ABSTRACT
Many of the interviewees shared an early exposure to not only music and technology but also to science and in some cases, the mechanical aspects of recording. Both the research and curation of the interviews conducted led to the emergence of patterns that were not anticipated on the behalf of the author. These collected conversations shed light on the nuances of shared experiences and differences across generations of women who have worked at various and high levels as music producers and audio engineers. During the course of these conversations, each of the women viewed themselves, their roles, and their careers thus far, both uniquely and collectively, in different respects. The women interviewed were all producers, recording engineers, or audio engineers, each with at least ten years of professional industry experience, working at the highest levels of their specialities. The women were also chosen with as much variance in age, musical style, race, geographical location/nationality, marital status, and orientation as possible.
