Friday Figures - 21 Apr

Today let’s take a look at some streaming figures in relation to gender breakdown of producers and engineers from the mainstream world. The annual Fix the Mix report highlights women and non-binary producers and engineers across playlists on the major streaming platforms, genres, awards, record certifications & distributors. Released in conjunction with We Are Moving the Needle, Jaxsta, Middle Tennessee State University and Howard University, the report hones in on the stark statistics of underrepresentation of women and gender expansive music professionals in this area of technical and studio roles. The knock-on effects of all the stages of the music ecosystem is so vast that there is too much to unpack and encapsulate on a social media post caption. And so we ask you to read the full report here.