About

This page is the result of conversations with people in many different parts of the live music ecosystem, asking the question "why is it so hard to get people to book lineups that aren't all male or all white?"

The overwhelming conclusion was that there is no single silver bullet; meaningful change requires all corners of the industry to be doing our respective parts to make our industry more representative and inclusive.

What we see on the stage is just the tip of the iceberg; the issue runs deeper, spanning recorded music, radio, music criticism, the label system, organisational governance, crewing, production, and beyond. I hope this resource hub specifically addressing lineup change inspires others to take up conversations and work to address those areas. It takes a village.

But this, at least, is a starting point; a collection of all the resources and tools and suggestions out there for how to fix it.

It'll remain a living document, a work in progress as things progress. If you have suggestions, feedback, or want to kōrero about this work, you can email me here.

Who is 'we'?

My name is Sarin. I've worked in live music for over a decade. I built this website out of sheer frustration at the pernicious and global inequity across all parts of the music industry, the inaction that accompanied all the handwringing about it, and the utter lack of resources and information available to people who wanted to contribute to a solution. When I'm sitting in a production office in my 70s talking to people just starting out their careers, I want these stories of inequity to be just that: stories from the past, not continuing narratives of our present.