SoundGirls Podcast

Ronni Brown: Emmy-Nominated Foley Artist

Ronni Brown is a professional foley artist working on independent and blockbuster films, television shows, and video games at Skywalker Sound in Marin. She has received four Emmy nominations, winning her first award in 2020, and 24 MPSE Golden Reel nominations, winning three times in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Ronni is well known for pushing the boundaries of traditional Foley, breaking common misconceptions and delivering dynamic sounds to support all her projects, big and small. She is passionate about keeping the aesthetic of the women that came before her and supporting other women entering the audio post production industry. She currently lives in San Francisco with her husband and two young children.

Becky Pell: Live Sound Engineer

Becky Pell is a sound engineer with 26 years’ experience in the live music industry. Her mixing credits include Westlife, A-ha, Anastacia, Take That, The War of the Worlds, Muse, Kylie Minogue, Bill Wyman, James Brown, Jennifer Lopez, and Natalie Imbruglia. She has regularly been in charge of monitors on the main stage at the world’s largest festival, Glastonbury, and writes a column for Live Sound International. Becky is also a qualified Yoga Therapist, Holistic Counsellor and Mentor, and between tours she runs yoga retreats. She is the author of ‘Yoga Journey - a Contemporary Guide to a Timeless Tradition’, published worldwide earlier this year. She is training as a touring Mental Health First Aider, and is passionate about making the touring industry more sustainable by taking care of the humans who make it happen. 

Belinda Coomes: composer for games

Belinda is a music composer who specialises in composing for games.  Her credits include 'Ring of Pain' and 'Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Rising'. Additionally, Belinda is the Ingestion Co-Ordinator at Instyle Music, a music library providing music for Film, Television, and media, where she is involved in the music submission process.

Kyrsten Mate: award winning sound designer with Skywalker Sound

Kyrsten Mate is an award winning Sound Designer who has worked for Skywalker Sound for 25 years. Her credits include Mulan, The Midnight Sky, Ready Player One, Tomorrowland, Jarhead, and many others. Among the directors she has worked with are Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Brad Bird, and Walter Murch. In addition, she recently completed the Sound Design for Disneyland’s Batuu: Galaxy’s Edge.

Mollie Autherson: Technical Sales Specialist for DiGiCo

Mollie is a Technical Sales Specialist at DiGiCo, who design and manufacture live digital mixing consoles. She enrolled at the University of Surrey in 2015 where she studied the Tonmeister course in music and sound recording. As part of the course she spent a year as a placement student working at DiGiCo in the R&D department, beta testing new software and products before they were released. After finishing her degree, Mollie returned to DiGiCo full time as a member of the Sales team, providing technical support to the marketing team and the rest of the sales team in the form of technical documentation, customer training and support, and training videos. She also gets involved in the test department when they are busy to help test new products and software.