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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 Aug 02, 2022
Tuesday Aug 02, 2022
Suzanne Ciani is a five-time Grammy award-nominated composer, electronic music pioneer, and neo-classical recording artist who has released over 20 solo albums including "Seven Waves," and "The Velocity of Love," along with a landmark quad LP “LIVE Quadraphonic,” which restarted her Buchla modular performances. Her work has been featured in films, games, and countless commercials as well. She was inducted into the first class of Keyboard Magazine's Hall of Fame alongside other synth luminaries, including Bob Moog, Don Buchla, and Dave Smith, and received the Moog Innovation Award. Most recently, she is the recipient of the Independent Icon Award from A2IM. Suzanne has provided the voice and sounds for Bally's groundbreaking "Xenon" pinball machine, created Coca-Cola’s pop-and-pour sound, designed logos for Fortune 500 companies, and carved out a niche as one of the most creatively successful female composers in the world. A Life in Waves, a documentary about Ciani’s life and work, debuted at SXSW in 2017 and is available to watch on all digital platforms. Ciani is a graduate of Wellesley College and holds a Masters's in Music Composition from the University of California, Berkeley. http://sevwave.com/
Jazmín Giolito is an audio professional specializing in video games and interactive experiences. Trained in Music Composition and Technologies Applied to Sound Art at the National University of Rosario (Argentina) Jazmín has been a composer for 8 years and has been completely devoted to the video game industry for 4 years. Co-founder of the Aruna Collective and Tiluchi Games studios, she has worked as a sound designer, composer, and VO director for studios in Argentina, Sweden, Lithuania, Israel, and Poland. Among her most recent projects is a collaboration with Plastic Studios. A firm believer in the importance of communities, Jazmín is the lead organizer of Women Game Jam Argentina, a member of the board of directors of Rosario GameDevs, and an active member of Women in Games Argentina. Thanks to her professional career and commitment to the community, she has received scholarships and honors from institutions such as Erasmus +, Different Games, Glitch (Power Leveling Program), Game Industry Conference, and FundAV.
Executive Producers: Beckie Campbell & Susan Williams
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Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
Zoe Thrall is a music industry professional with decades of experience in recording studio management. Her career started at the famed Power Station Studios in New York City where she learned both sides of studio operations as both an assistant engineer and in studio management. There she met producer/musician/actor Little Steven Van Zandt who hired her to work for him as an engineer and as a musician in his band Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. She later returned to Power Station to become their studio manager and eventually President of the company. Her career continued on to become manager of Hit Factory Studios in New York City, overseeing 9 studios and 75 employees. In 2005 the Palms Casino Resort courted her to Las Vegas to build and operate the Studio at the Palms where she worked for 15 years. She is now the Director of Studio Operations of The Hideout Recording Studios in Henderson, Nevada.
Host & Producer: Rebecca Wilson
Executive Producers: Beckie Campbell & Susan Williams
Edited by: Christina Hiromoto
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Sponsored by QSC
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Golden Preciado grew up in the music industry and followed in her dad's footsteps as an audio engineer, musician, and worship leader. In addition to her work at QSC, she’s also the lead engineer at Campus JAX in Newport Beach, CA, and Grace Fellowship Church in Costa Mesa, CA. Her passion is teaching others her craft. She’s a wife and mother of 4.
Recorded & Produced by Beckie Campbell & Susan Williams
Executive Producers: Beckie Campbell & Susan Williams
Edited by: Fendall Fulton
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Sponsored by QSC
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Shrinking spectrum, antennas, and RF training resources, oh my! Rebecca hosts 3 RF experts giving you all the answers you need about radio frequencies.
Karl Winkler is a 30-year veteran of the professional audio industry and is currently Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Lectrosonics, Inc., a leading manufacturer of professional wireless microphone systems. Karl has provided system design consultations and hundreds of frequency coordinations for theaters, TV and feature film productions, major touring acts and houses of worship. Karl has previously held positions including product manager and director of business development with his previous employer, German audio manufacturer Sennheiser. During the 1990s, Karl spent four years with the US Air Force "Airmen of Note" jazz ensemble out of Washington D.C. as their front-of-house audio engineer. Karl writes a regular column on sound reinforcement for Live Sound magazine and is an instructor for Synergetic Audio Concepts’ “Making Wireless Work” two-day seminar.
Greg Simon is a member of Sennheiser’s Technical Applications Engineering team and Heads training for the Americas region. Greg has a degree in Music Production and Engineering from Berklee College of Music. He has been designing audio and wireless microphone systems in the Pro Audio industry for over 15 years. Projects include full A/V system design and project management for large-scale clubs, recording studios, houses of worship, and corporate environments. Greg has also completed training in Sennheiser’s global RF expert program which specializes in wireless microphone technologies and applications.
Brian Maddox Over a 30-year career Brian Maddox has worked with everybody from U.S. Presidents to Patti LaBelle to The Pope. Specializing in Virtual and In-Person corporate events, Brian is currently active as a freelance A1, RF Coordinator, and Comms Tech. Reach him via LinkedIn.
Recorded & Produced by Rebecca Wilson
Executive Producers: Beckie Campbell & Susan Williams
Edited by: Fendall Fulton
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Sponsored by QSC
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Willa Snow is a Touring FOH/MON/Patch technician based in Central Texas with a deep passion for her industry and art form. Starting in studio recording while in school, she has been working in live concerts for the past several years in such venues as Bass Concert Hall, One World Theater, and Stubb's Indoors, as a monitor and front-of-house engineer. In her spare time, she serves as Austin's chapter head for @soundgirls
Executive Producers: Beckie Campbell & Susan Williams
Edited by: S. Williams
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Sponsored by QSC
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Lotje Horvers is a tour manager from Amsterdam. She has been active in the music industry for 20 years. She started out booking local bands when she was a teenager, and since then has covered a great variety of jobs in the live music industry: stagehand, production runner, merch vendor, agent assistant, stage manager & backstage hospitality. But mostly she has been tour managing, traveling the world working with artists playing anywhere from squats to stadiums. In recent years she has worked with M83, Robyn, Royksopp, The Knife, Fever Ray, Susanne Sundfør, Mø and ionnalee.
She’s passionate about opening doors to live music careers for women and gender minorities. Last year she co-founded the non-profit Backstage Pass, aimed at improving diversity and inclusion in the live music industry in the Netherlands. Backstage Pass organizes career days at pop venues for teenage girls, where women technicians explain the variety of career options in live music. She also mentors several young aspiring tour managers and hosts online workshops on how to break into the industry.
Host & Producer: Rebecca Wilson
Executive Producers: Beckie Campbell & Susan Williams
Edited by: Christina Hiromoto
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Sponsored by QSC
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Jenn D’Eugenio is the sales and marketing administrator at Furnace Record Pressing and a vinyl enthusiast for over 18 years. She is the founder and curator of ‘Women In Vinyl’; and is dedicated to the art and creation of vinyl.
Her background spans designing textiles for Fortune 500 fashion companies to career advising for one of the top art colleges in the country; however, Jenn’s passion for vinyl has led her to a career in helping to manufacture the physical product for bands, and both major to independent record labels.
She has most recently launched a site and future nonprofit called ‘Women In Vinyl’ to empower women working in the vinyl industry and to help young women who may be interested in this career path achieve their goals.
https://womeninvinyl.com/podcast/
Host & Producer: Rebecca Wilson
Executive Producers: Beckie Campbell & Susan Williams
Edited by: Robbie Mortimer
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Sponsored by QSC
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Josh Osmond is a 19-year veteran of the live music industry, working as a touring FOH Engineer and Systems Engineer since the age of 23. Josh has toured as a FOH Engineer with the likes of Tracy Chapman, John Legend, and since 2013 has been the longtime FOH Mixer for The Lumineers. As a systems engineer Josh has spent time touring with Bob Dylan, Dead & Company, and others. Josh also works as the Director of Operations for UltraSound, a San Francisco-based audio vendor where he oversees the daily operations of the company and project manages events such as Outside Lands Music Festival, Pixar Film Premiers, and numerous other events.
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Pat Kearns has been working as a singer-songwriter and recording engineer for over 29 years. In 2015, he and his wife Susan, sold all they owned in Portland to move out to the Mojave desert and begin construction on Goat Mountain Studio, a world-class, fully-solar, destination recording studio in Joshua Tree. Featuring analog gear that’s been traced back to Abbey Road, the studio houses many vintage instrumental and mixing gems alongside the conveniences of digital integration. Since opening Goat Mountain in 2020, the studio has gained acclaim and become a go-to for musicians of all genres. https://www.patkearnsmusic.com/goat-mt.html
Interviewer Host & Producer: Rebecca Wilson
Executive Producers: Beckie Campbell & Susan Williams
Edited by: Sarah Stacey
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Sponsored by QSC
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Kari Erickson started her career in audio engineering virtually by accident in her early 20’s and then went on to graduate from the Institute of Audio Research in 2002. She was one of three women’s audio engineers in the famous NYC Club Tonic and has also toured mixing FOH for bands such Meshell Ndegeocello and Yo La Tengo. Currently, she lives in Seattle, Wa, and is the Audio Visual Systems Engineer for the Seattle Art Museum by day, while still freelancing in many-storied venues by night…all while raising two teenagers and one killer cat named Butch.
Interviewer Host & Producer: Rebecca Wilson
Executive Producers: Beckie Campbell & Susan Williams
Edited by: Andree Lee
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Sponsored by QSC
