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She also has her own studio called Dearworld Studio. Van Den Hurk has
worked with many known artists including Ozark Henry, Candy Dulfer, Eivør,
Anna Rune, Kingsher Sky, and the Rembrandt Frerichs Trio (F Van Den
Hurk 2019, interview communication, 27 March).
2. Sophie Botta is an artist/producer and studio producer/engineer from Sydney,
Australia. Having graduated from a Bachelor of Music with a major in Audio
Engineering, Botta has worked across the live and studio scene on a vari-
ety of projects in a diversity of genres including jazz, pop, and world music
(S Botta 2019, interview communication, 17 March).
3. Missy Thangs is a studio producer from North Carolina, USA. With a degree in
Recording Arts, she started out working on her own productions, and then went
on to writing and performing with No One Mind and Birds of Avalon. Thangs
currently works at Fidelitorium studio as a producer and engineer and has
worked with many renowned artists including Ian McLagan, Ex Hex (Merge
Records), Avett Brothers, Birds of Avalon, Las Rosas (Burger Records), Pie
Face Girls, Jenny Besestzt, The Tills, and Skemäta (Missy Thangs 2019, inter-
view communication, 31 March).
4. Amelia Warren is an artist/producer/DJ from Austin, Texas, USA. Amelia
produces her own productions, along with working with clients to produce
their works. She works as a freelance engineer and producer at Dub Academy
Studio and South by Southwest Studio. She has a Bachelor degree in Song-
writing and a Masters of production, technology, and innovation, which was
completed at the University of California, Berkeley (A Warren 2019, interview
communication, 12 April).
5. Patty Preece is a studio artist/producer/DJ from Cairns, Australia, producing
in a duo called The Ironing Maidens. An award-winning electronic duo, The
Ironing Maidens are putting domestic labor, technology, and the history of
women in electronic music center stage with their live electronic performance
art piece. Preece is also a lecturer at Southern Cross University in Cairns, Aus-
tralia in the music tech eld. She entered the eld of music production through
the health eld and played drums in a band. She has completed a Diploma of
music production and a Bachelor Degree of Audio Production (P Preece 2019,
interview communication, 2 April).
6. Catharine Wood is a studio producer/composer/engineer from Los Angeles, USA.
Beginning her career in audio in 2005, she has worked in audio post-production
for commercials, engineering on the rst Apple iPhone commercial, and as a
mix/mastering engineer, engineering over 500 commercially released songs. Her
company, Planetwood Studios, specializes in producing singer-songwriters and
providing engineering, production, and composition services to the TV and lm
industries. Wood is also a Grammy Voting Member and Producers and Engineers
Wing member (C Wood 2019, interview communication, 26 March).
7. Karina Rivero is a producer and a recording, post-production, and mastering
engineer, from Mexico City, Mexico. She has worked in a recording studio/
post facility for the last four years and has a Bachelor and Honors of Music
Production (K Rivero 2019, interview communication, 7 February).
8. A Hundred Drums is an artist/producer/DJ from Grass Valley, Nevada, USA.
She has been producing electronic music for the past ve years. A Hundred
Drums is a self-taught producer, though many mentors have helped guide and