Julie Bartley is one of the few women successfully working in the male-dominated recording industry in the North East. She advocates to strengthen the role of women in music generally and has formed a network to support women in their careers.
In this episode, Julie describes how a lifelong fascination with sound technology led her to switch from a successful career in nursing to retrain as an engineer. She has recorded her own songs and sound compositions – which you can hear in this episode - and produced prominent artists in the North East, including her ongoing work with the all-female music collective Beccy Owen and the Refuge.
Julie has a passion for supporting and empowering those who may have previously experienced exclusion from or discomfort within traditional studio and performance settings, in particular: women, gender minorities, members of the Global majority, disabled and neurodivergent people and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Julie is based in the Cupola Studios collective in Newcastle. You can find out more about her music production at Rolling Audio (https://www.rollingaudio.co.uk/) and listen to her music on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/rollingaudio).
Julie produced Beccy Owen and the Refuge’s album Chaotica, which you can hear at https://beccyowen.bandcamp.com/ and other streaming platforms.
