Divinity Roxx is a multi-hyphenate award-winning musician, recording artist, and composer who is celebrated for her inspirational lyrics and infectious grooves. Her career as a bass-player skyrocketed after attending a bass camp led by the legendary Victor Wooten where she was invited to tour with the 5 time Grammy award wining virtuoso three months after attending the camp. After touring with Victor for 5 years, she toured and performed with Beyoncé as her bassist and Musical Director. She was a featured soloist and also composed original music for the I…AM Sasha Fierce tour and DVD. She has appeared on countless television shows including The Grammy’s, SNL, Good Morning America, Ellen, and more, with personal highlights including a special performance at The White House with President Barack Obama, and an appearance on the hit TV show ‘Soul Man’. Despite her appearances with so many legendary and iconic figures, it is in her solo performance that Divinity shines brightest. She combines virtuosic bass playing with an eclectic mash-up of hip-hop, rock and funk that she calls ‘Alternative Soul’. Her passion for composition combined with her lyrical prowess and electrifying stage presence has earned her the moniker “mood elevator”. Her 2016 release ImPossible received critical acclaim and earned her an Independent Music Award for ‘Best Spoken Word Album’. Divinity’s original compositions can be heard on television shows like ‘Love and Hip Hop Atlanta’, ‘Black Monday’, ‘The Bold Type’ and others. Her voice-over work has appeared in commercials for Whitecastle, Excedrin, Ragu, and others. She recently landed a leading role as Leetah in the ‘Elfquest’ audio movie. Divinity currently lives in New Jersey with her family. She will join the Berklee Online teaching staff in the fall as she continues to produce multiple projects. She is currently composing music for a new theater production, ‘The Boy Who Kissed The Sky’, in association with The Alliance Theater (Atlanta) and The Seattle Children’s Theater. She is developing a debut one-woman stage show, The Ballad of Debbie Walker with Crossroads Theater (NJ), touring with her band, and developing a new series of children’s books. Divinity is furthering her mission to inspire and empower others through her newly formed production company, Divi Roxx Kids. She released her debut, full-length Family Music album titled ‘Ready Set Go!’ in 2021. The album received critical acclaim and Scholastic Inc published two of the songs as picture books.
View Profile →Jenny's career started in Orange County, CA Studio 770 working with Classical Music and Jazz Band recordings. Her skills in recording and mixing led her to work in multiple Los Angeles Studios, where she worked in the shadows of TDE, Roc Nation, Atlantic Records, Human Re-sources, U.M.U.W.W.A. As an Assistant Engineer, she has gain mixing collaborated works with Hip- Hop Multi-Grammy Winner Producer Dem Jointz. In the midst of her professional journey, her list includes working with Independent & Top Rated Artists such as Rapsody, Maeta, K.A.A.N., Thurz, SadboyProlific, Trinidad James, Keedron Bryant, DAX, Dave B. She is able to adapt and enhance Artists’ unique sound and vision in music.
View Profile →Victoria Almada is an Monitor Engineer currently based out of Nashville, TN. Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, she got involved with theater productions at a young age. Through this journey, she found her love for all things audio and was the Front of House Engineer for multiple college productions. She graduated from The Blackbird Academy after being the recipient of the She is the Music scholarship and has been working as a Monitor Engineer for multiple artists ever since.
View Profile →Born and raised in Guatemala, Los Angeles–based Gaby Moreno received a Latin Grammy for Best New Artist in 2013. Her album "Ilusión" produced by Gabe Roth from Daptone Records fame (2016), was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Latin Pop Album". She also co-wrote the theme song for NBC’s hit television show "Parks and Recreation". Moreno has toured around the world alongside artists like Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, Hugh Laurie, Punch Brothers, Buena Vista Social Club, Calexico and David Gray. Armed with a warm, soulful horn-inflected sound, she creates music that offers an intoxicating invitation into her musical world for English and Spanish speakers alike. Her most recent album, "¡Spangled!", is a collaboration with legendary arranger and musician Van Dyke
View Profile →I am a recording engineer based in Los Angeles. I currently work for Gold Diggers Studio in East Hollywood and I also do freelance work on the side. I went to school at the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in Arizona, after graduating I came back to Los Angeles and Interned at Kingsize Soundlabs. While Interning there I was asked to help with Gold Diggers. I found my self slowly climbing up the ladder, and soon became a house engineer. Being at Gold Diggers has allowed me to work with lots of diverse and talented artists and producers. Every day is different in between vocal sessions, band tracking, or song writing. It allows me to stay on my feet and consistently grow as an engineer. I always look forward to working with new people as we all learn and grow from all the diverse experiences.
View Profile →Sonita Alizada is an Afghan rapper, human rights activist, and Rhodes Scholar, working to end child marriage. With a poet’s soul and an activist’s passion, she uses rap and courage to stand up for women’s and girls’ rights. Sonita was born in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime and spent her childhood as an undocumented refugee in Iran.Sonita’s parents tried twice to sell her into child marriage: at age 10 and again at 16. With the help of Rukhsareh Ghaemmaghami, Iranian filmmaker, who recorded her journey in a documentary “Sonita”, Ms. Alizada wrote and performed a rap song called "Daughters for Sale” which went viral and was eventually viewed around the world. The song and ensuing publicity helped Sonita to obtain a full scholarship to come to the US to start high school in 2015. Today, Sonita is finishing a joint major at Bard College in New York in human rights and music. She will obtain her master in Diplomatic Studies at the University of Oxford in 2024. As an activist working to end child marriage, she has performed for heads of state, Nobel Laureates, and renowned change-makers and helped to develop a curriculum against child marriage which has been used by over one million students. Through her music and advocacy, Sonita wants to encourage world leaders and policymakers to take urgent action to end child marriage across the world. "If girls are forced into early marriages, societies end up in cycles of poverty and illiteracy,” she says, "if we want to see a more peaceful world, we need to prevent girls from being forced into early marriages and keep them in school.”
View Profile →SITM is a nonprofit organization increasing the number of women working in music - songwriters, engineers, producers, artists and industry professionals.
We are an independent, global network that operates as a unifying organization for women from across the industry, creating strength and impact on a global scale. As an umbrella nonprofit, we also provide resources and support for female-focused initiatives that are working to create meaningful change - both through our own programs, as well as external efforts around the world.
Programs include an all-female songwriting series, industry database of women creators and mentorship program, with more to come. Our initiatives serve women in the industry today while fostering the development of future generations.
A first-of-its-kind collaboration spanning the music industry, SITM is powered by creators, publishers, record labels, talent agencies, industry groups, media companies, streaming services, and more.
Together, we are creating change for women and building an equal future for music.
The industry’s official, global database of women working across the music industry. A source for discovering, connecting and creating with women, the SITM Database - powered by Billboard -features vetted, verified creators spanning songwriters, engineers, producers, studio positions and live / touring professionals, with more positions to come.
Music’s all-female, global songwriting series to increase the number of women creators. With support from industrywide allies, SITM connects artists with songwriters and studio professionals for writing sessions around the world. Our partner organizations also work to amplify resulting songs.
The SITM Mentorship Program is designed to inspire and develop the next generation of women in music. The program empowers young women in the music industry; by bolstering their confidence and having them learn from women actively involved and employed within the industry, SITM’s mentees will not only feel secure in joining the music industry but also working toward leadership roles. Participants in the Mentorship Program will gain valuable, firsthand insight into all areas of the industry, including but not limited to touring, producing and songwriting.