Category: Events

Alicia Keys Creates Tracks Live On Stage at BET Awards

  Alicia Keys took the stage to perform one of her new hit “In Common” at the 2016 BET Awards held at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, June 26th in Los Angeles. For years, the 35­-year­-old entertainer and performer has dazzled fans with her electrifying stage show, but this time things were a little different. Surrounded by numerous…



Gender Amplified Founder Ebonie Smith Talks STEM, Music and Gender at Spotify

On April 2nd, Gender Amplified founder Ebonie Smith stopped by the Spotify headquarters to discuss Gender Amplified and perform new music. The event, entitled “Hip Hop Hacks,” was sponsored by Monthly Music Hackathon NYC. The Music Hackathon is a monthly all-day event for musicians and engineers to create new music-related projects from scratch, develop them…



Event Recap – Apollo Beat Production Workshop – March 23

Yesterday Gender Amplified hosted a music production at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Entitled “Engineering Culture Through Beat Production”, the workshop was organized in collaboration with the Apollo Theater Academy, an initiative that fosters leadership and professional development in the arts through seminars, workshops, panels and internships. Check out some of the positive feedback on socials!…



Event Recap – #INDEPENDENT MUSIC Panel – November 17

APOLLO CAREER PANEL

Yesterday I had the opportunity to represent Gender Amplified on a wonderful panel of music industry professionals at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem. The panel was organized in collaboration with the Apollo Theater Academy, an initiative that fosters leadership and professional development in the arts through seminars, workshops, panels and internships. Our topic was…



More Gender Amplified Contributors

In less than two weeks, a bevy of speakers, artists, producers, and industry professionals will come together at Barnard College for the Gender Amplified Music Festival. The brainchild of Ebonie Smith, Gender Amplified seeks to provide a platform for the promotion and advancement of women in music production and identify and motivate the next generation of…



Event Recap – Dubspot Inspiring Women – June 26

On June 26, Dubspot’s Inspiring Women in Music Technology group held its third event at Cielo NYC. Called The Producers Edition, this event was a showcase of works by female music producers residing in the New York City metropolitan area. Prior to the event a number of women submitted original tracks to the Inspiring Women…



Event Recap – Dubspot Inspiring Women – Jan. 23

The snow fell fiercely on the frigid winter night. I was partially nervous about the turnout for the first Inspiring Women in Music Technology mixer event that I helped organize at Dubspot, a New York based music production and dj school where I work. A few months prior, a female student approached our student affairs…