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Sharing Knowledge. Building Community. Amplifying Voices.
We speak to audio professionals from all walks of life, to learn how we can better support one another towards a more diversified industry. We also talk to our soundgirls.org profile people and dive a little deeper with them.
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Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Hailing from Los Angeles, Karrie has spent the last 30 years as the monitor engineer for Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder. Karrie started out doing sound for punk bands in Los Angeles in 1986 under the tutelage of Dave Rat of Rat Sound, where she spent twenty years helping to establish the company. She was able to gain an immense amount of hands-on experience and technical knowledge at Rat, which eventually led to her becoming the monitor engineer for The Red Hot Chili Peppers from 1990-2000. She first met and started working with Pearl Jam who opened for Red Hot Chili Peppers on their 1991-1992 Blood Sugar Sex Magic Tour. She has worked with Sonic Youth, Fugazi, and Neil Young.
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Grace Royse is a 18-year veteran of the music industry with a concentration in production management. Her experiences span thousands of festivals, tours and live broadcasted performances worldwide, including the US open, Good Morning America, Ellen, LA/ NYC/ World Pride and the Super Bowl. Being on both sides of the event experience; touring with headlining A-level artists globally, and hosting artists as on-site Festival PM, understanding the needs of both sides gives her an exceptional operational vantage point. Grace credits her network of top performing colleagues and their shared values for making every successful event possible.
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Laura Clapp Davidson heads up the retail market development team for Shure. She brings passion and a knowledge of gear that comes from over 15 years in the MI industry. When she isn’t talking about music equipment, she’s singing or playing through it as a professional singer/songwriter. Laura lives in her hometown of Guilford, CT with her two daughters, two dogs, two rabbits and one very patient husband.
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Maxime Brunet is a freelance Front of House engineer, tour manager and monitor engineer. She has worked with artists such as Wolf Parade, Operators and TR/ST. Maxime also developed an introduction to live sound class for womxn, which she has taught in several cities in Canada.
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Karol Urban CAS, MPSE, NATAS has served directors and producers as a re-recording mixer for television and feature films since 1999. Focusing principally on documentaries early in her career in Washington DC, she now lives in Los Angeles where she currently mixes for television and film. She describes her job as "playing mind games with sound." As a perpetual student of her craft, she enjoys exploring the power sound has to immersive the viewer in the narrative. She is also an involved member of her community having served on the Television Academy's Governor's Peer Group for Sound Mixing, organized events for The LA Sound Group, and served as a blue ribbon panel judge for the Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reels. Karol acted as content editor of the CAS Quarterly and served as a board member for the Cinema Audio Society before being elected as President of the organization in 2019. She enjoys educational outreach and has moderated panels for Mix's Sound for Film Event, various FYC campaigns, and AMPAS.
Some of her recent credits include: Stephen King’s The Stand, Grey’s Anatomy, Single Parents, Big Sky, and Project Bluebook.
This podcast was edited by Sara Stacey!
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
With over 20 years of concert production experience, Mike Bangs has spent most of his career as a Touring Monitor Engineer and Production Manager. On tour with acts such as Aerosmith, Eric Clapton, Katy Perry, Tom Petty, Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Nick Jonas, Bangs has developed extensive real-world experience and has mixed well over 1000 shows across the globe. As an early adopter of live digital mixing, Bangs provided training and support for engineers switching from analog to many of the first large format digital consoles starting in 2004. In 2011, he adopted Allen & Heath as his console of choice for consistent touring, leading to a close relationship with the manufacturer. At the end of 2015, Bangs was added to the team as the Allen & Heath USA Live Sound/Touring Manager to support the unique needs of touring professionals on the groundbreaking new dLive mix system. In addition to his role at A&H, Bangs works as Monitor Engineer for George Strait and as an industry educator.
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Audrey is the Co-owner of Audio for the Arts, Wisconsin-based recording studio specializing in acoustic music, Audrey Martinovich is a trusted engineer and producer for artists in the Midwest and beyond. She became the first female contributor to Pro Tools Expert in 2017, and a year later, was a finalist to receive the award for Breakthrough Studio Engineer from Pro Sound Europe. She has spoken and been on panels at Between the Waves Music Conferences, Empowering Women in Audio Clinics, and E-Women’s Network. Audrey is a Warm Audio artist, member of SoundGirls, AES, and a voting member of the Recording Academy.
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
AMANDA DAVIS is a woman of many talents. The Memphis-born, LA-based audio engineer, educator, production manager, singer and musician has learned the ropes from some of the music industry’s best and is using her skills and connections to empower women around the globe.
Amanda has mixed legendary artists Prince and Stevie Wonder and has mixed in some of the world’s most renowned venues and events: The White House; Madison Square Garden; Radio City Music Hall; The Hollywood Bowl; Coachella; The Grammys; The Oscars; Glastonbury Fest; Good Morning America; The Today Show; Montreux Jazz Festival; Saturday Night Live; BET Awards; and American Idol.
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Rachael Moser is a Crew Chief/System Engineer for Clair Global. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, Rachael moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2006 to attend Belmont University and pursue a career in audio. Since starting at Clair Global in 2010, Rachael would turn her part-time job checking cables into a now over 10-year career with Clair. Rachael would continue to work in the shop for a few years, specializing in building wireless and comm systems, before making the transition to the Clair road staff in 2013. Rachael has continued to tour and work large scale events but still calls Nashville home. She has worked with teams from Chris Stapleton, Sheryl Crow, Eric Church, Blake Shelton, Cam,
Keith Urban, Farm Aid festival and several CMT festivals.