This episode features leading music industry practitioner, author and academic Sally-Anne Gross.

An artist manager, record label director and international business affairs consultant Sally Anne has over three decades experience working in music. An industry pioneer she became the first woman to be an A&R Manager at Mercury Records UK in the early 90s, and chaired the first ever panel on gender in the music industries at ‘In The City’ music conference in Manchester. In 2016, she founded ‘Let’s Change the Record’ a project that focuses on bridging the gender divide in music production.

In her current role at the University of Westminster, she is the program director of the Master of Music Business Management degree.

In 2020 she released “Can Music Make You Sick” a ground breaking book investigating mental health issues in the music industry.

In this chat Sally talks about the challenges of writing the book, the state of play in the UK and her thoughts on the artists dream.

Produced by Chelsea Wilson