RAM: Are there any changes within the music industry that you would like to see take place or implement yourself? CM: I would like to see more women music engineers. Hopefully the young women who listen to my music will be intrigued by the mastering engineer, Emily Lazar. I want people to ask questions about who creates their music, just like we look at food labels when we go to the grocery store. Today, women comprise only 5 % of the music industry’ s producer and engineer population. Perhaps we would hear balanced stories of womanhood if more women were involved in the telling. RAM: How have you or will you enhance and save lives with our youth?
CM: Songs like Beautiful Dreamer and Free Your Mind are very inspirational. I hope parents are playing those songs for their children. In fact, I know that they are. Free Your Mind is a source of pride. The video was used to raise hours of class time for The School Fund’ s students in East Africa. We will continue that effort, the # IAM Campaign, with the release of the GOLD album. Each download will generate one class hour, which TSF can give to any of its students around the world. RAM: Who are your life influences or mentors?
CM: My grandparents are my strongest influences. They are the most loving, compassionate people I know. When it comes to truth telling, they shoot from the hip. RAM: Are there any goals you currently have that you can share with us? CM: The GOLD album will be out soon. With this album, I am describing " GOLD " as being an ever-appreciating commodity: self-empowerment. I want listeners to absorb these stories about their inner Gold, and learn how to embrace and transform into this state of being by album ' s end.
To learn more about Carolyn Malachi’ s Road to Gold please visit her website at www. CarolynMalachi. com Twitter: @ Carolyn _ Malachi Facebook: / CarolynMalachi Instagram: @ CarolynMalachi
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