Podcast appearances and mentions of Tom Tom Magazine

Mona Tavakoli is a Los Angeles-based drummer, singer and performer bets known for recording and touring with Jason Mraz. While Mona is equally comfortable performing as a drummer and a percussionist, she is especially known for adapting the cajón to unexpected genres such as rock and pop. Mona and Mraz have been collaborating for nearly a decade. She toured worldwide on Mraz's 2012 album, Love is a Four Letter Word, and they performed together as a duo on programs such as The Today Show, The David Letterman Show, Ellen, Dancing with the Stars, and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. She is a co-founder and co-director of the Rock n' Roll Camp For Girls Los Angeles, a nonprofit that encourages girls to find their voices through music during an intensive, weeklong summer day camp. Mona also promotes music education by hosting rhythm workshops at elementary schools and colleges around the country. Mona has been featured in DRUM!, Tom Tom Magazine, judged and hosted the Hit Like A Girl drum contest and awards show and is the recipient of the 2016 She Rocks awards “Inspire Award” for her work with the Rock n' Roll Camp for Girls. In this episode, Mona talks about: The new album she recently tracked with Jason and Raining Jane Her hybrid setup and her history with the Cajon Her unlikely combination of influences from Neil Peart to Jay Belerose Her background in economics and how that informs her music career Her #1 piece of financial advice for musicians Her role with the Rock n' Roll Camp for Girls

On this episode of SWIM Masters, Mindy and Natalie reflect on how the mission of Tom Tom Magazine is as relevant today as it was when Mindy first got her start as a drummer in Riot Grrrl bands, and how they're striving to give new young drummers permission every day to pick up their first pair of sticks. To learn more about Tom Tom Magazine, please visit www.tomtommag.com. To learn more about Hit Like a Girl Competition, please visit www.hitlikeagirlcontest.com. -- Learn more about SWIM at www.smartwomeninmusic.org. We'd love to hear your feedback! Follow Us here: -Facebook -Instagram -LinkedIn This episode was co-produced and edited by Stephanie Lamond and Natalie Morrison.

Hilary talks to Mindy Abovitz Monk (Tom Tom Magazine) about alien bat mitzvahs, Tom Tom's dreams for the future, and thanking Ira Glass. Plus, The Music Gear Bechdel Test. *Content warning for discussions of sexual violence (not detailed)- 5:55 to 54:10 is free from this content MINDY'S BIO Mindy Abovitz Monk is an award-winning entrepreneur and social activist, committed to diversifying the music industry. Through her media company Tom Tom Magazine and the contest she co-founded, Hit Like a Girl, Mindy has inspired a global audience of musicians to play with power and pride. In 2018, she was recognized by the Grammys as a Change Agent and she is a recipient of the She Rocks Award. MENTIONS RIPT (The Lydia Pinkum Experience) / DW / Boss / Chops TV / Percussion Plus / Zildjian / Laura Taylor / Guitar Center / Tipping Point / Hot Water Music / Less Than Jake / Bitchin' / Civic Media Center / Wayward Council / Against Me! / The Woodser / Natalja Kent / Todd P / TV on the Radio / White Magic / Matt & Kim / Promark / Evans / D'Addario / Latin Percussion / Gretsch / Gibraltar / Reverb / Roland / TRX / Modern Drummer MINDY/TOM TOM's LINKS https://www.instagram.com/tomtommag/?hl=en (Instagram) https://twitter.com/tomtommag (Twitter) https://www.facebook.com/TomTomMagazine/ (Facebook) https://www.youtube.com/user/tomtommagazine (Youtube) https://tomtommag.com/ (Website) https://shop.tomtommag.com/ (Merch) MID-RIFF LINKS http://hilarybjones.com/midriffpodcast (Website) http://instagram.com/midriffpodcast (Instagram) http://facebook.com/midriffpodcast (Facebook) https://hilarybjones.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=43bb95b305fb0c7d53fbc8d3a&id=146b44f072 (Newsletter) Thanks for rating/reviewing on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mid-riff/id1494997227 (Apple Podcasts)! CREDITS Mindy's Bumper Track: “Now Now” by https://harlanrecords.bandcamp.com/track/now-now (The Good Good) Theme Music: "Hedonism" by https://towanda.bandcamp.com/ (Towanda) Artwork by https://www.juliagualtieri.com/ (Julia Gualtieri)

Mona Tavakoli is a world-renown percussionist, vocalist and songwriter from the band Raining Jane, which tours and creates music with Grammy-winner Jason Mraz. Mona also plays worldwide with the legendary Iranian folk singer, Ebi. Highly regarded as one of the world's premiere cajón players (a Peruvian percussion instrument), she designed her own signature instrument called The MT Box, distributed by Latin Percussion. Mona believes music can inspire and connect people to a larger purpose, and empowers girls to find their rock as a co-founder of the non profit Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles. Mona has been featured in DRUM!, Tom Tom Magazine, judged and hosted the Hit Like A Girl drum contest and awards show and is the recipient of the 2016 She Rocks awards “Inspire Award” for her work with the Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls. ....................................... Find Eric: instagram.com/eeericschwartz facebook.com/ericschwartz ericschwartzlive.com Find Mona: monatavakoli.com instagram.com/mona_tavakoli facebook.com/MONA.TAVAKOLI.DRUMMER/ twitter.com/mona_tavakoli ....................................... twitter.com/mona_tavakoli

Sasha Berliner is a musician, composer, producer, and band leader from San Francisco, CA. Sasha started playing drums at eight years old. She pursued a jazz emphasis at her high school, Oakland School for the Arts, where she picked up the vibraphone at age 13. She is an alumni of the SF Jazz High School All Stars Orchestra and the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music. She headlined festivals like the Atlanta Jazz Festival, NYC Winter Jazz Festival, and the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, by the age of 19. In that same year, she was deemed one of SF Jazz's 10 Rising Female Instrumentalists for 2018 and was featured by Hot House Jazz Magazine, The SF Jazz Education Center, PBS News Hour, NPR, NBC Boston, and The New York Times for both her musicianship and her activism. She was a finalist for the International Hit Like A Girl program in the Concert Percussion category as well as the cover story for Tom Tom Magazine’s Fall 2018 publication. She was also the first US winner of the LetterOne “Rising Stars” Jazz Award 2018, which enabled her to bring her group to several prominent jazz festivals across the US and Canada. Sasha has gone on to perform at venues such as the Fox Theater, The Jazz Gallery, Treasure Island Music Festival, Davies Symphony Hall, the Jazz Education Network Conference, the SF Jazz Miner Auditorium, and Davies’ Symphony Hall. She has had the honor of sharing the stage with musicians such as Ravi Coltrane, Beck, Vince Lateano, Miles Okazaki, Matt Wilson, and Victor Wooten, performing more recently with award winning drummer-composer Tyshawn Sorey's sextet. She also substitutes for, teaches, and performs with jazz vibraphonist Warren Wolf. Sasha is currently living in New York City. She is attending The New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, where she has been a student of vibraphonists Stefon Harris and Chris Dingman. She is an endorsing artist for Vater and a faculty member at the MalletLab percussion intensive, where she gives masterclasses and clinics. She is also a prolific writer, fulfilling a Non Fiction writing minor at the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and self publishing an array of personal essays, poems, and critiques. Her essay on sexism in the jazz industry, “An Open Letter to Ethan Iverson (And the Rest of the Jazz Patriarchy)”, was shared on PBS News Hour and discussed in tandem with the Winter Jazz Fest discussion panel on sexism, featuring activist Angela Davis. Her next major musical project, Azalea, is projected to release in September 2019. Sasha Berliner also publicly advocates for the We Have Voice organization, vowing to create a non-tolerance and accountability policy for discrimination or harassment based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and violence and abuse, in the performing arts. Thanks for listening and keep thriving! Show notes: www.SpenserLiszt.com/blog/TMP22 Free list of potential tax deductions: www.SpenserLiszt.com/p/TaxDeductions Join the Thriving Musicians closed Facebook group: www.Facebook.com/groups/ThrivingMusician Email questions, comments or nominate a Thriving Musician to spenser@spenserliszt.com Follow Spenser online: Facebook: www.Facebook.com/SpenserLiszt Twitter: www.Twitter.com/SpenserLiszt Instagram: www.Instagram.com/SpenserLiszt

This week we speak to the team behind ‘Buffalo Zine’. We also take a look at a magazine dedicated to female drummers and check out a beautiful Swiss title about wine.

Angela Sells takes us through the history of female percussionists dating from thousands of years ago up to modern times. She has a PhD, is a writer for Tom Tom Magazine, a professor of Womens Studies and also plays in a Seatle based rock band! Female drummers have had to work very hard throughout time to be able to do what they love. Give this a listen and then go check out some of the great female drummers we talk about!  check out Angelas writing in Tom Tom Magazine online at: www.tomtommag.com  find Angela on social media at: msangelamegan  Angelas website is: www.drummergirldays.com  Follow me on Facebook and Instagram for daily drumming videos and posts that correspond with the episodes! @drumhistory_podcast Please give me a rating and a review if you like the show. I love getting feedback from everyone and hearing how you like the show, get in touch and let me know what you want to learn about next!

Angela Sells takes us through the history of female percussionists dating from thousands of years ago up to modern times. She has a PhD, is a writer for Tom Tom Magazine, a professor of Womens Studies and also plays in a Seatle based rock band! Female drummers have had to work very hard throughout time to be able to do what they love. Give this a listen and then go check out some of the great female drummers we talk about!  check out Angelas writing in Tom Tom Magazine online at: www.tomtommag.com  find Angela on social media at: msangelamegan  Angelas website is: www.drummergirldays.com  Follow me on Facebook and Instagram for daily drumming videos and posts that correspond with the episodes! @drumhistory_podcast Please give me a rating and a review if you like the show. I love getting feedback from everyone and hearing how you like the show, get in touch and let me know what you want to learn about next!

Publisher and Founder of Tom Tom Magazine and Co-Creator of the “Hit Like a Girl” series Mindy Abovitz Monk talks about the beginnings of the magazine (01:40), how she schedules content and discusses her new podcast The Beat and The Pulse (13:30), “The Oral History of Female Drummers” Installations (19:00), breaking free from the traditional women’s place in percussion (30:40), the intersection of feminism and drumming (38:10), growing up in Florida and getting a late start to drumming (48:50), and managing through the Random Ass Questions (01:10:30).Finishing with a Rave on BlackkKlansman (01:23:55).Links:Tom Tom MagazineThe Beat and the PulseThe Oral History of Female DrummersCindy Blackman SantanaNeil PeartJohn BonhamEvelyn GlennieKimberly ThompsonWillie Mae Rock Camp for GirlsAndre TorresFred ArmisenJanet WeissThe Random StarsBulletproof StockingsBikini KillRiot grrrl Gloria SteinemJoan DidionGood to Great - Jim CollinsDan HarrisMalcolm GladwellModern DrummerWhat Happened, Miss Simone? trailerMarley trailerThe Breadcrumb Trail trailerFrom Motown to Off The Wall trailer20 Feet From Stardom trailerGet Out trailerMoonlight trailerBoys Don't Cry trailerThe Passion of the Christ trailer"Bodak Yellow" - Cardi BFifty Shades of GreyThe Hunger Games"Billie Jean" - Michael JacksonNote to Self podcastSerial podcastStartUp podcastRaves:BlackkKlansman trailer

In 2011 International drumming competition Hit Like A Girl was conceived by David Levine of TRX Cymbals. David felt that the musical products industry was not serving the female drumming community so he wanted to create a platform that would promote and support their development. After enlisting the help of Mindy Abovitz of Tom Tom Magazine, and Phil Hood and Andy Doerschuk at DRUM! Magazine, and the Hit Like A Girl Contest was born. Since the HLAG launched it has attracted 2000+ contestants from 50 countries and has generated tens of millions of page views and fan votes around the world. HLAG has significantly helped raise the visibility of female drummers and spotlighted the efforts of girls and women. This special episode features Hit Like A Girl founder David Levine as well as eight female drummers and percussionists from around the world who have all been involved with the competition at various stages. Lindsay Artkop IG @lindsayartkop Faith Benson IG @faithndrums Moty Baketas IG @motybaketas Noriko Terada IG @noriko_terada_drumsume Jordan West IG @jordanwest Riesha Fayson IG @rieshadrums Pau Villareal IG @thewarningrockband Danielle Thwaites IG @soundsbydaiza Links: Website ​hitlikeagirlcontest.com Instagram ​instagram.com/hitlikeagirlcontest Facebook ​facebook.com/HitLikeAGirlContest Twitter ​twitter.com/hlagcontest Subscribe to have the DC podcast delivered to your mailbox! [yikes-mailchimp form="1"] *By subscribing you will also receive our newsletter. Of course, you can unsubscribe at any time. 

Mona Tavakoli is a drummer and percussionist based in Los Angeles whose mission is to make music that unites, elevates, and connects. Mona is widely known for her work with Jason Mraz who Mona has recorded and performed with world-wide for almost a decade. Mona started playing drums age 11 with the high school band and began her professional music career 1999 at UCLA after forming the band Raining Jane. Raining Jane wrote and recorded YES! (Atlantic Records) with Jason Mraz and went on to tour the record internationally for almost two years. Mona toured worldwide for Mraz’s 2012 album, Love is a Four Letter Word, and they performed together as a duo on TV shows including The Today Show, The David Letterman Show, Ellen, Dancing with the Stars, and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. As the Duo Decibel System, Mona (percussion) and Mraz (guitar/vocals) have performed in Antarctica in support of climate change awareness and they were proud to help honor Ellen Degeneres as she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at The Kennedy Center. In other work, Mona has appeared on A&E’s Private Sessions, where she performed as a trio with Pat Benatar and her husband, Spyder Giraldo. She has been the featured percussionist with the Pasadena muse/ique orchestra (led by maestra Rachel Worby), and played with musicians such as Andy Grammer, Colbie Caillat, Keaton Simons, Lindsay Mac, Lucy Schwartz, Natalia Zukerman, Sara Bareilles, Tristan Prettyman and Willy Porter. Mona recently traveled to Africa with the U.S. State Department as a cultural diplomat alongside Chaska Potter and Natalia Zukerman. As the Northern Lights trio they visited Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi for concerts and workshop facilitation focusing on women’s entrepreneurship and empowerment. Mona has been featured in DRUM!, Tom Tom Magazine, judged and hosted the Hit Like A Girl drum contest and awards show and is the recipient of the 2016 She Rocks awards “Inspire Award” for her work with the Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls. Endorsements: DW Drums and Hardware, Latin Percussion, Remo Percussion, Roland Electronic Percussion, Sabian Cymbals, Sennheiser Microphones and Vater Percussion. Links: Website: monatavakoli.com Instagram: instagram.com/mona_tavakoli FaceBook: facebook.com/MONA.TAVAKOLI.DRUMMER Twitter: twitter.com/mona_tavakoli

Mindy Abovitz is a drummer and the founder, publisher and creator of Tom Tom Magazine, a print magazine based out of New York dedicated to female drummers. Its purpose is to raise the awareness of female drummers all across the world and to inspire females of all ages. It’s distributed across the world, and is the only magazine in the world dedicated to female drummers. A few of the well-known drummers who have appeared in Tom Tom include Kim Thompson (Beyoncé), Sheila E., Janet Weiss and Liv Marsico (Cold War Kids). Mindy and other representatives of Tom Tom also participate in events and panels to discuss and promote feminism and the representation of women in the media. They are on the forefront of making changes in the way females are perceived, promoted and treated as musicians. Find out more about Tom Tom Magazine Follow Rock Talk Podcast on Facebook and Instagram Support encouraging females in the music industry by throwing us a few dollars on Patreon Listen and subscribe, and please rate and review! Sound engineered and edited by Juan Pablo Perez Intro music by Jen Edds Artwork by Casey Bridgham

Joining us this week is drummer, feminist, social activist and Creator and Publisher of Tom Tom Magazine: Mindy Seegal Abovitz.Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00  intro and hello2:20  Gender bias4:33  Why so few female drummers?  Tom Tom Magazine11:27  What made you start Tom Tom Magazine and the Hit Like a  Girl contest?14:10  The "sexy" drummer girls?23:06  The need for Tom Tom and the gender gap/gender  inequality33:33  The painted drumhead?37:14  Casey: What's the sound?  Conlon Nancarrow & Disney.  Black Midi.45:40  Ben: Sheila E.50:30  Mindy's experience with Sheila E.55:00  More on gender1:05:52  Megan:  The Tariro Organization1:15:25  Marcia McCants: Finding your niche in a male dominated  field?  Getting yourself out there?

Mindy Abovitz is, to borrow a phrase from the woman herself, a badass bitch. Editor of TOM TOM Magazine (the only magazine for female drummers), musician, and community-builder, this woman quickly became the subject of our fangirling. Press play for advice on punk, publishing, and everything in-between. This whole interview was put together by the exceptional Cheyenne Fykes. We hope you listen, we hope you love it. Buckle up kiddos. Mindy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73D_DiZB6QQ TOM TOM Mag : http://tomtommag.com www.handfulofwheel.com/ IG @handfulofwheel Twitter @Handful_wheel Facebook www.facebook.com/HandfulofWheel/ Tumblr handfulofwheelpc.tumblr.com

Shirazette schools us in the value of ascending no matter how treacherous the obstacles. She highlights the importance of tenacity, focus, and vision. She tells us stories of men and women second guessing her ability solely based on her sex and how she manages to crush their ignorance with badassery! We also, listen to selections from her most recent album and talk about what she has on the horizon. I have a feeling you're going to love this episode! Connect with Shirazette here https://www.shirazettetinnin.com twitter account @TinninL IG: Shirazette “She Beats” Tinnin Shirazette's album is on Spotify and it is called Humility: Purity of My Soul Connect with Darrian here https://www.DarrianDouglas.com Become a patron here https://www.patreon.com/DarrianDouglas Drummer, educator, clinician, author and health coach, Shirazette Tinnin was born and raised in North Carolina. Her earlier influences gospel musical would eventually expand into jazz, soul, rock, and music from many parts of the African diaspora. A graduate of Appalachian State University, Shirazette studied with Todd Right, Dr. Rob Falvo, Rick Dilling, and Scott Meister. She studied/mentored by drummers Cindy Blackman, Lewis Nash, Terri Lynne Carrington, Ernie Adams and more. Shirazette received a full scholarship for drum set and jazz pedagogy to attend Northern Illinois University, where she studied with professor Ron Carter. As a recipient of The Sisters in Jazz Collegiate All-Stars for IAJE (International Association of Jazz Educators) Award in 2008, she also taught as a professor at Columbia College in Chicago. Currently Shirazette resides in New York City but is frequently on tour with premier bands such as Tia Fuller Quartet, The Mimi Jones Band, Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, Women of the World Ensemble, Gabriel Algeria Afro-Peruvian Sextet, Allan Harris Group, Camille Thurman, and many others in addition to leading her own group, "Shirazette and Sonic Jazz Ensemble Experiment". Formally known as The Shirazette Experiment. Shirazette was recently the house drummer for The Meredith Vieira Talk Show with her first season on NBC in 2015. Shirazette is an active clinician, educator, mentor, composer, a certified personal trainer and published author. Two of her articles were published in Modern Drummer Magazine and Tom Tom Magazine. Shirazette is endorsed by Canopus Drums, Vic Firth, LP Music, and Sabian. Support this podcast

Episode #31: If women and girls are one of the fastest growing markets in the music industry, shouldn't they be better represented in media? That's what some, like our guests this week, are striving to do. A greater number of magazines and blogs oriented toward women and girls means that many of these aspiring musicians can finally recognize themselves in the publications they consume. But giving focus to women musicians isn't just a good cause — it's a good business investment. This week we host a roundtable to talk media and its portrayal of women musicians. Joining us are online editor of Bitch Media Sarah Mirk, founder of She Shreds Magazine Fabi Reyna, and Mindy Abovitz, founder of Tom Tom Magazine. GUESTS Sarah Mirk (Bitch Media) Fabi Reyna (She Shreds) Mindy Abovitz (Tom Tom Magazine) MUSIC Delta 5 "Mind Your Own Business" EXEC "Going Under" CTM "Cézanne" Palace Winter "Menton"