WHY WE BLEEP 015: DR EDDIE DOBSON - YORKSHIRE SOUND WOMEN NETWORK

Today we talk about the spark of creativity, how we learn to make music, and the issue of the gender imbalance in the music (technology) industry with Dr Eddie (known as Liz) Dobson, principal enterprise fellow at the electronic music haven that is the University of Huddersfield’s Dept of Music and Drama (we were flanked by two VCS3’s in our chat, as well as a rare-as-hens-teeth Synthi Sequencer 256) . Eddie is a co-founder of the amazing Yorkshire Sound Women Network: an organisation with the goal of inspiring and enabling women and girls to explore sound and music technology in Yorkshire and beyond.

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LINKS FROM DR. EDDIE:

• ​The #audioequitypledge https://soundgirls.org/a-guide-to-supporting-women-in-sound/

• YSWN Volume up advocacy video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoPCx_RMtow and flyer https://issuu.com/yswn/docs/volume_up_yswn

• Yorkshire Sound Women Network Blog which shares news https://yorkshiresoundwomen.com/blog/

• My twitter is http://www.twitter.com/drlizdobson and website https://drlizdobson.com/

• My blog post for Delta Sound Labs on acoustic-violin-controlled-synth via their ctrl module prototype: https://deltasoundlabs.com/blog-lizdobson

• Keith Swanwick's book (that presents the theory of musical development) - Swanwick, K. (2003). Music, Mind and Education. Routledge.

• Erin Barra http://www.mammabarra.com/

• Irine Røsnes https://irineroesnes.com/

• Transistor Sound Labs https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC75JFfR8IvOY6KLu-aTZCFg

• Music Technology at The University of Huddersfield https://www.hud.ac.uk/subject-specific-activities/musictechnology/ Courses https://courses.hud.ac.uk/2019-20/search:MUSIC