Empowering women + Gender-expansive musicians to gain traction in the audio production & engineering fields
Introducing project traction
Overview
Project Traction is a 501 (c)(3) mentorship program created to provide women and gender-expansive musicians with the tools and knowledge to become lifelong producers. Participants work alongside Jim Eno, veteran producer, engineer, and GRAMMY®-Nominated drummer of Spoon, to hone their skillset by co-producing a song for an artist of their choice.
THE PROBLEm
Numerous studies have shown that the representation of women in the producing and engineering fields in the US is less than 10%, and other studies say it could be lower than 5%.
HOW PROJECT TRACTION IS CLOSING THE GENDER GAP
Frustrated by this lack of gender equality, GRAMMY®-Nominated musician, producer, and engineer Jim Eno (Spoon) decided to put his knowledge and recording studio to use to change the stats.
Through Project Traction, women & non-binary musicians will co-produce a track with Eno at his Public Hi-Fi studio.
Eno hopes that it will lay the foundation for participants to become lifelong producers, who in turn will empower the next generation to move into the fields.