WAMCon Nashville 2026 - Women in Recording Arts Conference

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.

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 (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 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, Dermot Kennedy, Megan Maroney)