Gender in Music Production

The field of music production has for many years been regarded as male-dominated. Despite growing acknowledgement of this fact, and some evidence of diversification, it is clear that gender representation on the whole remains quite unbalanced. Gender in Music Production brings together industry leaders, practitioners, and academics to present and analyze the situation of gender within the wider context of music production as well as to propose potential directions for the future of the field. This much-anticipated volume explores a wide range of topics, covering historical and contextual perspectives on women in the industry, interviews, case studies, individual position pieces, as well as informed analysis of current challenges and opportunities for change.Ground-breaking in its synthesis of perspectives, Gender in Music Production offers a broadly considered and thought-provoking resource for professionals, students, and researchers working in the field of music production today.

About the Author

Russ Hepworth-Sawyer is a sound engineer and producer with over two decades’ experience of all things audio and is a member of the Association of Professional Recording Services and a former board member and continuing member of the Music Producers Guild, where he helped form their Mastering Group.

Jay Hodgson is an associate professor of popular music studies at Western University, where he mostly teaches songwriting and the project paradigm of record production.

Dr Liesl King is Associate Head of School: Creative Writing, Media and Film Studies at York St John University in York, England.

Mark Marrington trained in composition and musicology at the University of Leeds (M.Mus., Ph.D.) and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Music Production at York St John University.