Lights, cameras… mentors

Abstract

Many academic articles have described gender inequalities in music. Yet, we have far less understanding of how to bring about change (Correll, 2017). This interview addresses exactly this topic: how can we make changes towards more gender equality in the music industry? Moreover, instead of talking about women in music, this group interview expresses how three inspiring women have each in their own ways contributed to gender equalityin their own words. Conchitta Bottse is a music programmer at pop venue Paard in The Hague, freelance event producer for, amongst others, Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), tour manager of Dutch soul artist Shirma Rouse, and has worked in many other positions in the music industry. Miriam Brenner has her own music agency and management company called Kokako Music. She started working in the music industry as an assistant programmer at International Music