Why are women astonishingly underrepresented in our industry? APM Music held its International Women’s Day Celebration last March 11, in Woodland Hills, which was a fitting time to shed some light and awareness around this question.
The movement toward equality has become an important hot topic lately and, with songs like Taylor Swift's "The Man" and Hildur Guðnadóttir winning the first Oscar for Best Original Score in 20 years, the long-due visibility and recognition continues to increase both in music and the mainstream.
Newscast Sudio recently interviewed Mirette Seireg, the head of the MPath music library, on her role in bringing gender parity to the world of production music and the creation of the MPath Women Composers Series - Phenomenal Women:
Your background is not in music, what led you into this field?