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Gender representation in the music industry, and how to undertake a "total restructure" – with Marie Fol, of the Keychange initiative

Jan 11, 2024

Marie Fol, Lead of the Keychange initiative, discusses gender representation in the music industry and their goal of achieving full gender equality. They explore challenges, counter-arguments, and solutions such as mentoring and festival quotas. They also discuss implementing gender equality, expanding their program, and expressing gratitude towards a specific artist.

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Quick takeaways

The Key Change Initiative aims to restructure the music industry to achieve full gender equality by addressing gender representation across various sectors and challenging power structures.

Key Change tackles the pipeline problem by providing mentoring programs, promoting diverse role models, and advocating for equal access to professional development and promotions.

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Key Change Initiative: Working Towards Gender Equality in the Music Industry

The Key Change Initiative, led by Marie Foll, aims to restructure the music industry to achieve full gender equality. The movement focuses on addressing gender representation across various sectors of the music industry. Disturbing statistics reveal the gender imbalance, such as 84% of members of collective management organizations being men and a 28% pay gap at major record labels. Major global orchestras predominantly perform works composed by men, leaving little room for works composed by Black and Asian women. Similar disparities exist in radio airplay and music festival lineups, with white men dominating the scene. Key Change Initiative tackles these issues by implementing a talent development program, encouraging music organizations to sign the pledge for gender equity, and recommending policy changes at national and international levels. The movement aims to reshape perceptions, create role models, and challenge power structures to ensure a more diverse and inclusive music industry.

Introduction

2min

Introducing the Key Change Initiative and Promoting Gender Equity in the Music Industry

2min

Gender Equity and Representation in the Music Industry

15min

Implementing Gender Equality in the Music Industry

23min

Goals for Expansion, Representation, and Diversity in the Music Industry

5min

Discussion on Initiatives, Music, and Gratitude

2min

Ep. 137: Marie Fol, Lead of the Keychange initiative, joins Music Ally’s Editor Joe Sparrow and they takes stock of gender representation in the music industry in 2024. Keychange is a global network and movement with a wide ranging remit to works towards what it calls “a total restructure of the music industry in reaching full gender equality.”

Joe and Marie discuss Keychange’s ambitions for the year ahead and talk in depth across a number of areas in the music business – as well as the challenges that Keychange faces, and the pushback and common counter-arguments she faces. Marie and Joe and also dig into the more complex issues, including the "pipeline problem", and her advice on how you can make tangible and actionable differences.

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Keychange US: https://www.keychangeus.com/

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