Third season of the «Musicians in Conversation» podcast series
In March 2023, the first episode (season three) of the «Musicians in Conversation» podcast series will be launched. In addition to conversations with musicians*, the new season also includes “Backstage Editions” where people working as sound engineers* or bookers* are introduced. One of the ten new episodes will be released every second Thursday.
Helvetiarockt’s podcast series “Musicians in Conversation” profiles female, intersex, transgender and non-binary musicians*, artists and DJs living in Switzerland. In the third season, musicians* such as Evita Koné are joined by actors from the Swiss music industry who work backstage. For example, live sound engineer Lena Brechbühl and Nadia Mitic, booking agent and co-founder of the Glad We Met Collective, as well as Fabienne Schmuki, co-managing director, head of promotion and label manager at the Irascible label. The talks will be led by Natalia Anderson, musician, DJ and journalist from London, based in Geneva.
Women, inter, trans and non-binary people are still severely underrepresented in the Swiss music industry. On stage, only about 11% women* are represented and in music production even only about 2% women* (according to a preliminary study by the Center for Gender Studies, University of Basel, and Social Insight GmbH on behalf of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Center for Social Research). On the one hand, the podcast series is intended to serve as a mouthpiece for this group of people and, on the other hand, to allow listeners* to take a peek behind the scenes: The conversations with the podcast guests show the variety of professional jobs in the music industry and the different paths that can lead to a profession such as musician*, booking agent* or tour manager*.