The Five Percent

Profiles of Women in Audio

The Next Generation

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Anna Frick – Being Fed by the Universe

Mastering Engineer at Airshow Anna Frick got her start in high school producing an album for a friend that was a singer-songwriter. She had no idea what a producer did or what the job responsibilities were, but they ended up recording and producing an album.

Finding the Gems – Grace Banks

Grace Banks is an independent studio engineer based in London, UK. She has worn many hats in the field including recording engineer, mix engineer, musician, producer, and composer.

From Stage to FOH – Alice Wilder

Alice Wilder is a Front Of House engineer based out of New York City. She currently works for M.I.A., Wolf Parade, and Austra, and has done FOH for Foxygen, Divine Fits, Sleigh Bells, The Drums and Diana amongst others, as well as monitors for Third Eye Blind.

This is Why I Do This Job – Caroline Sanchez

Caroline Sanchez works in Broadcast Audio as an A2, RF Tech, and Pro Tools Op on recording trucks. She also works in live sound as an A2 and AV work. Sanchez is freelance and regularly works for ABC, NBC, MTV, and Music Mix Mobile.

Breaking Tradition – Brinda Sreenivas

Brinda Sreenivas is a Freelance Sound Engineer from India. Born in Bangalore - India, her early life was filled with music, teaching herself to play piano by ear but this fell off when her parents were unable to send her to piano lessons. Her passion for the music industry never died even though she knew...

Erika Earl – Always be yes-sing! (say it out loud)

Practice, patience, and a relentless desire to succeed -Erika Earl is the Director of Hardware Engineering at Slate Digital where she directs teams and engineers in the technical development of hardware products from concept to launch.

A Life in Insurance Diverted – Holly Ann “Boots” Latcham

Boots almost quit sound - signing up for classes with the Farmer’s Insurance Company, she was one test away from becoming a licensed insurance agent, when she got an email from Bobnet.org. It was a call looking for a Minneapolis based engineer to work with an up and coming band. “Thinking I had nothing left...

Riding the Roller Coaster of Live Sound – Rena Kozak

Rena Kozak is a FOH engineer and tour manager based out of Calgary, Canada. She has always had an interest in arts and has played in numerous Calgary bands as well as studied painting and drawing at University before becoming a sound engineer.  

Bella Blasko – Creating a Safe & Supportive Environment in the Recording Studio

Bella Blasko has only been working in professional audio for six years, yet she is making her mark working with artists such as The National and Natalie Merchant, and working at Dreamland Studios and The Clubhouse in New York. She works as an independent sound engineer, and depending on the session demands, works as an...
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