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More female producers in EDM

I have always asked myself this question, how come there seems to have a good ratio female/male singers, but yet when it comes to Djing or producing, its mostly dudes. Why when we all think of a dj, the first image that comes through our head is a male?

With the rise of Electronic Dance Music in the music industry, we could expect that logically more and more female producers out there. Now we are not here to describe a misogynist industry – no – After all, there is some great examples of female producers out there; Maya Jane Coles, Nervo, Nina Kravitz etc. who are having great success in the industry. But we have noticed that the ratio male/female producer is not the same as any other music genre.

So what is it? here is a couple theory:

1. Computer Geek: To be a Electronic music producer, you need to master a few computer software such as Logic, Pro tools, Fruity Loops etc. These skills are related to the IT industry, which is mostly dominated by men. Yes, think about it; Bill Gates (Microsoft), Zach Zuckerberg (Facebook), Steve Chen/Chad Hurley/Jawed Karim (YouTube), the world most famous programmers and now billionaires are mostly men. Research of shown that women are in general more attracted by social interaction type industries such as Marketing, Communication, Human Resources, Tourism.
So the use of all these software to create music, and the need to “cave” in the studio in front of these software would repel most women from becoming Electronic producers? However these hours of production are just one part of the job, successful producers get the chance to tour where they meet fans etc. isn’t this social interaction?

2. Macho Macho Men: This is my second and last theory; an industry dominated by men, producing together, as friends. Djiing/Producing is like a brotherhood, where among friends we help each other. And like in High school, guys don’t hang out with girls (unless they have some other intentions…). So the theory is that men would almost instinctively just gather among them to produce, and would have no interest in bringing a girl to the group by fear to break the bro-code?

Like in anything, having a mix is a good thing. If the number of Girl producers increase, they would definitely bring something different perhaps even new to the industry, influence for the better.

Finally, far from my head to start a positive discrimination towards women, I would like to invite all producers; men & women to send us their production (bootleg, remix, original) to promo@jadorehousemusic.com