Girls Twiddling Knobs

Jan 15 2025 121 ep. 47 mins 48
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The #1 feminist music tech podcast, featuring deep-diving episodes into all things music production and home recording and fascinating guest episodes with women making music with technology, hosted by Isobel Anderson.

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EP#101: How to Press Your Music on Vinyl: Expert Tips from Women in Vinyl’s Jenn D'Eugenio

Jan 15 2025 67 mins  
Send us a textAre you an artist or music producer dreaming of releasing your music on vinyl? In this episode of Girls Twiddling Knobs, Isobel Anderson sits down with Jenn D'Eugenio, founder of Women in Vinyl, to uncover the fascinating process behind pressing music onto records. Jenn shares expert insights on preparing your audio and artwork for vinyl, tips for selecting the right

Celebrating 100 Episodes of Girls Twiddling Knobs

Jan 01 2025 104 mins  
Send us a textCelebrating 100 episodes of empowering women in music, Girls Twiddling Knobs host Isobel Anderson takes listeners on a reflective journey through the evolution of the podcast, revisiting its top five most popular episodes, including conversations with Kate Nash, Orla Gartland and Victoria Witjeratne. Featuring listener Q&A, insights into key challenges for women i

Sounding Knitting, Knitting Sound: in conversation with Felicity Ford

Dec 17 2024 67 mins  
Send us a textWhat do sound and knitting have in common? You’d be forgiven for thinking not much, but both have been constant companions across the life and career of sound artist and knitter, Felicity Ford also know as Felix. Join sobel as she visits Felix in her St Leonard’s home to talk about her journey into field recording, soundscape composition and using this skillset to

Master Music Production with Visualization: Unlock Your Creative Confidence and Skills

Dec 04 2024 50 mins  
Send us a textFeeling stuck in your music production journey? Struggling with self-doubt or tempted to buy more gear in the hopes it will transform your sound? This episode is for you.In today’s episode of Girls Twiddling Knobs, we’re exploring how visualisation—a powerful mental tool used by top performers—can help you:✨ Unlock your creative confidence.🎛️ Overcome t

Burnout, gender and music technology with Denise Devenish

Nov 20 2024 76 mins  
Send us a textLuckily, there’s far more conversations happening about musicians’ mental health these days. But how might gender impact our experience of things like depression and anxiety? And how might this differ in a music technology setting, specifically? Because, while this is something that’s often touched upon in wider conversations around gender and music technology,

The Art Of Authentic Production In A Post-Internet World: In conversation with Maria Uzor

Nov 05 2024 62 mins  
Send us a textIn a world that’s always online, how do we stay true to ourselves as artists? This week on Girls Twiddling Knobs, we tackle this question with the fiercely original electronic music producer Maria Uzor.Growing up as a Black artist in a predominantly White area of the UK, Maria often felt like an outsider. But she turned that feeling into a sound that’s bold, raw,

EP#95: Pushing the Boundaries of Sound: Oram Awards Special

Oct 23 2024 59 mins  
Send us a textWhat unique facets of our existence and identity does sound allow us to explore as women and gender diverse artists? This is one of the big questions that emerges inside this conversation with three of the five 2024 Oram Award winners.Whether it be through choreography, performance art, hacking or design, Lola De La Mata, xname and The Silver Field are all artists who

Season 06 Trailer

Oct 17 2024 21 mins  
Send us a textJoin Isobel for all the juicy details on what you can expect to find inside of Season 06 of the podcast, dropping on October 24th. Listen and subscribe to the podcast: https://femalediymusician.com/podcastAnd share the podcast with a friend so we can spread the word, and making music technology a better place for women and gender diverse people.If you loved listening

EP#94 {BONUS EPISODE} Live in Conversation with Daisy Stewart-Darling at Towner Gallery

Aug 07 2024 56 mins  
Send us a textJoin us for the first ever Live Girls Twiddling Knobs episode, recorded at Towner Gallery on August 2nd, 2024. inside, Isobel talks with sound and lino artist, Daisy Stewart-Darling about her new project Lino Waves: Soundscapes of the Living Coast, which documents the changing East Sussex coastline through field recordings and large scale lino works.We touch on critic

Season 05 Wrap Up

Nov 14 2023 28 mins  
Send us a textFollowing last week’s epic binaural finale episode, Isobel is back for one last music tech chat to bring Season 05 of Girls Twiddling Knobs to a close.This final wrap up episode is the perfect way to get a whistle stop tour of any episodes you might have missed and glean any final little golden nuggets from the last few weeks.This season, we've had some of the most