This year, for the first time, the Female* Producer Prize was awarded by Music Women* Germany in cooperation with Sony Music. The award aims to create visibility and support for producers and give them space for further education. This includes production grants and workshops with renowned artists such as MelBeatz. The five winners answered our questions in the RS interview.
Interview/Production: Samira Frauwallner
Camera/Sound: Felix Ferraris
Who are the winners?
Novaa is not only successful with producing her own songs, but has also stood at the mixing desk for other well-known acts such as KeKe and LEA. As a mentor at the Female Producer Collective, she has been campaigning for more visibility for female* producers for a long time. In 2022 she was also honored as the best producer at the Pop Culture Awards.
Here’s the episode with Novaa.
Jenny Gerdts is a musical chameleon. As a producer, she usually moves within the framework of the big pop and rock anthems and works with a tape recorder, for example. The Cologne native is also a member of the rock duo 2xLEBEN and the pop punk group PMS. And on top of that, you can experience the multi-instrumentalist as a lecturer for music production at the HfMT Cologne since 2021.
Click here for the episode with Jenny Gerdts.
The Colombian-Venezuelan producer and artist GOTOPO has created her unique indigenous futurist sound through Latin American influences and a lot of listening to herself, which she is now bringing to the world from Berlin. Her current wish is “to build bridges from Europe to America (North/South) through cooperation.”
Click here for the episode with GOTOPO.
The 35 year old Maxi Menot works as a freelance composer and producer in Berlin. Her main focus is on the areas of film and theater music. Maxi Menot is also part of the pop band The Remaining Part, to which she can also contribute her classical music expertise – she studied classical music, composition and music production in Frankfurt, Barcelona and Mannheim. On top of that, Maxi Menot has also made a name for herself as a co-founder of the female composer collective TRACK 15.
Click here for the episode with Maxi Menot.
Nora Medin is a producer, DJ and songwriter who feels comfortable in a variety of genres. The multi-instrumentalist with Austrian-Moroccan roots has worked hard to now work with artists like Kelvyn Colt and Roger Rekless, as well as brands like Dior and o2. Also in the second part of our interview series, she tells us why it is so important, why women* should talk to each other more.
Click here for the episode with Nora Medin.