As a consumer of music you may not pay attention to how many artists playing on the radio, or on your Spotify list are women.  It may not come to mind to ask yourself if a woman produced your favorite song, or if it was a woman who engineered the album of your favorite band.

But, if you are a woman trying to make a successful career in the music industry, those statistics matter.  A lot.

Music, like a lot of industries, is a male-dominated field.  More specifically in the areas of songwriting to sound engineering,  less than 7% of these areas are employed by women. But, make no mistake that these numbers certainly do not reflect the number of women who are experienced and capable of creating music.