SoundGirls Podcast

Nancy Scharlau-Murman is a graduate of the Music Production and Engineering Program at Berklee College of Music, in Boston. After school, she moved to San Francisco and landed an assistant engineer position at Different Fur Recording. At the time, the San Francisco music scene was on fire with many bands interested in doing a live recording. Nancy and a fellow Berklee graduate jumped on the opport...

Leanne Ungar is a veteran recording engineer with 130+ album credits. She's worked with music legends including Cat Stevens, Leonard Cohen, and Laurie Anderson. Her career started in the 1970s and has taken her on a journey along the east and west coasts of the United States. She currently teaches Music Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music.   Hosted by: Rebecca Wilson Executive P...

Margaret Luthar has an extensive background as a Mastering Engineer and vinyl cutter. She currently serves as one of the NPR Broadcast Engineers based in Los Angeles, California. In this episodes she talks to us about her story of getting into the audio industry as well as her experiences learning and working abroad in Norway, and other amazing studios in the US along the way.   Hosted by: Rebecca...

Angie Sandoval is a Colombian audio engineer and educator based in Orlando, Florida. Her work consists of studio recording, mixing, live production, and audio education, with a passion for helping artists bring their ideas to life while making professional audio more accessible. As an Audio Production Instructor at the Orlando Public Library, she teaches recording, mixing, and music production whi...

Krysten "KD" Dean and Jess Scott are two amazing women of color who work with Eighth Day Sound and tour with Earth, Wind, and Fire. KD joins us as an industry veteran who has been touring for 12 years, while Jess has only recently started touring and is on her first year (at the time of the interview). Both women bring their unique perspectives and journeys into sound, as well as share with us the...

Aly Carlisle-Steinberg is a FOH Engineer, touring since 2015 based in New York City. She grew up in Santa Rosa, California, and completed a Recording Arts Degree at CSU Chico. After graduation, Aly moved to Portland, Oregon to start working at venues and begin touring. She moved to NYC 3 years ago and still works at various venues and out on tours, including Lucy Dacus and Faye Webster as a front...

Catherine Wood is the owner if Los Angeles studio Planetwood, and has an amazing body of work as a producer and engineer. She has also worked on a variety of TV and film projects, and numerous commercials (which you may recognize). Catherine also focuses on giving back to the industry and speaks with us about all the service positions she holds.   Hosted by: Rebecca Wilson Executive Producers: Kar...

Aila Scott is an NYC based audio engineer and sound designer who has been in the industry for nearly a decade.  Originally based in New Orleans, her career has spanned from film production and game sound design to music festivals, and this variety and resistance to an "average" day is what has kept her going in the world of sound.  She is excited to speak to the experiences of trans women in the a...

Ashleigh is an experienced audio engineer, sound designer, and re-recording mixer, based in the UK, with a demonstrated history of working in the creative media production industries. She is highly skilled in audio post-production and mix engineering for film and television with numerous credits including BAFTA & Palme d’Or nominated films. Ashleigh has previously worked with the Pinewood Stud...

Amy Soulfire is a multi-facted audio engineer, musician, and producer based in the south island of New Zealand. She shares bits of all of her experiences with us (from live sound, to recording with children), and let us know what we can expect from her next!    Hosted by: Lora Thompson Executive Producers: Karrie Keyes, Beckie Campbell, and Susan Kost Edited by: Miesha Burley Music by: Jess Fenton...

Amy Wright has been around all things audio ever since she helped her sound engineer dad as a 6 year-old. From there she moved onto mixing bands on her own, and then started working in corporate AV at the Melbourne Convention Center. She has since moved into teaching at the Australian Institute of Music, using her tech, music, and production background to help empower the next generation of techni...

Lisa is a freelance sound engineer from Germany, now based in Auckland, New Zealand. She started doing sound in 2000 while trying to figure out what to do with her life after school. In 2003 she ditched her social work studies to pursue a career doing sound for live events and has never looked back. Doing monitors has been an early and lasting passion. Preparing the gear and programming a console...

Hannah Herzog is a 2020 Show Production Graduate who has mixed major world wide events such as the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Currently working as the audio department lead for American Audio Visual Inc., she has been handling audio for high profile figures such as Hillary Clinton, Ron DeSantis, and most recently Vice President JD Vance alongside White House Communications. In addition, she ha...

Kathleen is a freelance sound engineer from California, now based in Berlin, Germany. In recent years she's had the pleasure of touring internationally as a FOH/Monitor engineer and playback engineer. Empowering artists to realize their sonic vision and feel comfortable onstage is her passion. She's mixed stages in Rock am Ring/Rock im Park, Funkhaus Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Vienna Konzert...

Lora is a prolific musician hailing from Whāingaroa/Raglan, and is currently based in Kirikiriroa. She has worked as an Audio Engineer for the past 20 years, and she currently works as a freelance Audio Engineer/Guitar Tech for local and international acts, while also working as the Head of the Audio Program at the School of Audio Engineering. While based in Melbourne, Lora toured and worked on la...

Hailed for her impeccable attention to finessing low-end, Jaclyn Sanchez is bringing analog back into the mix. Nicknamed Jackie BOOM by legendary drummer Steve Jordan during a Bettye LaVette session for her energetic, present demeanor, the alias captures her ability to fuse analog depth with pop clarity for a sonic experience that hits like a record. She has worked with music icons including Laury...

Johnny Kerile is a touring system engineer and system design consultant specializing in design and optimization of large-scale live sound systems. He is also a L Acoustics application consultant, KSE and Artisan of Sound: representing L Acoustics with design support, calibration, show support, trainings and seminars.    Hosted by: Katie Maifeld and Brianna Cofield Executive Producers: Karrie Keyes...

Brianna Cofield is an audio engineer and pianist from Long Island, New York. While attending Syracuse University, Brianna gained hands-on experience in record production and live sound engineering. After graduating, she began working in a studio as an assistant, and eventually moved on to live sound engineering full-time. Currently, Brianna works as a live sound engineer at Quantum Sound Systems,...

Katie Maifeld is a NYC based freelance live audio engineer and music business professional. She has worked on thousands of events for clubs, festivals, and corporate conferences. Prior to these roles, Katie worked for recording studios as an assistant engineer, as an office manager, stage manager for an entertainment company, and was an award winning NPR talk show co-host and producer. She is the...

The SoundGirls Podcast Executive Producers: Karrie Keyes, Beckie Campbell, & Susan Kost This episode was edited by Susan Kost The SoundGirls Podcast is presented by soundgirls.org  Music by Jess Fenton https://www.jessfenton.com/ Admin by Kanika Khanna

Los Angeles; Sr. Managing Director, Producers & Engineers Wing and Recording Technology, Recording Academy. A former recording engineer, Maureen has worked on GRAMMY winning recordings for artists including Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, and Santana—as well as well as on numerous other projects, including two Billboard Number One Dance songs. She has a degree in Broadcast Communication Arts...

Jordan Kolence has been working in the music industry for over two decades. In this episode, he talks about everything from his start to his current role mixing Taylor Swift's monitors. It's a do n't-miss episode! 

Amelia McCloskey has been nominated for many awards, including Music Supervisor Of The Year. She started in the music business as a recording artist, then moved into artist development before becoming a sync agent and finally a music supervisor. Amount her newly opened Tronto offices; Amelia recently set up ultimatesyncaccess.com to educate and empower those looking to break into the sync world. ...

If you're interested in sound design audio work for feature and scripted content, this is the episode for you! Hear from this Emmy-nominated team.  Anthony Vanchure is an Emmy-nominated Supervising Sound Editor who has strengthened a variety of projects in television and film with his unique talents and precise creative approach. Most recently, Anthony has been celebrated for his work on Roku’s We...

Host & Producer: Rebecca Wilson www.rebeccawilsonstudio.com/ Executive Producers: Karrie Keyes, Beckie Campbell, & Susan Kost Edited by: Robbie Mortimer The SoundGirls Podcast is presented by soundgirls.org  Sponsored by QSC https://www.qsc.com Music by Jess Fenton https://www.jessfenton.com/