Whose Song Is It Anyway?

Trigger warning: Discusses racism. Some swearing.

Charisse Beaumont is the Chief Executive of Black Lives in Music, a research and advocacy organisation advocating for black music creators and industry professionals. In this episode Charisse talks about the work that BLIM have been doing, the first research to be done on the experience of black people in the music industry, which highlights that black women are the most disadvantaged in the music industry. We talk about the pressure of being ‘the first’ and the sense of responsibility that comes with this kind of work. Charisse shares her experience of this overwhelming and heart-breaking journey, as well as how she deals with it and keeps on fighting.

https://blim.org.uk/

https://blim.org.uk/report/

Here's a playlist of guest's answer to the last question: https://shorturl.at/ezLX4

Helen Choudhury is an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion change management specialist and Head of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Music Publishers Association. Helen tells us about how she got into this work and what she has been doing in her role at the MPA. Helen also shares about how her work has been informed by her experience of living with endometriosis and adenomyosis and talks us through the MPA M3 guidance on menstruation, miscarriage, and menopause. We explore the drop off women leaving the workplace due to lack of support for people experiencing challenges with menopause.

https://mpaonline.org.uk/diversity-equality-inclusion/helen-choudhury-champion-for-m%C2%B3-and-head-of-dei-statement/

https://mpaonline.org.uk/diversity-equality-inclusion/ 

https://www.ukmusic.org/equality-diversity/uk-music-diversity-report-2022/ 

Here's a playlist of guest's answer to the last question: https://shorturl.at/ezLX4  

Deputy Chief Executive at Help Musicians, Sarah Wood has been in the music industry around 30 years, so she draws on her breath of experience to discuss how things have changed overtime as a woman. We build on last week’s episode on the topic of coming back to work after having a child, Sarah’s experience was whilst working for a corporation rather than as a freelancer. We also talk about reflecting on your contribution, with a positive frame of mind to help build self-confidence and understanding your worth as well as up-skilling and believing in yourself to have the capacity to learn new things! 

Sarah also gives some insight on the music industry landscape and the importance of the Musicians Census project to better understand the barriers faced to better support a more inclusive industry. She sets out what Help Musicians are doing to better engage with female and gender expansive musicians and the positive impact of a targeted approach, offering practical suggestions on gathering insight, engaging with the results, pro-actively driving change and constantly evaluating.

https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/

https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/get-support/bullying-harasment

https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/about-us/news/take-the-first-ever-musicians-census

Here's a playlist of guest's answer to the last question: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2GEtEjJCghbMskOuFiDSq6?si=8cd4319c72684f4e

This season is produced and hosted by Hayleigh Bosher instagram.com/hayleigh.bosher/

Edited by Eliza Kania twitter.com/elizakania

Olga Fitzroy is a recording and mix engineer who has worked on records for Coldplay, The Foo Fighters and Muse, as well as film scores for top composers including Hans Zimmer and Dario Marianelli and assisted Sir George Martin on the last ever Beatles recording for the 2006 album, Love.

We talk about the challanges of having a child as a freelancer working in the music industry. Olga is campaigning to change the law, she highlights issues around childcare and parental leave, talks us through what we can do to get involved in the campaign as well as what to do in the meantime, whilst the law is still catching up.

http://www.olgafitzroy.com/

http://www.parentalpayequality.org.uk/

Here's a playlist of guest's answer to the last question: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2GEtEjJCghbMskOuFiDSq6?si=8cd4319c72684f4e

This season is produced and hosted by Hayleigh Bosher instagram.com/hayleigh.bosher/

Edited by Eliza Kania twitter.com/elizakania

Grace Meadows is Campaign Director at Music for Dementia, music therapist and Bassoon player. We talk about the gift of music and the power of music therapy, and how we can harness this power to help build connections and alleviate our struggles with mental and physically health conditions.

Grace shares her journey from music school to music for dementia, her experience of the music industry community. How do you know how much to charge for your time? And how is that impacted by your confidence in your expertise and expectations in the industry.

https://musicfordementia.org.uk/

https://www.marinalsop.com/

Here's a playlist of guest's answer to the last question: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2GEtEjJCghbMskOuFiDSq6?si=8cd4319c72684f4e  

This season is produced and hosted by Hayleigh Bosher www.instagram.com/hayleigh.bosher/

Edited by Eliza Kania twitter.com/elizakania

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios

Nadia Khan has been in the music industry for over 20 years, doing many things including music management, founding Women in CTLR - which empowers women into positions of leadership - and is Chair of AIM.

Nadia shares her inspiring story of how she came to her career, through nothing short of resilience and persistence, we talk about the constant battle of pushing back on gender norms and assumed gender roles, as well as pay gap and representation in the music industry.

https://womeninctrl.com

https://twitter.com/NadiaCTRL

https:/www.aim.org.uk

This season is produced and hosted by Hayleigh Bosher www.instagram.com/hayleigh.bosher/

Edited by Eliza Kania twitter.com/elizakania

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios

Trigger warning: Discusses racism, some swearing

Stephanie Haughton-Campbell is Director of Operations at UK Music and has over 30 years’ experience in the music industry. Stephanie shares her experience of racism and the challenges of being a Black woman in the music industry. As a woman in a position of leadership, Stephanie talks about what she thinks makes a good leader and how damage can be done if leadership is not done properly.

Links to things mentioned in this episode:

https://www.ukmusic.org/about/team/stephanie-haughton-campbell/

https://www.ukmusic.org/news/voices-uk-musics-stephanie-haughton-campbell-celebrates-music-industry-women-on-international-womens-day/ 

https://www.ukmusic.org/equality-diversity/uk-music-diversity-report-2022/

https://www.shesaid.so/

https://womeninctrl.com/

https://remiharrisconsulting.com/musicleadersnetwork/

https://www.catsmother.co.uk/about-us

This season is produced and hosted by Hayleigh Bosher www.instagram.com/hayleigh.bosher/

Edited by Eliza Kania twitter.com/elizakania

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios