What is the Fix The Mix Report?
An Analysis of Credited Technical Professionals in the Music Industry Highlighting Women and Non-Binary Producers and Engineers Across DSP Playlists, Genres, Awards, Record Certifications, & Distributors
The Fix The Mix Report examines gender representation among people receiving production and engineering credits across the music industry, specifically as it pertains to women and non-binary technical creators and professionals. It provides an in-depth analysis of those credits, examining both the top-line key roles of producer, engineer, mixing engineer, and mastering engineer, as well as additional production and recording roles including programmer, vocal producer, editor, and assistant roles. This report is the first major study of gender representation across all credited production and engineering personnel by role.
The Fix The Mix report expands the existing body of knowledge by taking a comprehensive look at the credits across a total of 1,128 songs (757 top streamed songs, 30 GRAMMY-winning albums, the Top 50 songs from the Spotify Billions Playlist, the Top 50 songs from the RIAA Diamond Certified records List and breakdown of technical creator roles by distributor). With the framework presented in this report, the industry can target its collective efforts toward the areas where action is needed most as well as measure more specifically if progress has been made.
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What is the Fix The Mix Initiative
The Fix The Mix Initiative was created to address the lack of employment opportunities and visibility for women and non-binary producers and engineers in the music industry. Launched by We Are Moving The Needle in collaboration with Jaxsta, the music industry’s first official music credits database, this initiative focuses on implementing data-driven and measurable strategies to increase representation across the recording industry. By hosting events such as the Fix The Mix Job Fairs at the She Knows Tech Summits and Jaxsta’s newly added feature that allows users to self-identify gender and ethnic information, the Fix The Mix Initiative is offering impactful solutions toward to closing the gender gap in this space. Backed by a coalition of like-minded organizations including: Women In Music, Equalize Her, Wingwoman, Veva Collect, SheSaid.so, Femme House, Gender Amplified, Music Production For Women, SoundGirls, Change The Conversation, Project Traction, Produced By A Girl, and Mom+Pop Music.
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