ILMC 30: Gender: Calm down, what’s the fuss?
Does live music really have a problem with gender and equality? That was the question posed by one of the liveliest discussions of ILMC's day two
News By IQ | 8 March 2018
What are the live music industry’s shortcomings when it comes to achieving a truly diverse workforce? Is the gender pay gap a sound measure of inequality? And why is there such little black and minority-ethnic (BAME) representation within promoters and agencies?
Those questions were discussed during a spirited debate for ILMC’s Gender: Calm Down, What’s the Fuss? panel on Wednesday. Led by Coda agent Natasha Bent, panellists included Raye Cosbert (Metropolis Music), Lucy Noble (Royal Albert Hall), Emma Banks (CAA),…