About
We Are The Unheard Academy (WATUA) was founded by Eve Horne. Eve is an Award-Winning Creative Mentor and Advisor. She has over 20 years of experience in the Music Industry as a Singer, Songwriter, and Producer. She is the founder of PeakMusicUK and the UNHEARD Campaign which demands equality for women in the Music Industry.
She is a qualified Sound Engineer, Co-Founder of M@LO & The Magpie, and a Native Instruments Certified Specialist. Eve also hosts a podcast "We Are The Unheard" and is passionate about educating the next generation on all things production, songwriting, and most importantly equality and self-worth.
She was recently named a SheSaid.So ALT list 2020 Honorée, as a board member for Moving The Needle, an MPG Diversity Taskforce Representative, an executive team member of Why Not Her, and an innovator for Keychange 2022. She has also recently written and published a children’s book to help "normalise" diversity and educate families and children about interracial, same-sex parents.
WATUA strives for equality in the music industry, is dedicated to taking action, and is focused on developing women, women of colour, and gender minorities in production and songwriting.
WATUA wants to ensure women and gender minorities…
Are AWARE that production / engineering are career options
Are TAUGHT the skills, needed to start pursuing that career
Are SUPPORTED between training and career
Structural sexism in the music industry is undeniable when you see the stats on the underrepresentation of women/non-binary in all areas. It is a shocking testament to inequality in 2022. The Unheard campaign WILL have a part in changing those statistics by helping to increase the percentage of women and non-binary across all industry sectors to 50%; by raising awareness, staying visible, shouting aloud, and taking action!
We want to make sure we maintain and promote well-being and safe studio spaces.
It is important that we carry the torches today so we can be visible and pass them on to our daughters, granddaughters, sisters, and nieces - the women of tomorrow who WILL be heard!