Databases Listing Women & Gender Minority Music Artists and Industry Professionals
Today we look anew at resources out there to not only help us understand the gaps, but to be proactive with tackling the gender imbalance in the industry, to take stock and Recharge! What better way to kick off Recharge than with resources stemming from what we set out to do for festival line ups! High calibre women and gender minority artists and industry professionals are prevalent – there is no excuse to not have a gender balanced line up, roster, board, recruitment, the list goes on. We have picked out a handful of online resources (including our very own talent bank!).
Find the next outstanding talent in our roster of emerging artists and professionals from across Europe and Canada on Keychange’s very own talent bank. We have 132 artists and professionals, hand-picked by industry experts from 12 countries.
Femnøise (Founder/CEO, Keychange Innovator, Natalia San Juan) was first born as a collective fighting for the reduction of the gender gap in the music industry. But they soon realised that the solution is not just activism, to go one step further: to connect and empower underrepresented individuals on a large scale, worldwide. Explore Femnøise’s interactive map for talent, industry professionals, networking and more!
The We’ve Only Just Begun Directory (founded by Keychange Innovator Shauna Watson) is a comprehensive site of women and non-binary musicians, bands, DJs and music industry professionals who are either Irish or based in Ireland. The Directory looks to promote women and non-binary artists and give bookers, promoters, agents, radio programmers, labels and managers a direct contact with profiled artists for professional opportunities.
The F-List Directory (Keychange Ambassador, Jess Partridge on Board of Directors) website is an up-to-date, comprehensive directory of all UK female and gender minority musicians. The F-List offers musicians, groups and music companies a simple way to connect with profile and professional opportunities.
Présence Compositrices is dedicated to promoting women composers across all eras and nationalities. Launched by Présence Compositrices, Ask Clara showcases their repertoire to allow the public, performers and concert programmers to discover from the database of female composers, both past and present!