Hilary interviews 15 awesome industry folks about NAMM 2022 and their thoughts about the Gender and Music Gear Experiences Report!

What’s the Gender and Music Gear Experiences Report? (LINK HERE!)

I’m glad you asked!

It is a document sharing the results from a survey of 996 musicians from around the world about their experiences related to gender and music gear.

Listen to the episode to hear the results or download the report below!

Thanks to the awesome survey participants and this episode’s interviewees!

INTERVIEWEES:

Philipe (Caroline Guitar Company)

Joel (Chase Bliss Audio)

Julie and Anna (EarthQuaker Devices)

Mitch (Empress Effects)

Tim (Ernie Ball Music Man)

Christian (Eventide Audio)

Emily (Get Offset)

Heather (Heather Brown Electronicals)

Ellis (LEH Guitars)

Aisha (Loe Sounds)

Marissa (Neunaber Audio)

Sylvie (Red Panda)

Carlos (Third Man Hardware)

Jason (Working Class Music)

GENDER and MUSIC GEAR EXPERIENCES REPORT

Learn more or read it here

CREATING INCLUSIVE MUSIC RETAIL SPACES FOR MANAGERS COURSE

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TIMESTAMPS

[0:09] Introduction to Episode and Report

[11:02] NAMM Intro

[13:36] Companies’ New Gear

[24:28] “Were you surprised by this data?”

[40:54] “What barriers might companies have to making change?”

[55:23] “How might companies overcome those barriers?”

[1:27:04] “Why is this data important?”

[1:32:23] What You Can Do Now

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Theme Music: "Hedonism" by Towanda

Artwork by Julia Gualtieri