Why Aren’t There More Women Working in Audio (Case Study)

Women like Hendren and Keyes spend many years mastering their craft as per the research. When she’s not teaching at Sound Camp, Hendren is a full-time sound engineer who works for venues in St. Louis and tours with bands. Hendren got her start by spending five years as a monitor engineer, which means she was in charge of what artists hear on stage. Her venue saw 150 to 175 shows a year, but she says she can count on one hand the number of female sound engineers she met during that time. “The guys who worked at the venue were great,” Hendren says of The Pageant in St. Louis. “But she always felt like she had to be a bit better at her job than they were. And then when she started talking to other women and had that feeling confirmed, it was like, ‘Okay, she was not imagining this. This was really taking her a lot more effort than it’s taking that guy over there.’” Hendren says she has lost work for being a woman; in one case, she was rejected for a job because the band’s wives were uncomfortable with a woman being on the bus. Online Article - https://dubbingking.com/why-arent-there-more-women-working-in-audio/ Powerpoint Presentation - https://dubbingking.com/why-arent-there-more-women-working-in-audio-study-notes/