Whose Song Is It Anyway?

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

Trigger warning: Mentions sexual harassment, some swearing. Chess shares her experience of being a woman in music, and why she is so motivated to help make the industry a safer place. We air our frustrations on navigating the terrain of being friendly and networking and asserting boundaries whilst still being acceptable and not missing out on opportunities. We also talk about how the industry needs make more of an effort to hire more women, festival line ups were only 13% women in 2022! Women need more opportunity to make the industry more inclusive and fairer. If you work in music and are concerned about a bullying or harassment situation, you can receive non-judgemental support and advice by calling the Help Musicians helpline confidentially for free on 0800 088 2045 or you can report via the Musicians Union Safe Space Scheme www.musafespace.org.uk http://www.chessgalea.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thebigvagenergypod   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

Hazel Savage is VP Music Intelligence at SoundCloud and has worked in the music industry for over 15 years, from HMV, to Shazam, to creating her own AI company, Musiio. She was also in an all-female punk band, and you can tell. This women’s energy and spirit is infectious, you won’t be able to listen to this episode without feeling elevated and motivated! Hear about how Hazel’s adventures of being a yes person led her to Australia, the launch party of Reggae Reggae Sauce, co-founding Musiio and selling it to SoundCloud. From this journey, she shares insightful reflections and useful advice about when to say yes, when to quit, and something she wishes she had learnt sooner… And, as if that wasn’t enough, find out how Shazam worked before smartphones! https://www.musiio.com/ https://conference.measureofmusic.com/ All the guests on this season are asked about their favourite female music makers, you can find a playlist of all their answers on Spotify and Apple Music called 'Whose Song is it Anyway? Women in Music.' This season is produced and hosted by Hayleigh Bosher https://www.instagram.com/hayleigh.bosher/  Edited by Eliza Kania https://twitter.com/elizakania  Recorded at Abbey Road Studios

Welcome to Season three of the podcast! This episode explains why this season is different and what to expect... This season is produced and hosted by Hayleigh Bosher https://www.instagram.com/hayleigh.bosher/  Edited by Eliza Kania https://twitter.com/elizakania  Recorded at Abbey Road Studios

Steve Tempest AKA DJ S.K.T is a DJ, Producer and Label Manager. In this episode we talk about music sampling (of the composition and/or the master), fair deals and arrangements for song splits and joint ownership when creating music. Steve also shares his experience with getting back to live gigs after the pandemic. https://clubsweat.lnk.to/GotYourMoneyFa  Producer and co-host: Hayleigh Bosher Co-host: Jules O'riordan Editor: Eliza Kania

Jane Dyball is a long time music industry executive, working mostly in publishing from Virgin, Warner and ran MCPS Collecting Society. More recently she runs her own consultancy business. Looking back over the historical developments in the music industry during Jane’s career, of which there were many. Jane shares her experience of being on the publishing side of the changes brought into the music industry from ringtones, to downloads and then streaming services as well as the efficiency and structural developments of the collection societies. https://www.laffittesltd.com/ Producer and co-host: Hayleigh Bosher Co-host: Jules O'riordan Editor: Eliza Kania