All-Female Panel Series Connects Women in Music
Later in April, Shalhoup launched Amethyst Collaborative, a first-of-its-kind series of online panels for women about different facets of the music business. Named for the purple stone’s association with "the divine feminine," says Shalhoup, Amethyst was an immediate success: Nearly 400 people tried to join the first panel on April 29, which featured speakers from Red Light Management and Maverick, among others, and overwhelmed the event’s 100-person capacity on Zoom. By the end of 2020, Amethyst had hosted 14 panels with a combined 92 panelists — including Interscope Records’ vp urba...