In Berlin, a significant number of female players are making noise as singers, DJs, event organizers, writers, and activists, creating new spaces, and, in doing so, changing the game.

The music scene is a domain in which women have traditionally been on the passive side of things: as muses, as fans in front of the stage, or as groupies. There have long been amazing women involved in front of, behind, or next to the stage. It's time for gender balance to be introduced to festival lineups, for the gender pay gap to close in creative industries, and for women to take executive positions at major labels and established music magazines.