Women in the Studio: Creativity, Control and Gender in Popular Music Sound Production

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The field of popular music production is overwhelmingly male dominated. Here, Paula Wolfe discusses gendered notions of creativity and examines the significant under-representation of women in studio production. Wolfe brings an invaluable perspective as both a working artist-producer and as a scholar, thereby offering a new body of research based on interviews and first-hand observation. Wolfe demonstrates that patriarchal frameworks continue to form the backbone of the music industry establishment but that women’s work in the creation and control of sound presents a potent challenge to gender stereotyping, marginalisation and containment of women’s achievements that is still in evidence in music marketing practices and media representation in the digital era. Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1 ‘We remain one of the most white, male­dominated industries in the world’ (Wenham 2009): The music industry and gender 2 ‘I don’t buy expensive clothes, I don’t have a particularly great car but I do have some beautiful microphones which I’m really proud of and they sound fantastic and that’s so exciting’ (Isobel Clarke 2010): Music production and gender 3 ‘A studio of one’s own’ (Wolfe 2012): Self­production, music technology and gender 4 ‘I’ve got to trust myself because there’s no A&R dad who’s gonna take the rap for me’ (Little Boots 2013): New industry and gender 5 ‘If I was Queen, I would ban the use of gender before the job title, I would ban female singer­songwriter’ (Pallo 2015): Media representation and gender Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index