Study: women in music cite sexual harassment as most prominent industry problem

by: Ariel King Mar 29, 2021 As Women’s History Month wraps up, data from a new survey from Midia Research, Tunecore, and Tunecore’s parent company Believe conclude that sexual harassment is the most widely cited problem for women in the music industry.  The recent study follows USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative’s research from earlier this month, …

Richie Hawtin on Income Equality in Dance Music: “We’re Trying to Fix a Problem That We’ve Lost Control of”

Fabled techno producer and music entrepreneur Richie Hawtin recently opened up about the lack of income equality between DJs and producers in dance music.  In a new interview with Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst for their “Interdependence” podcast, Hawtin delved into a number of timely issues in EDM, including crucial changes to the economic infrastructure of live DJ sets. …