This special epsisode for the finale of this season was recorded live at the Houses of Parliament with a panel of incredible women Brix Smith, Katie Waissel and Charlene Brown at a Whose Song is it Anyway? event. Pictures of the event are here: https://shorturl.at/mqHL6 To hear about future events follow Hayleigh on social media, or email [email protected] Thanks for listening to this season and sharing the epsiodes, hope you have enjoyed it and we will be back next year with...

Eve Horne - singer, songwriter, producer, executive director of the Music Producers Guild, founder of the Unheard Academy where she teaches female and non-binary people music production, and the host of the We Are The Unheard Podcast, amongst other things!  In this episode we talk about Eve’s journey from BRIT School, being signed, touring with a girl group, to leaving the music industry and then returning with a massive come back and now doing all. the. things! Eve also talks about her...

*trigger warning* mentions reports of sexism and misogyny from Musicians' Union members, including sexual harassment and sexual assault. Naomi Pohl is the General Secretary of the Musicians' Union, a trade union for professional musicians in the UK. Naomi is the first women to hold this position in the MU. We talk about her experience of being the first and being a woman in a position of leadership, the specific pressures and challenges faced by women in leadership as well as generally by...

Michelle Escoffery is an award winning singer-songwriter, has taught as a lecturer at various institutions, is President of the PRS Members’ Council and on Ivor’s Academy Trustee Board. We talk about Michelle’s experience of coming into the music industry as part of a musical family from a young age. I ask Michelle what has been the enablers and challenges that she has faced and overcome to succeed in the music industry. She highlights the power of mentorship, shares advice for overcoming...

Dyvr is a musician, creative and activist working in the queer community and the founder of live music safe space, Sounds Queer. Dyvr talks about their experience of being in music, highlighting the challenges faced by non-binary and trans artists in the industry, sharing why they founded Sounds Queer and how that is creating a safe space for queer artists to grow. https://www.instagram.com/dyvrofficial/ https://www.instagram.com/soundsqueersounds/?hl=en-gb Here's a playlist of guest's...

Singer, songwriter Imogen Heap is known for her music making as much as for her innovation and pioneering approach to music, from her Mimu gloves to the Creative Passport.  In this episode Imogen shares her journey to a recent ADHD diagnosis and navigating the world with ADHD. We talk about the positives and the challenges of being neurodivergent, and how important it is to support each other, especially children, to thrive in our own ways. The book’s that Imogen mentions:  Better Late Than...

Vick Bain is the founder of the The F List and is currently completing her PhD at Queen Mary University of London in the Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity looking at the experience of women in music. She was previously the Past President Independent Society of Musicians (ISM), the former CEO of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (the Ivor's Academy), and has been inducted into the Music Week Women in Music Awards Roll Of Honour and the BBC Radio 4 Woman’s...

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...

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...

Cari Quoyeser is an indie rock singer, songwriter, lyricist, performer, artist, voice actor, and Global Artists Community Manager. Silvia Olivieri is a Publishing Program Manager, and previously collaborated with Imogen Heap on her research Life Of A Song and worked as Senior Copyright Assistant at Kobalt Music Publishing for three years. In this episode, we talk about pushing back on the false narrative of women competing with each other, moving from first wave feminism that suggests that...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Claire Batchelor is a Composer for TV, Documentary, Film and Brands. In this episode we talk about how composers can get paid for their work and Claire talks about her work with the Ivor's Academy on the Composers Against Buyouts campaign. She shares her experience as a composer and figuring out what a fair deal is, and we also discuss rights...

Will Page is the former Chief Economist at Spotify and PRS, and author of Tarzan Economics. What's important about 285 miliseconds? Will reveals the psychology behind the Spotify Play button, and we discuss the pricing of streaming service subscriptions. https://tarzaneconomics.com/ Producer and co-host: Hayleigh Bosher Co-host: Jules O'riordan Editor: Eliza Kania

Niclas Molinder is a Swedish songwriter and producer. He founded Session and the Music Rights Awareness Foundation working in collaboration with WIPO to form WIPO for Creators. Niclas explains what the identifiers are - essential information that artists and songwriters need to know about in order to get paid royalties! He tells us all about his company's free app, Session Studio, which helps songwriters and producers with their creative process and includes easy ways to keep track of...

Des Agyekumhene is an artist manager, NFT consultant, and co-founder of Soga world - who did the first NFT project with Neo and assisted Aitch in launching his "NFT album". We talk about NFTs and what opportunities and challenges there are for artists in the NFT space, Des shares his refreshing perspective on these technologies. https://soga.world/ https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/06/ten-things-to-know-about-nfts.html  Producer and co-host: Hayleigh Bosher Co-host: Jules...