WOMEN IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

Since I started DJing in 2014 I was one of the only one of my friends listening to ‘EDM’ as it used to be as classed back in the day. And not only that I was one of the only girls in my music class, the college open days and even when I was looking on social media there was 0 girls around my age looking into becoming a DJ/Producer. It was a very male dominated industry back then and I know it was only 9 years ago but I feel it has now changed a heck of a lot!

When I started getting regular gigs at a local bar when I was 16 people used to come over to me like: “do you actually know what your doing?”, “ha I bet she just uses sync”, “shes just playing off spotify”. And you know what I was so shocked that people just couldn’t understand why a woman can be a DJ. Obviously there was a lot of people telling me how much respect they have for a woman in this field of work and that made me really happy. Now in 2023 I don’t feel as alone.

I have been approached by club promoters wanting just female DJ’s, people wanting me to play at their clubs with an all female line up! Noticing Instagram pages and TikTok accounts like @girlsdontsync and its making me so happy women are being welcomed and respected as ‘proper DJs’ into this industry finally!

With now so many female DJs headlining festivals and for the first time in history the female DJ ‘Charlotte de Witte’ closing the Tomorrowland mainstage, we know that its only going to get bigger and better for us female DJs :)