SoundGirls Podcast

Mary Broadbent is a Tour Manager, Production Manager, and Guitar-Backline Tech who’s been in the music touring industry for 16+ years. She’s tour managed for artists such as Clairo, The Mowglis, Magic Giant, The Staves, Loote, Wrabel, and production managed/stage-managed the festival Girlschool and She Rocks Awards 2018 & 2020. In 2015 she added Guitar-Backline teching to her skillset working for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Against Me!, Plain White T’s, and Tegan and Sara. She serves as a TM/PM mainly but pulls double duty Tour Managing & Teching when tours require it. She lives in Los Angeles, and during this 'pause' in the touring industry she's been working as a Covid Compliance Officer for the ABC/Disney Show REBEL, while also keeping up with her new corgi pup and writing music.

 

 

 

Working her way up through Studio 306, Digital Music And Post, and Manta Eastern Sound, her music engineering credits are prolific, and include such artists as Jennifer Lopez,  Dragonette, and Mychael Danna.  Manta also offered Annelise a wide variety of work in film scoring, advertising, and live-to-air studio recordings with many major label artists such as The Dixie Chicks, Blue Rodeo and Def Leppard. Throughout her time as an engineer, Annelise has also composed and has written music for placement in film and television, as well as teaching privately and for the Harris Institute.
Annelise currently divides her time working between Toronto, and Prince Edward County.

 

https://www.annelisenoronha.com/engineer-producer

Patrushkha Mierzwa has worked on over 80 movies and television shows for major directors including Robert Rodriquez, Quentin Tarantino, James Gray, and Robert Altman. She has been a judge for the Emmys, IATSE Sound Local 695 director, and given workshops in Los Angeles, New York City, China, Norway, England, Ireland and Holland. Her Sound Oscar-nominated shows are Ad Astra and Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood. Patrushkha is one of the first women boom operators in Hollywood and has just published the definitive book on being a Utility Sound Technician, Behind the Sound Cart: A Veteran’s Guide to Sound on the Set.

In this Special Episode of the SGPodcast, Host Beckie Campbell and Co-host Susan Williams are interviewed by the new SoundGirls podcast host Tori McCook and Co-host Katie Pagacz. We have some serious conversation and also some fun outtakes as we hand off the podcast for the next year. Thank you to ALL of our listeners and ALL our contributors, editors, and the behind-the-scenes team that has help launch this podcast, and have a great first year! We love and appreciate you all. Till next time... Bex and Suz.

Find us on social media: Insta: @b4mediaproduction and @horrorginger www.b4mediaproduction.com 

As we approach one year, Beckie and Susan have curated a series of clips featuring advice given by industry professionals. Please enjoy some of our favorite moments throughout the past year, including interviews with Leslie Ann Jones, Tana Douglas, and many more amazing people. 

As a musician, mix engineer, and music technologist, Jess Jacobs is a Los Angeles-based creative with a massive range of skills and experience to manage and team up with other artists looking to boost their production to the next level.

Jess is often at the forefront of the latest technology such as Livestream production, MIDI/OSC/Ableton/ClyphX programming, and integrating lighting & video technology with music performances. Jess has worked with a wide range of artists such as Pussy Riot, Eloheem, Ella May, Imogen Heap, The Glitch Mob, and Lizzo.

 With training from the New England Conservatory of Music, the music technology program at New York University, and courses at Berklee, she continues to innovate and experiment with the latest technology. She regularly partners with modern music programs and vendors such as Ableton, IOMusic Academy, Electronic Creatives' TransMute accelerator, and more.

As an artist, Jess Jacobs is gifted vocally and is also a multi-instrumentalist. Playing guitar, bass, horns, drums and innovates unique beats and arrangements. She is a solo artist and is also part of the LA-based band Modern Panic, and Boston-based band Band without Hands. She composes podcast soundtracks and produces several podcasts in their entirety.

 

http://jessjacobswins.com

 

Los Angeles-based mastering engineer and vinyl cutter, Jett Galindo of The Bakery, has worked on albums spanning a wide array of genres and artists--Jamila Woods, the La La Land OST, Barbra Streisand, Weezer, to name a few. Graduating with summa cum laude honors from Berklee College of Music, Jett joined the famed Mastering Lab in 2013 as the sole right-hand woman to pioneer mastering engineer Doug Sax. She worked on various notable vinyl releases including Pink Floyd’s final album “Endless River”. Most recently through The Bakery, Jett has helped pave the way for the growing audiophile releases in the video game industry, mastering award-winning releases such as Lena Raine's Minecraft: Nether Update OST and Rozen & Reven's Legend of Zelda "Children of Termina" album. Outside of mastering, Jett also serves as a contributing writer for various trade publications and organizations (iZotope’s LEARN portal, Women in Sound, SoundGirls, etc.).  

Kimberley Thomas is a multi-faceted production individual currently residing in Tennessee. Originally from the UK, Kimberley strives to be a Jane-of-all-trades while having a lot of fun doing it. She has a BS in Show Production from Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL and is currently working on her Masters in Entertainment Business. Her previous positions have included working for House of Blues, Williamson County Performing Arts Center, Parx Casino, and Princess Cruises. For the past year she has been part of the media communications team for a baptist church in southeast Tennessee, focusing on the coordination and execution of their live creative productions. 

Claire Murphy is a backline tech and tour manager. Prior to the pandemic she just finished up a support tour with P!nk in stadiums across Europe. Clair has worked most recently with Vance Joy, she has done backline and tour management for the likes of Tegan & Sara, Elle King, Ravonettes, Babes in Toyland, and the Dum Dum Girls to name a few.

Claire has worked with the Soundgirls to promote and encourage women as a SG mentor. She also runs a business providing storage to the music industry in London.

Outside of touring she enjoys living at the beach with her partner and 12 year old rescue dog. She’s also been known to compete in triathlons including Ironman's. Whilst on tour, she frequents coffee shops! 

Girl on the Road: How to Break into Touring from a Female Perspective by Amazon.com
Learn more: Girl on the Road: How to Break into Touring from a Female Perspective

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.