The Women that made Music

The Women
that made Music
Amy Dickens
My Kind Of Tech
@RedRoxProjects | @MKofTech

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A bit about me...
I started out as a curious Musician
then I studied to become an Audio Engineer
not long after I became a Computer Scientist
I found a voice as an Ambassador for Women in Tech
and a job as Web Developer Advocate
I am also proud to be a supplier of many stickers

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The STATS

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Beatboxing
Artists
Composers
Engineers
Producers
Awards

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of Artists in the Industry (in 2017)

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of Songwriters

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of Registered Composers

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of Audio Engineers

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of Producers

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of nominations for Grammy Awards over the last 5 years

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Beatboxers

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16.8% of Artists
12.3% of Songwriters
20% of Composers
5% of Engineers
2% of Producers
3/20 Beatboxers

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The Women who
made way for
the Music Industry

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1843
- U
nited
Kingdom
A
da
Lovelace

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Ada Lovelace (1815 - 1852)

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Ada Lovelace conceived the first
computer program…
...and the idea that computers could
make music

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“Supposing, for instance, that
the fundamental relations of
pitched sounds in the science of
harmony and of musical
composition were susceptible of
such expression and
adaptations, the engine might
compose elaborate and
scientific pieces of music of any
degree of complexity or
extent.”

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1843
- U
nited
Kingdom
A
da
Lovelace
1952
- U
SA
G
race
H
opper

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Grace Hopper (1906 - 1992)

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Grace Hopper wrote the very first
compiler…
... and was awarded 40 honorary
degrees in her lifetime!

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“The most dangerous phrase in
the language is: “It’s always
been done that way””

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1843
- U
nited
Kingdom
A
da
Lovelace
1957
- U
nited
Kingdom
D
aphne
O
ram
1952
- U
SA
G
race
H
opper

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Daphne Oram (1925 - 2003)

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Daphne Oram wrote the first entirely
electronic score in BBC history…
… and co-founded the BBC
Radiophonic Workshop

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“You take a sound, any sound,
record it and then change its
nature by a multiplicity of
operations. You record it at
different speeds; you play it
backwards; you add it to itself
over and over again. You adjust
filters, echoes, acoustic
qualities… you produce a vast
and subtle symphony. It’s a sort
of modern magic. We think
there’s something in it.”

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1843
- U
nited
Kingdom
A
da
Lovelace
1957
- U
nited
Kingdom
D
aphne
O
ram
1952
- U
SA
G
race
H
opper
1963
- U
nited
Kingdom
D
elia
D
erbyshire

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Delia Derbyshire (1937 - 2001)

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Delia Derbyshire wrote the theme of
Doctor Who…
...one the first TV themes to be created
by entirely electronic means

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“What we are doing now is not
important for itself, but one day
someone might be interested
enough to carry things forward
and create something
wonderful on these
foundations”

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1843
- U
nited
Kingdom
A
da
Lovelace
1957
- U
nited
Kingdom
D
aphne
O
ram
1952
- U
SA
G
race
H
opper
1963
- U
nited
Kingdom
D
elia
D
erbyshire
1973
- U
SA
Laurie
Spiegel

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Laurie Spiegel (1945 - present)

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Laurie Spiegel is known for using
algorithmic logic in composition…
...she worked on many early,
experimental music generation
systems

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“I automate whatever can be
automated to be freer to focus
on those aspects of music that
can't be automated. The
challenge is to figure out which
is which."

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1843
- U
nited
Kingdom
A
da
Lovelace
1957
- U
nited
Kingdom
D
aphne
O
ram
1952
- U
SA
G
race
H
opper
1963
- U
nited
Kingdom
D
elia
D
erbyshire
1973
- U
SA
Laurie
Spiegel
1986
- U
SA
Carla
Scaletti

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Carla Scaletti (1956 - present)

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Carla Scaletti designed Kyma...
...one of the first graphical programming
languages for real time digital audio
signal processing

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“Throughout human history,
sound and music have played
an intrinsic role in magic, ritual,
ceremony, and celebration,
transforming the mundane into
the sublime, marking everyday
events as memorable
milestones, and enhancing the
flow of experience."

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Poppy Crum
Chief Scientist at Dolby Labs
Rebecca Fiebrink
Creator of Wekinator
Bozena Kostek
Editor of the Journal of the Audio
Engineering Society
Elizabeth Cohen
First Female President of the Audio
Engineering Society
Anne-Marie Bruneau - Researcher of
Electrodynamic Loudspeaker Design
Sophie Germain
Mathematician, Scientist & Philosopher
Bronwyn Jones
Developed the first Loudness meters
Mara Helmuth
Previous President of the International
Computer Music Association

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1931
The start of the recording
career of Sister Rosetta
Tharpe.
She is considered the
“Godmother of Rock n Roll”.

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1958
The rise of Nina Simone starts
with the success of “I Loves
You, Porgy”
Nina paved the way for women
of colour in music & is cited as
one of the most influential
artists of the 20th Century.

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1960
Carole King co-wrote the hit
song “Will You Love Me
Tomorrow” performed by The
Shirelles.
Carole is the most successful
female songwriter of the latter
half of the 20th century.

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1966
Aretha Franklin signed with
Atlantic Records and became
known as “The Queen of Soul”.
She was the first female
performer to be inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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1975
Patti Smith leads the New York
City punk rock movement with
her debut album Horses.
She was called the “punk poet
laureate” for her seamless
fusion of punk and poetry in her
work.

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1979
Sylvia Robinson is dubbed
“The Mother of Hip-Hop” for
being a driving force behind
the genre.
She was the founder and CEO
of Sugar Hill Records.

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1981
Blondie releases the first song
featuring rapping that tops the
charts.
With notable lyrics that
namecheck the hip-hop
pioneers (Fab Five Freddy &
Grandmaster Flash).

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1992
Björk embarked on her solo
career developing her eclectic
musical style.
She is listed as one of the 100
most influential people in the
world.

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2015
Kaila Mullady is named the
World Beatboxing Champion.
She has used her artistry to
support using beatboxing as a
tool for speech therapy.

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