The Five Percent

GIRLSCHOOL is a music festival that celebrates women-identified-fronted bands and women artists. After spending a decade as a “sideman” in the alternative rock world, where you really don’t see a lot of other women around—onstage or on your crew—I started to really miss and crave the camaraderie of women.

Katy Templeman-Holmes is the Director of Marketing for Professional, at HARMAN.  She started out in recording and broadcast engineering before moving over to the business side where she has worked for Euphonix in Technical Sales, then to SSL for Business Development, and finally to HARMAN.

Singer, songwriter, producer, and filmmaker, Betty Moon shares her advice on how to release music and make a splash

The Future is Female and, in the drumming world, women are breaking their own glass ceilings by supporting each other – and now they have a voice.

“Take every opportunity you can. You never know who you will meet now and then again meet later in your professional life. Believe in your skills and abilities, no matter how disingenuous that may feel in the moment or how loud the negative voice is inside your head. Find the people...

She acknowledges how difficult it can be working as a woman in audio, and described her experience as “frightening,” and “overwhelming” at first because of the fast-paced workplace, and the lack of women in similar roles. In her experience Women have to put in more work just to be viewed as competent. She urges...

I think that being able to share the experiences of other women is really empowering. I think that each of us as women who are doing well owes it to each other to give each other the tools we’ve learned along the way. I think that successful people are not threatened by the success...

Annie is currently the Lighting & Assistant Tour Manager for Joan Jett & the Blackhearts who just finished up touring with Heart and Cheap Trick. In addition to her Tour Managing position, she is guitarist for her all female band Jackknife Stiletto.

GIRLSCHOOL is a music festival that celebrates women-identified-fronted bands and women artists. After spending a decade as a “sideman” in the alternative rock world, where you really don’t see a lot of other women around—onstage or on your crew—I started to really miss and crave the camaraderie of women.