How to make a Mezz
Roanne Mesirow talks to AWTY about the discrimination she faced, when setting up Mezz, a female led music management company.
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The Mother of Rock
Bi, black, and bombastic, R&B legend Sister Rosetta Tharpe has never received the recognition she deserves.
The Streaming Report
A House of Commons Select Committee report on the 'Economics of music streaming' criticises the way in which music revenues are distributed.
Blowing up a Storm
“I’ve had loads of racist comments from white musicians." Arnetta Johnson's battle to become a rising star of jazz trumpet.
The Starling that flew west
From Milwaukee to LA might be a 2,000 mile journey and a big step to make at a young age, but having made it, dance/pop singer songwriter...
Not everyone gets a prize?
This is the first in our series of three articles on women and discrimination in the music industry in 2021.
Women make the mix
'A female drum and base DJ? Surely not!' Megan Stevens is trying to break the mould as she explains to AWTY
The ‘Bain’ of Discrimination
This is the second in our series of articles on women and discrimination in the music industry in 2021. It focuses on the early work of...
My, my, my Delilah
There’s pink, shocking pink, dayglo pink and then there’s Delilah Bon in your face, shout-it-loud, confrontational, girl-punk, pink. Or...
A Sound Career?
"I had in-house engineers walk out of the venue because I was a girl doing the sound, I had my mixes sabotaged."
Short changed!
This is our third and final article on women and discrimination in the music industry in 2021. AWTY talked to Vick Bain about her work.
Five Steps on How to Succeed as a Solo Music Artist
AWTY gets some tips from experimental, pop singer-songwriter, Eden Dawn about some of the steps you might need to take to achieve success.
Rocky Road
Sex and drugs and rock and roll or maybe just hard work. Lulu Davis talks about her career managing at the loud end of music.
Why Artists are Steaming about Streaming
Streaming has done a lot to help the music industry combatting pricey etc. So why has there been demonstrations outside Spotifys offices.
Etta Baker's Blues
She influenced Dylan and Taj Mahal, had nine children, yet only hit blues fame in her 70's. The story of Etta Baker.
Stand by Your Man
It's 23 years since Tammy Wynette died on the 6th April 1998. Yet despite her success her life was mired in tragedy and failed relationships
Can live music survive virtual reality?
Will virtual reality become the safer, cheaper, easier, ready-made alternative to going out to listen to music?
Remembering Dusty
It's twenty-two years years since Dusty Springfield, Britain's sixties soul legend and latter-day gay icon, died at the age of fifty-nine.
Is Time Running Out For Tik Tok?
Increasingly used by aspiring musicians Tik Tok has gone from obscurity to being one of the worlds fastest growing social media platforms.
Playing for Change
How can male artists lessen musical festival and event discrimination? Andrew Lansley explains
Swimming Against the Stream
For most people in the music industry the House of Commons Select Committee hearings are not their first-choice for internet browsing....
Remember Music Festivals?
Andy Rea, co-founder and organiser of 2000 Trees Festival, about what it takes to set up and run an award winning event.
K-pop: Sugar & Spice but is it nice?
K-pop (Korean pop) has been growing over the last 20 years, and even more so in the last 10. My first memory of K-pop, like for so many...
The Grind of Having a Bump
For women in the music industry being pregnant and in the public eye is not always easy.