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.
Links to Academic Report
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.
Fix The Mix Press
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Variety
April 11, 2023
Women and Non-Binary People Are Represented in Electronic and Americana Genres More Than Others, New Study Finds
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NME
April 11, 2023
Report calls out “pitifully low” numbers of women and non-binary people in technical roles in music industry
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Billboard
April 11, 2023
Women & Non-Binary People Make Up ‘Pitifully Low’ Percentage of Producers and Engineers in Recording Studios, Report Finds
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![Women and Nonbinary Producers and Engineers “Vastly Underrepresented” in 2022’s Top Songs, New Study Finds]()
Pitchfork
April 12, 2023
Women and Nonbinary Producers and Engineers “Vastly Underrepresented” in 2022’s Top Songs, New Study Finds
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MusicTech
April 11, 2023
Women and non-binary audio professionals “vastly underrepresented” in 2022’s top tracks, finds study
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Yahoo
April 11, 2023
Women and Non-Binary People Are Represented in Electronic and Americana Genres More Than Others, New Study Finds
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Boardroom
April 11, 2023
The Future of Music Production: Why Representation Matters
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Metro 95.1
April 11, 2023
Según un informe hay pocas mujeres y personas no binarias en puestos técnicos de la industria musical
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EDM Maniac
April 11, 2023
A New Study Confirms Entire Music Industry Lacks Women & Nonbinary Representation - EDM Maniac
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VanDigital
April 11, 2023
Fix The Mix Unveils Its First Annual Report On Gender Representation In Audio Production & Engineering Roles
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MusicTimes
April 11, 2023
Women Underrepresented in Technical Field, Metal Genres, But High on Americana, Electronic: Study
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Far Out
April 11, 2023
New report details low numbers of female and non-binary people in music production
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247 News Around The World
April 11, 2023
Key Takeaways from Lost in the Mix Study
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the Guardian
April 12, 2023
Women and non-binary producers ‘vastly underrepresented’ in 2022’s top songs
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![Fix The Mix Report Finds Representation of Women In Studio Roles Remains ‘Pitifully Low’]()
The Music Network
April 12 2023
Fix The Mix Report Finds Representation of Women In Studio Roles Remains ‘Pitifully Low’
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Music Ally
April 12, 2023
How is diversity in audio production and engineering? Not great…
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The Tennessean
April 12, 2023
Are women, non-binary in-studio creatives still 'moving the needle' to growth?
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Knoxville News Sentinel
April 12, 2023
Are women, non-binary in-studio creatives still 'moving the needle' to growth?
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MusicRadar
April 12, 2023
New report shows that women and non-binary people are still massively underrepresented in production and engineering roles
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![New report shows number of women and nonbinary producers and engineers still “alarmingly low”]()
The Fader
April 12 2023
New report shows number of women and nonbinary producers and engineers still “alarmingly low”
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Hotpress
April 12, 2023
New report stresses severe gender gap in music production
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Hotpress
April 12 2023
Irish Producers Making Waves in 2023
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Advocate Channel
April 12, 2023
Women and Nonbinary Producers 'Vastly Underrepresented' in 2022’s Top Songs
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Indie Rocks!
April 12, 2023
Productoras e ingenieras subrepresentadas en la música
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HITS Daily Double
April 13, 2023
LOST IN THE MIX
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Women's Agenda
April 13, 2023
Women and non-binary folks grossly under-represented in music production
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![Aún falta representación de mujeres y personas no binarias en la industria de la música]()
Rolling Stone en Español
April 13, 2023
Aún falta representación de mujeres y personas no binarias en la industria de la música
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Mixmag
April 14, 2023
Lack of women and non-binary people working in music tech highlighted by new report
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![New report shows glaring gender disparities in audio production and engineering]()
Resident Advisor
April 14, 2023
New report shows glaring gender disparities in audio production and engineering
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DJMag.com
April 14, 2023
"Pitifully low" numbers of women and non-binary people in audio production and engineering roles, report finds
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![New Report Reveals Low Number Of Women And Non-binary In Technical Roles In The Music Industry]()
VOI
April 14, 2023
New Report Reveals Low Number Of Women And Non-binary In Technical Roles In The Music Industry
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![Fix The Mix exposes lack of women and non-binary people in music industry]()
The Playground
April 17, 2023
Fix The Mix exposes lack of women and non-binary people in music industry
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the Guardian
April 25, 2023
‘A male-dominated team does not reflect society’: why are only 5% of music producers women?
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![Un informe denuncia el "lamentablemente bajo" número de mujeres y personas no binarias en puestos técnicos de la industria musical]()
Cultture
April 11, 2023
Un informe denuncia el "lamentablemente bajo" número de mujeres y personas no binarias en puestos técnicos de la industria musical
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MusicTech
July 6, 2023
These music technology organisations are pushing women and non-binary producers forward
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MusicTech
July 5, 2023
Kris Kaiser addresses harmful stereotypes of husband and wife duos in manufacturing: “I was told that wives just do the business side of things”
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MusicTech
July 5, 2023
Female producers on the fears around self-identification: “I’d always recorded my own music but never really credited myself as a producer”
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![Emily Lazar explains data on gender in music industry could be improved by tracking freelancers: “Tracking who does what and letting people self-identify is important”]()
MusicTech
July 5, 2023
Emily Lazar explains data on gender in music industry could be improved by tracking freelancers: “Tracking who does what and letting people self-identify is important”
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MusicTech
July 3, 2023
The music production industry has a gender problem – here’s how we can fix it
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TheatreArtLife
May 15, 2023
Fix The Mix Report: Women & NB Producers Are Lost
