work with Black Flag and Dos.

Norah Seed – Finding your Dream Job

Norah always hung out with the FOH engineers and asked a million questions about how stuff worked and why they did what they were doing. Norah loved the technical aspect of how things worked

Cynthia Daniels – Taking the Leap and Living Your Passion

Cynthia Daniels is a two-time Grammy award winning (‘02 & ‘11) recording engineer most known for her extensive work in Broadway musicals. She has garnered a ‘07 Emmy Award for her work as a composer and music supervisor for daytime series “Guiding Light.” Her East Hampton recording space MonkMusic Studios, designed by John Storyk,...

Becky Pell – Audio Dharma

Independent engineer Becky Pell has been working in Live Sound for the past 20 years. She’s been Monitor Engineer for Aha, Il Divo, Muse,

Darryn de la Soul- Passing it on to the next generation

Audio Engineer and creator of Soulsound.co.uk, Darryn de la Soul is passionate about taking the knowledge she and other engineers have gained through experience and passing it on and helping qualified people find work.

Adventures in Sound

Live Sound Engineer Kim Greiss has been working in the business since the early 90s. Having spent years at such San Fran fixtures as the Warfield, Shoreline, Slims, and the Filmore, Kim also has done her share of touring.

A Walk in the Park- Magali Couturier

Magali Couturier has been working as an independent Monitor Engineer for 19 years. She’s toured with The Dandy Warhols, Rufus Wainwright, My Bloody Valentine, Gary Numan, Duffy, Nick Lowe, Natasha Beddingfield and more.
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