Seattle Subsonic

Get ready for Girls Rock! Seattle

July 23rd, 2010

Great music all summer long in Seattle is a given, and, as of 2008, we are also home to a fantastic and praiseworthy summer camp, Girls Rock! Seattle. Seattle’s talented female artists are volunteering their time and musical expertise so that 80 girls from ages 8-16 will get a chance to express themselves, make noise, build self-esteem, and learn the whole gamut of the music process. The mission of the organizations is to, “provide girls with an opportunity to participate in an environment that fosters leadership, encourages social change, and cultivates a supportive community of female peers and mentors.”
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The goal of the camp is to demonstrate that, “every genre of music, every technical job, and every creative endeavor in the music industry is available to any girl or woman who wants to explore it.” The week long camp covers a lot, from playing an instrument, songwriting, zine making, self-defense, the history of women in music, and it even has a dj workshop.
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One interesting class hopes to make up for a big gap in the music industry, as the audio engineering field remains underrepresented with less than 5% of the field being female. Local musician and female producer, Anomie Belle, will be bringing awareness to the field in her class, Recording and Production Workshop, which will cover how to take recording into your own hands. She’ll be teaching, “how the pros make records with digital audio recording and virtual instruments through software programs like Protools, Reason, and Ableton Live.”
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Now that you’re caught on to another thing we are doing right in Seattle for music, make sure to show your support for this awesome non-profit. The week long camp, from July 26-July 31, culminates with a showcase at Neumos on July 31 at 1pm. Get tickets here.
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Keep up the great work. Seattle Subsonic applauds you!

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