EP 105 - Why Female UK Artists Deserves More ft Lauren Dwyer, Co-founder of Soul Girl Collective

Lauren Dwyer is a People Experience Business Partner at The Orchard/Sony Music looking after UK, Europe and Africa. She has well over 10 years experience within Talent Acquisition and HR. Lauren is also the co-founder of SoulGirl Collective, a platform dedicated to collaboration, community building and knowledge sharing for women in music. Additionally, she is a classically trained violinist, singer/songwriter, previously opening at shows for Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan, Jhene Aiko and Erykah Badu

In this episode, Lauren shares her full circle moment — from navigating startups and song writing to overcoming creative block and finding her purpose at Sony. We explore how working in a music-led environment reignited her artistry and led to the creation of Soul Girl Collective, a powerful community of over 100 women in music.

In this Episode Alicia and Lauren speak on:

• Facing workplace discrimination and how to deal with it
• Building safe spaces for female creatives
• The future of UK R&B and industry barriers
• Why collaboration > competition
• The push for a Code of Conduct in music, inspired by the Misogyny in Music Report

Plus a special rendition of an old school classic "What You Won't Do for Love" (1979)

You do not want to miss this!

Connect with Lauren

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-dwyer-33156998/
Follow @soulgirlcollective to get involved