Women in the music industry...

[aMUSEd]

Some of the greatest pioneers of electronic music were (and are) women - from Delia Derbyshire, Pauline Oliveros and Elodie Lauten to Annette Peacock.

[SODDI]

I think it's a long term problem, one that Suzanne Ciani commented on in "Analog Days".

"The woman comes to the work, the relationship is different. It's like 'What is there?', not what do I want to be there...And that's why I always thought that women were ideally suited to work in this technology, and I was very, very sad that that didn't happen..."

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

I'm not a woman, but I've met some a few times.

They're pretty cool.

What do you want to know?

[arkmabat]

Is all this just marketing to sell to more females? Take note! None of the female KVRists have responded, and I can think of at least two active members who have probably seen this and skipped over it. Maybe they see *this thread* as offensive and divisive? Hmm.

[flash-trance]

I've met a couple female musicians...

Not stereotyping, just saying what I've noticed, but they were a lot less intent on trying to make music a career than most of the guys I know. They also were very NOT into making heavy music or learning the electronic production thing. Very cool people though, and talented!

I just wish I could find me a metal-head girl. They're sooo cool \m/

[Ranjarresh]

http://flavorwire.com/335503/10-female- ... ould-know/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fe ... _musicians

[Doug1978]

Some of the greatest pioneers of electronic music were (and are) women - from Delia Derbyshire, Pauline Oliveros and Elodie Lauten to Annette Peacock.

Not to mention Wendy Carlos.
Or Susan Boyle.

[Numanoid]

Or Susan Boyle.

I think Sharon Osborne is a better example, after all she mastered-minded Ozzy's rise to fame and created Ozzfest

[Doug1978]

^^ true dat!

[Numanoid]

Suzanne Ciani is another electronic legend

In 1974 she formed her own company, Ciani/Musica, and, using a Buchla Analog Modular Synthesizer, composed scores for television commercials for corporations such as Coca-Cola, Merrill Lynch, AT&T and General Electric. Besides music, her specialty was reproducing sound effects on the synthesizer, that recording engineers had found difficult to record properly; the sound of a bottle of Coca-Cola being opened and poured was one of Ciani's most widely recognized works, and was used in a series of radio and television commercials in the late 1970s. She is also responsible for "logo" sounds pertaining to Energizer and ABC. Such was the demand for her services, that at one point she was doing up to 50 sessions a week. Her sound effects also appeared in video games (the pinball game Xenon featured her voice).

[SODDI]

Not to mention Wendy Carlos.

Wendy Carlos is not strictly a woman...

[SODDI]

There is Karen Dreijer Andersson (Fever Ray, The Knife) and there was Kayo from Polysics, who is retired now but I hope not forever.

Andersson's "Fever Ray" CD has great synth work (probably lots of Chromaphone) and vocal manipulation on it.

[Tricky-Loops]

[deastman]

I understand that this topic is well intentioned, but I fail to see what can be gained by listing anecdotal examples of women working in the music industry. We all know that the industry is discriminatory and chauvinistic. No list is going to change that.

[james0tucson]

Suzanne Ciani is another electronic legend

Daphne Oram, and Bebe Barron... and I think Clara Rockmore counts.