WAMCon Los Angeles 2025

WAMCon is back for another year of immersive experiences featuring top leaders in the industry – including award-winning music producers, recording engineers, songwriters, beatmakers, and record executives involved in making the music you love the most! 🎧

This year’s workshops and discussions focus on live sound and cover topics like recording techniques, mixing, mastering, vocal production, songwriting, beatmaking, the music business, music licensing, and more. ⁣💡✨

WAMCon 2025 will be held on Sunday, October 26th, at the world-famous Village Studios in Los Angeles, CA.

🗓 Date: October 26th, 2025
📍 Location: Village Studios

Speakers & Sessions:

K.Flay | Multi-platinum Artist  

Based in LA and originally from Illinois, multi-platinum artist K.Flay, born Kristine Flaherty, started rapping and writing songs on a lark while attending Stanford University, and soon began releasing her self-produced mixtapes. In 2017 she released her major label debut album Every Where Is Some Where, earning two GRAMMY Award nominations for the album’s iconic smash single “Blood in the Cut” and sending her to arenas around the world with her kinetic live set. As a songwriter, musician, and producer, she’s lent her talents to numerous collaborations, working with Fitz and the Tantrums, Bishop Briggs, Tom Morello, Louis the Child, Kaskade, Walk the Moon, Imagine Dragons, grandson, The Regrettes, Two Feet, MisterWives, and more. Whether working on her own music or with others, K.Flay’s output remains rooted in her undeniable lyrical skills, an element she attributes to her innate love of language and its infinite possibilities. This spring she announced her fifth studio album MONO – which was released on September 15th. The LP is her first for Giant Music and is her first since going suddenly and completely deaf in her right ear at the end of last summer. Although K.Flay’s hearing loss deeply informed her songwriting on MONO, the album marks the start of a new era for the artist who explores an entire spectrum of existential questions and complex matters of the heart and mind on the LP. Additionally, K.Flay wrote an original song “T-Rex” for Neflix’s groundbreaking new animated film Nimona which was released last summer. A relentlessly boundary-pushing artist with more than 1 BILLION streams and 100K+ tickets sold, K.Flay continues to commit herself to constant growth by holding herself to higher and more rigorous standards in every aspect of her artistry.

 

Leslie Ann Jones | Grammy Award-winning Recording Engineer  

Leslie Ann Jones grew up immersed in the Los Angeles area TV and music scene.  Her father performed with his band, Spike Jones and his City Slickers, with her mother Helen Grayco lending her singing talents.  Leslie was given a Sears Silvertone electric guitar at age 14 and has continued making music since.  She is a multiple Grammy Award-winning recording engineer who has recorded albums for everyone from Rosemary Clooney to Kronos Quartet.

Joining Skywalker Sound in 1997 as the Director of Music Recording and Scoring, Leslie records orchestral scores, mixes film and video elements and records and produces music albums.  Leslie also serves on numerous advisory boards including G.A.,N.G, the Game Audio Network Guild’s Board of Directors.

Eva Reistad |Grammy award-winning Audiophile and Sound Scientist 

Eva Reistad is a Grammy award-winning audiophile and sound scientist known for atmos, film score, and record mixing. While her diet consists of mostly pizza, this does not debilitate her from logging endless hours in studios recording and mixing all genres of music.  Eva Reistad is known for her work on Dune: Part One (2021), Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) and Wonder Woman (2017).

Amanda Davis | Audio Engineer, Educator, and Musician

Amanda Davis, Memphis-born audio engineer, educator, and musician uses her skills to empower others globally. As a Roosevelt University and SAE Institute graduate, she became SAE’s first female Lab Supervisor and Music Theory instructor. In 2013, Davis’ touring career began when Janelle Monáe chose her as her Front of House Engineer. Davis has mixed artists such as Prince, Stevie Wonder, Jon Batiste, Olivia Rodrigo, Tank and the Bangas, and Ella Mai. She has mixed in renowned venues like The White House, Radio City Music Hall, Hollywood Bowl, The Grammys, Glastonbury Fest, Montreux Jazz Festival, and Sydney Opera House. Davis created “Linecheck, Women in Live Production,” a mentoring program, and currently teaches a Live Mixing course at Berklee Online.

 

Suzy Shinn | GRAMMY-nominated Music Producer, Songwriter, and Recording Engineer

Suzy Shinn is a multi GRAMMY nominated music producer, songwriter, and recording engineer based out of Los Angeles, California. She is known for her work with Weezer, Modest Mouse, SOPHIE, Panic! At the Disco, Fall Out Boy, Alicia Keys, and Dua Lipa.
Originally from Wichita, Kansas, Suzy’s lifelong obsession with music began when she picked up a guitar at age seven and started writing and recording her own songs only a few years thereafter. At seventeen, Suzy moved to Boston, Massachusetts and attended Berklee College of Music until she dropped out and moved to L.A. two years later.
With an extensive discography that continues to expand and evolve across pop, rock, and every genre in-between, Suzy has become one of the most in-demand record producers in the industry today. Her Silverlake studio has turned into a creative hub where artists come from all over the world to innovate and collaborate.

 

Rayna Zemel  | GRAMMY-nominated Music Producer, Songwriter, and Recording Engineer

Rayna Zemel is an award-winning film producer, live show designer, and playback engineer, currently serving as Senior Sound Designer at Mattel.

From 2015 to 2022, she toured internationally with a lineup of A-list artists including Dua Lipa, Lana Del Rey, The Lonely Island, Logic, and Troye Sivan. She also performed as both guitarist and music director for Juno Award-winning artist Kiesza.

During the COVID-19 shutdown, she shifted her focus to documentary photography and activism. As a member of the National Press Photographers Association, she documented more than 250 protests across the Los Angeles area. Her work and music were featured in the short film We Can’t Breathe—an eight-minute piece that earned over fifteen awards, including Best Music Video at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, the Cleveland International Film Festival, and the Cordillera International Film Festival. She has also contributed content to outlets such as The New York Times, Center for Media and Democracy, and LA Taco.

Now permanently based in Los Angeles, she leads sound design efforts at Mattel, composing original music for iconic brands like Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, UNO, and Pictionary Air. She also heads sound development for the entire Jurassic World toy line—her work is featured in toy aisles of major retailers around the globe.

 

Venue:

The Village Studios, housed in a historic 1920s Masonic Temple, has been at the heart of music history for decades. From legendary artists like Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones, B.B. King, and Bob Dylan to current icons like Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Kesha, John Mayer, and Cage the Elephant, The Village has hosted some of the world’s most celebrated recording sessions.

The studio has also been the backdrop for some of the most memorable movie soundtracks, including The Bodyguard, Shawshank Redemption, A Star Is Born (2018), and both the animated and live-action versions of Mulan. The Village’s reputation for producing chart-topping albums and cinematic scores is matched by its ability to evolve with the changing music landscape, offering an environment where creativity thrives.

Beyond its musical achievements, The Village has been the site for unique recordings, including Jim Morrison’s poetry session in 1970. On his 27th birthday, Morrison recorded his iconic work, An American Prayer, along with other unreleased compositions. The studio’s walls have seen both artistic legends and cultural moments come to life.

As CEO Jeff Greenberg describes, “California has been a magnet for creative souls since its birth,” and The Village continues to be a beacon for artists and producers alike.

https://www.villagestudios.com

 

WAMCon is made possible by our sponsors:

 

WAMCon Sponsorship Opportunities: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nWwFU3-Qt0Q63ADsPinORsu76VaBUFdE/view?usp=sharing  

About Women’s Audio Mission

Women’s Audio Mission is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women and gender-expansive people in music production and the recording arts, fields in which they are critically underrepresented. WAM uses music and media arts training, mentorship, and conferences to serve over 2,500 women, girls, and gender-expansive people annually in order to inspire them to amplify their voices and become the music producers, recording engineers and innovators of tomorrow. In a field where women are critically underrepresented (less than 5%), WAM seeks to “change the face of sound” by providing hands-on training, experience, career counseling and job placement in media technology for music, radio, film, television and the internet. WAM believes that women/gender-diverse individuals’ mastery of music technology and inclusion in the production process will expand the vision and voice of media and popular culture. For more information, visit www.womensaudiomission.org.