Hästholmsvägen 29
13171 Nacka
Sweden
- International/Cultural relations
Her Melody is a newly established non-profit organisation registered in Sweden and with a mission to support women as creators and producers in the music and art industry.
Her Melody works with international trainers and mentors with a unique background in the music and performing arts industry, based in Stockholm, London and New York.
Initially we are focusing our activities in Egypt and later on the Middle East and North Africa region.
We also work with academia and professors’ in social sciences focusing on resilience, gender, body, agency and sound studies. We offer trainings in music production techniques, project management, marketing and leadership and can offer tailored trainings on demand.
We also offer study trips and co-creation camps, performances and studio recording opportunities.
Her Melody is open to all members who are interested to join in. We are currently seeking partnerships, sponsors and funding through governmental organisations, international organisations and private enterprises. We have a partner in London through PTR Strategic and Aref Studios in Egypt.
We are working for equal opportunities for women producers and creators in the music and art industry. We want to push young women to own their creative processes from idea to reality, to have the skills and know-how to realise their talents and dreams.
Our goal is to contribute to an increased number of women producers and creators in music, film and arts. We want women’s stories to be told and listened to. We want her story about success, struggle and challenge to be an inspiration for generations to come. Women’s equality and empowerment is one of the Sustainable Development Goals and an integral to all dimensions of inclusive and sustainable development.
Her Melody is working to contribute to gender equality and development. At the outset we believe that musical and artistic expressions are human rights and contribute to welfare, peace, prosperity and resilience in our societies.
We offer professional trainings & workshops tailored to your needs.
Music production techniques
- from basic to more advanced trainings. Learn how to work with your DAW and write, edit, mix and produce music that sounds professional and ready for the world to hear. We can also tailor the training to your needs or the groups’ specific needs. Studio Recording techniques -Training focusing on recording techniques for instruments and vocals. Plan, set-up, and perform recording sessions. Select appropriate hardware such microphones, direct boxes, audio interface and pre-amps for recording a variety of instruments and vocals. Edit and mix music recordings and use plug-ins to produce professional productions. Critically listen to mixed and unmixed music to develop an understanding arrangements, productions and how to get the sound you want and remedy sonic problems etc.
Legal rights training
- PTR Strategic is a specialist provider of legal and business affairs services to the international music sector. We focus on three core areas: Industry & Institutional Support, Commercial & Advisory Services and Creative/Community support.
Project management
-when you take your creative process from idea to final product it can be helpful to master a few project management techniques. We can help you find strategies to manage your creative process in an effective and structured way.
Marketing
- marketing strategies and doing your pitch right are key to take your creations to an audience. We can help you identify a plan and steps to get there. The creative industry is requiring you to constantly be on top of the opportunities that are available. We help you identify what’s unique about you, brand and package your creations.
Leadership
- we can help you develop you leadership skills and give you tools and strategies to be an inclusive leader. Inclusive leadership is the ability to manage and lead a heterogeneous group of people efficiently, while respecting their uniqueness in an empathetic, bias-free way.
How to counter resistance
- being a woman and particularly a young woman in a male dominated industry can be challenging. It can be important to learn how to manage domination techniques. We have mentors and trainers with experience in this field and we use evidence based techniques and methods in our trainings, seminars and workshops. We will focus on gendering practices as lived experience rather than as fixed subject positions, which means paying attention to women’s subjectivities and agency. The notion of experience has been problematic for feminist theory, which has assumed a ‘unity’ between women as women, and viewed experience as a source of ‘true’ knowledge while neglecting its relation to locally constructed knowledge. An awareness of the disarray between women as women and the heterogeneity of women’s experiences in relation to class, ethnicity, and age for example is crucial when discussing women’s role in patriarchal spaces.
Work life balance
- Having a healthy work-life balance is one of the most important factors in maintaining a positive physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. Finding time to produce, create or make music when you are either working a full-time job, studying full-time, being a parent, or just simply attempting to balance all of life’s demands can be challenging. We help you take the steps to improve your work-life balance. It will have huge benefits on your career, mental health, relationships and creative processes.
Coaching & Mentoring
- are two different methods that can dramatically improve individual performance. Coaching is often a short-term conversation and is non-directive which means that it is about asking the right questions, providing trust, confidence and space for the individual to set goals and objectives, find strength and capabilities within themselves. Our coaching sessions follows a structure and can be helpful for individuals or organisations seeking to improve individual and organisational performance. Mentoring is often longer-term and a lot more directive. It is about the mentor sharing their knowledge, experience and skills, telling the mentee how to deal with issues and guiding them through direction. The mentee is the driver of the relationship and decide what they wish to achieve and which goals they have for their mentoring relationships. Her Melody have access to mentors who are well known music producers, professional artists and creators who can share their insights and guide you in your creative process.
Specialised trainings
- Gender and Sound Across Cultures, Sound and Listening: Gendered Bodies, Spaces and Places Studio recordings, co-creation camps and study trips - will also be part of Her Melody’s activities to achieve the objective of the organisation.