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…
The Gender Amplified Music Festival is fast approaching, and we are thrilled to highlight a few of the talented and accomplished performers and contributors who will be entertaining, educating, and inspiring the festival’s attendees. The music festival is an event of the Gender Amplified movement which aims to celebrate women in music production, raise their…
One of the goals of Gender Amplified is to generate exposure for young women producers who are on the verge of greatness. Meet Erica Glyn. Check out this cool interview she did for Gender Amplified! Erica’s Bio New York City based artist/producer Erica Glyn is an amplifying force in the music industry. She produces a…
The Gender Amplified Music Festival is a little over a month away on September 28! Check out these summer updates as things heat up: Brooklyn Radio highlighted Gender Amplifed in June and asked founder Ebonie Smith to list her top 5 female music producers. As Ebonie remarks in the profile, “It’s difficult to list my…
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…
Meet Ebony Oshunrinde AKA Wondagurl. She is a 16-year-old super producer who has recently secured production credits with the likes of Jay-Z, French Montana, Travis Scott, Ryan Leslie and a host of other amazing acts. Check out this awesome interview about her journey and work. She’s an inspiration and epitomizes everything that Gender Amplified is…
by Ebonie Smith
Posted on July 3, 2013
Meet S▲MMUS. She is an upstate New York-based rapper and producer. Her production is characterized by her use of uniquely chopped samples, and video game-like synths. She has been called a “20-credit” rapper because of her smart lyrics, diverse subject matter and versatile flow.
One of the goals of Gender Amplified is to generate exposure for young women producers who are on the verge of greatness. When I sent a mass email to the Clive Davis Institute (New York University) in search of female students interested in being a part of the Gender Amplified movement, it took Erin all…
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…
The Gender Amplified movement started in my dorm room. Six years ago, I found myself sitting in my cramped room, nearly crowded out by all of the music production equipment I’d accumulated during college. I would make noise for hours silently in my headphones. I was just another bedroom music producer with big dreams of…