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The role of a music manager can be pretty tough; not only do you have all the hopes and dreams of your artists wheying heavy on your shoulders but you also do all the hard-ball industry negotiations and career strategising too - none of which you can ever be sure will actually work out.

But as well as this, today's guest, Vanessa Threadgold, was also faced with an even bigger challenge throughout her career: how to make sure her female artists were protected against studio environments that, at worst, were unwelcoming and, at worst, down right exploitative and abusive.

Inside this episode, Vanessa shares how this question led her to co-found Cactus City, a music studio and social enterprise helping women to have safer studio experiences and more opportunities to build a profitable music career too. 

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Girls Twiddling Knobs is hosted and produced by Isobel Anderson with production support from Jade Bailey and Francesca O’Connor and is a Female DIY Musician Production.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
{0:00} Intro
{07:21} How Vanessa found her career in the music industry
{18:07} Redefining success as a musician
{33:41} What led Vanessa to set up Cactus City and create a safe recording space for women
{52:15} In what other ways does Cactus City cultivate positive change in the music industry?
{55:44} Maintaining a healthy work-life balance
{01:23:26} How to start monetising your music
{01:32:30} Ways to keep updated and get involved with Cactus City
{01:33:59} Episode Summary

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