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Women in the U.S. Music Industry Study Builds on Canadian Research

“Erin Barra, an associate professor at Berklee and board director of Women in Music, formulated the project, which focuses on gender equity in the U.S. music industry.”

“The study, "Women in the U.S. Music Industry: Obstacles and Opportunities," was created to provide a current snapshot of women working in the industry. Building upon research conducted by Women In Music Canadian 2015, the study analyzed responses from nearly 2,000 women from a survey conducted during the summer of 2018. The survey explored demographics, employment, and the challenges and opportunities for women in the workplace, among other topics.

“The survey results present compelling data around the challenges and opportunities women experience in the music industry, while also reaffirming that the respondents are passionate about working in this field. Women responded strongly when asked about gender bias, often sharing examples of workplace behavior and personal stories. Nearly half of respondents felt they should be further ahead in their career, including 41 percent of those at the executive level.”

“While both white women and women of color shared this sentiment, 55 percent of women of color felt like they were behind in their careers, compared to 44 percent of white women. Women also overwhelmingly agreed that they had been treated differently within the music industry (78 percent), while over half of respondents felt that their gender had affected their employment (52 percent). These numbers were more pronounced among women who identified themselves as self-employed or freelancers.“

Berklee, March 12, 2019: “Berklee and Women in Music Release Study on Women in the U.S. Music Industry,” by Tori Donahue  

Refinery29, March 12, 2019: “78% Of Women In Music Say They're Treated Differently At Work Because Of Their Gender,” by Courtney E. Smith

Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship, March 2019: Women in the U.S. Music Industry: Obstacles and Opportunities, by Becky Prior, Erin Barra, Sharon Kramer, Ph.D. (39 pages, PDF)

Women in the U.S. Music Industry Infographic Summary (4 pages)

And in Canada

“Established in 2012, Women in Music Canada (WIM-C) is a federally registered non-profit organization dedicated to fostering equality in the music industry through the support and advancement of women. Nordicity developed and deployed an online survey to gather the key profile information about women working in the music industry in Ontario. The survey was targeted at individuals working in the music industry in Ontario and received 455 usable responses.”

“The survey was publicly available and spread through a wide variety of music industry websites, social media, newsletters and mailing lists by independent PR firm, rock-it promotions. On the basis of the large sample size and lack of obvious selection bias, the survey sample can reasonably be considered a randomized sample of the women working in the music industry.”

NordicIty, May 2015: A Profile of Women Working in Ontario’s Music Industry  Final Report (32 pages, PDF)

SecretFrequency

Secret Frequency (formerly Canadian Women Working in Music) is and education and advocacy not-for-profit dedicated to raising the profile of under-represented people within Canada’s music community – women, trans and non-binary folks, racialized and Indigenous people, and more.

We produce the annual Canadian Festival Report Card, grading Gender representation on Festival stages, skills workshops, research, and more.  We aim to create initiatives with demonstrable, measurable impact, which are also accessible and modular, designed to be shared and implemented by other organizatio

2018 Canadian Festival Report Card

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