This article was written for music industry news service, CMU news, published 31/01/24 (click here to link) The F-List’s Vick Bain on UK Parliament’s Misogyny In Music report and the industry’s next steps Researcher and consultant Vick Bain welcomes the new report from Parliament’s Women And Equalities Committee on Misogyny In Music and outlines how… The post Misognyny in Music appeared first on The F-List Directory of UK Female+ Musicians ..read more

In November 2023, I embarked on a project to base myself in an artist’s community to explore if it would stimulate me to write or approach songs in a different way and to see if songwriting could have an impact on the artists.  I searched for information from other songwriters who had done this before… The post Being a Songwriter in Residence appeared first on The F-List Directory of UK Female+ Musicians ..read more

F-List Musicians played at festivals all across the UK this summer, here is a blog about some of those gracing the stage at this year’s Primadonna Festival. Written by Rejoice Abudar. The Primadonna Festival 2023 took place in July which places women, Black and Asian artists, the LGBTQIA+ community, working class and disabled people at… The post F-List Musicians at UK Summer Festivals appeared first on The F-List Directory of UK Female+ Musicians ..read more

Attending the 2nd Annual F-List Research Hub Conference: Researchers’ Identities in Music at ICMP in May 2023 Written by Lauren Alex Hooper A day of presentations focused on gender in music based research? That sounds like a lot. Well, it was. And it was absolutely brilliant. I joined The F-List a while ago but I… The post Attending the 2nd F-List Research Hub Conference appeared first on The F-List Directory of UK Female+ Musicians ..read more

I am a parent in music and a board director of Parents and Carers in Performing Arts (PiPA), campaigning to improve the working conditions of parents across theatre, dance and music. This is my second article this past month regarding parenting and managing a music career…the first was published by the ISM here https://www.ism.org/advice/parenting-under-covid-19 .… The post Parenting Under Covid-19: Voices of Parents in Music appeared first on The F-List Directory of UK Female+ Musicians ..read more

Turn Up The Volume Female Focus What’s it like on the festival scene as a female artist? You would have hoped that it was an even split in terms of gender.  But the damning stats, according to Female Pressure Analysis of 166 Global Electronic Festivals (2012-2019) show that only 17.3% of acts are female, 6.9%… The post Turn Up The Volume – Female Focus appeared first on The F-List Directory of UK Female+ Musicians ..read more

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Here is a special guest blog written by our friends at Ethnic Music, who make Handmade Arabic & Turkish Musical Instruments, based in Izmir, Turkey. Contrary to common belief, there are many successful women artists in the Turkish and Arabic music scenes. Since the Ottoman Empire era, there have been numerous women musicians, and they… The post Famous Women in Turkish-Arabic Music appeared first on The F-List Directory of UK Female+ Musicians ..read more

Freelancing at universities…. It won’t come as a surprise to anyone to know that the music industry is predominantly filled with entrepreneurs and the self-employed.  Recent data from the National Office of Statistics shows 83% of musicians are self-employed.  This consists of slightly more men than women, 84% and 78% respectively but compared to 16%… The post Music Freelancers and Universities appeared first on The F-List Directory of UK Female+ Musicians ..read more

Exclusive studio opportunity for The F-List musicians, in association with Help Musicians and Miloco Studios The F-List for Music has teamed up with the charity Help Musicians and Miloco Studios to offer female and gender-expansive musicians a whole weekend of immersive studio learning for what we are calling ‘A Culture of Belonging’. S Applications are… The post A Culture of Belonging appeared first on The F-List Directory of UK Female+ Musicians ..read more