WAMCon Nashville 2026 - Women in Recording Arts Conference

WAM presents WAMCon Nashville, an immersive, hands-on conference bringing together music industry leaders and aspiring audio professionals. Women’s Audio Mission presents WAMCon Nashville, an immersive, hands-on conference bringing together music industry leaders and aspiring audio professionals for a full day of workshops, panels, and networking opportunities. Held at the historic Ocean Way Recording Studios in Nashville in partnership with Belmont University on October 30 and coinciding with the Audio Engineering Society’s flagship convention in Nashville. This year, attendees will engage in workshops led by award winning engineers and producers, focusing on recording and mixing techniques, breaking down the production of a song, Dolby Atmos mixing, and more! Since 2017, WAM has hosted fifteen sold-out conferences in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville, at iconic studios and venues such as The Village, Capitol Studios, Disney Animation Studios, Ocean Way, East Iris, YouTube, and NYU. Event Schedule: The conference will run from 10am-5pm with a 50 minute lunch break in the middle of the day. Lunch will be available on-site for individual purchase from women-owned & -operated food truck, Nashville Craft Beverage & Food Co. Speakers: • Gena Johnson - 2x Grammy winning Producer and Engineer (Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton) • Shani Gandhi - Grammy winning Producer and Engineer (Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves, Sierra Hull) • Leslie Richter - Nashville-based Producer, Recording Engineer, and Educator (Sheryl Crow, Sara Bareilles, Kacey Musgraves) • Kazuri Arai - Producer, Engineer, and Keyboardist (Alicia Keys, Jack White) • Alex Hope - Australian Producer and Songwriter based in Nashville (Troye Sivan, Selena Gomez) • Dr. Leslie Gaston-Bird - Audio Engineer, Educator, and Dolby Atmos Expert based in the UK • Maddie Harmon - Engineer, Producer, and Atmos mixer (Noah Kahan, Suki Waterhouse, Yelawolf) • Jen Watman - Audio Engineer, Creative Producer, and Musician (SSL, Redbull, Spotify) • Rachael Moser - Audio Systems Engineer at Clair Global (Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road) • Anika Heywood - Staff Engineer at Ocean Way Studios (Sony, Amazon) • Sage Tichenor - FOH Engineer (Lindsey Stirling, Riley Green, Celtic Thunder) • Katie Murphy Khulusi - Senior Engineering Director, Loudspeaker Development at Meyer Sound • Tori Butash - Monitor Engineer and Production Manager (Lucy Dacus, Wilco, Sylvan Esso) • Diana Walsh - Engineer, Producer, Mixer (JD McPherson, Amanda Shires, Jessica Simpson) Venue: Ocean Way Nashville Recording Studios, founded in 1996 by Gary Belz and Allen Sides, is located in the heart of Nashville’s famous Music Row. Purchased from the founders in 2001 by Belmont University, the studio is both a commercial facility and classroom, in conjunction with the school’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. https://www.villagestudios.com Housed in a 100-year-old Gothic revival grey stone church, Ocean Way Nashville provides an exceptional acoustical space, all in the rich visual beauty of a church sanctuary. Among the world’s finest recording facilities, its client roster reads like a who’s who of the music world. Clients span a range of styles from pop/rock to country to classical. Besides being a sought-after space for full band tracking, Ocean Way Nashville has become an internationally favored destination for orchestral recording and scoring for today’s most popular films and video games. Recent Artist Clients include: Bon Jovi, Cody Fry, Dan + Shay, Hardy, JellyRoll, Morgan Wallen, and many others. Recent Scoring Clients Include: Amazon Prime, Disney, DreamWorks Animation, EA, Lionsgate, Netflix, Paramount Plus, Sony PlayStation, and many others. Pricing and Refunds: Attendees can receive refunds up to 7 days before the event start date. Registration is non-transferable and will not be available once the event begins. If you are a WAM member or Academy student, please email [email protected] for your discount code. Important Note: Women’s Audio Mission focuses on increasing the gender balance in audio production and technology sectors. Less than 5% of the population employed in these sectors are women or gender-expansive people. Though we will not turn anyone away, there are limited spots available in our events, and they often sell out, so we ask that if you are not a woman (transgender or cisgender), non-binary, gender-expansive, or gender non-conforming, you reconsider registering or, alternatively, donating the price of a ticket. We thank you for your understanding in advance and for joining us in our mission to advance women, girls, and gender-expansive people in music production and the recording arts. Photo Release: Please note that by purchasing a ticket for this event, you are granting Women’s Audio Mission and its staff, volunteers, professional photographers, and the media the absolute right and permission to take during the event and to use and publish photographs of you, still or moving, with or without your name, and to reproduce same through any media, for artistic, promotional, advertising, web content, or other commercial and non-commercial purposes, and you shall not be entitled to any monetary compensation of any kind in respect thereof. We appreciate your support of WAM and our ability to share with our funders the work that we do to serve women and gender-expansive artists in audio.