Talking about under-representation of women in music is one thing, but indie music impresario Melissa Perales is a woman of action. Perales is herself a cultural arbiter, who has led the way in Berlin’s indie music scene for two decades as the curator of M:Soundtrack, a long-running live music series at the legendary squat-turned-venue Schokoladen. Kat Mustatea: What was the impetus for creating a music festival geared specifically to women, trans, and non-binary people? Mustatea: We Make Waves is both a conference for musicians and a music festival for the public—what will that look like? Mustatea: How has the indie music scene in Berlin changed in the past twenty years?

Source: Forbes November 06, 2017 15:56 UTC