Sisters Of Sound

hey dw is a Toronto DJ, drummer, writer, director, and web series creator. She is known for her work as a performer and for creating, writing, and directing the award-winning web series That's My DJ. She chats with Morgan about her whirlwind of a start in the entertainment biz, what inspires her and what's next.

Sook-Yin Lee is an achieved Canadian broadcaster, musician, actor and filmmaker. She's a lover of story telling at her core. Listen as she shares how her career got started, what working at MuchMusic was like in the 90's and her current interview process.

Christine Leslie is one of the most respected Music Supervisors in Canada and TA2’s Executive Producer/Director of Licensing. Her career began as a receptionist at a Toronto agency the age of 17. She soon fell in love with audio, and has since been licensing music for advertising, TV and film for the past 20 years.

Amy is a highly respected international rock journalist and bio writer who got her start when she was still in high school. Learn about Amy's journey through sound and how PR can save a band's career. She'll even share her top three products any gal should wear to a rock show.

A Front of House (FOH) engineer is responsible for making a live show sound good. Mr. Sound Lady aka Rachel Ryan is one of the few female FOH engineers and has toured with bands like The Strokes. Listen for insider information on how to make a band sound good and which songs she uses to test out a system!

Lori Beckstead, Audio + Digital Media Professor at the Ryerson’s School of Media tells us about the fascinating capabilities of sound! Including the purpose of sound design, the importance of considering sound and music earlier on in the creative process and ideas for projects that will leave you feeling inspired to make your own! Lori is also an interactive installation sound artist and has designed projects that reveal telling data about the industry.

Backline and Guitar Tech: A concert literally could not happen without those dressed-in-all-black-figures that you always see setting up the stage. Enter Claire Murphy, a woman who claims that anyone can do the job if you know the right techniques.

Have you ever wondered where those creepy alien sounds in sci-fi movies come from? Clara Venice tells us all about the Theremin, an instrument that you play by “waving your hands around 2 antennas”. She is one of the only theremin musicians to use it in pop music!

SUSAN ROGERS: Prince and Music Cognition Have you ever wondered if babies can hear music in the womb? I spoke with Professor/Director of the Berklee Music Perception & Cognition Lab Susan Rogers – the same woman who engineered some of Prince’s records including Purple Rain. “No one made records the way Prince did. At that... Read more »