Today’s guest is music producer, recording engineer, and songwriter Ebonie Smith. Ebonie has been a house engineer for Atlantic Records for 10 years, working on projects for artists like Cardi B, Janelle Monae, Jason Mraz, Charlie Puth, and Misterwives. She is also the founder and President of Gender Amplfied, Inc, a non-profit focused on celebrating women in music production. She holds a Masters in Music Technology from NYU and is currently a governor for the New York Chapter of the Recording Academy. We have a great chat about the mission of Gender Amplified and how it got started, as well as tips for producers running sessions and why it’s important to not always do the same thing.? In this episode we'll dig in on... ?The mission of Gender Amplified, Inc.Working as a house engineer for Atlantic RecordsThe choice to pursue music higher education for musicRunning a pop session as a producerSongwriting campsMethod vs FormulaHow to identify good advice? Travis' Intro ?Why Taking Risks in Art is Necessary? ... Listening Recommendation ?? Learn More About Ebonie Smith & Gender Amplified... ?Website: https://genderamplified.org/Website: http://www.eboniesmith.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genderamplifiedInstagram: http://instagram.com/eboniesmithmusic? Our Sponsors ?Check out oeksound. The makers of Soothe2 and Spiff!Sign Up for Complete Producer Network!Crescendo: The World's First Subscription Mixing ServiceListen to Secret Sonics!? Progressions the Show ?Support Progressions on Patreon!Sign up for the Progressions Mailing ListInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgressionsPod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspodLearn more about Travis: https://www.travisference.com/Affiliate Links (aka Support the Show AND Get Stuff):Soundflow - Speed up your workflow!Gear I Can't Live Without!Recommended Reading