Gender Amplifed: Celebrating Women in Music Production | with Ebonie Smith

Today’s guest is music producer, recording engineer, and songwriter Ebonie Smith. Ebonie has been a house engineer for Atlantic Records for 10 years, working on projects for artists like Cardi B, Janelle Monae, Jason Mraz, Charlie Puth, and Misterwives. She is also the founder and President of Gender Amplfied, Inc, a non-profit focused on celebrating women in music production. She holds a Masters in Music Technology from NYU and is currently a governor for the New York Chapter of the Recording Academy. We have a great chat about the mission of Gender Amplified and how it got started, as well as tips for producers running sessions and why it’s important to not always do the same thing.

🗒 In this episode we'll dig in on... 🗒

The mission of Gender Amplified, Inc.
Connecting women in music as part of her college thesis
Working as a house engineer for Atlantic Records
The choice to pursue music higher education for music
Running a pop session as a producer
Songwriting camps
Method vs Formula
How to identify good advice
The business structure behind Non-Profits and the benefits of making it official
The importance of having eclectic taste

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Why Taking Risks in Art is Necessary

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👉 Learn More About Ebonie Smith & Gender Amplified... 👈

Website: https://genderamplified.org/

Website: http://www.eboniesmith.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genderamplified

Instagram: http://instagram.com/eboniesmithmusic

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